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Originally Posted by Rob MacKillop
Indeed, yes - first time I saw him he'd not long joined Soft Machine and was seated, playing a Precision bass - a knockout performance by the group at the Parliament Hill Fields Open Air Concert, Summer 1969 (I was on the ceiling for the next 3 days !). Saw him many times thereafter - a great musical soul.
Peter Jenner and Andrew King (Blackhill Enterprises) also deserve everlasting praise if not an MBE each (if they're still with us) for organising/making possible the many unforgettable FREE open air concerts in the London parks during these years - with quite unbelievable line-ups on any one day - which introduced thousand upon thousand of punters like myself to Blackhill related label artists and to the best music of the day. The Nice, Yes, Procul Harum, Soft Machine, Roy Harper, Pink Floyd, Edgar Broughton Band, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Third Ear Band, Jethro Tull, Egg, Byzantium, Melanie, The Stones, Blind Faith, Marriott/Frampton, Leslie West, Jack Bruce Band, and loads more - all FOR FREE - it couldn't be, could it ? (well actually, yes!).
Today you pay £75-00 and the audience are more interested in selfie-ing themselves celebrating - regardless of what may or may not be happening on stage...……..and Prince Charles is often there as well, as a 'bonus', Lord help us.....
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12-12-2019 09:03 PM
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Qs, just reading those band names brings back a lot of memories, though I never saw any of them live. But it was a big formative period for me in my teens, discovering great new music.
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Love this tune from Soft Machine 4; still listen to it all the time:
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Ooooh, “Teeth” is classic! Mike Ratledge wrote great stuff with Soft Machine.
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saxist elto dean era..equally beautiful...dean used the saxello..a widemouthed soprano of sorts..unique..very rashaan roland kirk inspired!!! clever Originally Posted by jbernstein91
cheers
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Originally Posted by Rob MacKillop
I'll echo the latter, and I'm veering away from the 'jazzguitar' umbrella here, but - if you're unfamiliar with the music of Sheffield's The Comsat Angels (1979 - 2003-ish), risk whatever it costs on E-Bay for a copy of their 1996 CD 'My Mind's Eye' - and then have the lasting pleasure of investigating their back (and forward) catalogue. My interests focused mainly on jazz from the early 70's onwards, as the rock-related image became seemingly more important than the sound produced - but discovering The Comsat Angels in 1979 made up for the dearth of quality in a lot of post 60's music for me.
Try this for size - ideally through some quality headphones with the volume whacked up to '11' - YouTube: The Comsat Angels - 'Something's Got To Give' - one hell of a 'B' side, the musical depiction of a 'noir-movie' type stakeout: - is she cheating on you, and what if she is......? Tragically commercially unsuccessful, their musical output over a 20-odd year period - even with a 'radio-friendly' interlude - qualifies them as Britain's finest 'unknown' rock group with a brilliant oevre.......hope you enjoy!
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Sorry, Qs, but that just sounded like U2 or Simple Minds to my ears, with some local colour. Not my thing. Let's get back to fusion
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I remember Coryell telling me "they call me the "godfather of fusion". " I don't really like that". I think it was Dimeola who first coined that phrase. Maybe based on "Spaces" which had a pretty heavy cast for the time. Coryell was good friends with Hendrix, and jammed together sometimes, (Steve Paul's Scene) I think Larry just considered it all music.
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Tom Scott & the LA Express - Tom Cat
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Nostalgia notwithstanding, as a huge fusion fan, there's some awesome stuff coming out of London these days. Very much in the fusion vein, but new and fresh. Check out Yussef Dayes, Mansur Brown, Alpha Mist
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In no particular order
Bitches Brew Miles Davis
Birds of Fire John McLaughlin
Intermounting Flame
RTF
where have I known you before
no mystery
Hymn of the seventh Galaxy
Jeff Beck
Wired
Blow by Blow
Soft Machine
Bundles featuring outstanding playing by Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth
velvet Darkness
weather report
heavy weather
Larry Carlton
1978 self-titled album simply known as Larry Carlton
These are my personal favorites from the '70s. there are other players who I consider to be Fusion players who have made excellent albums since the 70s but since the seventies was the Heyday of jazz fusion I really look to these particular albums that's the best or most exemplary of the genre.
