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Fusion favourites

#184
Yonni said:
No, not a thread for GK amp enthusiasts; we’re talking jazz fusion. Inspired by the similar prog rock recommendations thread which has introduced me to quite a few new bands, I thought I’d do the same for fusion. Not a genre I consciously followed (I grew up on prog rock) but my collection of what might be called fusion (we can discuss that as we go) grows and grows. So I’ll list some bands I listen to regularly and folk can fill in the gaps or add recommendations for others to listen to.

here we go:

Weather Report
The Mahavishnu Orchestra
Return to Forever
Brand X
Jaco
George Duke
Herbie Hancock
The Eleventh House
Snarky Puppy
Frank Zappa
Miles Davis
Billy Cobham
Pat Metheny
John McLaughlin
Chick Corea
Donald Byrd
And new to me recently:
Finely Tuned Elephant

Im sure I’ve forgotten some, so clue me in...
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#190
Morglbl — Completely stumbled across these guys a couple of years ago; an amazing trio, from France I believe. "Tea Time for Punks" and "The Story of Scott Rotti" are both full of great, innovative stuff.
Morglbl CD.jpg
 
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#191
You beat me to it- Morglbl has become a new favorite of mine. I have all 7 of their albums (CDs). Their bass player, Ivan Rougny, is who turned me on to Vigier basses, and I bought a 5 string Vigier Passion IV just because of his playing. I actually PM'd him and he's written me back twice concerning his bass and his music.

I'll add the following musicians/groups:
Randy Coven
T Lavitz
Anders Johansson/Jens Johansson
Garaj Mahal
Greg Howe
Keiko Matsui
Another great source of excellent fusion is the great drummers of the 70's, 80's, 90's, etc:
Bill Bruford
Billy Cobham
Simon Phillips
Dave Weckl
Chad Wackerman
Find great drummers and you will find a gaggle of great musicians around them.
 
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#197
Just a few I didn’t see mentioned in a quick thread surf:


Paul Winter Consort
Oregon
Solstice
Terje Rypdal
John Abercrombie
Eberhard Weber
Jan Garbarek
John Scofield
Zappa Plays Zappa
McTuff
Crack Sabbath
Garaj A Trois
Skerik Band
Zony Mash
Kilimanjaro
 
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#198
Passinwind said:
Just a few I didn’t see mentioned in a quick thread surf:
Paul Winter Consort
Oregon
Solstice
Terje Rypdal
John Abercrombie
Eberhard Weber
Jan Garbarek
John Scofield
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Wow, dude, captured a lot of my 90s instrumental music playlist there. Hard for me to call Solstice, Abercrombe, and Weber "fusion", though. For me, ECM jazz was still jazz. ;o)
 
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#199
Sid Fang said:
Wow, dude, captured a lot of my 90s instrumental music playlist there. Hard for me to call Solstice, Abercrombe, and Weber "fusion", though. For me, ECM jazz was still jazz. ;o)
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Roger that, but when I was DJ playing that stuff on the radio in the late 70’s many people tended to lump it in with a lot of the usual guitar hero fusion bands. Anyhow, I think it might be a decent tangent for people to investigate. If nothing else, just for the very different production values...;)
 
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