Could Garcia play jazz?
Kinda. If you had never heard an actual jazz guitarist, you might think so. Those with a working knowledge of six-string swing-cats might not share that opinion.
Could Garcia play jazz that he and David Grisman had transmogrified into bluegrass?
Yes! Quite well, in fact.
Did Miles Davis only like Garcia because Garcia fawned over him?
Probably a little.
Isn’t that a bit…Trumpy?
Yes! Quite Trumpy, in fact.
Y’know your eyebrows are falling out, right?
Go fuck your brother, you shit-sack.
DON’T YOU GIVE HIM SHIT, SHIT-SACK!
Fuck both of you dudes.
Eat me, muchacho.
EAT HIM, MUCHACHO!
I hate bold-faced guy.
That fucker’s on my list. Actually, that fucker’s my whole list. It’s just him.
You’re a friend.
I dance with who brought me.
That’s some good Al Czervik
Grisman, on the other hand, is a legit jazz player, to the extent string jazz is legit jazz. His quintets from ’75-’79 were all pretty mind blowing, as was the stuff with Stephan Grappelli (in string jazz, there is no greater stamp of legitimacy than playing with someone who played with Django Rheinhardt). In recent years he released a show from around 1976. Check it out.