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Dick Heath 
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Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12813 |
 Posted: January 07 2008 at 17:44 |
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I enjoyed BLS's Black Light Syndrome; less enamoured by their second outing; parallels with LTE. Wasn't Stevens Billy Idol's guitarist, with a tad too much interest in flamenco?? Missed the Bozzio/Sheehan outing. Bozzio sounds far more serious with the young Austrian guitar maestro Alex Machacek, on BPM's avante fusion Delete & Roll. |
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Dick Heath
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Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12813 |
Posted: January 15 2008 at 10:00 |
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Here's a first, I do believe. The bassoon as lead jazz rock fusion instrument, in the hands of Paul Hanson on his new album Frolic In The Land Of Plenty (Abstract Logix Records). The press release inevitably talks of Hanson being the Jaco Pastorius of the bassoon.... and indeed the opening track smacks JP's Continuum, wrt to complexity of playing and musician virtuosity. Elsewhere the bassoon takes the lead where a tenor or soprano saxophone might have taken it in a jazz rock fsuion group - and there moments when I may think I'm hearing organ (rather like Mike Ratledge being fast and dirty on the Lowry) and then I realise Hanson is doing something unusual on the bassoon and on an album of great jazz rock tunes and arrrangements. A great and novel jazz fusion album to start 2008.
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Dick Heath
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Posted: February 07 2008 at 12:27 |
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Sounds an interesting combination....
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khammer99
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Joined: November 21 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 157 |
Posted: February 07 2008 at 16:15 |
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WOW! You weren't kidding Mickey! I took a quick listen to Tony Williams Lifetime: The Collection and was blown away! Thanks for the heads up on this guy! |
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Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has
been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up. - Terry Pratchett |
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WalterDigsTunes
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Joined: September 11 2007 Location: SanDiegoTijuana Status: Offline Points: 4373 |
Posted: February 09 2008 at 03:41 |
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everyone
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Joined: January 09 2008 Status: Offline Points: 159 |
Posted: February 09 2008 at 10:35 |
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Try a band called Dreams. Follow the 60's era Miles Davis family tree of performers and you have your list.
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WalterDigsTunes
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Joined: September 11 2007 Location: SanDiegoTijuana Status: Offline Points: 4373 |
Posted: February 09 2008 at 16:13 |
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I just looked 'em up... and if a band has Billy Cobham, its bound to be good!
Well, unless we're talking about 80s Mahavishnu... Now, one thing I've always wondered is whether anyone else in the 70s ever pursued that deep, dark funk that Miles explored on live albums like "Agharta" or "Dark Magus." |
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Erpland316
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Joined: October 30 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 359 |
Posted: February 09 2008 at 17:16 |
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Check out Miles Davis' Miles in the Sky, In A Silent Way, and Filles de Kilamajaro. Also check out Billy Cobham's solo stuff. Medeski, Martin, and Wood are one of the best fusion groups around today (along with John Scofield). Allan Holdsworth has some great 70's/80's releases as well. |
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"Science is all metaphor"-Timothy Leary
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Zargus
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Joined: May 08 2005 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 3491 |
Posted: February 11 2008 at 04:15 |
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Great fussion album that sounds nohting like early Gong, it culd howerver be described as sounding like the artwork. Sweet stuff!
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The Quiet One
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Joined: January 16 2008 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 15745 |
Posted: February 12 2008 at 10:27 |
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I'm a newb to here but still I rather listen to:
Mahavishnu Orchestra Billy Cobham Return to Forever Al Di Meola, Stanley Clarke and Jean Luc Ponty Jean Luc Ponty Herbie Hancock Dixie Dregs: jazz rock |
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Dick Heath
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Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12813 |
Posted: February 13 2008 at 10:12 |
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At very long last I've got a CD remaster of Hubert Laws* The Chicago Theme album beit on a Japanese import (but reasonable price thru' Amazon.UK) . Great flute playing in the classic CTI Records, early 70's jazz fusion house style (e.g. Bob James producing). One of my all time top ten fusion tune Inflation Chaser is included with a who's who of the scene at the time: Dave Sanborn, Mike Brecker, Stanley Clarke etc.
 *Ronnie Laws' dad. Edited by Dick Heath - February 13 2008 at 10:13 |
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superprog
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Posted: February 13 2008 at 23:03 |
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last night i watched the dvd Electric Miles: A Diff Kind of Blue.feat interviews with Santana & ppl who played with him (Herbie, Chick, Keith, Dave, Airto etc.). Very touching tributes from them esp Herbie's Fender Rhodes dedication at the end.
And its got the full 38min performance at the Isle of Wight festival in 1970. Freekin sooper dooper intense beautiful and awesome stuff. Improv at its finest!!!
Makes we wanna go and watch my Supersilent 7 and Weather Report dvds again to soak in the fusion power!!!
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superprog
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Posted: February 14 2008 at 05:10 |
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just bought this cd from the shop near my office:
Nicky Skopelitis - Ekstasis (released on Bill Laswell's Axiom label in 1993 this is brillo avant-world-fusion feat. Laswell, Jah Wobble, Jaki Liebzeit, Zakir Hussain and many others......)
