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    Posted: February 19 2019 at 20:41
As a sub genre it is one of my favorites.
But I am more stuck in the past.
Not in order these would be my favorites from the genre
Return To Forever Romantic Warrior
Jean Luc Ponty Engimatic Ocean
Passport Cross Collateral
Al DiMeola Elegant Gypsie
Al DiMeila Land Of The Midnight Sun
Billy Cobham Spectrum
The Crusaders Free As The Wind
Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke
Jean Luc Ponty Upon The Wings Of Music
Weather Report Black Market
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Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - s/t
Alain Eckert Quartet - s/t
Camembert - Negative Toe
Forgas Band Phenomena - L'Axe Du Fou
Herbie Hancock - Crossing
Return To Forever Romantic Warrior 
Phlox - Talu
Neil Ardley - Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows
Rahmann - s/t
Planeta Imaginario - Optical Delusions

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Just the first ten that I thought of, could be others.

Janko Nilovic - Rythmes Contemporains
Herbie Hancock - Crossings
Miles Davis - Big Fun
Mandingo - The Primeval Rhythm of Life
Eddie Henderson - Realisation
Julian Priester - Love, Love
Embryo - Embryo's Rache
Perigeo - Genealogia
Soft Machine - Third
Placebo - Ball of Eyes
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Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue
David Torn - Door X
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka
Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Henry Kaiser and Bob Bralove - The Celestial Squid
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Pat Metheny - Letter From Home



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Exivious - S/T (Don't care what anyone says, it's a fusion album)
Return to Forever- Romantic Warrior
Shadowfax - Watercourse Way
Brand X - Livestock
Bruford - One of a Kind
Alex Machacek - Featuring Ourselves
Johansen, Johansen, and Holdsworth - Heave Machinery
Panzerballett - Star Stuckë
Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Lost Trident Sessions
Hiromi - Time Control
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These four are "forever" in my top ten
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:


Herbie Hancock - Crossings
Miles Davis - Big Fun
Eddie Henderson - Realisation
Julian Priester - Love, Love

too difficult so I decided to cheat...an additiional top ten (excluding all Zeuhl/Canterbury jazz-albums). Also, I know I forgotten something essential and (as always) I only allow myself one album per artist/band:

Terje Rypdal - Terje Rypdal
Wayne Shorter - Odyssey of Iska
Dedalus - Dedalus
Bennie Maupin - The Jewel In The Lotus
Weather Report - Weather Report
Arnie Lawrence - and Treasure Island
Association PC - Earwax
Björn J:son Lindh - Cous Cous
Charles Lloyd - Waves
Randy Masters and Solar Plexus - Voices

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Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson
Miles Davis - Get Up With It
Miles Davis - Big Fun
UK - S/T
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Weather Report - Black Market
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Billy Cobham - Total Eclipse
Frank Zappa - Waka Jawaka



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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - s/t

Which version?? Wink
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

]Mandingo - Pimeval Rhythm Of Life

amazing stuffClap, though I'm not sure I would tag it as JR/F.. and too bad only the first is availableCry

No particular order

Santana Caravanserai
Herbie Hancock - Crossings or Sextant
Mahavishnu Orch - Inner Mounting Erection (as  like to call it)
Return To Forever - Seventh Galazxy
Neil Ardley - Kaleidoscope Of Rainbows
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
Perigeo - Azimut
Soft Machine - Six
Placebo - Ball of Eyes or 1973
Nucleus - We'll Talk About It Later
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo
Maneige - Libre Service
Sloche - J'Un Œil


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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - s/t
 
Which version?? Wink
 
 

I have the Tzadik CD from 2012.

Should really have added Zappa - Hot Rats.


Edited by Nogbad_The_Bad - February 20 2019 at 05:24
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  Giger Lenz Marron-Beyond
  Giger Lenz Marron-Where The Hammer Hangs
  Dzyan-Time Machine
  Dzyan-Electric Silence
  Passport-Looking Thru
  Dedalus-Dedalus
  Colosseum Live
  Passport-Infinity Machine
  Il Baricentro-Sconcerto
  If-If


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Originally posted by Jzrk Jzrk wrote:

As a sub genre it is one of my favorites.
But I am more stuck in the past.
Not in order these would be my favorites from the genre
Return To Forever Romantic Warrior
Jean Luc Ponty Engimatic Ocean
Passport Cross Collateral
Al DiMeola Elegant Gypsie
Al DiMeila Land Of The Midnight Sun
Billy Cobham Spectrum
The Crusaders Free As The Wind
Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke
Jean Luc Ponty Upon The Wings Of Music
Weather Report Black Market
Passport-yeah! They are criminally under-rated on PA
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

Guillaume Perret & The Electric Epic - s/t
 
Which version?? Wink
 
 

I have the Tzadik CD from 2012.