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Spaces: Coryell \ McLaughin, Cobham, Corea, Vitous
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Many (most?) of my favorites have already been mentioned -- seriously, how could they not have been at this point? -- but I am either surprised, or just plain giddy, that no one mentioned this gem, which is definitely in my personal Top 10 Fusion Albums Of All Time.
It probably gets overlooked because after this (their debut album), the band signed with Windham Hill and squirted out some fairly unremarkable New Age records...so whenever I mention the name, people think this is gonna be another Windham Hill snoozefest. But holy good gawd y'all, hang on to yer hats!
Shadowfax - The Watercourse Way (1976)
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Sixteen Men has to be in the running for best Holdsworth
I have a big soft spot for Return of the Brecker Brothers, but I’d give the vocal cut a miss lol.
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Oh 70s…. Believe It, Tony Williams.
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Arghh zombie thread
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I too am a big fan of Allan Holdsworth's 'The Sixteen Men of Tain'. Originally Posted by Christian Miller
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Assuming these count, a couple of my favourites are:
Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson
In the case of the former, I recall reading a review where a reviewer's daughter asked "Daddy, is your record player broken?" when it got to the distortion part at 19:08.
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fusion..it can mean different things...Some of Steely Dan could be fusion..
some of Zappa..and King Crimson
but the question is.. what is/are your faves?
RTF
Weather Report
McLaughlin/Miles
I consider fusion to be a style that erases borders.
There is so much "new" music beyond mainstream that should be heard and explored..and I consider it to still be
"jazz" for those who need that label..its music that supposed to go beyond labels-explore/experiment
Blending jazz blues rock afro/latin flavors in one mix is not only fun..but to me its necessary.
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Wow no mention of “Light As a Feather” Chick Corea &cast. No mention of all of the “CTI records” by a cast of who’s who.And most taking turns as leaders
George Benson,Joe Farrell,Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turentine, Don Sebeski ( arranger) and so many more!
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I have never thought of or heard anyone say that CTI were making fusion albums.There was a certain crossover aspect to their albums.Fusion to me was Mahavishnu,Larry Coryells Eleventh House.Return To Forvever.Dixie Dregs all blasting through Marshall stacks.The category of Fusion music has always been kind of nebulous to be sure. Originally Posted by jads57
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Seems to me I first heard the term jazz-rock fusion applied to Miles Davis music - In a Silent Way, Bitches Brew - and McLaughlin, Hancock, Corea, Shorter, et. al. were all alumni of his bands. Originally Posted by nyc chaz
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In the 70's the terms fusion,jazz rock and crossover jazz were different things to different people.Their was a famous radio station in NewYork WRVR which played that music along with straight ahead jazz and even the announcers couldn't agree at times what fell in what category.Duke Ellington said it best,there are only two types of music,good music and the other kind. Originally Posted by Mick-7
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Septober Energy is the only album of the jazz/prog big band Centipede, which had fifty members and one hundred feet. The album was produced by Robert Fripp under the musical direction of Keith Tippett, and recorded at Wessex Studios, London, during three days in June 1971. The album is a four-part suite of four movements of about twenty minutes each.
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The problem is a lot of the younger crowd never grew up in the original fusion era in late 1960’s, 70’s, or its demise in the 1980’s Lol!
So other than the harder rock fusion albums like :Spectrum by Billy Cobham,Jeff Beck’s Wired, Mahavishnu, a few other artists.
There was a plethora of other fusion records ,especially CTI.
Red Clay, Sky Dive: Freddie Hubbard
White Rabbit, Bad Benson: George Benson
Canned Funk: Joe Farell
Sugar: Stanley Turrentine
Firebird Suite: Don Senesky arranger
And many more that we all learned from as well as all the other R&B artists James Brown,Ray Charles, Tower of Power,EW&Fire,Rufus w/ Chaka Khan
Also a tribute to Monk,Bud Powell,and Bebop “Echoes of an Era”
Chick Corea,Stanley Clark,Lenny White, Joe Henderson Freddie Hubbard amd featuring Chaka Khan
Truly one of the BEST! Not fusion, but worth buying!
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