A most enigmatic guitar player


This is a puzzle to me. I am talking about REGGIE LUCAS, who performed with Miles Davis in his (to me one of the best) album "Pengaea". To me, his solo on "Godwana" (and also on "Zimbabwe"  - the album consists of these two long tracks) is the most exciting, amazing and mysterious solo guitar session in a jazz performance - if this album can be called jazz at all, but I would gladly count it as a jazz album. John McLaughlin and Mike Stern, one of my favorite (jazz)  guitarists, also played with Miles Davis. I love how they played with Miles (Mike Stern's solo on Jean Pierre is excellent and motivating). I also love the solo albums of these two guys. But very curiously, I consider REGGIE LUCAS solos on Pengaea far more superior. But wait, Lucas has no distinguished solo albums (to the best of my knowledge) and (it is not a joke) he played with Madonna! I am confused, how this guy played so amazingly on Pengaea (perhaps, only Miles and  Reggie could have explained - none of them alive...)? 

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@onhwy61 , thanks for the link.

@tkhill , Jimmy Smith used to play with Kenny Barrel, both my favorite jazz musicians (together with Milk Jackson). 

@audphile1 , you may listen to it in a complete darkness but not necessarily so, and  listening to it may substitute "smoking joint" (a similar effect without harming your health (:). I particularly like this album because it is not a traditional jazz album neither it is a standard rock. And the solo guitar session with Lucas is especially exiting for me because the way how a rock guitar is naturally and ingeneously is  included into a jazz performance. 

@tkhill , Grant Green was outstanding, also Wes Montgomery. And you can also consider the next generation including Joe Pass and Jim Hall. 

@stuartk, thanks for the links. 

Regarding the first one, it has been some time that i did not listen to this John Abercrombie's album, I auditioned it again. You may also like his earlier similar live album with Marc Johnson and Peter Erskine, another studio album  "Current Events",  and  a  duet "Structures" with  Eddie Gomez. 

I suppose you also enjoy other jazz guitarists of his generation, Ralph Towner, Terje Rypdal, Bill Friesel, John Scofield (who also played with Miles Davis), Pat Metheny. And also the next generation guitarists,  whom I also like (Julian Lage, Antonio Forcione, Leonel Loueke, Dominic Miller, Pasquale Grasso, Wolfgang Muthspiel just to name a few). 

As to your second link, honestly, I did not know about Sonny Sharrock! I did like his album you linked to your message and also another live album (with Mitch Mitchell!) named "No Material" (the second one even more) that i am just auditioning now!