Bigbobby10 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 What are some of your favorite Jazz Fusion bands/albums? Been listening to a lot of it recently and trying to find new stuff, so seeing what others think For albums, my current top 5 is 1. Miles Davis- Bitches Brew2. Frank Zappa- Hot Rats3. Soft Machine- Third (no pun intended)4. Herbie Hancock- Head Hunters5. Frank Zappa- The Grand Wazoo 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianice Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Billy Cobham-------Spectrum . 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnify Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) My personal favorites: Mahavishnu - Inner Mounting FlameDixie Dregs - Industry StandardReturn to Forever - Romantic WarriorBruford - Feels Good To MeBilly Cobham - SpectrumThe Aristocrats - Culture ClashWeather Report - Heavy WeatherJean-Luc Ponty - LiveJeff Beck - Blow by BlowSteve Morse Band - The Introduction Edited April 21, 2017 by cygnify 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnify Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 If you can stretch the definition to "Instrumental fusion", I would include Steve Vai (Passion and Warfare), Liquid Tension Experiment, Focus (Moving Waves), and Zappa. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Many many many... Check out what I'm listening to today in the albums thread for an example. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Miles Davis- Live Evil, Black Beauty, PangeaDonald Byrd -Ethiopian NightsBrand X - Moroccan RollStanley Clarke -School DaysMedeski, Martin and Wood - Shack ManHerbie Hancock- Thrust, SextantAllan Holdsworth - Wardenclyffe Tower....anything. Go get some Allan in your life. RIP 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 Thank you for these suggestions! want to check them out soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Wasn't Spinal Tap working on one after Nigel Tufnel left? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Pat Metheny Awesome music. My go-to snowy day music is from Pat. Love playing this tune when the snow is falling. http://youtu.be/hUAIPC8nQ7Q 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 My all-time favourite is John McLaughlin's Electric Guitarist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
custom55 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 (edited) In college we listened to: Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow and Wired http://youtu.be/u6jHlW414sQ Edited April 21, 2017 by custom55 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digital Dad Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Pat Metheny Awesome music. My go-to snowy day music is from Pat. Love playing this tune when the snow is falling.http://youtu.be/hUAIPC8nQ7Q Oh how could I forget Pat... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djflex Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Came in to say stanley clarke - school days and pat metheny but they been said So i say weather report- black market 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 So i say weather report- black market:goodone: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xanadoood Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 (edited) On a side note, I think Rush could have made some great fusion during the Hemispheres through Moving pictures period. The breakdown in Freewill always reminded me of some jazz fusion. Edited April 22, 2017 by Xanadoood 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 On a side note, I think Rush could have made some great fusion during the Hemispheres through Moving pictures period. The breakdown in Freewill always reminded me of some jazz fusion.I'd love for Ged and Alex to team up with Stewart Copeland on a project of this nature. No vocals, just jams. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue J Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Some great things mentioned here already. A couple that stand out to me, that have been missed: Chick Corea- Return to ForeverTony Williams Lifetime- Emergency 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 On a side note, I think Rush could have made some great fusion during the Hemispheres through Moving pictures period. The breakdown in Freewill always reminded me of some jazz fusion. YYZ is sort of fusion-ish. So's the funky instrumental break in Cinderella Man. Reminds me of Weather Report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Return To Forever's "Hymn Of The Galaxy" is one of my favorites .. It's the album before Al D joined, and Bill Connors is great http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFP-alYNq5I I love all of Al DiMeola's albums from "Land Of The Midnight Sun" up thru "Electric Rendezvous" Flight Over Rio from Elegant Gypsy is fantastic ( par for the course for Al during that era ) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwillchooseFreeWill Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I saw Chick Correa live a couple of times. Really great. Sometimes Tull can slip over into the genre. And I saw the Mahavishnu Orchestra once. Gosh you're making me feel old. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Slipperman Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) Weather Report is one of my all time favorite groups in any genre, so they'd have to be represented in my list. Let's see... Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire, Inner Mounting FlameWeather Report - 8:30, Mysterious Traveller, Black MarketPat Metheny - TravelsMiles Davis - Bitches Brew, Miles at the Fillmore (Bootleg Series Vol. 3)Billy Cobham - SpectrumBruford - One Of A KindHerbie Hancock - FloodDonald Byrd - The Dude And a later example (late-80s... WAY too cool and hip to be considered "smooth jazz"):: Yellowjackets - Politics Edited April 24, 2017 by Mystic Slipperman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 Been listening to some Spyro Gyra recently and liking it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtvGR8UX1L0 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cygnify Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Not sure if anyone considers this "Fusion", but it was certainly ahead of it's time, and I think alot of Fusion and Prog dudes were schooled in odd times from this: Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbear05 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Too many. Just about everything of Al DiMeola and Shadowfax. Stanley Clarke (especially If This Bass Could Only Talk), Jerry Goodman's solo albums, Mahavishnu, Jeff Beck, Jaco Pastorius' Punk Jazz 2 CD compilation, The Zawinul Project World Tour CD's. Then there's the "New Age" music that strays there e.g. Michael Hedges, Andreas Vollenweider, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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