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I've (so far) met Fripp, Levin, Jaksyzyk, and Mastellotto...all great dudes. Every iteration has something interesting to offer, and the combined talent pool re

• dhosek 5y ago
  You've got me beat by two. I actually first discovered Jakszyk around 2000 when I bought an album by Saro Cosentino because I wanted to hear more John Giblin bass playing. My favorite track was the one featuring Jakszyk and while I was tempted to dig deep in search of more work by him, I failed to follow through until the Jakszyk/Fripp/Collins album came out.
  • zeruch 5y ago
    Jakko first came into my ear canal orbit with his strange but very listenable jazz-inflected Dizrythmia project (which also was around the same time I had heard Gavin Harrison on albums by Incognito, so the two of them together was novel), then his work with members of Japan...from there I just kept following.
• Applejinx 5y ago
  I met Bill Bruford. I attended one of his lectures, and I gave him a cymbal made to act like his mid-70s bent cymbal. He was cordially dismayed. "But… it's not the one…" I meant well, though, and he asked me if I wanted him to have it. And yes, I did. So, ever the gentleman, he accepted this wrong and bad cymbal :)