I have to agree with you totally Russ. I just love jazz fusion. But I am not not able to perform that music to the level I'd like so I don't. But that is what I love to listen to. And generous helpings of funk mixed in is always welcome.

I got a couple of DVDs from Netflix I have been watching recently. One is "Rite Of Strings" which is Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke and Jean Luc Ponty and is just amazing to watch and listen to. The other is Average White Band live which has wonderful funk arrangements.

Like always, I need to practice a whole lot more. But it's cool that there are always players out there that always make me want to improve my own playing. I guess by the time I am 90 I should be pretty good .... I hope.