I just recently started listening to jazz fusion stuff, but i'm not into all the free form noodling where each instrument is doing it's own thing. I like stuff with more song structures.
Any recommendations ?
Birds Of Fire - Mahivshnu Orchestra
Crossings - Herbie Hancock
Caravanserai - Santana
Romantic Warrior - Return To Forever
Hot Rats - Frank Zappa
Unorthodox Behaviour - Brand X
What If - Dixie Dregs
Black Market - Weather Report
Cross-Collateral - Passport
Out Of The Woods - Oregon
The Way Up - Pat Metheny
The Rite Of Strings - Stanley Clarke, Al Di Meola & Jean-Luc Ponty
Elegant Gypsy - Al Di Meola
Mystical Adventures - Jean-Luc Ponty
Spectrum - Billy Cobham
Jazz-fusion can encompass so many different styles and structures, even metal. I think (hope) these suggestions are what you are looking for as IMO these aren't "noodling" as in the form of avant-garde, free-form, improvisitional and experimental.