Please put me on doc!!!
Like you said his phrasing is INCREDIBLE!!!!!! I mean WOW!!!!!
Sure thing .I' ll point you to a couple of cd's ( and mind you these are real early 90's were I thought Jimmy did some of his best playing, however it's still great stuff ).
1. Minage a trois ( pronounce twa ) it's actually thier 2nd lp , however it may be hard to find.
2. 4 Corners, and Politics: These were done in the early 90's but Jimmy did some incredible playing on these tracks.
3. Yellow Jackets " Live " mid 90's incredible cd and this is just to name a few,He also did some great playing on Lala Hathaways 1st cd . also as mention Anita Baker's album Sweet love ( which is pretty much the whole Yellow Jackets Band on that one )
If you go to youtube and punch in Chaka Khan4, there's some old video footage with Jimmy playing bass ( a Jazz Bass @ that which he still will pick up and play in his conventional or unconventional way ) on Ever Lasting Love which was a smoking track when Bobby Watson played bass on it on a earlier Rufus lp,nonetheless Jimmy is real nice and in-the-pocket on this one.
Also you have to remember that Jimmy has had the luxury of having stellar band mates to strecth with.especially the horn players such as Bob Mintzer, Bob Berg, Marc Russo ( not as stellar as the previous 2 I mention ahead of ,him but still was good enough to get phrasing ideas off of .which imo is the best place to get your phrasing from...........vocalists and Horn players.
I hope this helps,feel free to email me anytime.
God bless