Originally Posted by philster

Hi,

I'm not really happy with Wyatt, not my taste at all, and maybe a bit overrated - at least the lyrics are hilarious.

It's a bit funny that you made a prog AND fusion forum, since I start to understand now that they are quite different genres. I seem to have problems with prog, including Yes, Caravan and Gentle Giant, although I am beginning to like it, especially Gentle Giant (guess it's like that with everything one listens to a lot). I'm however still interested to hear more, since the bands are obviously quite different from each other. One thing I'm especially upset about is, that everything I hear about in terms of prog bands (and also some jazz rock bands mentioned in this forum) is from Canterbury. Are there no other places than this incestuous Canterbury producing quality prog? Or is it a Canterbury phenomenon? Guess I should read the Wikipedia entry!

Originally Posted by Philster

But! Since we have a classic prog album for people who start to get into this (after Wyatt), I'd like to suggest a classic and influential fusion album for later listening and discussions. I'm thinking Miles Davis' Tribute to Jack Johnson (1970), which is praised as one of the first and most influential fusion albums. It is in line with Davis' Bitches Brew (also 1970), which might be too long to listen to for a review club like this, but also strongly recommended. Both albums sound strongly drug influenced and have a more spheric and dirty sound than some later fusion bands, like e.g. Chick Coreas Return to Forever, who sounds very thought through, composed and a bit "sterile" compared to Bitches Brew or Jack Johnson. So check it out if you have time!