Modern Fusion Suggestions for someone with picky tastes

[Matt Till]

I'm digging a lot of stuff like Alain Caron (I have the album 5), and I found that video of Jojo Mayer and Nerve from the Youtube finds: actually, that's how I found about Alain as well, here's the vids that got me interested:

Jojo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUsUljsDBg8
Alain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITQd2NtbOKA


Not even sure if this is fusion or whatever, but I like it. It's more about solid grooves with floaty keys on top. But it's not exactly techno.

Before someone suggests it, I checked out Alain's old band Uzeb... impressive, but not what I'm looking for right now.

Similar artists?

[Matt Till]

P.S. Jojo can play the ****ing drums

[Matt Till]

P.S. Roli Mosimann, he's playing "Sound and effects" anyone have a clue what kind of rig that is? I mean, it's pretty awesome, I'd love to be the guy who plays "Sound" in a band.

[Jeff Moote]

Hey Matt - I wouldn't really consider them fusion, but you owe it to yourself to check out a band called TheNewDeal (www.thenewdeal.ca/). Bass/Drums/Keys and that bassist has a bigger pedalboard than any guitarist I've ever seen.

If you liked Jojo with Nerve you'll like them for sure. I'd recommend either their self titled LP or the 'Live in NYC' double disc to get started, then you can check out their other stuff if you like it. I haven't seen much of them on Youtube, unfortunately.

[Matt Till]

That's the thing, I don't know if what I'm looking for is fusion per se, but that's the closest term I can come up with. Thanks a lot, big pedalboards usually = a band I like

[JimK]

Originally Posted by Matt Till

P.S. Jojo can play the ****ing drums

Check out more Jojo Mayer on the Screaming Headless Torsos' DEBUT album.

[Jeff Moote]

Originally Posted by Matt Till

That's the thing, I don't know if what I'm looking for is fusion per se, but that's the closest term I can come up with. Thanks a lot, big pedalboards usually = a band I like

Well it's a hard genre to name - TND on their website calls themselves "live.progressive.breakbeat.house" and admits it's not really a complete name. As you probably noticed, there's 3 tracks to choose from on their website playing in the sidebar, but they are loops and don't really get into their improvisational nature.

I found a live concert from back in 2000 - go here and click on "Play entire show" near the middle of the screen - 46:53 of awesome improv. Of course that's just the beginning with these guys - I suggest you look up their discs if you like that.

I'll keep digging for this stuff too. My drummer knows some more - he introduced me to JoJo Mayer/Nerve after finding out I was a fan of that style.