Leon_ Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 I'd like to discuss instrumental Guitar music. There has been great albums over the last while, that I'm really impressed with...Neal Schon is putting out some great stuff, Vai & Satriani of course...Does anyone remember the Brian May Project?,.. That was a cool album with Eddie Van Halen as a guest...Jeff Beck, Eric Johnson also have some great music presently...Lots of variety...When I'm in a Heavy Jazz/Fusion mood, I'll throw on some Al Di Meola, Chick Corea, Frank Gambale....Adrian Belew is a great player to listen to....Weather Report, King Crimson....Also I like the phrasing of Lee Ritenour, he plays octave lines very well..very smooth...Allan Holdswoth has some crazy licks..I love his diminished legato lines....Also another cool band to check out is Tribal Tech..Scott Henderson is another great jazz/fusion player....Listening to Jazz/Fusion albums will help your playing immensely...helps your timing, key modulations, chordal knowledge, etc...and most of all your chops !! Cheers !! www.guitar9.com/leonmaclellan.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 It`s pretty hard to find fault with great instrumental music, but I can`t listen to it exclusively. It`s when great playing and great songwriting-with a real singer-comes together that music reaches its peak, IMO. Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69tele Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Larry Carlton is also a great player, as well as classics like Hank Marvin, Dick Dale .. Ernie If in doubt leave it Out ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamsa2000 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 These guys have diminished gelatos coming out of there ears. I\'m watching a really crappy Stallone movie so have posted this link to relieve the boredom. Oh - and Surf guitar rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabriel E. Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Does anyone remember the Brian May Project?,.. That was a cool album with Eddie Van Halen as a guest That was called "Star Fleet". Haven't heard that in YEARS!! I wonder if I can get a copy somewhere. "You never can vouch for your own consciousness." - Norman Mailer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklava Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 UMPHREY'S MCGEE Two great guitar players,and their an un sign band.Check out the web. The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwayne Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Jesse Cook. http://www.jessecook.com/ Living' in the shadow, of someone else's dream.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 holdsworth should never be left off this list. jazz is dead with jimmy herring is scary, also anything he did with aquarium rescue unit. wayne krantz's 2 drink minimum is a phenomenal record. anything by shawn lane. all the new scofield stuff just rips. plenty of stuff out there, the best stuff was NOT all done in the 70's. contrary to popular fusion belief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryrobinett Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 John Scofield - Time on My Hands. Yeah baby. All the best, Henry Robinett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reachjkh Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Neil Zaza is a really talented player. He's more melodic than shred thankfully, but he does have the chops. I downloaded almost everything he's done from MP3.com some time back. I don't know if he still has it all on there though. I really like his funky 10 Zen Men album. Bill Dickens plays bass on a couple of his albums. Hey you white boy there Go play that funky music "ok...what's it pay?" first smoke, then silence your very expensive rig dies so gracefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hush Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Some of my favorites not mentioned: Mike Stern Hellecasters Steve Tibbets Danny Gatton Steve Morse Michael Hedges I have that Brian May album on vinyl! Searching for a new sig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon_ Posted December 16, 2003 Author Share Posted December 16, 2003 All these players listed are great...Larry Coryell too, he paved the way for the jazz/fusion scene for a lot of these great players...Steve Lukather, Larry Carlton did some great music together, also... Cheers !! www.guitar9.com/leonmaclellan.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Originally posted by reachjkh: Neil Zaza is a really talented player. He's more melodic than shred thankfully, but he does have the chops. I downloaded almost everything he's done from MP3.com some time back. I don't know if he still has it all on there though. I really like his funky 10 Zen Men album. Bill Dickens plays bass on a couple of his albums.MP3.com is dead and gone forever. R.I.