I love Steely Dan and I happen to know Keith Carlock who is playing drums in that video. He was a college classmate of mine. I also went to college with Jason Sutter (Marilyn Manson, Alice Cooper, Smash Mouth....) Brian Delany (New York Dolls) Jim Riley (Rascal Flats) and many other outstanding musicians that are playing very high profile gigs. I'm not saying this just to drop names. My point is all these guys can play outstanding jazz. I've seen them play everything from acoustic jazz, big band, Latin and fusion. In my opinion, any musician can grow by learning jazz. In fact, I think about all the top rated musicians have a solid foundation in jazz and blues, even if they are known for being pop musicians.
_________________________
It not the keyboard, it's the keyboardist.
Previous Topic
Index