Enigmatic Ocean by Jean-Luc Ponty: flawless playing and utterly fluid transitions and interplay
With Understanding Comes Appreciation If you don't have this album/CD, get it. It could change your life. It is one of the best Jazz-Rock...
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Shark
- Apr 2
- 5 min
Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock: considered to be one of (if not THE) vanguard recordings that gave birth to funk/rock jazz fusion
With Understanding Comes Appreciation In many ways I equate Herbie Hancock with the legendary Bob Dylan as far as being an enormous...
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Shark
- Mar 13
- 6 min
Metal Fatigue by Allan Holdsworth: prepare to be dazzled by the most futuristic guitar playing this side of the universe!
With Understanding Comes Appreciation In one million years from now, it would not surprise me in the slightest if Allan Holdsworth were...
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Shark
- Mar 10
- 9 min
Time Control by Hiromi: refreshing the jazz-rock fusion airs by an extremely talented virtuoso piano player
With Understanding Comes Appreciation Modern Jazz-Rock/Fusion is the true progressive music movement of our time. It makes no...
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Shark
- Mar 7
- 7 min
Blow by Blow by Jeff Beck: a powerhouse of jazzy funk rock fusion with nine strong tracks by a Guitar God
With Understanding Comes Appreciation Lots of jazz guitarists have veered into the world of rock and roll on occasion, but the number of...
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Shark
- Mar 4
- 8 min
Return to Forever by Chick Corea: bossa nova & jazz fusion wielded beautifully together; it's all very warm, light, and airy, like a soft breeze on a tropical beach
With Understanding Comes Appreciation The thing I love about the work of Miles Davis' fusion alumni (his alumni in general, really, but...
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Shark
- Feb 27
- 6 min
Mysterious Traveller by Weather Report: a drop-dead gorgeous jazz-rock fusion record. Complex, yet emotional
With Understanding Comes Appreciation The infamous comet-of-the-20th-century named Kohoutek that zipped by our planet in '73 and...
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Shark
- Feb 23
- 7 min
Spectrum by Billy Cobham: the accessible, though effective and addictive, entry to the jazz-rock world
With Understanding Comes Appreciation This is one of the easiest reviews I will ever write. Do you want virtuosic playing? Do you want...
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Shark
- Feb 21
- 5 min
Unorthodox Behaviour by Brand X: frenetic drum rolls, layers of silence, funky bass, atmospheric synthesizers, and rhythmic developments accompanied by proggy jazzed up time signature outbursts
With Understanding Comes Appreciation Although latecomers, who boarded the Fusion train when it was already on cruise mode and some of...
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Shark
- Feb 18
- 7 min
Inner Mounting Flame by Mahavishnu Orchestra: a monstrous masterpiece performed at 300 MPH, where virtuosos let us see that they're not normal earthlings
With Understanding Comes Appreciation Take 5 jazz maestros from 5 different countries. Lock them in a studio together, crank them up to...
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Shark
- Feb 4
- 6 min
In a Silent Way by Miles Davis: revolutionary and blowing away Milestone; progress, vision, execution and promising young-bloods
With Understanding Comes Appreciation First off, look at this ridiculous unit: -John McLaughlin / electric guitar (One of fusion's most...
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Shark
- Feb 2
- 8 min
Hot Rats by Frank Zappa: flawless, impeccable and exquisite; the birth of jazz-rock fusion
With Understanding Comes Appreciation Tony Williams' Emergency is flavored with post-bop and jazz-instrument elements, which pushed into...
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