Fusion favourites

[And I]

Any album in particular?

Wired

 

[MrLenny1]

Jazz Pistols, guitar trio from Germany.

 

[Martelino]

Great thread. To me fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk or whatever you want to call it was the most important school for bass.
In the late '80s and early '90s I spent nights working on the basslines on Miles Davis, John Scofield, UZEB, Steps Ahead, Brecker Brothers, Michael Brecker, Tribal Tech - tunes, to name just a few... I mean, groove, musical depth, rhythmic complexity, humour...

 

[groooooove]

Four Village Studio - Community Television Station

 

[slagheap]

Larry Coryell, another founding father of fusion

saw him in a smoking trio, '70/71. mandrake's, university ave, brkly, ca. side man played p-bass, maple board, think it was will lee. anybody possibly know?

 

[MasterMonkeyMan]

 

[MasterMonkeyMan]

 

[Michedelic]

Any album in particular?

Blow By Blow, while a landmark album, is actually more funk oriented. Wired is where he really goes off, and Jan Hammer is all over it. There And Back and Guitar Shop are worth checking out, but Flash, while it has a few moments, is forgettable. You could tell the label was leaning on him. Don’t forget his featured tracks on Stanley Clarke’s Journey To Love...

 

[Michedelic]

That’s a new one to me already.

Polish violinist, and his wife did some crazy vocals, sometimes through effects. Anthony Jackson is all over a lot if it...

 

[Michedelic]

I’d forgotten about them. What about Osibisa?

I’d called that early Afro-Beat, somewhat in the vicinity of Fela.

 

[DuncanStan]

Steve Khan is pretty great too

 

[Watchootognbout]

Polish violinist, and his wife did some crazy vocals, sometimes through effects. Anthony Jackson is all over a lot if it...

Lemme guess....who are Michał Urbaniak and Urszula Dudziak?

 

[nilorius]

You forgot - Tribal tech.

 

[lowendrv]

I’ve tried, I really have, but I can’t get into this one.


I saw the magic band a couple of years back and was really impressed. I always go to see Dweezil when he comes to Scotland to play his dad’s music.

Beefheart and Zappa .... League of their own .

 

[Michedelic]

While Soft Machine set the stage, I would never call them actual fusion, but their Bundles album introduced Alan Holdsworth to a large audience....

But after Gong’s great Expresso/Gazeuse album, and an uneven solo album on CTI, his work with the Tony Williams Lifetime is exemplary...


But let’s not forget the earlier band with McLaughlin and Jack Bruce, back when the genre was first emerging...

 

[pbass888]

I was lucky enough to study and spend lots of time with Jeff Andrew’s over the last decade. He was a great spirit and wonderful musician who came to my gigs ,sat in , invited several of his students to play at his gigs etc.


He introduced me to a lot of his music with Brecker Brothers , Mike Stern , Steps Ahead,Vital information, Jimi Tunell , Wayne shorter etc

Here are a few bass heavy ones with Jeff..









....Great thread by the way ...


here is a pic of Jeff playing at one of my steady gigs with a quartet back in 2015 in midtown NYC.

 

[Yonni]

Very cool! Any particular albums I should check out?

 

[Watchootognbout]

The Late T Lavitz.
Keyboard player of The Dixie Dregs.
I found this in a bargain bin in a record store.
Steve Bailey on bass.








This tune is my favorite of that disc.
I've learned the bass to it.
Jeff Berlin on bass.


...and much to my delight I have found a live version of that tune!

 

[Carl Hillman]

Philip Catherine



David Sancious



Wayne Shorter



https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wayne+shorter+atlantis+full+album

Billy Cobhan w/Scofield, George Duke, and Doug Rauch on bass



Scofield w/George Duke and Dennis Chambers

 

[Dr Zee]

I would include Carlos Santana and keeping the flame alive is Vulfpeck