BUT, (I always get flamed for this), Jimi went to England, hung out with Jeff Beck for a while and came back a guitar god. Jeff Beck is the most underrated player ever. Inconsistent, irascible and utterly brilliant when on his game. If only he and Rod Stewart could have made it work we would have had probably the greatest blues rock band ever. Yes, Page stole the Led Zep sound from Beck, Frampton stole the vox box, and every Jazz fusion player must bend his knee to Beck.

BTW, "Kind of Blue" is never very far from my cd player.

I think what Jimi got exposed to in England was the use of effects and techniques with them, which he took to new heights. Beck can get more sound out of a fender amp by itself than anyone.

I don't know about Miles. His shadow looms over 3 decades of Jazz so large that it's almost impossible to determine where it all came from. He was the leading edge of 3 or 4 movements in Jazz. Blow by Blow and Bitches Brew are pretty much considered the definitive fusion albums. Blow by Blow didn't leave my turntable for months.