Favorite Avant-garde/Experimental Guitarist(s)

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 01-30-2011, 12:21 PM

Not that Buckethead is bad, just there is no such thing as undisputed.

Mrd00d · 01-30-2011, 01:52 PM

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Not that Buckethead is bad, just there is no such thing as undisputed.

Agreed. It's merely

No worries. I'd love to have someone take his place for me at #1.

TockTockTock · 01-30-2011, 02:25 PM

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I'd love to have someone take his place for me at #1.

Engine · 01-31-2011, 11:40 PM

You forgot Derek Bailey.

TockTockTock · 02-01-2011, 04:39 AM

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You forgot Derek Bailey.

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We can all probably name a few... like Fred Frith, Keiji Haino, Derek Bailey, etc.

OccultHawk · 02-01-2011, 05:13 AM

A name that maybe hasn't come up yet is Loren Mazzacane Connors.

p.j. · 01-27-2019, 03:36 AM

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A name that maybe hasn't come up yet is Loren Mazzacane Connors.

I saw him in concert with another guitarist in New Haven, CT a long time ago. It was interesting. He has had a long career and explored lots of different styles. He has also used lots of aliases.

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Talking about Miles (the famous one) got me thinking about Sonny Sharrock.

Sharrock was wonderful. His cd with Nicky Skopelitis, Faith Moves, is absolutely fantastic as is Ask the Ages. Love his Last Exit music also. I would play Last Exit really loudly when my hippie roommates in college were cranking their Dead bootlegs too loud. It was usually effective.

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Can`t believe there were 57 posts to this thread before Robert Fripp got a mention! He`s responsible for some really ground-breaking guitar work, and his first collaboration album with Eno, No Pussyfooting, is a masterpiece. Ironically, after that album, there was perhaps too much pussyfooting, as he adopted a more minimal/ambient style.

And how about Adrian Belew ? His solo albums, like Desire Caught By The Tail, are pretty avant-garde as far as I know, though I`ve never taken the plunge and bought one as his style seems to jump around a lot from album to album. If anyone has a recommendation, it`d be welcome !

I was just listening to Desire in the car yesterday. I think that may be my favorite of Belew's solo work. Love both Adrian and Robert. Both did wonderful things with each other in KC and with Bowie. I especially love how both can add "outness" to pop and still kind of fit in. Fripp's lines in Bowie's It's No Game are outstanding in this regard.

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Definitely. Their drummer, Jaki Liebezeit, is also amazing.

Love Jaki...RIP.

Some players I did not see mentioned that are worth mentioning are Eivind Aarsett, Ben Monder, and Leo Abrahams.

Eivend Aarset has worked a lot with trumpeters Nils Petter Molvaer, Jon Hasell, and Arve Henriksen. He is very atmospheric and cinematic. Petter's Khmer cd is a great place to check out his playing although his solo cd on E.C.M. is also really great.

Ben Monder has done a lot of work with vocalist Theo Bleckman. He writes very dense music that can almost be considered modern classical even though he plays electric guitar. He was on Bowie's last cd before he passed. Ben's legato soloing and right hand fingerpicking are truly astounding. "Hatchet Face" off Excavation is something to check out to really get a good sample of what his music is about.

Leo has done a lot work with Brian Eno. His playing, like Eivind Aarset, is very cinematic and not guitaristic sounding. His solo instrumental music is calm and beautiful without being boring. Great to listen to after a hard day at the job.

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