Top ten Jazz Rock Fusion Albums
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Topic: Top ten Jazz Rock Fusion Albums
Posted By: Jzrk
Subject: Top ten Jazz Rock Fusion Albums
Date Posted: 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 By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date 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 ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Logan
Date 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 ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date 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 ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date 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 ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 00:24
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 |
Logan wrote:Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 02:06
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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 ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 02:11
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 Śil I'm sure I forget many |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 05:23
I have the Tzadik CD from 2012. Should really have added Zappa - Hot Rats.
------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 05:33
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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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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 05:34
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 05:52
I was confused with Open Me Just saw this   https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/guillaume-perret/16-levers-de-soleil/ |
Posted By: Jzrk
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 07:54
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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. |
Posted By: Jzrk
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 07:57
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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 |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 08:23
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. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 08:39
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. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 09:07
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. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 11:12
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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 |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 11:30
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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 |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 12:48
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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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Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 14:05
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Al Di Meola (any album) ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 16:27
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Association P.C. - Erna Morena Didier Malherbe - Bloom Miles Davis - Bitches Brew Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Earthworks Bill Bruford's Earthworks - Dig? Al di Meola, John McLaughlin and Paco de Lucia - Friday Night in San FranciscoBrand X - Livestock Jaga Jazzist - What We Must Kraan - Live James Blood Ulmer - Black Rock Special Guests I, listed in other genres: Fred Frith & Keep The Dog: The House We Lived In Gong - Shamal Frank Zappa - The Grand Wazoo Soft Machine - Seven Special guests II, not on PA: Tied and Tickled Trio - Observing Systems Michele Rosewoman - Quintessence Ah, hard decisions!!
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 20 2019 at 16:53
Don't know if I'd say any album-- some of his 80s/90s stuff is Adult Contempo trash. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: tribalfusions
Date Posted: February 21 2019 at 07:30
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Not one Tribal Tech album or Wayne Krantz record (among others)? Very strange 'fusion' lists. |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: March 08 2019 at 04:22
Of course, you could easily rectify this by posting your own list... ------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: Mascodagama
Date Posted: March 08 2019 at 04:52
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Lest I be accused of hypocrisy: Aka Moon - Rebirth Gregg Bendian's Interzone - Requiem for Jack Kirby Herbie Hancock - CrossingsLast Exit - Iron Path Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame* Pekka Pohjola - Harakka Bialoipokku Soft Machine - Fourth Steely Dan - The Royal Scam Todd Sickafoose Group - Tiny Resistors Weather Report - I Sing The Body Electric *...but it has got to be the version with the 15-minute live version of Noonward Race tacked on. Easily my favourite Mahvishnu track.
------------- Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to. http://bandcamp.com/jpillbox" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp Profile |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 08 2019 at 06:28
Yeah, I should have said "Any 70s albums"... I could say that about 99% of my favorite bands. Same with movies; they just went downhill and never recovered. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: March 21 2019 at 21:10
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Billy Cobham - Spectrum Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson Bruford - One of a Kind Mahavishnu Orchestra- The Inner Mounting Flame Miroslav Vitous - Mountain in the Clouds Al DiMeola - Splendido Motel Eddie Henderson - Sunburst Jaco Pastorius - Jaco Pastorius Allan Holdsworth - Metal Fatigue Dixie Dregs - What If |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: March 22 2019 at 00:01
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All excellent selections! Let me mix it up a bit: John McLaughlin - Shakti Mahavishnu Orchestra - Visions of the Emerald Beyond Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before? Stanley Clarke - School Days Brand X - Masques Frank Zappa - Roxy & Elsewhere Gong - Espresso Al Dimeola - Land of the Midnight Sun Weather Report - Heavy Weather Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Whamdaddy
Date Posted: April 09 2019 at 09:22
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A lot of great albums here, many I have forgotten about in my heap of getting through every album I have acquired one omission I think needs to be out there is The first Chicago Transit Authority, kinda my intro to Jazz fusion ------------- The Wham Daddy |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: April 09 2019 at 10:03
