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85. The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Return To Forever

Fri Aug 1, 2014, 10:57 PM

Aug 2014

Jimi was awesome live. I saw Jimi in three shows, in 1968 and 1970. Mitch Mitchell was the greatest drummer in rock in my opinion, a converted jazz drummer who could play with great power and tremendous subtlety and soulfulness. He was a big part of Jimi's sound. And Return To Forever, maybe the greatest jazz-rock fusion group of all time (Chick Corea on keyboards, Al DiMeola on guitar , Lenny White on drums, and Stanley Clarke on bass) were monster musicians, miles ahead of any rock players of their era. Another player who really impressed me live was another rock-jazz fusion monster, George Duke.

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