Best damn Jazz/Blues Solos you've heard?

Setun

Horns, guitar, bass, drums, keys, ukulele???

What are your favourite jazz/blues solos on record?

For me I think Coltrane's Pursuance on A Love Supreme for it's spiritual force and drive, and not something that you'll forget in a hurry. Instrumental virtuosity indeed, and all over a blues!
As for the blues, SRVs Tin Pan Alley. Nuff said.

Rigsby

Jazz solos : Coltrane's version of "My favourite things"

Joe Mc Phee - "Tenor" ( solo in the strict sense of the word as there is no other instrument)



Blues: John Mayall's harmonica solo on "Checkin' on my baby" from the "Crusade" album.

Mick Taylor's guitar intro solo on "The Bear" from Mayall's "Blues from Laural Canyon" album.

Setun

Rigsby wrote: »

Jazz solos : Coltrane's version of "My favourite things"

Actually Trane's cold solo on Round Midnight from Miles' Round About Midnight is a classic for me aswell. Jeez that man put some wonderful notes together.

Rigsby

Daddio wrote: »

Jeez that man put some wonderful notes together.

He sure did !! Though he lost a lot of followers towards the end of his life when he really went "far out" (for the time) with music such as is on his "Intersteller Space" album.

Setun

I like that album! Venus: wow. Not really something to give to a first-time Coltrane listener though... It might frighten them a bit.

Rigsby

Yeah, that was one of the first real "blow out" albums and has been copied to death since. I saw one of his (Coltrane's) disciples recently in JJ's (Charles Gayle). He now plays alto where up to this it was always tenor. He has n't lost any of his power of delivery.

ever hear a song by Frank Zappa called Acid Jazz? amazing song

loadabollocks

hard to pick one particular tune, but for me it's gotta be something from Bud Powell. i'm learning jazz piano and he's my main inspiration by a long shot. his solo's send shivers down my spine.

Setun

Yeah Tempus-Fugit is a monster. He often took it at 300+ bpm I think?

loadabollocks

Yeah it's amazing.

The speeds at which he could play and yet never seem to lose the musicality or mood to any particular tune continue to astound me.

stevejazzx

Wes Montgomery - Impressions - live at a club somewhere an album version not the live in belgium version which is only ok (that ones on youtube) the origninal and great album version isn't
aw man the greatest jazz guitar solo ever!

next best guitar is metheny on 'are you going with me' original version

then...hmmm..probably pat martino on sunny

Hermy

No Nipper, I haven't heard Acid Jazz - what album is it available on?
My own personal favourite is The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution, the last track on Sleep Dirt, an album Zappa released in 1978.

Hermy

Hermy wrote: »

No Nipper, I haven't heard Acid Jazz - what album is it available on?
My own personal favourite is The Ocean is the Ultimate Solution, the last track on Sleep Dirt, an album Zappa released in 1978.

Not sure which album. Have it on a compilation cd a got years ago.

Setun

stevejazzx wrote: »

Wes Montgomery - Impressions - live at a club somewhere an album version not the live in belgium version which is only ok (that ones on youtube) the origninal and great album version isn't
aw man the greatest jazz guitar solo ever!

next best guitar is metheny on 'are you going with me' original version

then...hmmm..probably pat martino on sunny

I think that Impressions version you are talking about is on 'Smokin at the Half Note' on Verve. It's a great solo alright.

hypnosisdublin

Anyone here familiar with the guitarist Scott Henderson? His solo on the track Dolemite is mind-blowing!