Sorry if this thread has been done, hard to tell until search is back up. I'm looking to broaden my musical horizons in the fusion or jazz categories. How about some suggestions for albums with alot of groove in that department? Side projects by talented bassists? I really dig Jaco and Marcus and stanley clark stuff. Turn me on to something cool.
Go to www.live365.com, set up a free new account, and type in a search for funk. You will probably get a couple of hundred stations to listen to free.
I've really been into the Christian McBride Band lately. I picked up their three disc live CD "Live at Tonic". Great stuff!
Dave Grossman's band Unpronounceable. Miles Davis' Panagea I fully believe that Panagea is the best fusion album ever.
Billy Cobham - Crosswinds Allan Holdsworth - Road Games Herbie Hancock - Future 2 Future Mahavishnu Orchestra - Birds of Fire
Blue Matter-John Scofield MAYBE THE FUNKIEST RYTHM SECTION EVER! Soul Vaccination Live-Tower of Power Live (Import)-Donnie Hathaway Gratitude-Earth Wind and Fire Hard Grove-The RH factor (Roy Hargrove) Layin in the Cut-James Carter Aja-Steely Dan Peace Beyond Passion-Me'Shell Ndegeocello Wired- Jeff Beck Those ought to help, along with some other great suggestions here
Gary Willis- Tribal Tech's albums Willis' solo albums, No Sweat & Bent Fima Ephron- Screaming Headless Torsos' debut album & Live In NYC. Bonus points for the 2-DVD set. Ephron's solo disc, Soul Machine...Klezmer-Jazz-Funk Ephron's other bands- Lost Tribe...'90s Fusion Hasidic New Wave...IMO, they can souynd a bit like early Weather Report meets Bitches Brew-era meets Hendrix. Oteil Burbridge- His debut solo disc, Love Of A Lifetime Jimmy Haslip- The early Yellowjackets' albums, on a whole, may be more 'Fusion-y' & 'funky' than the later releases. Also Haslip's recent trio thing, Jing-Chi. Alphonso Johnson's early solo albums from the '70s Fusion era have been re-issued domestically. There's also Jeff Berlin's solo discs + the stuff he did with Kazumi Watanbe (the '80s Spice Of Life band with Bill Bruford). Tommy Kennedy- The trio stuff w/ Billy Connors & the later stuff with Dave Weckl. Jimmy Johnson's stuff with Alan Holdsworth's I.O.U. band (Metal Fatigue or IOU Live) or Chad Wackerman's two solo releases.
+1 , great picks burk i would also add for funk average white band - self-titled (also known as white album), soul searching, cut the cake jamiroquai - return of the space cowboy, emergency on planet earth brand new heavies - brother sister herbie hancock - head hunters, thrust, secrets, flood the ohio players - honey, fire, skin tight funkadelic - one nation under a groove, maggot brain parliament - mothership connection, chocolate city, up for the down stroke pleasure - future now for fusion return to forever - where have i known you before, romantic warrior, hymn of the seventh galaxy weather report - black market, heavy weather, mr. gone, 8:30 billy cobham - spectrum, live on tour in europe jeff beck - blow by blow, there and back, live with jan hammer group pat metheny group - self-titled stanley clarke - school days santana - moonflower
Jean-Luc Ponty is the man. If you want some more funky type JLP, check out his first album, Upon the Wings of Music. Great playing on bass and just about every instrument. If you're looking for some crazy wankage fusion, check out his album Enigmatic Ocean.
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