Great Improv Players

[Mr. S]

anyone know any? i mean any style (tho jazz would be nice) i just feel the need to listen to music that goes 'off on one' without it being too pretentious and i dont have a clue what to listen to...

thanks guys and gals

[pawel]

For starters:

Jazz: Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Django, Kurt Rosenwinkel

Electric Jazz/Fusion: Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson, Nguyen Le, Shawn Lane, Brett Garsed, Wayne Krantz

[fettouhi]

Originally Posted by pawel

For starters:

Jazz: Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Django, Kurt Rosenwinkel

Electric Jaz/Fusion: Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson, Nguyen Le, Shawn Lane, Brett Garsed, Wayne Krantz

BINGO!!!

Regards

André

[King Knall]

Originally Posted by pawel

For starters:

Jazz: Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, Joe Pass, Jim Hall, Django, Kurt Rosenwinkel

Electric Jaz/Fusion: Allan Holdsworth, John McLaughlin, Mike Stern, Scott Henderson, Nguyen Le, Shawn Lane, Brett Garsed, Wayne Krantz

Especially Pat Metheny! Jazz just wouldn't be the same without him.

[elcid]

Allman Brothers - Live at the Filmore.

[pawel]

Originally Posted by elcid

Allman Brothers - Live at the Filmore.

Yup, also Cream and the Led Zep went off on some cool improv tangents.

[elcid]

I just picked up the Derek and the Dominoes box set.It has a cd with 5 jams on it, unfortunately only 2 have Duane. There is also a cd of out takes and demos.

[jim777]

Yeah, but where is that album where Pat Metheny is improvising all over the place? All of those jazz guys can improvise all night, but it's tough to catch it recorded unless it's a live album. Wes Montgomery Live at the Blue Note is a good one for some off the cuff improv, but live jazz albums is where you'll find what you're looking for. the studio albums aren't usually improvised, but well thought out and executed.
Also, don't limit yourself to guitarists, obviously. If you can get a live album by anyone Pawel mentioned you should be pretty happy. Jimmy Bruno is also a great, great musician to check out; his live album is called Live at Birdland