Greatest improvised guitar solo

I've just watched this short video and my initial interest quickly evaporated ... it's not my cup of tea but other folks might enjoy it.

I was lost after the first bit of analysis, never mind the solo ... it's clearly complex and difficult to play but then again I guess mainstream players won't wanna play it (even if they were capable of such).

Interested in the views of tFB ... especially jazz players ... who I'm deffo not trying to hack-off. You have my respect  ... just not my interest.

https://youtu.be/umUAWqoxt-0?si=mMMGcEhXOA9jNhTj

I must admit I've never really got Metheny and I have made a bit of effort, even seen him live a couple of times.  It's not just because it's contemporary jazz, I really enjoy Rosenwinkel for example.  Metheny obviously has phenomenal ability, I just never get much of an emotional response to his playing.  But I know some guys who are huge fans.  Each to their own.

I have about 10 Metheny albums, I like a lot of his stuff, although sometimes I wonder if he's just playing the most glorious lift music ever. I have to admit that I love the sound of his playing and sound with guitar synths. For some reason it totally resonates with me. The best of those of course is the magnificent Are you going with me, which I find absolutely beautiful.

I find this analysis interesting, I always like Rick Beato's stuff, and to be honest what is going on is way over my head. Some of those chord names look scary!

I totally get many people not liking this sort of stuff at all, I do think there's an element of acquired taste about much of his music. Maybe the most interesting improvisor for me is Guthrie Govan, he has an incredible facility to play guitar and some great invention in his playing. Rick was amazed when he first heard him, needless to say, there's a video on that!

With reference to other threads, I don't blame RB but he started off so good and now is baity as anything. To be fair, he still does great interviews but cringe. Like he really thinks that one solo is the greatest of all time. When it's obviously this (winky face):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7uAUoz7jimg

^^^ genius level lift music even :)

It's a great solo, but if we're looking at otherworldlyness, a few Allan Holdsworth solos could qualify. 

OMG ...  Terry Kath was about 24 yo playing that solo ... and dead less than 8 years later :anguished: 

I know nowt about early Chicago but I'm curious now to dig a bit and find out more ... that's more my sound than Pat Me they for sure.

Also, if you look at Peter Cetera about 5 years later he's singing 'If you leave me now' as a Chicago front man :astonished:  ... WTF happened to Chicago?

I’m a massive Metheny fan, but I wouldn’t say that’s his best improvised solo and I don’t think I’d even want to consider what his objectively best solo is, it’s not important.  It’s great to hear and watch RB’s analysis, but the “greatest” is there just to drive the views IMO. 

stufisher said:

OMG ...  Terry Kath was about 24 yo playing that solo ... and dead less than 8 years later  

I know nowt about early Chicago but I'm curious now to dig a bit and find out more ... that's more my sound than Pat Me they for sure.

Also, if you look at Peter Cetera about 5 years later he's singing 'If you leave me now' as a Chicago front man   ... WTF happened to Chicago?

The Chicago documentary Now More Than Ever I enjoyed although it was a while ago that I watched it. Quite early on Kath said something rude about the British (I can’t remember what) which effectively killed the band here and later on, of course, killed himself. Never clean a gun whilst drunk very much the moral of the story. So, they were only really known for the Cetera period here and that whole rock with a horn section thing that they had started out doing got very lost. 
IIRC the exec producers on the documentary are the original horn players so it is a bit one sided. The whole thing is on YouTube. 

Thanks @EricTheWeary that's great intel ... I might just watch that docu ... just arrived in Warsaw for Scotland football w/e so it'll need to wait :+1: