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    Posted: June 05 2006 at 22:10
Originally posted by wolf0621 wolf0621 wrote:

Originally posted by Jeff Schu Jeff Schu wrote:

Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

  1. RETURN TO FOREVER
  2. MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA
  3. WEATHER REPORT
  4. TONY WILLIAMS'S LIFETIME (they should be in the Archives)

I love them all, and i own almost all their albums!!!

 
f**king thank you!!! "Tony Williams' Lifetime" needs to be on the archives no doubt about it.
 
 
Which Lifetime, the original (w/McLaughlin, Larry Young & Jack Bruce) lineup from '69-'73, or the New Tony Williams Lifetime lineup w/Tony Newton, Alan Pasqua & Holdsworth ('75-'76)? I vote to add both!Big smile
 
Well as of now I've only heard the line up with Allan Holdsworth... But I really see no legitamate reason for them not being in the Jazz Fusion section of the archives no good reason at all.
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I think its Chick Corea's band he was influenced by The most experimental records of Miles Davis.
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Originally posted by wolf0621 wolf0621 wrote:

Originally posted by Jeff Schu Jeff Schu wrote:

Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

  1. RETURN TO FOREVER
  2. MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA
  3. WEATHER REPORT
  4. TONY WILLIAMS'S LIFETIME (they should be in the Archives)

I love them all, and i own almost all their albums!!!

 
f**king thank you!!! "Tony Williams' Lifetime" needs to be on the archives no doubt about it.
 
 
Which Lifetime, the original (w/McLaughlin, Larry Young & Jack Bruce) lineup from '69-'73, or the New Tony Williams Lifetime lineup w/Tony Newton, Alan Pasqua & Holdsworth ('75-'76)? I vote to add both!Big smile


great call on Tony William's Lifetime... I stumbled on to them... not as a fusion fan (which I'm not really) but as a solid Jack Bruce fan.  Great great stuff.
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glad to see this one is the runaway as it should be..... you can hear the M.O. influences all over prog... from Yes to PFM.
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Originally posted by Jeff Schu Jeff Schu wrote:

Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

  1. RETURN TO FOREVER
  2. MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA
  3. WEATHER REPORT
  4. TONY WILLIAMS'S LIFETIME (they should be in the Archives)

I love them all, and i own almost all their albums!!!

 
f**king thank you!!! "Tony Williams' Lifetime" needs to be on the archives no doubt about it.
 
 
Which Lifetime, the original (w/McLaughlin, Larry Young & Jack Bruce) lineup from '69-'73, or the New Tony Williams Lifetime lineup w/Tony Newton, Alan Pasqua & Holdsworth ('75-'76)? I vote to add both!Big smile
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Originally posted by ANDREW ANDREW wrote:

  1. RETURN TO FOREVER
  2. MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA
  3. WEATHER REPORT
  4. TONY WILLIAMS'S LIFETIME (they should be in the Archives)

I love them all, and i own almost all their albums!!!

 
f**king thank you!!! "Tony Williams' Lifetime" needs to be on the archives no doubt about it.
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Artistic influence: Mahavishnu Orchestra (where my vote comes from)
Commerical influence: Weather Report (a different question altogether)
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I really like McLaughlin
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I think Weather Report had the best song writing and structure.
Mahavishnu did alot of jamming. Chicky and Return to Forever were pleasant but didn't
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Out of those three, Mahavishnu, but as a fan of British Jazz and Jazz Fusion, my preference would lean towards Soft Machine or Nucleus (Ian Carr in general really).

Return to Forever and Weather Report had a big influence on American Jazz and Jazz fusion obviously, as they were the most influential groups.  Mahavishnu is tough to pin, mainly because sometimes they sound very American and sometimes somewhat British, although I do feel overall, they have a much more American feel.

Brand X is the least influential of famous Jazz fusion acts IMO.  Don't get me wrong, I like them, it's just that they became very samey and less interesting after the first two albums (and Product is a bit too directionless....).
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Originally posted by GoldenSpiral GoldenSpiral wrote:

I would say Mahavishnu by a long shot, but Brand X deserves a spot on that list IMO

Brand X was no doubt great, but I kept the poll to the biggest groundbreakers who were well ahead of the game than Brand X. Although Dick Heath has a good point about Soft Machine being influential.
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I don't really like fusion, but I'd pick Miles Davis were he on here. Instead, Mahavishnu.
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Mahavishnu Orchestra of course.  They were the first fusion band I acquired followed closely by Return To Forever and then Weather Report.  Another great one which I enjoy at least as much as Maha is Arti & Mestieri! 
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I would say Mahavishnu by a long shot, but Brand X deserves a spot on that list IMO
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Mahavishnu influenced most fusion bands!
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Originally posted by Dick Heath Dick Heath wrote:



But I think there are more bands influenced by Soft Machine who would be my FAVOURITE


I agree, and they're my favorite too. By far actually
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Taking the thread literally, you have ask who have these particular bands  influenced musically and then come to your conclusions. A quick thought about albums/bands with references back to the three main (well best selling) Miles Davis derivatives (and yes, do not forget both variants of Lifetime or Tony Williams Wildlife bands - the original Lifetime has had two tributes at least), and I get the following:

MO: Isotope, Mahavishnu Project, Mastermind, Kennedy
RTF: Electromagnets
Weather Report: Tribal Tech, Christian McBride

But I think there are more bands influenced by Soft Machine who would be my FAVOURITE
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Wow, that IS a tough choice. I'm gonna go with return to Forever, as they brought the music to the widest audience due to the rock aspect with Dimeola. 
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