I started getting into jazz like 10 years ago...but kind of from a different direction. I've always been into metal, so when I heard about Buckethead, I checked him out. That led me to Praxis. That led me to Bill Laswell. He's been all over the friggin map. Worked with people on all ends of the spectrum (he played bass on Herbie Hancock's Future Shock). But anyway, that got me into a lot of weird jazz fusion stuff. So it's eventually led back to more traditional styles of jazz. I'm more into older jazz/rock fusion stuff like Mahavishnu Orchestra and Al DiMeola, but I'll still dig the hell out of the jazz radio stations.
Wanna hear some weird shyt...check out stuff by John Zorn. He's a lunatic genius sax player....done everything from playing on 2 Mr Bungle CDs to making soundtracks for gay porn. He was in a really badass noise/experimental band with Bill LAswell called Painkiller.
OK, back to jazz....I've been playing bass for over 10 years, and can swing a LITTLE jazz. I've just spent a lot more time playing metal