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1) The United Jazz and Rock Ensemble - Teamwork 2) Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Inner Mounting Flame 3) Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior 4) Weather Report - Black Market 5) Oregon - Winter Light 6) Gong - Shamal 7) Brand X - Unorthodox Behavior 8) Release Music Orchestra - Garuda 9) Bruford - Feels Good to Me 10) Terje Rypdal - Odyssey the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble was in my opinion the best jazz rock/fusion band ever, even better than the 3 so-called "big ones" of that genre, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return to Forever and Weather Report -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: April 10 2019 at 06:48
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here 2 tracks from "Teamwork" by the United Jazz and Rock Ensemble: ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: April 10 2019 at 08:43
| ^ Never heard this band before. Just checked it out, very cool! |
Posted By: VicRelayer
Date Posted: April 10 2019 at 15:07
| I have some doubts. Could Camel be considered a Jazz Rock band in a few moments? I'm thinking in the Mel Collins' era. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: April 10 2019 at 18:18
| I think that's stretching it for Camel.They aren't even canterbury except for in a few places. I don't even consider Caravan to be jazz rock/fusion. A band like Soft Machine though would be both Canterbury and jazz rock. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: April 11 2019 at 01:45
This is not surprising. Their albums were recorded on their own label "Mood Records". The albums of this label were until 2014 exclusively distributed by the German shop chain Zweitausendeins (meaning 2001) that started with a shop in Frankfurt and in their heydays had shops in fourteen German cities (among them Berlin and Cologne, where I still live). You could mail-order from this shop chain, but you had to know about it at first of course, and they were pretty much an insider tip. So the band is very little known and their albums are very hard to get. The musicians of the band are however top tier (Wolfgang Dauner on keyboards, Volker Kriegel on guitar, Eberhard Weber electric and acoustic bass (later replaced by Dave King), Jon Hiseman on drums, Barbara Thompson on saxes and flutes, Charlie Mariano on saxes, flute and nagaswaram, Ian Carr on trumpet, Albert Mangelsdorff on trombone, Ack van Rooyen on trumpet and flugelhorn and from their third album on Kenny Wheeler on flugelhorn. What a line-up!
-------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: April 11 2019 at 04:47
This band has Colosseum links, if only by drummer Jon Hiseman and his wife Barbara Thompson, but other jazz stars went through the band as well (Ian Carr, Kenny Wheeler, Charlie Mariano, Wolfgang Dauner etc...) The weakest point IMHO is their "generic" name, but it didn't stop them to be relatively big on the European continent
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 13:55
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You seem already to be a quite experienced PA member, and here's my top 10:
Stomu Yamashta (J) - Raindog (1975) |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 15:05
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I'll list some not often mentioned. Could list many more. Allan Holdsworth - Hard Hat Area Nova Collective - The Further Side Pat Metheny Group - The Road To You Phil Miller - Conspiracy Theories Antoine Fafard - Proto Mundi Dewa Budjana - Mahandini The Aristocrasts - Culture Clash Helmet of Gnats - Travelogue Panzerballett - Planet Z Hiromi - Spark |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 19:15
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In no particular order: Santana - Caravanserai Bruford - Feel's Good to Me Hiromi's Sonicbloom - Time Antoine Fafard - Ad Perpetuum RTF - Romantic Warrior Lenny White - Venusian Summer Jan Akkerman - Jan Akkerman (1977) Pat Metheny Group - Still Life (Talking) Devadip Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin - Love Devotion Surrender Arti E Mestieri - Tilt - immagini per un orecchio ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 19:25
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I distinctly remember hearing Birds of Fire the first time. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 00:31
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Colosseum - Valentyne Suite Steely Dan - Aja Chicago - Chicago Transit Authority/ Chicago II Bill Bruford - One Of A Kind Santana - Santana 3/ Abraxas Colosseum II - Electric Savage/War Dance Sphere 3 - Comeuppance
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 01:00
But really, does it get any better? Recorded live in studio after months of touring the album--- the energy is incredible.  ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 01:51
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Steely Dan - Aja Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire Billy Cobham - Spectrum Weather Report - Black Market Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Brand X - Moroccan Roll Isotope - Isotope Santana - Moonflower Colisseum II - War Dance Nucleus - Elastic Rock
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 02:26
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Dedalus-Dedalus
Passport-Looking Thru Passport-Cross Collateral Passport-Doldinger Colosseum-Daughter Of Time Colosseum-Live Mahavishnu Orchestra-The Inner Mounting Flame Solution-Divergence Nucleus-Solar Plexus Colosseum 2-Wardance |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: December 09 2023 at 19:24
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Jean-Luc Ponty - Imaginary Voyage Bill Bruford - Bruford: One Of A Kind Stanley Clarke - Journey To Love Mahavishnu Orchestra - Between Nothingness And Eternity Al Di Meola - Elegant Gypsy Tasavallan Presidentti - Milky Way Moses Pekka Pohjola - Visitation Jeff Beck - Blow By Blow Weather Report - Black Market If - Waterfall ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 10 2023 at 19:57
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Secret Oyster | Straight to the Krankenhaus Carla Bley | Escalator Over the Hill Santana | Caravanserai Pat Metheny Group | With Lyle Mays Steely Dan | Aja Terje Rypdal | Odyssey Ralph Towner | Batik Oregon | Out of the Woods Mahavishnu Orchestra | Birds of Fire John Abercrombie | Gateway ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 10 2023 at 20:19
War Dance is a tad more consistent (imo) and has my favourite Colosseum II 'The Inquisition' which has one of the most killer guitar riffs ever courtesy of Gary Moore. They were an incredible band that strangely (when you think of it now) went on to become's Andrew Lloyd Webber's backing band for 'Variations' before splitting up. Where's the face palm emoji when you need it!
