recommend me some fusion cd's

[Zappstorius]

Michael Manring's "Thonk" album is pretty epic, though it's out of print

And lastly "Attention Deficit" is a group with Manring, Tim Alexander and Alex Skolnick.

All this music can be heard on youtube. Just search the band names

Which is your prefered album of Attention Deficit?

 

[user263648]

wow, there is some amazing stuff here! thanks so much guys! a lot of the stuff you guys are talking about i have never head of so i am loving this!

one i will tell others about is pat martinos cd joyus lake. check that out.

 

[Mystic Michael]

Recently I've been listening to a lot of Jean-Luc Ponty records.

JLP's albums from the mid-Seventies are some of my very favorite fusion. Titles like:

• Cosmic Messenger (my personal favorite)
• Mystical Adventures
• Enigmatic Ocean
• Imaginary Voyage
• Aurora

Great stuff!

MM

P.S. A BIG +1 for Ralphe Armstrong...

 

[keiththebassist]

Now I've got to check this record out for sure. I'm fans of all of those guys.

Dude, If you can find the "thonk" album anywhere, buy it, it is absolutely phenomenal

 

[keiththebassist]

Which is your prefered album of Attention Deficit?

I believe they only put out 2, "The idiot king" is pretty hard to beat, but the self titled one is also great. My gut tells me it's a george bush reference...

 

[Barkless Dog]

Lenny White -Astral Pirates
Billy Cobham -Magic
Billy Cobham Funky Thide Of Sings
Al Diemola - Elegant Gypsy
Anything by the Dixie Dregs or Dregs
Pierre Morlin's Gong
Brand X
Soft Machine
Matching Mole
Camel
Brecker Brothers
Alan Holdsworth
Jeff Beck- wired
Anything by Jack Dejenette
Tony Williams-Believe It

 

[Barkless Dog]

Niacin with Billy Sheehan

 

[tangentmusic]

Jeff Beck's "Blow By Blow" & "Wired"

 

[zombywoof5050]

Longtime Jean Luc Ponty fan here.
In addition to the JLP albums already mentioned, the 3 albums he did with Baron Browne and Rayford Griffin ("Fables", "The Gift Of Time, & "Storytelling") are also very good.

 

[user263648]

i have been going crazy checking out all of this stuff!

 

[chuck norriss]

Are you perhaps thinking of Trilogue with Albert Mangelsdorf on trombone? (And Alphonse Mouzon on drums!)

Yes exactly. I suppose it can be counted as fusion.
Sonny Sharrock "Ask The Ages" is also a great album. And I like early Charlie Hunter Trio.

 

[twocargar]

+1 to JLP (Cosmic Messenger's Egocentric Molecules!!!), Manring's Thonk, Sypro Gyra, Brand X, Holdsworth, Dimeola, Camel

How about Colosseum II, Chick Corea Elektric Band (self titled and Light Years), Pete Haycock's Guitar and Son, Firemerchants, Randy Coven's Funk Me Tender

Sorry if any of these were previously mentioned.

Edit: Thonk for $20 on eVilBay.

 

[4001]

Bruford: Gradually Going Tornado

Jeff Berlin absolutly at the top of his game.

 

[kbuschmann]

Lenny White -Astral Pirates
Billy Cobham -Magic
Billy Cobham Funky Thide Of Sings
Al Diemola - Elegant Gypsy
Anything by the Dixie Dregs or Dregs
Pierre Morlin's Gong
Brand X
Soft Machine
Matching Mole
Camel
Brecker Brothers
Alan Holdsworth
Jeff Beck- wired
Anything by Jack Dejenette
Tony Williams-Believe It

Excellent all - give us more of what you like.
BTW -it's 'Dejohnette'

 

[onosson]

Freddie Hubbard - Straight Life is pretty nice

I think some of Hiromi's stuff would qualify as "fusion", especially her SonicBloom group.

There's a group from Osaka called indigo jam unit who are pretty cool, they might not have enough instrumentation to qualify as fusion though! Just piano, double bass, drums and percussion.

 

[ksandvik]

Bill Bruford's Gradually Going Tornado has lots of excellent bass playing by Jeff Berlin.

...unfortunately Jeff is also singing on this album...

 

[countbassiedad]

Willis and Caron are two of my favorite Fusion bass players. Favorite albums probably would be...

"Bent" by Gary Willis

'Live 5" by Alain Caron

 

[4001]

Bill Bruford's Gradually Going Tornado has lots of excellent bass playing by Jeff Berlin.

...unfortunately Jeff is also singing on this album...

I deal with it.

 

[JimK]

Bitches Brew complete sessions 4-cd box set--find it used on ebay.

Bitches Brew...often cited as the 1st Fusion album, is definitely for specific tastes. When I first got into buying Fusion albums in the '70s...stuff like RTF, MO, Weather Report w/ Alphonso/Jaco, Tony Williams Lifetime, Dregs, etc...I heard the buzz about Miles & BB. Expecting Fusion to have a certain amount of Rock/Funk...Bitches Brew was totally different. It took quite awhile before that much sound sunk in.
Early Weather Report also has that vibe...

 

[JimK]

Willis and Caron are two of my favorite Fusion bass players. Favorite albums probably would be...

"Bent" by Gary Willis

'Live 5" by Alain Caron

No Sweat & Bent are great 'solo' discs by an Electric Bassist. All the Tribal Tech stuff with Willis is also top-notch.


How do you like Caron's Le Band & Slam The Clown albums?