The Coleman stuff I have heard (and not that much) is like a train wreck to my ears. I just cannot digest it.
I'd like to hear the stuff with Holdsworth and co.
The music I'm recording now is an eclectic mix, but now that I have played it for a year I have a hard time listening to other music. It all sounds "typical" to me - lead in, solos, back to head, more solos and out. The guitarist I work with is not into soloing in typical ways. No fretboard fireworks, as I call it. He just has a ton of effects gear and he searches for chords, and textures, and sound fields. He's really into ambient music and for some reason when he goes there I tend to turn on the jets and the tension created is pretty cool. The funky stuff is fun. I don't consider myself a jazz drummer at all, but we get into all kinds of things. It's composition on the fly, really. I have found it very rewarding musically. I wish there was a lot more of it out there.
Since doing this I really wonder what kind of music has been recorded by bands just warming up or jamming in the studio with the recorders on that shall never be heard by the general public because it isn't "song" oriented. Gems and jewels that shall never see light of day.
Our first CD will be out sometime this winter, I hope. After much discussion and deliberation we have decided to keep it just drums and guitar duo. Those few who have heard it thus far say it has an energy level and force that is captivating. Even my wife, who is into the old southern rock 1970s stuff, says it's pretty interesting. It isn't for everybody, that's for sure, but I believe it has a place at the general "fusion" table. Well see.