best smooth jazz/fusion albums
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Topic: best smooth jazz/fusion albums
Posted By: zoviet
Subject: best smooth jazz/fusion albums
Date Posted: August 30 2011 at 14:02
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all thanks to almighty Tortoise (especially the TNT and It's All Around You albums), i have developed an obsession with the smoother end of jazz rock fusion, particularly the stuff from the late 70s onwards. Well not THAT smooth i.e. Fourplay but somehow still retaining that sense of adventure in eclecticism n the sound:
Casiopea - Eyes Of The Mind Casiopea - 4 x 4 Spyro Gyra - Access All Areas Spyro Gyra - Road Scholars Special EFX - Confidential Shadowfax - Shadowdance Yellowjackets - Four Corners Yellowjackets - Politics Passport - Heavy Nights Skywalk - Paradiso Miles Davis - Tutu other albums/bands i shld check out?? recommendations most welcome to feed my abyssal cravings!!!! |
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: August 30 2011 at 15:00
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joe sample - rainbow seeker
rippingtones - tourist in paradise
sixun - explore
marc berthoumieux - les couleurs d'ici
pat metheny - letter from home ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: August 30 2011 at 21:50
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The Rippingtons - "Weekend in Monaco" Chieli Minucci & Special EFX - "Butterfly" Acoustic Alchemy - "Back on the Case" Marc Antoine - "Urban Gypsy" David Benoit - "Best of 1987-1995"
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: August 31 2011 at 00:14
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Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: August 31 2011 at 03:33
| Herbie mann/Stone flute is very smooth |
Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: August 31 2011 at 10:40
yeah awesome!!!! tks guys will be checkin em out.....keep it smooooooth 
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Posted By: clarkpegasus4001
Date Posted: August 31 2011 at 11:02
Jan Akkerman - Live 1978 
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: August 31 2011 at 12:09
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Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: September 03 2011 at 02:53
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Thought I'd throw something in the thread.
Been enjoying Herb Alpert and TJB since I was probably 5 years old.
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Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: September 03 2011 at 03:02
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Miles Davis with John McLaughlin.
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Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: September 03 2011 at 03:11
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If you're a fan of acid jazz (like myself); Ronny Jordan.
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Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: September 03 2011 at 03:22
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Tjader-ized: A Tribute to Cal Tjader.
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 03 2011 at 12:47
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Passport-Ocean Liner Passport-Garden Of Eden Passport-Sky Blue Spyro Gyra-Catching The Sun Spyro Gyra-Free Time Spyro Gyra-Morning Dance |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: September 03 2011 at 12:55
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I´m sorry Pastor Rex Cat, but you can´t seriously be suggesting that Bitches Brew is smooth fusion right? That´s like calling Ozric Tentacles the modern day version of Joni Mitchel. Smooth jazz/fusion you say? Bambibanda e Melodie is a record I just reviewed and it´s like pure butter for all you smoothie afficionados out there. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: September 03 2011 at 14:40
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Grover Washington's Reed Seed. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: September 03 2011 at 14:42
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Pat Metheny's The Way Up ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: September 03 2011 at 18:15
What I'll do is keep my attention on this thread and learn from the other participants.
This one by George Duke I don't have but it sounds promising.
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Guldbamsen wrote:Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: September 03 2011 at 19:01
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The only title by Sambada that I know of.
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: September 03 2011 at 22:28
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Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols Motorhead-Ace Of Spades |
Posted By: Pastor Rex Cat
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 00:46
 Harumi Uehera
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 03:23
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Try the Pop Jazz/Crossover genre at this website:
http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com" rel="nofollow - www.jazzmusicarchives.com |
Posted By: Green Shield Stamp
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 14:56
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Fourplay - Elixir. A great late night listening album, which features a guest vocal performance by non other than Phil Collins!!
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 15:11
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: September 04 2011 at 16:00
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Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 08:26
| great recomms and yeah i registered for the jazzarchives site!!! |
Posted By: hobocamp
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 15:18
| I like Gaucho by Steely Dan. A study in smoothness and a treat from start to finish. Third World Man brings me to tears. The only down side is Hey Nineteen because I heard it overplayed on the radio growing up. It's still pretty smooth though. One of Wetton's favorite albums also. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 18:18
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: September 05 2011 at 18:24
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I have a playlist with some songs that should fit this topic .... I have a special relation to slick , smooth jazz. It can be awful (mostly) but it can also be appealing in some way, there is often some entertainment factor. But when it becomes too mechanic, like muzak, it has gone too far. I often have a problem with saxofone, and I can't stand David Sanborn (judging from what I've heard). But there are exceptions, I like Klaus Doldinger and some other stuff. "Smooth" is ultimately a deragotary term for me, but some level of smoothness can have it's charm.
So the smoothness isn't the top priority in my song recommendations, they are foremostly songs I really like, but they are smooth to some extent .
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This is kind of "smooth instrumental rock". It's very synth based, with synth-guitar, synth-bass and sounds. But the drums are real - and they sound incredible to me, as does the playing. From his first album Protocol.
A couple of live tracks:
The best song by Brand X, on their best album (Livestock)
Simon Phillips - POV (from his 4th solo album)
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Posted By: zoviet
Date Posted: September 06 2011 at 14:12
| the Simon Phillips stuff sounds great i wanna get it!! wait isnt he the current Toto drummer too? |
Posted By: wilmon91
Date Posted: September 06 2011 at 16:39
Yeah, since -92 or so  But isn't Toto is disbanded (?) although they had a tour this year with Joseph Williams on vocals. He's has a band now, PSP (Phillips Saisse Palladino) in a smooth fusion style who does a lot of live shows.
Here's an EPK to promote their band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WluQwSkm1Tk" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WluQwSkm1Tk
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Posted By: Matthew T
Date Posted: September 06 2011 at 17:16
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: September 10 2011 at 11:11
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