Most Talented Band Playing Today is....

[DAcat]

The Latest Incarnation of the Jeff Beck Group...Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton are proud that Jeff is finally getting his due... and I bet Jimmy Hendrix is too!!

 

[groooooove]

robert glasper experiment

jacob fred jazz odyssey

chick corea's last trio (christian mcbride + brian blade)

tons more. choosing one is unreasonable and impossible IMO..

 

[rockstarbassist]

For rock, hard to beat Mastodon. All those guys are sick.

 

[drunkenrobot]

Mouse On The Keys

 

[Melik]

I can only think of artists. And these would include Melody Gardot, Michael Buble, Chris Botti, Dave Koz etc..

 

[megadan]

Battles

 

[cwest]

the dirty one man band............SCOTT H. BIRAM

 

[John Wentzien]

Although I`ve only heard a handful of their songs, Umphrey`s McGee is pretty talented.

 

[T-MOST]

The Dave Matthews Band is a very good candidate.

 

[EddieBass]

Interesting... But Kings of Leon is new a band and they made me think there is still hope for music nowadays.
I'm not so much fan, but their songs are really nice. Very different of the crap there is today...

 

[PurpleDrank]

Modest Mouse: awesome textures and musicianship, very creative

Amanda Palmer: amazing songwriting

Flecktones: see above

 

[Frohman]

Them Crooked Vultures

 

[tdub0199]

Tool or A Perfect Circle..... Deftones are still rocking too...

 

[Josh Pelican]

There are definitely some talented bands listed playing, and even though some of them are favorites of mine, I want to give a nomination for a fellow Canadian...

Devin Townsend. Strapping Young Lad isn't active, but his solo project sure is. Not only is he talented, but he is simply a genius.

 

[berzerker92]

I just want the record to show I dont like screamo but ive found that the bands Escape The Fate and August Burns Red both have extremely good musicmanship.

also i would say
Them Crooked Vultures
Tool
Avenged Sevenfold (say what you will will but all the instruments are amazing)
and one no one's mentioned this far

Red Hot Chili Peppers

 

[Jared Lash]

While I appreciate technical virtuosity it's not something I need from bands I listen to so much as just music that moves me in some way. And yet so many bands that I dig are listed in this thread: Wilco, DMB, Tool, Battles (amazing BTW), Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Radiohead, Porcupine Tree, Rush, Modest Mouse, The Mars Volta, Imogen Heap, Arcade Fire, Minus the Bear, Porcupine Tree, NIN, Primus, King Crimson, Pat Metheny, Medeski Martin and Wood.

Some very different bands and all talented in their own way. Which is of course what makes a thread like this both interesting and kind of pointless.

For instance, who else does what JoJo Mayer's "Nerve" does? Perform "reverse engineered electronica" live with jazz sensibilities in terms of improvisation?



No other band listed can do what they do. And Jojo is just a beast behind the kit. Super talented musicians, all of them. But I guess it just underscores the point that what it all comes down to is having enough skill to execute your vision and convey what you want to the listener.

 

[KNURRR]

avishai cohen trio

 

[stitchbass]

excluding all the juzz fusion etc and going straight into music i listen to mainly which is of the heavy variety....

....as far as technical talent who i've seen but with soul, groove, originality i'd go for Tool, Meshuggah, and Opeth (saw them at royal albert hall and just seen the dvd of it back and it was breathtaking) and I can't stop listening to all of Devin Townsend's solo work at the moment so another shout out to him! can't wait to catch him in concert with any of the musicians he uses in his live bands as they are all exceptionally talented

 

[zachoff]

Mastodon of the bands I listen to a lot. All of those guys can play & they also write good songs, which usually doesn't go hand in hand with virtuosity.

 

[trayner1]

RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH RUSH