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There's this magazine called JAZZIZ that I discovered.

 

One of the author's named Matt Micucci has this column titled 'Year By Year: Five Essential Albums' here beginning from 1955. Included are some honorable mentions near the bottom per column.

 

A couple of the years (1964 and 1977) require a subscription to read, which is kind of dumb.

 

Regardless it's been cool to learn about what essential albums are worth a listen in the jazz and/or jazz fusion territory.

 

Some notable mentions have been the following:

 

Sting, The Dream of the Blue Turtles (1985)

Joe Jackson, Body and Soul (1984)

Donald Fagen, The Nightfly (1982)

King Sunny Adé and His African Beats, Juju Music (1982)

Steely Dan, Gaucho (1980)

Willie Nelson, Stardust (1978)

Steely Dan, Aja (1977)

Jeff Beck, Blow by Blow (1975)

Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, One Size Fits All (1975)

Joni Mitchell, The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)

Frank Zappa, Apostrophe (1974)

Santana, Caravanserai (1972)

The Mothers, The Grand Wazoo (1971)

Soft Machine, Third (1970)

Frank Zappa, Hot Rats (1969)

Vince Guaraldi, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965)

 

The above aren't really jazz-fusion music acts per se. However these albums have a fusing of the jazz elements in a way for crossover appeal.

 

Harry Connick Jr., When Harry Met Sally…Music from the Motion Picture (1989) appealed to pop-culture at the time.

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Tomorrow I will do a long post of all the jazz fusions I love, and there are many that I would love to share, I did not read the whole thread so i may repeat, but for now, there is avery nice Jazz fusion album that came out this year worth checking out.

 

The Comet is Coming - Trust in the Lifeforce of the Deep Mystery

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5BMqK9pO-Q

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClhkOZO75Uc

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2qUJw1WjZM

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YssWRW17rHQ

 

 

Here's the musicians:

 

Russell Ferrante - keyboards

Jimmy Haslip - bass

Ricky Lawson - drums

Robben Ford - guitar

Lenny Castro - percussion

Paulinho da Costa - percussion

Bobby Lyle - acoustic piano (on Sittin' in It)

Roland Bautista - guitar (on Sittin' in it)

Larry Williams - tenor sax and flutes

Jerry Hey - trumpet and flugelhorn (flugelhorn solo on The Hornet)

Ernie Watts - tenor sax (on Matinee Idol)

Bill Reichenbach - trombones

Gary Herbig - tenor sax and flute

Kim Hutchcroft - tenor and baritone saxophones

 

The Yellowjackets are headlining the annual Weekend of Jazz at my son’s high school, the last weekend in February. This is its 19th or 20th year...other recent years’ headliners have been Victor Wooten, Ellis Marsalis. It is just an awesome opportunity for the kids (and anybody else who wants tickets) to be exposed to some truly world-class musicians, and see them play (and also be tutored by them) in about a 1000-seat high school auditorium. Ha!

 

http://weekendofjazz.org/

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClhkOZO75Uc

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2qUJw1WjZM

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YssWRW17rHQ

 

 

Here's the musicians:

 

Russell Ferrante - keyboards

Jimmy Haslip - bass

Ricky Lawson - drums

Robben Ford - guitar

Lenny Castro - percussion

Paulinho da Costa - percussion

Bobby Lyle - acoustic piano (on Sittin' in It)

Roland Bautista - guitar (on Sittin' in it)

Larry Williams - tenor sax and flutes

Jerry Hey - trumpet and flugelhorn (flugelhorn solo on The Hornet)

Ernie Watts - tenor sax (on Matinee Idol)

Bill Reichenbach - trombones

Gary Herbig - tenor sax and flute

Kim Hutchcroft - tenor and baritone saxophones

 

The Yellowjackets are headlining the annual Weekend of Jazz at my son’s high school, the last weekend in February. This is its 19th or 20th year...other recent years’ headliners have been Victor Wooten, Ellis Marsalis. It is just an awesome opportunity for the kids (and anybody else who wants tickets) to be exposed to some truly world-class musicians, and see them play (and also be tutored by them) in about a 1000-seat high school auditorium. Ha!

 

http://weekendofjazz.org/

 

Holy cow yeah!

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Spyro Gyra, The early Brecker Bros, Caldera, Latin Jazz-fusion from the mid seventies, I have three of the four albums, but the best one still is not findable in any form,wanna get it on CD at least...

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I posted this on the Jazz thread, going to put it here since it applies.

 

My go to is Jean Luc Ponty but I like Return to Forever, David Sanborn, Hiram Bullock and others from the late 70's and early 80's. Here is a video I found a couple of years ago of Jean Luc Ponty in concert. Just love the way he and the bassist jam and the percussionists are fabulous.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp6bHmibJgI

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Here's a couple others

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJfSFdW8-CI

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEheUUjVDU0

 

I didn't realize Hiram passed away in 2008. I saw him in concert with Sanborn (he may be playing on the first video here too). Such a happy guy, RIP :rose:

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Spyro Gyra, The early Brecker Bros, Caldera, Latin Jazz-fusion from the mid seventies, I have three of the four albums, but the best one still is not findable in any form,wanna get it on CD at least...

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The fourtth album is Caldera- Time and Chance. and the original cover looks like this...This is the Third album in the four album list.LaESttp.jpg

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Picked up a few more fusiony records the other day with some Christmas money:

 

Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior

Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before

Al Di Meola - Land Of The Midnight Sun

 

I also nabbed Mingus' Ah Um on CD, though that's not fusion, just great great jazz.

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Picked up a few more fusiony records the other day with some Christmas money:

 

Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior

Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before

Al Di Meola - Land Of The Midnight Sun

 

I also nabbed Mingus' Ah Um on CD, though that's not fusion, just great great jazz.

 

Yeah, I was made aware of the 'Romantic Warrior' album in Jan. of '77 by The song 'Sorceress', it was playing on an FM station in Ann Arbor. I owned that by '79, and Al Di Meola's First three albums by '78. 'Land Of The Midnight Sun', 'Elegant Gypsy' and 'Casino'.

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Picked up a few more fusiony records the other day with some Christmas money:

 

Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior

Return To Forever - Where Have I Known You Before

Al Di Meola - Land Of The Midnight Sun

 

I also nabbed Mingus' Ah Um on CD, though that's not fusion, just great great jazz.

 

I love all of those...well except for Land Of The Midnight Sun. Don't have that one yet so I can't say if I like it or not.

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