Jazz Fusion

[Tattoo'd Lady]

started off with Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (which is absolutely amazing) and the genre took off to do some great stuff in the 70's. what does everyone here think of Fusion and who are some of your favorite artists?

 

[Magic]

I am not a fan personally of jazz, but I do like some jazz fusion that is found in progressive rock. Mahavishnu Orchestra is a good example. Jeff Beck is another one who has some awesome jazz fusion.




this is an awesome song off the "Wired" album

 

[Tattoo'd Lady]

i agree. Jeff Beck did some outstanding fusion work during the 70's. same with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, the intensity they brought to their music is still pretty amazing

 

[Aktivator]

Brand X(Phil Collin's real band)
Weather Report
Return To Forever
John McLaughlin's solo work
Shakti with John McLaughlin(amazing stuff)
The Tony Williams Lifetime
Soft Machine
Passport

 

[Magic]

Brand X(Phil Collin's real band)

I really Like Brand X

You can really hear Collins' percussion in this song:

(you guys will like the pictures in this video )

 

[Foxhound]

i agree. Jeff Beck did some outstanding fusion work during the 70's.

I agree. Jeff Beck is a great jumping off point.

 

[Vintage]

started off with Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (which is absolutely amazing) and the genre took off to do some great stuff in the 70's. what does everyone here think of Fusion and who are some of your favorite artists?

I agree Bitches Brew is amazing. You might want to check out In A Silent Way, which came the year before Bitches Brew. To me, that's really where Davis stuck his big toe into fusion...

 

[LG]

I like jazz rock fusion more than pure jazz myself.

Jean Luc Ponty

Al Di Meola

Stanley Clarke

Those are three of the artists I enjoy.

 

[Tattoo'd Lady]

I agree Bitches Brew is amazing. You might want to check out In A Silent Way, which came the year before Bitches Brew. To me, that's really where Davis stuck his big toe into fusion...

yeah i love In a Silent Way as well, and while it does have quite a bit of fusion elements in it, i think Bitches Brew is the album that changed everything

 

[Magic]

Another fantastic jazz fusion artist would be Herbie Hancock. But you also have to enjoy funk music as well, because he incorporates that into the fusion





This is an awesome song, it blew me away the first time I heard it