John Mayer Plays Jazz

[guitarvegas]

It is humorous how this thread went from 2011 to 2023 in the blink of an eye. Ray Charles comes to mind as someone who made a name in the R and B/Gospel idiom but dug deeply and freely into jazz.

Personally there's something about Mayer that always struck me as inauthentic, even as I admire his love for music, devotion to his craft and desire to better himself.

When he opens his mouth to sing I don't feel it. I like his guitar playing a bit better.

It was my fault....I was that blink of an eye...lol

[guitarvegas]

I consider myself to be an amateur in playing jazz. I am all self taught. Here is a clip from my playing today. I wonder if I am a better jazz player, than John Mayer is. I think I am...I don't think he could handle this tune in a compelling way. He would go all blues and wouldn't be able to part from that too much. That's my opinion. So yeah, John Mayer is awesome...but maybe...just maybe, I have a little bit more jazz vocabulary under my belt than he does. Perhaps.

[pdfiddler]

Maybe he was trying to sound different (changes)

[rtt]

that looks like Mark Whitfield playing behind him. Mark is a great player and a great human