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennyf Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Originally posted by reachjkh: Neil Zaza is a really talented player. He's more melodic than shred thankfully, but he does have the chops.Met Neil at a guitar clinic in PA. Nice guy, and really good clinician. Actually gave some good info, in addition to a ripping demonstration. Sounded great thru a Peavey Transtube Bandit. band link: bluepearlband.com music, lessons, gig schedules at dennyf.com STURGEON'S LAW --98% of everything is bullshit. My Unitarian Jihad Name is: The Jackhammer of Love and Mercy. Get yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudcat Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Don't forget Danny Amis and Eddie Angel with Los Straitjackets, "America's Instrumental Rock-n-Roll Combo!" Here's a link to their website in case you aren't familiar with them. www.straitjackets.com Mudcat's music on Soundclick "Work hard. Rock hard. Eat hard. Sleep hard. Grow big. Wear glasses if you need 'em."-The Webb Wilder Credo- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strat0124 Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 I have a hard time listening to some instrumental stuff. I basically quit listening to guitar instrumentals after Dixie Dreggs and Mahvinishu Orchestra. Doesn't it start to sound like Kenny G with guitar? Like my good buddy who plays instrumental music got told from a pub owner "you boys need to git y'all a sanger". Not belittling the mathematical technical ability of those guys, but unless its something like Tuck Andress, Stanley Jordan, or on the acoustic side like Hedges or whatshisname, the founder of Windham Hill, it gets tedious to listen to. Thats just me though. Down like a dollar comin up against a yen, doin pretty good for the shape I'm in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennyf Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Originally posted by reachjkh: Neil Zaza is a really talented player. He's more melodic than shred thankfully, but he does have the chops.Met Neil at a guitar clinic in PA. Nice guy, and really good clinician. Actually gave some good info, in addition to a ripping demonstration. Sounded great thru a Peavey Transtube Bandit. band link: bluepearlband.com music, lessons, gig schedules at dennyf.com STURGEON'S LAW --98% of everything is bullshit. My Unitarian Jihad Name is: The Jackhammer of Love and Mercy. Get yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djwayne Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 I met Neil Zaza at a clinic too many, many years ago, in Cleveland. As I recall he was demonstrating some sort of multi-track gizmo.. I also got to meet Jesse Cook at a concert in Cleveland,..he was the featured guitarist on tour opening up for the Chieftains. I just listened to three of his sample mp3's from his new CD "Nomad", sounds great to me. Living' in the shadow, of someone else's dream.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIAMOND DUST Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Has anyone bought the new John Mclaughlin box set "The Montreux Concerts"? It really looks like a gold mine for jazz guitar. http://b-cordova.dmusic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon_ Posted December 16, 2003 Author Share Posted December 16, 2003 The album with Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia.."Friday Night in San Francisco"...is great..That John McLaughlin Box Set sounds cool !! Cheers !! www.guitar9.com/leonmaclellan.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedster Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Whenever I think of "instrumental guitarists" I always think of the old guys, the Herb Ellises and such. "Cisco Kid, was a friend of mine" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 have you seen the price tag on that set Diamond Dust? sheesh. $255.... that's $15 per disc *this is not spam disclaimer* Abstract Logix is a gold mine for fusion music. don't remember who posted it first, but i'm a regular on there now. they even do paypal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIAMOND DUST Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Originally posted by funk_jazz: have you seen the price tag on that set Diamond Dust? sheesh. $255.... that's $15 per disc *this is not spam disclaimer* Abstract Logix is a gold mine for fusion music. don't remember who posted it first, but i'm a regular on there now. they even do paypal I had a sneaking suspicion it was expensive. By the way, I spend alot of time on that site too. http://b-cordova.dmusic.