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Dick Heath
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Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12813 |
Posted: February 14 2008 at 08:53 |
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Coincidentally picked up Deadline's Dissident album secondhand in last couple of days, with a similar line-up, (Laswell's Axiom and Jonas Hellborg's DEM labels seemed to do a lot exchanges of personnel in the early 90's). Bootsie Collins, Hellborg and Laswell providing the basses (can't be bad), along with Nicky Skopelitis and Bernie Worrell and Jens Johansson. I continue to wonder at Hellborg's shear range of musical experiments and variations (and many are found on record) from that period. Edited by Dick Heath - February 15 2008 at 08:26 |
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darkshade
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Posted: February 15 2008 at 01:56 |
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there's sooooo much! a lot that isnt even on this site. Im listening to Make A Jazz Noise by Frank Zappa, and it is without a doubt on of the best jazz-fusion albums ive ever heard!
others bands and artists that are great are John Scofield, Pat Metheny Group, The Zawinul Syndicate, Miles Davis, Dreams, Steve Jenkins, John Abercrombie, Charlie Hunter, Larry Coryell and the Eleventh House, Tower of Power (more funk though), Joshua Redman Elastic Band, Billy Cobham/George Duke Band, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, and soooo many more! |
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Dick Heath
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Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12813 |
Posted: March 12 2008 at 18:52 |
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Just read Scott McGill and Percy Jones have recorded and uploaded something on the web - claimed to cutting edge. Info please
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Dick Heath
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Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12813 |
Posted: March 13 2008 at 09:48 |
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A bit of digging reveals:
Hello, A General Announcement-- "DEBUT" from Percy Jones, Scott McGill & Ritchie DeCarlo is available for Download ONLY. It is over an hour of brand new material like nothing you've heard before! This music is scorching and revolutionizes the instrumental genre. You need this--it will melt all of the other stuff that you own. It is available at iTunes, Rhapsody & Napster http://sms.napster.com/duet/sampler/sampler.html?opcode=search&type=album&id=12712415&class=album&artist_id=12485707&album_id=12712415 This trio from hell is currently working on the second album & planning shows for the Spring. Get "DEBUT" now and check us out at http://www.myspace.com/jonesmcgillritchie Also, FreakZoid's first disc and Scott's magnum opus "The Guitar Arpeggio Compendium" are both available at www.scottmcgill.com. Thank you for your continued support and there's more on the way! FreakZoid Jones McGill DeCarlo P.B.
Napster doesn't work outside the USA - but go to Scott McGill on (rip-off) I-tunes where you can get the album for about 6 quid.
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Dick Heath
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Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12813 |
Posted: March 13 2008 at 19:32 |
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BEWARE OF THE HYPE I've downloaded whole of the album from I-Tunes for I-Pod playand also made a CD for radioplay - the CD player tells me total time is 40' 31" - which I do believe is well less than than an hour. Feedback playing Plan Invasion on the show tonight - 'noodling 'and somebody even mistook the track for the Mars Volta.... As for originality , not convinced - Uncle Joes Space Ranch has more to offer in IMHO. Scorching???? BTW converted to CD the sound quality is not so good. And is this the Pecy Jones of Brand X and Tunnels??? Believe too much of that hype and be disappointed. |
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Dick Heath
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Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12813 |
Posted: April 03 2008 at 10:36 |
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Been catching up on buying and scounging recently.
Panzerballett's Stacke Stucke still wins it for me the best so far of 2008 releases.
Recently obtained a couple of Bill Connor's electric legato albums recorded in the 80's
Garaj Mahal's first studio album (Mondo Garaj: jam jazz/indo-jazz fusion) and also Fareed Haque Group's first album. Also in the Indo-jazz genre, Jonas Hellberg's 1999 recording Friends Across Boundaries
Also the third studio album by Whoopgnash, Lack of Education - fast and furious modal jazz fusion.
Ordered Jack Bruce & The HR Big Band recording, and the forthcoming Miles From India (featuring John McLaughlin). Also see there is a bit of who's who on Chris Buck's album (Holdsworth, etc.) - wonder whether I should buy?:
 Also an interesting chart based on best sellers at Abstract Logix, reflecting the genre is alive and well and not just living in the 70's:
1. Tal Wilkenfeld - Transformation w/Wayne Krantz, Seamus Blake, Keith Carlock
2. Alex Machacek, Matthew Garrison, Jeff Sipe - Improvision 3. John McLaughlin/Jaco Pastorius/Tony Williams/Trio of Doom - The Trio of Doom Live 4. Brett Garsed/Scott Kinsey/Gary Willis/Dennis Chambers/T.J.Helmerich : Uncle Moe's Space Ranch II : Moe's Town 5. Jonas Hellborg - Art Metal 6. Gary Willis - Actual Fiction 7. Hadrien Feraud 8. Eric Clapton: Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007 ( 2 DVD) 9. Various Artists - Freeway Jam: to Beck & Back - Jeff Beck Tribute 10. Weather Report- Live At Montreux Jazz Festival (DVD) Edited by Dick Heath - April 03 2008 at 10:39 |
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Andrea Cortese
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Posted: April 07 2008 at 12:54 |
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My last jazz-rock purchases:
- Return to Forever / Where Have I known You Before?
- Stanley Clarke / School Days
- Iceberg / Sentiments
- Iceberg / Arc en Ciel
- Al Di Meola / Splendido Hotel
(I'm buying a lot of jazz-rock stuff lately)
What do you think of these records? Edited by Andrea Cortese - April 07 2008 at 12:55 |
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aapatsos wrote:
) but I would recommend the two albums produced by Bozzio_Levin_Stevens. Great work and much better than the Bozzio_Sheehan project, at least for my own taste. What does Master Heath say about this? 
