You can hook up with any other players out there but it's totally YOUR choice on the type of recording/music.

Who would your bandmates be?

What type of music? (It would sound kind of like----?)

I would love to work on a song with Paul Taylor! I'd probably hook him up with a very progressive R&B sound with a jazz and hip-hop feel.

I'd love a one time hit with Spyro Gyra concentrating on either a Latin or Funk idea!

Hmmmm- interesting question.
Well, for a lineup, it'd be me on bass, Dave Weckyl on drums, Steve Reid on percs, Russ Freeman on guitar, Jeff Golub on guitar, David Benoit on keys, the Tower of Power on horns, and Eric Marienthal on sax. Not sure on vocals, if there would be any, but if so they'd have to be powerful and good, nothing cheesy.
Style would be latin/fusion/funk but toned down just enough to keep the cjazz fans with us...some "fusion" is too much shredding and not enough melody for me anyway.
It would be about a 6 minute tune, too, not so long that it gets repetitive, but long enough for a few short well placed solos by different band members.
Better stop now, real world calls....
TonyY

I'd put together a blues album. My rythym section would be Double Trouble(Drums-Chris Layton, Reese Wynans-Hammond B-3, Tommy Shannon-Bass). Pat Hayes of the Lamont Cranston Band on Blues Harp, David Sanborn on sax, and I'd invite guitarists Zakk Wylde, Larry Carlton, and Aerosmith's Joe Perry to trade licks with me. Now that would be fun!

Can I have two? Pweeeze?

1 - I'd love to sing with Spyro Gyra ... either a live version of Patterns in the Rain or something the group has never done on a record, like Mack the Knife or That's Killer Joe
2 - Or to do a 12-song album with mixed lineups:
guitars: Russ Freeman, Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Julio Fernandez, Carlos Santana
bass: Christian McBride, Charnell Moffett, Nathan East, Gerald Veasley, Scott Ambush, Kim Stone, Victor Bailey, Jimmy Johnson
piano: David Benoit, Eliane Elias, Bob James, Samantha Siva
keyboards: Tom Schuman, Chick Corea, George Duke
saxophones: Kirk Whalum, Kenny Garrett, Jay Beckenstein, Brandon Fields, Eric Marienthal, Pamela Williams
trumpets/flugelhorns: Randy Brecker, Rick Braun, Chris Botti, Terrence Blanchard, Maynard Ferguson, Jerry Hey, Gary Grant
trombone: Nick Lane
drums: Dave Weckl, Chris Dave, Joel Rosenblatt, Dave Karasony, Lil John Roberts, Billy Kilson
percussion: Luis Conti, Lenny Castro, Paulinho da Costa, David Charles, Marc Quinones
vibes/marimba: Dave Samuels
steel drums: Andy Narell
vocals (for duets): Chris Bennett, Clairdee, Nnenna Freelon, Natalie Cole, Gabriela Anders, Seal, Al Jarreau, Tom Lellis or any member of The Manhattan Transfer