RYM's top all time Jazz Fusion

Cristi wrote: Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: verslibre wrote: (Not a single RTF album...interesting. There are a few I'd knock out of there for Romantic Warrior.) Agreed No bands/artists from Germany or (most of) Europe either.

verslibre wrote: (Not a single RTF album...interesting. There are a few I'd knock out of there for Romantic Warrior.)

BaldJean wrote: David_D wrote: verslibre wrote: (Not a single RTF album...interesting. There are a few I'd knock out of there for Romantic Warrior.) Chick Corea - Return to Forever, 1972 that one is a Chick Corea album, not a Return to Forever album. RtF named themselves after this album

BaldJean wrote: verslibre wrote: How are you, BaldJean!! Seems like you were absent for a bit. yep. we were working on the stage show for our new band Dark Goddesses that consists of Friede and me, our daughters Alice and Dorothy and my sister Beatrice and her wife Charlotte

BaldJean wrote: verslibre wrote: BaldJean wrote: verslibre wrote: How are you, BaldJean!! Seems like you were absent for a bit. yep. we were working on the stage show for our new band Dark Goddesses that consists of Friede and me, our daughters Alice and Dorothy and my sister Beatrice and her wife Charlotte Is the album ready or is this a completely different/new project? it is a new project. with Charlotte we finally have a harp player (including electric harp). she also plays zither and koto

BaldJean wrote: when Charlotte uses a distortion pedal on her electric harp it becomes incredibly heavy, much heavier than a distorted electric guitar. not what you would expect from a harp at all!

moshkito wrote: Hi, In my book, the same group being represented more than once, simply shows the lack of care for the "artist". If you take away the doubles you actually have a nice list, which could include a lot more folks from Europe, most of which were left behind. I don't think that many of us do not "accept" Miles, or Frank as "jazz-fusion" in some way, despite their tastes also moving in other directions as well. Thus, the need for 2nd, 3rd and 4th album by the same artist simply hurts the choices and the talent of many musicians the world over. I couldn't vote ... the listing was too "popularity" minded, and I think it showed how much we listen to different versions of the music, and specially a lot of European stuff ... where it's diversion was influenced by a lot more than just the blues, and some independent spirits.

I think this has been discussed with you already, but it comes across like you don't understand how RateYourMusic works or what its purpose is. It was primarily set up as a site where members (there are huge numbers) rate the albums in their collection. This data is collected, and one gets a general rating value based on all of those who rated it, and the ranking is calculated. I would find it odd at such an album rating and ranking site that is populated as it is, for the default to only show only one album by a band. You could suggest the change at the site if you think they could do it better. I don't see how lack of care for the artist comes into play with the way the site works. Of course it's popularity-minded, in that these are the 25 most popular albums according to the way that the data from the many users ratings are collated. It's like complaining about Prog Archives top album charts.

If someone who enjoys lots of jazz fusion can't find three to like and vote for in this list, then that comes down to their own limitations more than the limitations of RYM.

We've actually had the kind of discussion again and again, and I still don't understand your logic.

Of course you could go the chart and go down the list for 25 different albums by different band/artists or just list the first 25 band/artist names. Does something like having RYM and the way it works hurt an artist? I know that it has helped many an artist to gain recognition. I have discovered many wonderful names that I might never have discovered otherwise by looking at RYM's charts. You do seem to be talking from a place of ignorance where you don't really understand how the site and its communities work -- a bit of research before giving opinions can go a long way.

Incidentally, instead of people complaining/ or being concerned about what's not on the list, I do wish more would focus on what is there and what they do like from the list. Of course it's fine also to share other opinions.


Edited by Logan - May 17 2023 at 12:54

BaldJean wrote: David_D wrote: verslibre wrote: (Not a single RTF album...interesting. There are a few I'd knock out of there for Romantic Warrior.) Chick Corea - Return to Forever, 1972 that one is a Chick Corea album, not a Return to Forever album. RtF named themselves after this album

David_D wrote: BaldJean wrote: David_D wrote: verslibre wrote: (Not a single RTF album...interesting. There are a few I'd knock out of there for Romantic Warrior.) Chick Corea - Return to Forever, 1972 that one is a Chick Corea album, not a Return to Forever album. RtF named themselves after this album I guess, there're different opinions about it, as RYM, PA and Wikipedia consider it to be RtF's first album.

Edited by verslibre - May 17 2023 at 14:16

David_D wrote: I guess, there're different opinions about it, as RYM, PA and Wikipedia consider it to be RtF's first album.