For me, it would be fusion jazz...I'd like to kick Lee Ritenauer's a**! What's stopping me? Lack of talent, and I don't really want to starve to death!

How about you?


Russ

Jazz/Funk/Rock:
EW&F, Tower of Power, Chicago, BS&T ... ahhhhhhh

Damn, Dave,...all my favorites, too!

Russ

JAZZ !!! ..... and blues and funk and rock and Latin and and and ,,, I WANT IT ALL!!!
t.

I like to play and compose Classical, Rock, Rock & Roll, Bluegrass. If only I could play salsa.

George

I have to agree with you totally Russ. I just love jazz fusion. But I am not not able to perform that music to the level I'd like so I don't. But that is what I love to listen to. And generous helpings of funk mixed in is always welcome.

I got a couple of DVDs from Netflix I have been watching recently. One is "Rite Of Strings" which is Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke and Jean Luc Ponty and is just amazing to watch and listen to. The other is Average White Band live which has wonderful funk arrangements.

Like always, I need to practice a whole lot more. But it's cool that there are always players out there that always make me want to improve my own playing. I guess by the time I am 90 I should be pretty good .... I hope.

I'm with you, Nigel...Al is one of my alltime favorites.


Russ

Russ,

I like listening to just about all styles of music except rap. I still prefer to play standards from the big band era. That of course is my problem. I need to get more modern.

Tom

I want to be able to hear and understand the lyrics or melody line, and I like it to have a predictable and pleasing chord structure. This encompasses a wide variety of genres, but it also eliminates a few.
DonM

Jazz... no Blues... no Jazz... Do I really have to choose?