Can you recommend Jazz for some one that doesn't like Jazz?

@stuartk,

I think you have ’Jaimoe’ aka John Lee Johnson aka Jai Johanny Johanson who was a drummer with the Allman Brothers with ’Jabo’ John Starks who was a drummer with James Brown. But James Brown did spend a lot time in Macon, GA which is where Capricorn Records was and was the recording company for the Allman Brothers. But I wouldn’t be surprised if James Brown tried to steal him from Greg and Duane and ’Jaimoe’ said no because James Brown was known not to pay his band at times..

I never thought of the dead a ’jazz’ type band but that makes sense cause if I’m not mistaken their shows were very improvisational.

@tyray

You’re right-- it was Otis Redding! My bad.

From interview:

I remember one day down in Muscle Shoals, I figured I’d been there long enough, so I asked Duane Allman, "Man, tell me something, why do you want to have two drummers?" And he said, "Because Otis Redding and James Brown had two drummers." So I didn’t ask him anything else, I said something like, "Well, that’s cool, because I was one of the drummers with Otis."

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This is easy because I’m not a big fan of pure Jazz or traditional Jazz, but I love Smooth Jazz or Contempary Jazz of the 80’s and 90’s. Here’s some artists to start with that won’t disappoint. Fourplay, Boney James, Richard Elliot, Hiroshima, Bob James, Rick Brawn, The Rippentons, Lee Ritnour, Soul Ballet, 3rd Force, Randy Crawford, Brian Culberson, Peter White, Larry Carlton, Art Porter, Paul Taylor, Herb Albert, David Sanborn, Dave Koz, and Russ Freeman. There’s many more, but AVOID Kenny G...

If you want a few select albums that knock your socks off... The Rippentons LIVE Across America, Boney James - BackBone and Fourplay Fourplay (debut abum). If you like either of these 3 albums then you’ll be hooked and want more.

@tyray 

During the mid 70's, the Dead displayed a Jazz influence insofar as incorporating chord changes beyond triads and modal improvisation. Odd time signatures were already part of their approach. But so did many many artists at that time. None were playing Jazz, as I see it.

I'd say Steely Dan and Stevie Wonder were on a whole other level in this regard.

Others may disagree.