Alex Scolnick...hmm the name sounds familiar, but I dont him off hand. I wont lie, I went thought school as a Jazz guitarist, but my knowledge of modern Jazz guitarist is very limited. I did study under Larry Carlton for a few months. I do listen to quite a bit of older jazz stuff, good ole' Winston, Contrain, Ellington, guys like that.(I've also been playing sax for about 6 years, but I'm not as profound at sax as I am at guitar) I'm really big into intrumental music. Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson, Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, guys like that.