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    Posted: April 10 2011 at 21:24
Can anyone recommend me some more latin jazz oriented fusion jazz.

I already have a slew of RTF, Al Di Meola/Paco, and Mahavishnu related music. I'm looking to go a little bit deeper. Is anyone familiar with drummer Horacio "El Negro" hernandez and his music? Also, I remember a while back there was a group with Chic Corea, Dave Weckl, and Frank Gambale does anyone know the name of this group? 

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The band you refer to with Corea, Weckl & Gambale is "Chick Corea Elektric Band".
 
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Points: 10964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 11 2011 at 15:29
hmm, I cant think of anything right now, Im at school and I dont have my collection with me. the first 2 RTF albums came to mind, but you probably have them.
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Mezcla    great Cuban fusion led by Pablo Menendez; this is Carlos Santana's favorite Latin jazzrock band, look for album Akimba!
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Hi,
 
I would go after Egberto Gismonti ... some of the jazz stuff they have is insane ... not exactly guitar driven, but ... if you can't listen to music, fusion won't mater to you! Sanfona is a nice one to catch.
 
His stuff with the Academia das Dancas is usually more band oriented and strong. It is very different from his solo stuff. The album's 2nd LP is not as wide as this one and is all solo.
 
I just heard some nice stuff from Chuck Mangione and then Michael Urbaniak (Fusion 3) ... that was pretty impressive ... and enjoyable. Not sure if  "latin" ... means that much to me ... music is music and it doesn't matter if it is done in Argentina, China or Norway ... and sometimes we're only differentiating it because of teh maracas ... but some Brazilian rhythms are cool ... Airto in the old days.


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You might want to give a listen to some Marc Antoine.  It's not fusion but the I find the Latin rhythms to be really nice (played loud).
 
 
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

I would go after Egberto Gismonti ... some of the jazz stuff they have is insane ...
 
I would agree, Gismonti is devilishly creative. On the superb Friday Night in San Francisco (with Al Dimeola, John McLaughlin and Paco DeLucia), DeLucia and McLaughlin play a version of Gismonti's "Frevo Rasgado":
 
 
If you haven't listened to Friday Night in San Francisco yet, I would definitely suggest it. There is also a blistering version of "Mediterranean Sundance" (with Dimeola and Delucia):
 


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Not really jazz-fusion but jazz elements combined with prog/folk, Supay is from Peru and does catch the Andean ambience. Very well done and refreshing.
 
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Azteca and Malo both heavily influence by Carlos
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Try Vital Information it's jazz fusion but it's not very Latin great band though...


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Buddy Rich & Maynard Ferguson :
 
Oneness of Juju :
 
Marc Berthoumieux :
 
Pat Metheny :
 
Joe Zawinul :
 
Weather Report :
 
Caribbean Jazz Project (the project of Spyro Gyra's vibraphone player, Dave Samuels) :
 
Lenny White and his afro cuban jazz project :
 
Mongo Santamaria :
 
Dave Pike Set :
 
Larry Coryell :
 
The Harvey Averne Barrio Band :
 
Skeletons :
 
The Neville Brothers :
 
Jaco Pastorius :
 
Hermeto Pascoal :
 
 
 
 


Edited by lucas - April 12 2011 at 06:44
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THANKS! It was "Chick Corea's Elektric band"!  Thanks Everyone I wasn't expecting so many replies!
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The one that comes instantly to mind (other than Santana) is Spyro Gyra (not the Canterbury prog folk band),
but I'm definitely not a fan of that schmaltz
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Points: 10266 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2011 at 11:18
Guru Guru had a phase, in which they liked to play stuff like that, but only as occasional track on some albums: Here a few examples:


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Points: 11 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 13 2011 at 11:22
Thank you for the rec. I know of Spyra Gyro through Dream Theater's music. Could you point me in the right direction (in terms of albums) I've listened to the ones released around the time of "Images & Words" but did not find anything interesting.

Thank you all for the post, I will be checking/listening to every recommendation. Please keep them coming.!



I would also like to make a rec for all you jazz freaks-CAB 1 by the band CAB which includes Dennis Chambers and Tony MacAlpine!!!
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Spyro Gyra's recommendations :
- Morning dance (has some caribbean influence),
- City Kids (features jazz monsters like Eddie Gomez, Will Lee, Manolo Badrena, Steve Gadd, Marcus Miller, Hiram Bullock, ),
- Incognito (same remark as above, but Steve Gadd is on ALL tracks this time)
- Access all areas (an excellent live recording)
- Alternating currents (the first album to feature Ritchie Morales (brecker brothers) on drums)
- Breakout
- Point of view
 
Their vibraphone player released an album with Dave Weckl on drums, "natural selection" and founded the Caribbean Jazz Project (see the youtube sample in my previous post)
 
CAB2 is better than CAB1 IMHO.
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Points: 65549 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 14 2011 at 02:59
 ^ CAB 2 is indeed better CAB, which in turn is better than CAB 4   .. but they ain't Latin at all
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Right, they aren't Latin..I will check out CAB 2 soon. I've got a 'latin' recommendation for everyone: Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez - "ITALUBA I" and "ITALUBA II". 
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Which is the best VITAL INFORMATION album? 
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