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 10 2023 at 20:55
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War Dance is excellent and usually surprises me when I re-listen. But I don't think the crackling live power of ES was ever quite captured by, well, anyone ... ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 11 2023 at 00:39
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I think within the "Prog Umbrella" here's where my actual field of expertise lies. I don't exaggerate when I say that I have albums by more than 100 more artists that feature more than enough Jazz-Rock/Fusion for inclusion, that are not in the PA-database (Btw: I never allow myself more than one album per artist on lists like these). Herbie Hancock - Crossings (1972) Miles Davis - Big Fun (1974) Jan Garbarek Quartet - Afric Pepperbird (1970) Terje Rypdal - Terje Rypdal (1971) Chick Corea - Return to Forever (1972) Weather Report - Weather Report (1971) Julian Priester Pepo Mtoto - Love, Love (1974) Eddie Henderson - Realization (1973) Rahmann - Rahmann (1979) Dedalus - Dedalus (1973) ___________________________________ - I planned to stick to the rules, but I need to mention five more: Bennie Maupin - The Jewel in the Lotus (1974) Wayne Shorter - Odyssey of Iska (1971) Nucleus - We'll Talk About It Later (1971) Embryo - Stieg Aus (1973) Arti E Mestieri - Tilt - Immagini Per Un Orecchio (1974) -and even with those five additional titles, I feel like I left out quite a few desert island discs. Such as Doldingers Passport-debut, Association's (later with an added PC) Earwax, Santana's Caravansrai, Joe Farrell - Moon Germs, Björn J:son Lindh - Cous Cous, Jukka Tolonen - Summer Games, Sukellusvene, Rhésus O... it seems I found a way to mention a few more anyway:) |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: December 11 2023 at 03:38
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Miles Davis - Big Fun Santana - Caravanserai Jeff Beck- Wired Arti E Mestieri - Tilt - Immagini Per Un Orecchio Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds Of Fire Billy Cobham - Spectrum Weather Report - Black Market Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Herbie Hancock- Maiden Voyage Accordo Dei Contrari- Violato Intatto |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 11 2023 at 04:07
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Hi, Egberto Gismonti - Sanfona ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 11 2023 at 05:04
It's really hard to narrow it down to a Top 10 so I've chosen one favourite Jazz Rock/Fusion artist for each letter of the alphabet.  AUDIENCE - Friend's Friend's Friend (1970) BRIAN AUGER & JULIE DRISCOLL - Open (1967) CONTINUUM - Autumn Grass (1971) DEMON FUZZ - Afreaka! (1970) EAST OF EDEN - Mercator Projected (1969) FLIGHT - Flight (1975) THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH - Horizons (1970) CHRIS HINZE COMBINATION - The Hunter (1987) IKARUS - Ikarus (1971) JAN HAMMER - Escape from Television (1987) OSAMU KITAJIMA - Dragon King (1981) LIZARD - Bad Companions (1973) MARSUPILAMI - Marsupilami (1970) NOA - Tri-Logic (1987) OUT OF FOCUS - Out of Focus (1971) PAT METHENY GROUP - American Garage (1979) QUIET SUN - Mainstream (1975) RAW MATERIAL - Time Is... (1971) SECRET OYSTER - Straight to the Krankenhaus (1976) TONTON MACOUTE - Tonton Macoute (1971) UMPHREY'S McGEE - Anchor Drops (2004) VISITOR 2035 - Visitor 2035 (1978) THE WEB - Fully Interlocking (1968) XHOL CARAVAN - Electrip (1969) YEAR ONE - Year One (1971) ZZEBRA - Panic (1975) |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: December 11 2023 at 06:20
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: December 11 2023 at 10:52
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BRAND X – Unorthodox Behaviour BILLY COBHAM – Spectrum COLOSSEUM II – Electric Savage AL DI MEOLA – Electric Rendezvous JERRY GOODMAN & JAN HAMMER – Like Children JAN HAMMER – The First Seven Days PAT METHENY GROUP – Pat Metheny Group JEAN-LUC PONTY – Civilized Evil RETURN TO FOREVER – Where Have I Known You Before WEATHER REPORT – Heavy Weather ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 11 2023 at 11:27
