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Jzrk 
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 Topic: Top ten Jazz Rock Fusion AlbumsPosted: February 19 2019 at 20:41 |
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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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Posted: February 19 2019 at 20:53 |
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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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Posted: February 19 2019 at 21:18 |
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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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Posted: February 19 2019 at 22:09 |
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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 Edited by HackettFan - February 19 2019 at 22:24 |
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Posted: February 19 2019 at 23:10 |
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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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Posted: February 20 2019 at 00:24 |
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These four are "forever" in my top ten
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 Edited by Saperlipopette! - February 20 2019 at 00:35 |
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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 Edited by Frenetic Zetetic - February 20 2019 at 09:12 |
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"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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Which version?? 
amazing stuff  , though I'm not sure I would tag it as JR/F.. and too bad only the first is available 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 BrewPerigeo - 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 I'm sure I forget many |
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I have the Tzadik CD from 2012. Should really have added Zappa - Hot Rats.
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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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I was confused with Open Me Just saw this   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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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. Edited by Logan - February 20 2019 at 11:40 |
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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. Edited by Logan - February 20 2019 at 08:49 |
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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 Edited by Argo2112 - February 20 2019 at 11:44 |
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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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