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David_D 
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 Topic: Your fave Jazz Fusion albums?Posted: February 07 2023 at 13:07 |
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After a couple of Jazz-Rock threads, this one to dig Jazz Fusion albums which are not Jazz-Rock. My list in chronological order: Miles Davis (USA) - Bitches Brew (1970) Osibisa (Ghana) - Osibisa (1971) Miles Davis - Live/Evil (1971) Assagai (Afrika, UK) - Zimbabwe (1971) Stomu Yamash'ta (J) - Floating Music (1972) Miles Davis - Dark Magus (1974)) Herbie Hancock (USA) - Man-Child (1975) Weather Report (USA) - Black Market (1976) Iceberg (ESP) - Coses Nostres (1976) Sievert & Tolonen (DK) - After Three Days (1978) The “Gunesh” Ensemble (USSR) - Gunesh (1980) ”Arsenal” Ensemble (USSR) - Created with their own Hands (1983) The “Gunesh” Ensemble (USSR) - Looking At The Earth (1984) Shankar (India) - Song for everyone (1985) Xiame (D, Bra) - Xiame (1990) Garbarek & Khan (N, Pakistan) - Ragas and Sagas (1992) Trilok Gurtu (India) - The Glimpse (1996) Dhafer Youssef (Tunesia) - Electric Sufi (2001) Xing Sa (F) - Creation De L’univers (2010) Enjoy it! Edited by David_D - December 18 2023 at 16:21 |
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Negoba
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Posted: February 07 2023 at 13:43 |
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How do you delineate jazz rock from jazz fusion?
Ones I think will qualify that are all timers for me: Miles Davis: In a Silent Way Weather Report: I Sing the Body Electric I like a LOT of fusion but I think most would think it's jazz rock.
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Posted: February 07 2023 at 13:47 |
I see Jazz-Rock and Jazz Fusion as two different categories, Jazz-Rock being more Rock-influenced while Jazz Fusion mostly Jazz-oriented, and also to higher degree having taken elements from other genres than Jazz and Rock. Edited by David_D - February 19 2023 at 06:12 |
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Posted: February 07 2023 at 13:54 |
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Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Jean-Luc Ponty - Open Mind Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean Steps Ahead - Modern Times Chris Potter - Circuits John Abercrombie - Timeless Abercrombie/Holland/DeJohnette - Gateway Dave Holland - Prism Terje Rypdal - What Comes After Terje Rypdal - Chaser Return to Forever - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Jack DeJohnette - New Rags Jack DeJohnette - New Directions Chad Wackerman - Forty Reasons Tony Williams - Believe It.
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Posted: February 07 2023 at 15:07 |
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Excuse me if there is any jazz rock in this list.  Pat Metheny Group - The Way Up and at least a dozen more Hiromi - Spark Jeff Beck - Wired Brand X - Unorthodox Behavior Bruford - One Of A Kind Dewa Budjana - Zentuary CAB - CAB4 Chick Corea Elektric Band - Beneath the Mask Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy Dixie Dregs - What If Virgil Donati - In This Life Bill Bruford Earthworks - A Part, and Yet Apart FAT - #awesome Antoine Fafard - Proto Mundi Frogg Cafe - Fortunate Observer Of Time Gong - Gazeuse! Guthrie Govan - Erotic Cakes Helmet of Gnats - Travelogue Howe, Wooten, Chambers - Extraction Hellborg, Lane, Sipe - Personae Alex Machacek - 24 Tales MVP - Truth In Shredding Nova Collective - The Further Side New York Stories - Volume One Ohm - Amino Acid Flashback On The Raw - Climbing The Air Owane - Yeah Whatever Panzerballet - Planet Z Simon Phillips - Protocol II Planet X - Quantum Plini - Impulse Voices Jean-Luc Ponty - Enigmatic Ocean RTF - Romantic Warrior Wayne Shorter - Speak No Evil (Classified as fusion on PA?? So I listed it.) Steely Dan - Aja Sympozion - Kundabuffer Tohpati - Tribal Dance Chad Wackerman - Forty Reasons Weather Report - Black Market Dave Weckl - Master Plan Frank Zappa & The Mothers - The Grand Wazoo Edited by Grumpyprogfan - February 07 2023 at 23:33 |
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Posted: February 07 2023 at 16:36 |
It's not easy to distinguish whichever definitions are used, and you're surely a man of Jazz Rock/Fusion.  Edited by David_D - February 09 2023 at 05:08 |
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Posted: February 10 2023 at 02:31 |
What do you think about my definitions of Jazz-Rock and Jazz Fusion, Grumpy?
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Posted: February 10 2023 at 02:59 |
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Then there's the less defined "Rock-fusion", and of course weary but golden "Fusion". |
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Posted: February 10 2023 at 03:02 |
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Here I thought i know a bit on the topic, but there is "jazz-rock", "jazz-rock/fusion", "fusion" and "world fusion". Also "jazz-funk".
I give up.
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Posted: February 12 2023 at 09:17 |
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Even entitled as "Jazz-Rock", this is a quite good book about Jazz Fusion as well: Jazz-Rock: A History (1998) by Stuart Nicholson
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Posted: February 15 2023 at 08:04 |
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A rather close circle of Jazz Fusion friends here so far but anyway, I can tell that I was fond of some albums of this style already as a teenager (in mid-'70s), and most notably, as far as I can remember, of Black Market and Man-Child. Neverthereless, it wasn't until the second half of the '90s, I became more interested of it, and I have to admit that it hasn't been quite easy for me to find Jazz Fusion albums I could like much - rather contrary to Jazz-Rock albums. Edited by David_D - February 20 2023 at 08:07 |
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Posted: February 15 2023 at 08:09 |
...And then there's Con Funk Shun, just to cause more con-fusion.
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Posted: February 15 2023 at 15:52 |
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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - Live/Evil Miles Davis - Dark Magus Miles Davis- Big Fun Miles David- In a Silent Way Herbie Hancock - Man-Child Herbie Hancock - Crossings Herbie Hancock - Maiden Voyage The Brecker Brothers - Heavy Metal Be-Bop Weather Report - Black Market Weather Report: I Sing the Body Electric Osibisa - Osibisa Jeff Beck- Wired Bruford- One of a Kind Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy Return to Forever - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Billy Cobham - Spectrum Billy Cobham - Shabazz Accordo Dei Contrari - Violato Intatto Perigeo - Azimut Chicago - II Santana - Santana Santana - Caravanserai Edited by omphaloskepsis - February 15 2023 at 16:15 |
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Posted: February 17 2023 at 10:34 |
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Nice, Cindy, and you seem to be a very good friend of Jazz Rock/Fusion, too.
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Posted: February 20 2023 at 05:23 |
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Here some of the Jazz Fusion I like much, from the album Looking at the Earth (1984): Edited by David_D - February 20 2023 at 15:54 |
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I still find new Jazz Fusion albums in my collection, the last being, and added to my list here, Assagai (Afrika, UK) - Zimbabwe (1971) with quite strong influences of traditional African music. I don't find it to be as good as Osibisa's, but certainly enjoyable, futuring members of Jade Warrior and with quite beautiful artwork also drawn by Roger Dean. Edited by David_D - March 14 2023 at 11:44 |
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