RYM's top all time Jazz Fusion

Saperlipopette! wrote: I did a search and since last autumn (which is the five pages that shows), Holdsworth in namechecked (positively, several times) by: (...)  Lewian (...)

A lot of interesting opinions and I guess being 18 years old and loving Angus Young and AC/DC is in my DNA because I do like flash. Not Di Meola a thousand notes a second flash but I want noise. That McLaughlin/Santana album for example. 
I think this goes against old school Jazz players who were so academic they wouldn't dare cross that line of showing off.

cemego wrote: For me, I'll take Freddie Hubbard ANY DAY over Miles Davis.  I always thought Miles was overrated.

Praise be! Freddie is killer, but Lee Morgan is my favourite trumpet player.

siLLy puPPy wrote: OF these it looks like Shibusashirazu, Sun Ra, Bruno Pernadas ,Freddie Hubbard and Casiopea aren't on PA. I've always wondered if Sun Ra should be on the site. He has some interesting fusion stuff. Other artists i'll have to explore further. Too many classics on this list so i can't possibly choose.

Shibusashirazu is on PA. I write a little about these in the opening post. They all have albums that qualify, but Sun Ra on PA would feel kind of wrong.

Mellotron Storm wrote: A lot of interesting opinions and I guess being 18 years old and loving Angus Young and AC/DC is in my DNA because I do like flash. Not Di Meola a thousand notes a second flash but I want noise. That McLaughlin/Santana album for example.  I think this goes against old school Jazz players who were so academic they wouldn't dare cross that line of showing off.

I don't think Angus Young is a good example. I'm not into AC/DC (kind of like their early albums when they had a groove and a great vocalist - without being a genuine fan) but he doesn't annoy me. Angus mostly serves the music well, doesn't he? I think I have a pretty high tolerance for noise in jazz and music in general. I do pass on most of the more extreme post-Coltrane brassy blowout competitions, but half my jazz collection is an unbearable listen for just about everyone I know but myself. I collect (and listen actively to) 1960/1970's Krzysztof Penderecki, all of Eric Dolphy, early Cecil Taylor... and they a certainly not considered easy listens. Anyway, it was mainly a way of trying to describe the kind of playing in fusion that has very little appeal to me. I thought it would be much easier to understand where I was coming from, and just move on.

^Agree that Miles was an innovator and one of the pioneers of fusion. I enjoyed much of his Bop music, when he was shredding "sport trumpet". However, "In A Silent Way" and "Bitches Brew", leave me cold.

Edited by Grumpyprogfan - May 19 2023 at 05:41

I love them all ;Miles Davis- Silent Way ;Frank Zappa-Hot Rats ; and Soft Machine -Third. These albums turned aa old  psychedelic rocker into a jazz appreciator and helped develop my own musical direction. I would add Soft Machine -Seven and Dixie Dregs full catalog.

presdoug wrote: This poll and thread make no mention of guitarist the late Eddy Marron, which is a big mistake.

I love Dzyan's second and third album (but I wouldn't primarely label them as Jazz Fusion) and both those Giger/Lenz/Marron-albums. But again RYM's top all time Jazz Fusion is a chart based on the albumratings and reviews on Rate Your Music, so no mistake.