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Great conversation! Let me suggest: Brand X - "Masques" RTF - "Where Have I Known You Before" Stanley Clarke - debut album and "School Days" Mahavishnu Orchestra - "Visions of the Emerald Beyond" Bruford - "Gradually Going Tornado" Weather Report - "Heavy Weather" Al Dimeola - "Land of the Midnight Sun" and "Elegant Gypsy" John McLaughlin - "Shakti" ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: February 01 2024 at 03:19
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Colosseum II Electric Savage Planet X Moonbabies Allan Holdsworth i.o.u. John Abercrombie Timeless Herbie Hancock Crossings Iceberg Coses Nostres Pekka Pohjola Pihkasilma kaarnakorva Al DiMeola Orange & Blue Allan Holdsworth Road Games Mahavishnu Orchestra Apocalypse ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: February 01 2024 at 04:33
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no order, but if I was to place one above all, Caravanserai is it. Nucleus - We'll Talk About It Later
Billy Cobham - Spectrum
Maneige - Libre Service
Sloche - J'un oeil
Modrý Efekt - Svitanie
Return to Forever – Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy
Brand X - Moroccan Roll
Iceberg – Sentiments
Fermáta - Debut Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Secret Oyster - Sea Sun
Weather
Report - Weather Report
(debut)
Santana – Caravanserai Devadip & Mahavishnu - Love Devotion Surrender J McL – Devotion
Larry Corryel – Barefoot Boy
Herbie Hancock - Sextant Miles Davis – Bitches Brew Terje Rypdal - Terje Rypdal Weather Report - Weather Report Soft Machine – 6 Placebo – Balls Of Eyes ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: February 01 2024 at 06:19
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Miles Davis Dark Magus Mils Davis Get Up With It Miles Davis Agharta Miles Davis Big Fun Herbie Hancock Crossings Herbie Hancock In Concert Volume II (CTI) Les McCann Invitation to Openess Chick Corea Return to Forever Billy Cobham Shabazz Don Ellis Live at Monterey Santana Santana I Deep Purple Made in Japan |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: February 01 2024 at 08:16
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Dapper~Blueberries
Date Posted: February 01 2024 at 10:04
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1. In A Silent Way by Miles Davis 2. Satana III by Satana 3. Bundles by Soft Machine (I know it's a Canterbury Scene but it is also usually classified as fusion too) 4. Crossings by Herbie Hancock 5. A Tribute to Jack Johnson by Miles Davis 6. No Mystery by Return To Forever 7. Chicago At Carnegie Hall by Chicago 8. Apocalypse by Mahavishnu Orchestra 9. Katy Lied by Steely Dan 10. Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock Wanna get more into jazz this year ngl. ------------- D~B |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: February 01 2024 at 10:28
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1) Mahavisnu Orchestra: Inner Mounting Flame 2) Return to Forever: Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy 3) Jeff Beck: There & Back 4) Jean Luc Ponty: Cosmic Messenger 5) Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays: As Falls Wichita So Falls Wichita Falls 6) Miles Davis: A Tribute to Jack Johnson 7) Bruford: One of a Kind 8) Dixie Dregs: What If 9) Billy Cobham: Spectrum 10) Al Dimeola: Elegant Gypsy Note: Chicago II, Steely Dan Aja and Santana Abraxas fall more on the Rock side of the equation than jazz so that is why they were not listed although, I think very highly of those albums. Also, I just picked one album per artist. Had I not, there would have been a few more Mahavisnu Orchestra and Jeff Beck albums on this list. I would have picked The Aristocrats first album, but they are listed as Heavy Prog on PA. Not sure I necessarily agree with that classification. |
Posted By: Moyan
Date Posted: March 01 2024 at 09:32
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(List erased due to original thread being replaced or merged with bumped five-year-old thread)
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Posted By: TenYearsAfter
Date Posted: March 01 2024 at 10:12
