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Topic: 10 Jazz Rock/Fusion Albums
Posted: December 02 2014 at 19:34

Jaga Jazzist, One-Armed Bandit.

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Posted: November 20 2014 at 09:05

Kraan.

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Posted: November 20 2014 at 06:48

uduwudu wrote:

I'll vote for the one that is 10 but got knocked off. is that Elegant Gypsy perchance?

Re-reading the OP I forgot about this being a poll I accidentally submitted too soon. I don't remember what the tenth option was. LOL

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Posted: November 20 2014 at 03:02

I'll vote for the one that is 10 but got knocked off. is that Elegant Gypsy perchance? If yes. good, if not... well. Al Di Meola another great Italian...

Nice albums there. Love Offramp, Dan... Miles for putting more brains into a funk album than anyone...

Pat Metheney's one gig I saw was an absolute gem. First I'd heard of the great bassist Christian McBride. I mean ya don't get the Metheney gig for being so so and this guy... sorry, who was the guitarist again?

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Posted: November 19 2014 at 16:05

Of the ones I've heard, Jaga, followed by Miles, Material and Herbie.

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Posted: November 15 2014 at 02:02

Jagga is great, for today. A wonderful new band. If they have a full, long, and productive 25 year life span...

...that'll be half of Herbie's and Pat's.

Tough to decide. Billy was on Sextant, though. Taught and played around my home state growing up. Hometown pride!

Herbie.

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Posted: November 14 2014 at 17:31

Lear'sFool wrote:

Sextant

That album didn't just fuse jazz and rock, it fused genres that didn't exist yet, plus funk. Wild, ahead of its time, just a brilliant romp. Love it.

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Posted: November 14 2014 at 17:14

Lear'sFool wrote:

Sextant

That album didn't just fuse jazz and rock, it fused genres that didn't exist yet, plus funk. Wild, ahead of its time, just a brilliant romp. Love it.

I sort of agree, except I think Crossings (perhaps my favorite album) from the year before did everything better.

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Posted: November 14 2014 at 16:36

I really love the first half of Royal Scam, but it has to be Embryo.

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Posted: November 14 2014 at 16:19

On The Corner is more properly jazz-funk, not jazz-rock.

I go with Herbie.

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Posted: November 14 2014 at 15:38

Sextant

That album didn't just fuse jazz and rock, it fused genres that didn't exist yet, plus funk. Wild, ahead of its time, just a brilliant romp. Love it.

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Posted: November 14 2014 at 12:16

Nice selection with a handful of favorites.

Whenever I Seem to be far Away. The Owl's short review on RYM is spot on:

...A rather spooky and compelling album. It makes me think of what might happen if Jimi Hendrix had more jazz chops and jammed with King Crimson (on the first 2 cuts). Driven along by a roaring fuzz bass, tense drumming, spooky Mellotron and piano plus a very forlorn sounding French Horn, these first 2 tracks hold your attention quite nicely, blurring improvised and composed passages with great ease. Terje's guitar tone is a very thick and haunting (or haunted) sort of thing that stays with you for days...

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Posted: November 14 2014 at 11:44

Pat Metheny's Offramps in this list but I like Embryo, Kraan, Steely Dan and Jaga too.

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Posted: November 13 2014 at 20:16

Kraan

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Posted: October 02 2013 at 01:45

Kraan

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Posted: October 01 2013 at 20:45

Sextant. I also love On The Corner.

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Posted: September 29 2013 at 03:34

I clicked on On The Corner but that one could be also Whenever I Seem To Be Far Away and (or) Royal Scam.

My fav jazz-rock album ever Where Have I Know You Before by RTF is not on the list, though.

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Posted: September 29 2013 at 01:40

Steely Dan is (obviously) one of my favorite bands, and I do dig Jaga. But I voted for Material because I'm embarrassed by how few ratings/reviews they've received on this site. Seriously, folks, not much else was happening in the prog world around that time. Did nobody notice the really interesting and cool things Material was up to?!?

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Posted: September 28 2013 at 23:34

Sextant! Love that era of Herbie.

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Posted: September 28 2013 at 12:54

Went with Metheny since I really like that lp but I also like the Kraan and Steely dan lp's.

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Poll Question: ?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Pat Metheny - Offramp	10	[20.83%]
Embryo - Embryo's Reise	2	[4.17%]
Herbie Hancock - Sextant	8	[16.67%]
Jaga Jazzist - One-Armed Bandit	6	[12.50%]
Terje Rypdal - Whenever I Seem To Be Far Away	4	[8.33%]
Miles Davis - On The Corner	3	[6.25%]
Material - Hallucination Engine	3	[6.25%]
Kraan - Kraan	6	[12.50%]
Steely Dan - The Royal Scam	6	[12.50%]
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