merciful-evans Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I have quite a few. Here are a couple: Elton Dean (alto & soprano sax) I discovered Dean from the Kieth Tippet Group who came to me via King Crimson. Dean became an influence immediately. Open string hammer-ons got me closer to his sound. JS Bach. I learned melodic minor trying to play along to his violin (and organ) partitas. I still cant play those lines without thinking of Bach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderly, John Coltrane and Benny Goodman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 As mainly a keyboardist, it was Vince Guaraldi, Ramsey Lewis, Dave Brubeck, and then Jimmy Smith and Keith Jarrett. Then Dave Grusin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 I love jazz, too. Other than the jazz guitarists that I worship, I know some tunes by Monk, Dizzy, Miles, Horace Silver, and Toots Thielemans, and I really like Bird, Trane, and Bill Evans (piano). Unfortunately, I don't do improvisational sections well to their stuff. But, I'm getting better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad1 Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 My first instrument is the drums. And some of my guitar playing is influenced by my drumming And by other drummers. Sounds weird I know, but when I'm playing rhythm I kinda feel like I'm drumming... on the guitar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karloff Posted August 4, 2018 Share Posted August 4, 2018 any good looking woman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 1533422267[/url]' post='1948888']any good looking woman. All of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Louis Jordan and Fats Waller. Pip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Orchestral music for it's rich tonal palette and emotional range String Quartets Violin.....classical, jazz, blues and folk Soprano sax.....Wayne Shorter, Sidney Bechet Alto sax.....Paul Desmond Clarinet.....Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, innumerable classical virtuosi Piano....classical, jazz, pub sing along, boogie woogie Brass bands Banjo.....Dixieland, folk, bluegrass Bouzouki and Mandolin.....Greek and Irish :blink: V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Carly Simon's voice on the entire Torch album. The timbre of her voice, and how it blends perfectly with, on a variety of songs, the saxophones of Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, and Phil Woods. So good. Inspired me, at a younger age, to sing like an instrument or conduit of pain and regret, rather than just mimicking what was on the radio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 It's more specific than general, i.e. working out the correct notes of tunes and particular solos when you think "what is that?" Curtis Fuller - a trombone solo of his on "All The Things You Are" really taught me a lot. Bill Evans chords on "My Foolish Heart" - this is so famous it's in Real Book#1 (now that was a revelation) and can be played on guitar - Mclaughlin did it on "My Goal's Beyond". Little Walter's incredible harmonica playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvi Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Tiny Tim rocks on the uke ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis G Posted August 5, 2018 Share Posted August 5, 2018 Victor Borge!! As a kid I loved the way he could weave humor and music into something just magic (to me anyway) to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
american cheez Posted August 6, 2018 Share Posted August 6, 2018 evel kneivel. he had a love child with doro pesch, one time when she was time traveling. they named their baby ted nugent. the rest is history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Mose Allison and Benny Goodman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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