Great stuff! ^King Crimson Jean Luc Ponty
You look at genius like Robert Fripp , Duke , Bozzio , Stanley Clark , John McLaughlin etc ..
All the musicians you listed are some of my favorites , especially Miles Davis , Bitches Brew was is & all ways will be my favorite fusion album , it never leaves my rack , music like this is why I've invested half my life savings in high end audio , now that I cant play guitar any longer at least I can listen , I've got Birdland from Weather report spinning in the back ground rite now .Well, good stuff for sure. I saw Zappa in 1975 at the Capital Theater in Passiac NJ.
That was the last so-called rock concert that I ever attended. Elvin Bishop was on the bill also...hahaha...
George Duke, Jean Luc-Ponty, Ruth Underwood, Napoleon Murphy Brock, the Fowler Bros. Wow...what a band. Mesmerizing performance.
At the time, largely because of Zappa I was becoming interested in various types of fusion...Weather Report, Return to Forever, The Crusaders, Michael Frank, Lee Ritenouer, Larry Carlton, Miles Davis, Larry Coryell, John McLaughlin and many more.
Zappa changed my musical life, and after a few more years I found myself listening to classical music more and more...Berlioz, Stravinsky, Chopin, Varese, Copeland, Mozart, Beethoven, Mussorgsky,
Shostakovitch and many more.
Thank you Frank, you have enriched my musical life.
Oh man your buddy had to have been jealous where you got to watch the show with Fripp next to you , I woulda pestered him to death about his " Fripptronics" rig he used to use , very creative composer & player ,, I got to shake Adrian Belews hand after a KC show in the early 90's but didn't get to speak with him other than exchanging greetings , I remember Fripp , Belew & Brufford being in that version of KC but it's been so long & they moved members around as much as zappa its hard to keep up with them all .Great stuff! ^
I would like to say I seen King Crimson back in the early days at The Greek Theater
in Los Angeles it was Tony Levin's birthday that night and they toasted champagne
on stage btw songs.
For a Genesis Concert at The Forum in Los Angeles back in the day, I had good seats
and my one bud got kicked out of his seat next to me only for Robert Fripp to sit down
next to me for the 2nd half of the concert. He sat down next to me when Bill Bruford came out on stage
for Lamb Lies Down On Broadway so there was 3 drummers on stage. Chester Thomson, Phil Collins & Bill Bruford all played drums simistanously. Apparently Robert was there to see Bill Bruford. My best bud sat down in the row in front of me down a few seats close to Tony Levin.
Robert Fripp reached down under his seat and pulled a Genesis concert guide out and asked
me if I wanted it and needless to say how could I turn him down so I took it and said thanks
to him. The guide was apparently under his seat before any of us sat down for the concert.
What a fucking trippy night that was!
Seen Jean Luc Ponty at Dontai's Jazz Club in NoHo back in the day as well with
Jeff Berlin on bass that I met cause he taught at a music school in Studio City, Cali that my best bud was a student at.
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Yes Sir re Bob...hahah... Bruford one of my faves...Great stuff! ^
He sat down next to me when Bill Bruford came out on stage
for Lamb Lies Down On Broadway so there was 3 drummers on stage. Chester Thomson, Phil Collins & Bill Bruford all played drums simistanously. Apparently Robert was there to see Bill Bruford. My
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Wow , pretty nice , the older i get the more attracted ive become on music like that which makes one reflect , i gotta watch myself though , when ya get my age too much reflection leads to depression .Some times i just wounder what ever happend to that person?? some times females get at me that are younger and i just think i dont want to hurt my girl or hurt the dude that loves that chick so i just dodge it.... but i was that kid one time i wounder what ever happend i dont do the face book thing but if i want i could look??? this is the emotions i feel when i hear this..
How these youngins dont know about this type of music or the great musicians is beyond me , aside from Portney i dont think there are too many modern drummers that could touch Bill or Ansley Dunbar ect , im getting ready to spin this album in a few minutes , Yes is one of my favorite bands still.Well, well I have enjoyed b
Yes Sir re Bob...hahah... Bruford one of my faves...
Like that shit man, not many people still hitting on lords of acid, loved PUSSY! HAHAHAHA
My main problem with the fucker to begin with, it was OK whatever his drug of choice was, just no one else's.He had zero tolerance for drug use by his band members. He did not do drugs, except for nicotine and alcohol..