| I would like to add the eponymous album by Mantra from Spain, an exciting blend of jazzrock/fusion and the distinctive Rock Andaluz. Never released recordings are put on CD in 2012 by Arabian Rock 2012 (Música Inédita Rock Andaluz Collection - see Prog Archives info at their biography) |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: March 01 2024 at 11:32
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I love posts & threads like these! I cut & pasted entries and then look up the ones I don't know on YouTube!! Keep it up!! Oh, here's a tasty little bit of JRF guitar playing overlayed onto California Guitar Trio. Fareed Haque turns on the fire about 2:35 in this clip: ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 01 2024 at 11:39
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This is what I posted in a 2019 non-Svetonio sock puppet accounts thread which asks the same and is still open https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=118495" rel="nofollow - CLICK HERE . I am tempted to merge these threads. 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 In fact, I will close this. Please put your lists in the other topic I linked to if you want to re-post them. So I closed that other thread and moved most of the posts over to this older one (that I linked to before). So that above is now my list that I posted earlier in this thread. |
Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: March 01 2024 at 12:19
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Chicago VII ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 01 2024 at 13:00
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I prefer the other fusion thread that was recently closed. Most posts from this thread are from members who no longer participate in the forums. Why not close this thread and leave the other open? This five year old thread was bumped today. Allan Holdsworth - i.o.u Pat Metheny Group - The Way Up Matteo Mancuso - The Journey Mats Öberg - Visa frĺn Inneröra Owane - Yeah Whatever Plini - Impulse Voices Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior Chick Corea Elektric Band - Beneath the Mask Virgil Donati - In This Life Tohpati Ethnomission - Mata Hati |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 01 2024 at 13:33
| ^ People can always re-post their lists here. I guess you're not familiar with the Svetonio issue who has had many sock puppet accounts which we suspend again and again and again. He is very persistent. It's very tiring. That other thread was started by one of his accounts and responded to by various accounts of his. We have been closing and hiding various Svet persona threads and hiding posts to try to discourage him. This thread was bumped today because I gave a link to it in the other thread which I closed and asked people to use this one instead. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 01 2024 at 14:01
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^I see three possible Svet posts. I bet it's tiring, but the other thread was more interesting. Didn't Svet start the Pete Sinfield thread also? Will you shut that down? |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 01 2024 at 14:09
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Most importantly being that he started it as he has been attracted to his topics (and often would rate them five stars). With some of his accounts I have batch deleted the posts using a spam tool, so there have been more. As I said in the other thread, I was considering merging the topics (kind of a hassle as it's one post at a time, but it's worth it for a more lively and interesting thread, and I will exclude the already suspended Svet accounts from it). Another way I have dealt with those threads if active has been to hide the posts of the user, although then that is confusing. Feel free to PM with any questions. I don't want to get into certain details here. Hopefully you and others find this thread know more interesting after merging posts. |
Posted By: Moyan
Date Posted: March 01 2024 at 16:22
Anyway, I liked the idea of the thread, so I contributed. However, this is a five-year-old thread now with a premise that isn't interesting to me at all, and hence I removed my list of my favourite ten albums of the acts listed as jazz-rock/fusion in your database.
