U.S. Jazz Fusion: 1973

Some great albums, BUT, where is the Mahavisnu Orchestra's Birds of Fire, one of Fusions short list of greatest albums? That would be my pick.

From the list, RTF. Captain Senior Mouse is one of the great all-time Fusion tracks.

I adore, or love, love I might say, Eddie Henderson's Realization, Julian Priester's Love, Love and Herbie Hancock's Sextant, and getting into those and some other related albums were very important to me. I also recall that I wrote a much better review of Realization in 2009 (how time flies when you ain't doing much) and then lost it when I was about to post it, which was super annoying.

I also like Herbie Hancock's Head Hunters very much and Return to Forever's Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy and have very much liked Larry Young's Lawrence of Newark. And I enjoyed Spectrum.

I went with Realization, but those three I mentioned at first could have all got the vote. Sextant, which i adored on first listen, is what set me on that Mwandishi and related jazz odyssey.

Edited by Logan - March 16 2025 at 10:23

Billy Cobham. On Sundays I usually pretend I'm a truck and I beep at my bathtub.

Eddie Henderson - Realization
Steely Dan - Countdown to Ecstasy
Julian Priester - Love, Love
Larry Young - Lawrence of Newark
Weather Report - Sweetnighter

Edited by Saperlipopette! - March 18 2025 at 02:58

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