The Official Best Guitarist Thread (jimi hendrix, member, classic, talent)

[From Cosmic Left Feild...]

the problem with jazz guitar, if we look at jazz on the whole is its mostly a rhytham instrument. There are guitartists who lead, but not many, and pople don't know jazz much to begin with.

I have a few jazz CD's but if any of them have guitar on the track, I wouldnt know it. To be honest, improv guitar is a metal thing...for the most part.

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Originally Posted by From Cosmic Left Feild...

the problem with jazz guitar, if we look at jazz on the whole is its mostly a rhytham instrument. There are guitartists who lead, but not many, and pople don't know jazz much to begin with.

I have a few jazz CD's but if any of them have guitar on the track, I wouldnt know it. To be honest, improv guitar is a metal thing...for the most part.

Are you joking?, improv is a metal thing?, dude, jazz in the most part is based on improvising, most metal players cant improvise that well, especialy compared to the jazz greats, theres little compromise at all in jazz guitar. You want to hear some great jazz players then you can start with Django Reinhardt and Joe Pass, and believe me, they can play lead just as well as they play rhythm, in fact, they often do both at the same time. Also check out John Mclaughlin of The Mahavishnu Orchestra, hes like the jazz equalvent of shreding, his edgy style would definitely appeal to you, check him out.