I just got my pre-ordered copy and would also wholeheartedly recommend it. It has a fresh distinctive sound. Extremely lyrical and delicate with lots of...
ozzydirt89 <ozzydirt89@...> wrote: Hi Jamie Saw your name on the messages and wanted to agree about Herbie. A friend spoke to him after a great gig in...
Boy... I'm sure glad that thread petered out... we should hang the idiot who... never mind. You peoples took dat one way... way out... Actually... I have...
To me the two most obvious and early ... The first Mclaughlin I heard was on "Extrapolation". A great album in many senses, however, I heard it as accessible...
I would suggest (meaning I'm not 100% certain) British jazzrock started from the two nuclei (no pun intended): Soft Machine and Ian Carr/Gordon Beck. You...
Many of the conversations recently have focused on the history of fusion. While I think knowing the roots of something is good, I'd like to know what you...
A couple of years ago I won a contest at Zzounds Online Music store by writing a Haiku (if you can believe that!). Anyway, my prize was two autographed Double...
Hi Doug And thnaks for letting know about Third Way - I see there is a Third listed in one of the UK jazz charts!! While I think knowing the roots of something...
... as ... would ... I'm a fan of both artists (although I did manage to forget/miss their visit to Nottingham on Monday, with Fripp - a colleague told me they...
In a message dated 7/2/2004 10:39:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ... Not necessarily.... ... For me its easy to draw the line between them, because J. Mac and...
I've always been of the mind that there's no real difference between fusion and jazz... If you'd take John Coltrane's band from the 60's, and replace Coltrane,...
... with McLaughlin and the great John Surman), "When Fortune Smiles", is a snapshot of the British free jazz movement of the late 60's. It seems to me that...
... I dont think they're anywhere close. For me anyway, the gap between McLaughlin and Henderson, to Vai and Satch, is huge. George [Non-text portions of this...
Join the GAGLIARCHIVES tonight, 7/3/04, at 10pm EST, as we feature an exclusive interview with IQ keyboardist Martin Orford. Martin joins us to discuss the...
on July 7th, Percy Jones' Tunnels will be opening for Ozric Tentacles at BB Kings..... on July 13th, British fusion guitarist Ray Russell with Henry Kaiser,...
Hey guys I know those guys well. Incredible people and musicians. Steve in particular is what the people here on Fusenet would call a TRUE fusion player,,,and...
Yo folks, i gotta say, Scott McGill's track " Don't Just Do Something, Stand There", featuring Mike Ianiari on drums ( and who also did an awesome job...
I agree with the consensus here: Vai and Satriani are not jazz guitarists. That doesn't mean they are not good guitarists. I don't believe they have the...
folks before i head out i thought it would be important for me to tell you, i recently got a track from John Erickson and WHOOPGNASH titled " Dedication" that...
Hot damn. A fellow Minnesotan makes good. Whoopgnash is from the Twin Cities and are probably the only true fusion group in the state. Doug Millaway Third...
... Subject: Re: Vai, Satriani Hey guys I know those guys well. Incredible people and musicians. Steve in particular is what the people here on Fusenet would...
... player than bop. that's a very interesting statement. i'm not sure to what extent accurate, but i won't disagree for now. best, mike : ] [Non-text portions...
One of the most modern (but accessible) players is Kurt Rosenwinkel. He's a straight-jazz player, but he really pushes the boundaries. ok, so noted. thanks...
In a message dated 7/3/2004 3:38:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ... I know them well too. Their music that is, since I own every record either of them have...
... I was gonna say the same thing. His playing on the tune M'Wandishi (through an envelope filter no less) should disprove that statement in one listen. His...
Actually this topic comes up every now and then - including Steve Smith's alleged comments about Vai's inability to play fusion. I agree with Jamie - Vai is an...
Mark Rabuffo
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Jul 5, 2004 6:41 pm
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I grew up with Pat Martino, and have seen him play fusion many times. Him and my dad have dueled several times in the past that made for intense listening. ......
as to this question, if you give a good listen to say for example " Love Has Found A Way" on " 12 Dreams" it might be hard to argue that the composition/...