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Originally Posted by Buckeye Randy
Interesting and I tend to agree.
The '70's had some fresh takes with Weather Report, Return To Forever and Mahavishnu Orchestra along with the huge extended family of those artists. Those bands actually were knocking on the door of mainstream but that was then.
BTW, I still listen to the album "Journey To Love" by Stanley Clarke a couple times a year. I prefer it to the acclaimed "School Days" and it even features Jeff Beck on the track, "Hello Jeff". Actually, that song crosses into rock and almost sounds like Utopia.
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Yeah, fusion got the attention of a lot of people. But there are other musicians sticking to more or less straight jazz that don't get the attention they should. For example, I saw Quin Kirchner's combo at a music festival a few years back. His band included bass clarinet in place of maybe a tenor or baritone sax, which was refreshing and interesing. The arrangements of the songs wre really creative as well. And even though Quin is a drummer, he didn't take a lot of solos, preferring to be mostly stick to his band leader role. And even though there were some samples used, it wasn't overdone. People like Kirchner, as well as musicians like trumpet player Jon Faddis and sax player Greg Abate, don't get nearly the recognition they deserve.