I was confused with Open Me

Just saw this ShockedBig smile
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/guillaume-perret/16-levers-de-soleil/



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Passport is one of my all time favorites.I like e the early albums 70’s output
Hand Made ,Looking Through,Infinity Machine and their first two
They have a rock type attitude but with a space jazz sound.
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Of course you can never make a line at ten
I would have also included
Herbie Hancock Headhunters
Can’t believe I forgot to have it in my list
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

]Mandingo - Primeval Rhythm Of Life

amazing stuffClap, though I'm not sure I would tag it as JR/F.. and too bad only the first is availableCry


Instead of a JRF album, it's more of a JFF album, which at this board would generally refer to the "Just For Fun" forum, but I mean Just For Funk, erm, no, Jazz/Funk Fusion. It's really better described as funky exotica with psych qualities, but I like to think a little of the box when coming with up with choices. I did consider going with Mandingo III first actually, which is more Jazz-Rocky while still having that funky side, but I'd still put it in a funky exotica realm.

EDIT: That should be a little "out of the box". I can't write coherently, let alone think coherently.

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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

These four are "forever" in my top ten
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:


Herbie Hancock - Crossings
Miles Davis - Big Fun
Eddie Henderson - Realisation
Julian Priester - Love, Love

too difficult so I decided to cheat...an additiional top ten (excluding all Zeuhl/Canterbury jazz-albums). Also, I know I forgotten something essential and (as always) I only allow myself one album per artist/band:

Terje Rypdal - Terje Rypdal
Wayne Shorter - Odyssey of Iska
Dedalus - Dedalus
Bennie Maupin - The Jewel In The Lotus
Weather Report - Weather Report
Arnie Lawrence - and Treasure Island
Association PC - Earwax
Björn J:son Lindh - Cous Cous
Charles Lloyd - Waves
Randy Masters and Solar Plexus - Voices


Love all the others in your list, but I don't think that I've heard Charles Lloyd's Waves (going to search for that). I was thinking about adding The Jewel In The Lotus (would make sense considering others in my list) and Weather Report's I Sing the Body Electric (love the first two WR albums). A few others I would have liked to mention include Donald Byrd's Electric Byrd, Lenny White's Venusian Summer (mostly for the suite), Magma's Kobaia (the hundin Zeuhl band's satisfyingly jazz fusion album), Mal Waldron's The Call and even if a stretch, both Lalo Schifrin's Rock Requiem and Bob James' One.

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Originally posted by presdoug presdoug wrote:

Originally posted by Jzrk Jzrk wrote:

As a sub genre it is one of my favorites.
But I am more stuck in the past.
Not in order these would be my favorites from the genre
Return To Forever Romantic Warrior
Jean Luc Ponty Engimatic Ocean
Passport Cross Collateral
Al DiMeola Elegant Gypsie
Al DiMeila Land Of The Midnight Sun
Billy Cobham Spectrum
The Crusaders Free As The Wind
Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke
Jean Luc Ponty Upon The Wings Of Music
Weather Report Black Market
Passport-yeah! They are criminally under-rated on PA


Perhaps those people who hold it in too low regard should be put under arrest for holding a "fake passport" perspective. ;) Pretty poor stab at humour....

I've heard the Passport debut album and quite liked it but not any of the others. EDIT: That might be taken wrong, I mean that I only have heard the Passort- Doldinger debut, and not later albums, at least not in full.

I've been a fan of Doldinger since the 80s, but mostly for his "Das Boot" film score.

Edited by Logan - February 20 2019 at 11:27
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Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame
Weather Report - Sweetnighter
If - iF, If 2, If 3, If 4
Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before
Herbie Hancock (Head Hunters) - Thrust
Jean Luc Ponty - Individual Choice
The Eleventh House - Introducing The Eleventh House with Larry Coryell
David Sancious - True Stories
CAB (Tony MacAlpine, Bunny Brunel, Dennis Chambers, Patrice Rushen) - CAB 4
Frank Zappa - Waka/Jawaka
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Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Return To Forever - Romantic Warrior
Unsung Heroes - Dixie Dregs
Dave Weckl - Synergy
Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo
Brand X - Unorthodox Behavior
Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy
Mahavishnu Orchestra-Visions of the Emerald Beyond
Weather Report - Heavy Weather
Chick Corea - The Chick Corea Electric Band


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[Exivious - S/T (Don't care what anyone says, it's a fusion album)]

Listening now and I hear elements of fusion and prog metal(or heavy prog at least). They are listed on here as prog metal though(not that PA is always 100 percent right; I disagree with labels they gave other bands too). I would say they are the same category as Planet X(whatever that is). So yeah metal fusion if there is such a thing.
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