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Tim Sherwood
Can't say I've listened to either, will check them out. I'm well versed with Wooten and Stanley Clarke though!
I'll check out Enigmatic Ocean too.
With the reading, I think I have the patience, just not sure about the time! But hopefully I'll get there.
How long you been playing guitar for, and what sort of stuff are you into?
If you are heading down the Jamiroquai route at the moment there is an obscure album by an Armenian based session keyboard player (yes really) Vahagn Stepanyan, called Moonlight. It's a funk groove feel on most tracks and he gets some of the best bass players in that field to guest on the tracks including Crawford, Pilichowski, and Melvin Lee Davis. I imagine it would be fun to play along with.
www.youtube.com/user/vahagnstepanyanmusic/videos