I Think It's Nice To Know Members' Tastes. So..., Question For You...

[Stratzrus]

Who is your absolute favorite band/artist? Even if you've had others in the past, or it's close, or even if they've put out some duds in the past, whatever. Can you choose 1?

Miles Davis Quintet 1963-1968

Miles Davis - Trumpet
Tony Williams - Drums
Herbie Hancock - Piano
Wayne Shorter - Saxophone
Ron Carter - Bass




Favorite guitarist - John McLaughlin

 

[Boudoir Guitar]

Anybody pre-grunge (exception given to Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger).

Read the thread -- its all a bunch of old motherfuckers around here.

 

[Achilles]

Miles Davis Quintet 1963-1968

So sublime.
Not my main hang but I'll listen to Kind of Blue at least once a month and try to play along.
Tony Williams is easily in my top 10 favorite drummers - his solo album Believe It is a favorite.

 

[Stratzrus]

So sublime.
Not my main hang but I'll listen to Kind of Blue at least once a month and try to play along.
Tony Williams is easily in my top 10 favorite drummers - his solo album Believe It is a favorite.

Tony Williams is my favorite drummer. He absolutely kills on that clip of Footprints that I posted.

I also love Believe It. Holdsworth playing is sublime. Snake Oil is a must play when I get together with my musician friends in Vermont. We've been playing it ever since I turned them on to it in the early '90s.

 

[Achilles]

Snake Oil.

That entire album is just one cool beat and/or riff and/or groove from beginning to end.
Funny, I got really heavily into Williams, Cobham, Lenny White, and Alphonse Mouzon all around the same time mid 70s.

That was amazing time for finding new stuff to completely expand your musical horizons!