Funny shit, courtesy blogmaster False 45th. A guitarist’s dream?
Speaking of guitars…
In anticipation of possible negative reaction to my review of axeman Steve Kimock‘s Eudemonic in today’s paper, I feel I need to make a couple of points I did not have space for in the notice:
#1. I like jazz-rock and fusion. I consider Mahavishnu Orchestra‘s Inner Mounting Flame to be the pinnacle of the form. Over the years, I’ve owned my fair share of John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell and Pat Martino albums, and I grew up playing guitar in this very style. So I am not exploratory-rock averse. But keep that Al DiMeola and Pat Metheny crap the hell away from me!
#2. I love funk music, and even some of its rock-hybrid spawn. The Meters. Funkadelic (not Parliment, too silly). Hell, I even dig me some Chic.
#3. Instrumental music is A-OK with me. (See # 1).
#4. I understand that guys like Kimmock and Trey Anastasio have a tendency to play more passionately in a live setting.
Hope that clears up any possible misconceptions about my atttitudes towards neo-jazz, funk and groove music. I guess I’m just a jam-snob, if such a thing is possible.
Man, that Kimock album is horrible!
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re: #4 — He’s pretty awful live, too.
“Aural Velveeta” is either the term of the week, or perhaps the name of a Kimock cover band. Congrats Casey, there is something oddly genius about that.
You are so right on in your distinction between John McLaughlin/Pat Marino and Al Dimeola/Pat Metheny. Being a guitar virtuoso is only a good thing if you have a healthy disdain of cheese. Now if only those guys in Dream Theater could learn this.
Yeah, but there’s one thing I like of Pat Metheny’s…check this out:http://www.jazzoasis.com/methenyonkennyg.htmespecially the bit where he strings together this array of adjectives descrining Kenny G: “lame-ass, jive, pseudo bluesy, out-of-tune, noodling, wimped out, fucked up playing”
I don’t know which I like more…the review or the idea that jam fans are getting snitty about it. Jam-by-numbers is a great line.