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fantasticsound Posted December 16, 2003 Share Posted December 16, 2003 Just to name a few... Michael Hedges Doyle Dykes Chet Atkins Jerry Reed Laurence Juber Pierre Bensusan Leo Kotke James Taylor (His instrumentals are wonderful as are his classic songs.) Rik Emmitt of Triumph Steve Stevens Russ Freeman Tony Rice Doc Watson Mark O'Connor (Yes, Mark is also a flat-picking champion.) It's easiest to find me on Facebook. Neil Bergman Soundclick fntstcsnd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hard truth Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 There can be a lot more to instrumental music than schlocky fuzak (George Benson and Lee Ritenour at thier worst) and tedious shred fests. (to me the music from Joe Satriani that I have heard sounds like a bad porn soundtrack from the 1980s) The attractive thing about good instrumental music is that the focus is on the music not the lyrics, so the musicians can be more creative with arrangments, textures etc. My all time favorite guitar instrumentals are by Jimmy Bryant (gtr) and Speedy West (steel gtr). They were southern Califonia based country studio musicians in the 1950s through the early '60's. (they played on most of Tenessee Ernie Ford's hits) Their instrumental albums combined country, jazz, swing, Hawaiin, and boogie with incredible chops and a great sense of humor. They are one of the best kept secrest in music. Check 'em out. John Scofield is one of my latest faves. He does a great job of incorporating world and electronic music influences without it sounding like a desperate attampt to be hip. Also his distinctive sense of melody and phrasing is always interesting. Also worth a listen-Bill Frisell and Nicky Skopelitis. Bill Frisells's Intercontinentals album featuring a nice blend of music from all over the world is definitely worth a listen. Nicky Skopelitis is a frequent collaborator with Bill Laswell. Even on his own albums he doeesn't dominate but does a great job of complimenting the music of his world class collaborators. Some other great stuff Dick Dale-he did some very cool albums in the nineties updating his amazing surf guitar style with a harder edge. Steve Tibbets-His album Yr is a classic example of how to combine acoustic and electric guitars. Grant Green-a jazz guitarist who understood how to funk. www.oranjproductions.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skipclone 1 Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 this past summer I happened to tune in to PBS while they were running an allstar bluegrass festival, don`t know the venue. I managed to get Ricky Skaggs` band on tape. Not only did their guitarist play his ass off, but all these guys sung like nightengales. One three minute song and I was damn near in tears. I think one of the most valuable abilities for a musician to retain is the ability to listen to music like a LISTENER. There are times when I hear something I want to analyze and take with me, but most times I don`t want to be following someone`s fingers with binoculars, or writing down their amp settings. There are other places for that info. To me, people who sit and listen to a CD blabbering about every scale, every interval are people I would never see a movie with. I would have to kill them. Same old surprises, brand new cliches- Skipsounds on Soundclick: www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandid=602491 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demarc Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 Lots of Greats listed above! Someone spoke of Al Di Meola and Paco De Lucia, and all I could think of was one song, Mediterranian Sundance. That song gets a lot of airplay in my mind's ears! Check out some handcrafted guitars: http://home.mindspring.com/~grus/guitars.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funk Jazz Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 i almost forgot Jim Campilongo from San Francisco. he does a killer Roy Buchanan/jazz/cartoon soundtrack thing that's in a league of it's own. his rig? a tele and a vibrolux on 10. good call on speedy west and jimmy bryant. there are jaw-dropping good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlChuck Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 I have a hard time listening to some instrumental stuff. I basically quit listening to guitar instrumentals after Dixie Dreggs and Mahvinishu Orchestra. Doesn't it start to sound like Kenny G with guitar? Well, bad instrumental guitar music would sound like bad instrumental music with any other instrument in that it would be bad. Comparing what Mahavishnu or the Dregs did to Kenny G is like comparing Sylvia Plath or Dylan Thomas to Rod McCuen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NMcGuitar Posted December 17, 2003 Share Posted December 17, 2003 I haven't read through all the replies yet, so apologies in advance for duplicates. Tuck Andress Steve Morse Danny Gatton Stevie Ray Vaughan John Scofield Andrés Segovia Kenny Burell George Benson (Just a few thoughts) May all your thoughts be random! - Neil www.McFaddenArts.com www.MikesGarageRocks.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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