French band Cortex for J-R/Fusion

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   Has the French band Cortex ever been suggested for admission/inclusion to the Jazz-Rock Fusion sub-genre?
The two albums I know are available to hear on YouTube:

Cortex Cortex (1975) on Disques Espérance
Cortex Cortex 2 (1977) on Disques Espérance
Cortex Pourquoi (1978) on Crypto

Highly recommended for anyone who likes excellent Herbie Hancock-caliber jazz funk with Northettes vocals on top.

I'd be more than happy to write the bio and enter info if the gang decides to admit them into the database.

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BrufordFreak Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 25 2008 Location: Wisconsin Status: Offline Points: 8230	Post Options Post Reply Quote BrufordFreak Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: French band Cortex for J-R/Fusion Posted: 9 hours 50 minutes ago at 19:01
	Has the French band Cortex ever been suggested for admission/inclusion to the Jazz-Rock Fusion sub-genre? The two albums I know are available to hear on YouTube: Cortex Cortex (1975) on Disques Espérance Cortex Cortex 2 (1977) on Disques Espérance Cortex Pourquoi (1978) on Crypto Highly recommended for anyone who likes excellent Herbie Hancock-caliber jazz funk with Northettes vocals on top. I'd be more than happy to write the bio and enter info if the gang decides to admit them into the database.
	Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/

yam yam Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Collaborator Crossover Team Joined: June 16 2011 Location: Kerberos Status: Offline Points: 6448	Post Options Post Reply Quote yam yam Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 4 hours 15 minutes ago at 00:36
	They were suggested back in April 2014, but with no biographical information included in the suggestion, so it was always going to be doubtful that anyone would follow it up, and I was the only one to respond. The link I gave for the interview with the band's main man and pianist Alain Mion is now dead, but it was saved on the Wayback Machine a number of times over the years. Here's one sample from July 2018. Wasn't the debut album from 1975 called 'Troupeau bleu' though, rather than just being self-titled? 'Troupeau bleu' as a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mZfXa18FwuOJqJZaeZ4vGgeoNUeLe8-DA. 'Vol.2' as a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k3cJnfrqELJLvI1nDEgdyWPEofMhxBRNc. 'Pourqoui' as a playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lu3AkPljhqILWhpETRx2wlY1_EEz3DThU. There was a 'Cortex' added to Progfreak (now Awesome Prog) about 18 years ago, but no country of origin was included or any releases, so I'll ask Mike to update the entry to include France as the country of origin, and then I'll add the albums. From a quick listen they're well worth an evaluation in JR/F, so I'll drop a note in the team thread.

Logan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 36193	Post Options Post Reply Quote Logan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 1 hour 27 minutes ago at 03:24
	Troupeau Bleu is one of my favourite albums. It's such a wonderful, groovy album and I adore the vocals of Mireille Dalbray. It's pretty smooth jazz-funk/fusion, and wonderfully French, that goes down so well with these ears. It reminds me in part of some of my favourite much later albums with retro qualities in part. This was an album that gained popularity after music being sampled by Tyler the Creator and MF DOOM.
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