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Posted By: Moyan
Date Posted: March 01 2024 at 16:25
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Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: March 06 2024 at 07:47
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------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Gnik Nosmirc
Date Posted: April 13 2024 at 06:43
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10. Ian Carr / Labyrinth 9. Steely Dan / Aja 8. Brand X / Unorthodox Behaviour 7. The Mahavishnu Orchestra / Visions of the Emerald Beyond 6. Kazumi Watanabe / To Chi Ka 5. Al Di Meola / Kiss My Axe 4. Allan Holdsworth / Metal Fatigue 3. Herbie Hancock / Flood (Live in Japan) 2. Pierre Moerlen's Gong / Gazeuse! 1. Return To Forever / Romantic Warrior
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Posted By: GuruCan
Date Posted: December 08 2024 at 01:42
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In no order Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds of Fire Soft Machine Bundles Gong Gazeuse! Return to Forever Where Have I Known You Before Weather Report I Sing the Body Electric Iceberg Sentiments Brand X Unorthodox Behaviour Leb i Sol Leb i Sol 2 Modrý Efekt Svitanie Miles Davis In a Silent Way |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: December 08 2024 at 02:37
| I noticed I've replied to this in 2019 and 2023. I "cheated" and included too many albums both times - and the lists are far from identical:) |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: December 14 2024 at 11:56
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After 18 months into a “deep dive” dedicated almost exclusively to Jazz-Rock Fusion I have come up with a revised set of lists to replace the one I posted in 2020. First Wave (anything goes): Don Ellis Orchestra Autumn (1967) Terje Rypdal Bleak House (1968) Chicago Chicago Transit Authority (1969) ‘Igginbottom ‘Igginbottom’s Wrench (1969) John McLaughlin Devotion (1970) Jean-Luc Ponty King Kong - Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (1970) Herbie Hancock Mwandishi (1971) Larry Coryell Barefoot Boy (1971) Mahavishnu Orchestra Birds of Fire (1972) Santana Caravanserai (1972) Out of Focus Four Letter Monday Afternoon (1972) Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes Astral Travelling (1973) Julian Priester Love, Love (1973) Eddie Henderson InsideOut (1974) Second Wave (structure and organization): Herbie Hancock Crossings (1972) Larry Coryell Offering (1972) Weather Report Sweetnighter (1973) Missus Beastly Missus Beastly (1974) Michal Urbaniak Atma (1974) Return To Forever Where Have I Known You Before (1974) Mahavishnu Orchestra Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975) Return To Forever Romantic Warrior (1976) Chick Corea The Mad Hatter (1978) Édition Spéciale Horizon Digital (1978)
Power Fusion (the imitation of The Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return To Forever) Cervello Melos (1973) Arti E Mestieri Tilt - Immagini per un orecchio (1974) Area Crac! (1975) Fermáta Pieseň z hôľ (1975) Michal Urbaniak Fusion III (1975) The Soft Machine Bundles (1975) Etna Etna (1975) Fermáta Huascaran (1977) Iceberg Sentiments (1977) Toto Blanke’s Electric Circus Friends (1979) Third Wave (the influx of funk/R&B): Herbie Hancock Head Hunters (1973) Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes Cosmic Funk (1974) Herbie Hancock Thrust (1974) Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes Visions of a New World (1975) Lenny White Venusian Summer (1975) Jean-Luc Ponty Imaginary Voyage (1976) Billy Cobham Total Eclipse (1976) Chute Libre Ali Baba (1978) Freddie Hubbard The Love Connection (1979) Michal Urbaniak Ecstasy (1979) Fourth Wave (the advent and takeover of Smooth Jazz): David Axelrod Song of Innocence (1968) Freddie Hubbard First Light (1972) Deodato Prelude (1973) Mahavishnu Orchestra Apocalypse (1974) George Benson Breezin’ (1976) Lonnie Liston Smith Reflections of a Golden World (1976) Bob James BJ4 (1977) Steely Dan Aja (1977) Jan Akkerman Jan Akkerman (1977) Jean-Luc Ponty Cosmic Messenger (1978) Earl Klugh Heart String (1979) Lonnie Liston Smith Love Is the Answer (1980) Outliers: Hermann Szobel Szobel (1976) Gong Gazeuse! (1976) Shakti Natural Elements (1977) Eberhard Weber The Following Morning (1977) Matrix Wizard (1978) Firyuza / Фирюза Firyuza / Фирюза (1979) Pat Metheny & Lyle Mays As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (1981) Allan Holdsworth Secrets (1989) Pat Metheny Secret Story (1991) Hiromi’s Sonicbloom Time (2007) Pat Metheny Orchestrion (2010) Antoine Fafard Ad Perpetuum (2014) ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: December 14 2024 at 14:56
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 14 2024 at 15:11
I caught the fourth wave and I'm still surfing it today, although not always smoothly. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: December 14 2024 at 16:03
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I caught the outliers, so much to hear. |