Recommendations - Psychedelic Jazz Guitar Players?

[Stevebol]

[Doctor Jeff]

Jerry Garcia... often long extended solos, and the occasional modal jam (like Dark Star). Jerry also often plays with more of a chord tone approach and uses chromaticism more than most rock players. A lot like jazz in that sense but harmonically not much in the line of altered chords. The Dead also play more shuffles than most rock bands. Is that about right?

That seems pretty accurate. Remember that Jerry started out as a bluegrass banjo player, but found it too constricting, then moved on to guitar.

At the heart the GD were a country band, maybe carrying Gram Parsons’ idea of cosmic American music to its apogee.

I listen to the Dead channel on Sirius XM pretty frequently and find it worth listening to about half the time. YMMV, but on a good night I find the Dead were as out there and listenable as any group around.

[John A.]

Jerry Goodman/Jan Hammer like Children.

Jerry Goodman plays both guitar and violin. Great trippy tunes -- like Mahavishnu Orchestra with hooks.

John

[Gearhead]

Mike Stern??

What about Eivind Aarset? He's some trippy tracks, especially with Jan Bang.

[fep]

Mike Stern??

In the original post he mentioned Jerry Garcia as an example and Scofield as another example. Mike Stern is much more like Scofield's and Jerry Garcia's playing than most of what has been posted here, including the video you posted.

[neatomic]

even in his later days, coryell brought that same '60's fusiony edge he delivered in his prime...

cheers

[Doctor Jeff]

No one's mentioned Robin Trower. He was regarded as Jimi's musical heir back in the 70's.

Also, btw just heard this today from the NRPS first album--Jerry Garcia on steel, David Nelson on Tele...Jerry really pushing it into the interstellar...

[wzpgsr]

This whole album is bonkers.