It's Fusion Week!

Guybrush · 12-20-2011, 01:53 AM

A lot of interesting songs in this thread

Here's another favourite from me, Gong's Gazeuse!. Those who know Gong will know that it was a highly talented and drugged up psychedelic/space rock outfit originally led by Daevid Allen, but with a wealth of musicians visiting the line-up. In the mid-90s, Daevid claimed a wall of force was preventing him to go on stage and he decided this meant it was time to quit the band for a while. Drummer Pierre Moerlen took over and made it a fusion outfit.

The first album with this line-up contains talents like amazing guitar virtuoso Allan Holdsworth, flautist/saxophonist Didier Malherbe and bassist Franciz Moze. The album is a little special from it's extensive use of percussion instruments like marimba and vibraphone.

Percolations is the album's slowest piece and actually reminds me of an underwater world in a video game.

Esnuria is more representative of the album, though!

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 12-20-2011, 02:40 AM

On that note:

Came out the same year as Miles Davis's seminal 'Bitches Brew'. A very strong contender as one of the greatest fusion albums of all time as well.

Guybrush · 12-20-2011, 02:52 AM

^Yes, that was next on my list. It would be criminal (for me at least) to forget Soft Machine during fusion week. Third really is such an interesting, experimental and influential album.

Here's a couple more favourites and those who like them should check out the albums. First track here, Teeth, is from Fourth from 1971.

And here's Hazard Profile Part 1 from Bundles which is number 8 in the SM discog, again with Allan Holdsworth on guitar (who also played on the Gong album up there).

Howard the Duck · 12-20-2011, 07:10 AM

techno/rai fusion - Mr. Bungle's Desert Search for Techno Allah

Ska Lagos Jew Sun Ra · 12-20-2011, 07:24 AM

If we're speaking of non-jazz fusions. I think one nod needs to go to Frank Zappa's "Lumpy Gravy" Somewhere around 1967 it's one of the earliest examples of Classical-Rock fusion. Albeit, one could argue that Absolutely Free is also a classical/Rock/Jazz fusion album.

However, Lumpy Gravy is more directed with the clear intent of fusing the two.

~~Rubato~~ · 12-20-2011, 02:07 PM

Lisnaholic · 12-20-2011, 06:34 PM

There are already hours of interesting music in this thread. Of the clips I`ve dipped into, I particularly liked these :-

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Originally Posted by tore

^ Your "wait and see" tip was good advice; it builds up into some wonderful playing.

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Originally Posted by fazstp

I'm going to keep plugging my favourite fusion album until someone actually listens to it

^

Well, you`re right. That`s a restrained, but beautiful track. Is ECM the name of the album, the group, or just the record label ?

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Originally Posted by Zaqarbal

^ For me, the best section comes after the 5 minute mark, just as the song appears to be finishing.

My candidate for a tasty piece of jazz fusion :-

^ You have to click "Ver en Youtube" to open this, I`m afraid !

Stephen · 12-20-2011, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

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Well, you`re right. That`s a restrained, but beautiful track. Is ECM the name of the album, the group, or just the record label ?

ECM is the lable. The album is just called Terje Rypdal, Miroslav Vitous, Jack DeJohnette.

Rypdal/ Vitous/ DeJohnette

Between the skittering drum work of DeJohnette, Vitous' moody bass and Rypdal's highly original guitar, this album (according to Wikipedia) has been described as "An otherworldly soundscape of aching beauty".

Howard the Duck · 12-20-2011, 08:19 PM

i would've liked to post some more jazz-fusion but most of the likely candidates have already been posted

Stephen · 02-14-2012, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tore

I'll start with an old favorite, Return to Forever's debut, generally credited as a Chick Corea solo album. Chick Corea had played with Miles Davis, but wanted to play music which was more inclusive and more listener friendly. The result was his own fusion band, Return to Forever.

Here are a couple of my favorite tracks from the album. The opener is the title track which has a very haunting opening theme worth listening to even if you don't have time for it's full 12-something minutes.

I hadn't listened to this one yet. I think I had it confused with another album. Very nice, must add it to my list

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12-20-2011, 01:53 AM	#21 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	A lot of interesting songs in this thread Here's another favourite from me, Gong's Gazeuse!. Those who know Gong will know that it was a highly talented and drugged up psychedelic/space rock outfit originally led by Daevid Allen, but with a wealth of musicians visiting the line-up. In the mid-90s, Daevid claimed a wall of force was preventing him to go on stage and he decided this meant it was time to quit the band for a while. Drummer Pierre Moerlen took over and made it a fusion outfit. The first album with this line-up contains talents like amazing guitar virtuoso Allan Holdsworth, flautist/saxophonist Didier Malherbe and bassist Franciz Moze. The album is a little special from it's extensive use of percussion instruments like marimba and vibraphone. Percolations is the album's slowest piece and actually reminds me of an underwater world in a video game. Esnuria is more representative of the album, though! __________________ Something Completely Different

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Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	^Yes, that was next on my list. It would be criminal (for me at least) to forget Soft Machine during fusion week. Third really is such an interesting, experimental and influential album. Here's a couple more favourites and those who like them should check out the albums. First track here, Teeth, is from Fourth from 1971. And here's Hazard Profile Part 1 from Bundles which is number 8 in the SM discog, again with Allan Holdsworth on guitar (who also played on the Gong album up there). __________________ Something Completely Different

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