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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
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I do wonder on occasion what he'd be doing now if he hadn't fallen down the drug rabbit hole. At a guess, really amazing jazz.
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Jimi was following in the footsteps of others. Charlie Christian first established the electric guitar as a jazz instrument in Benny Goodman's band in the 40's. Les Paul refined what was possible with his own guitar designs. People like Jimi and Jeff Beck were expanding the horizons of what could be done on an electric guitar, deliberately exploring the possibilities of effects boxes like wah-wah peddles, phlangers, and echoplex.
Beck's later work was jazz rock fusion, and I can't see Jimi going any other direction.
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Dennis