Comments on: The Best Jazz Fusion Albums of All Time

By: Michael Satterlee

Michael Satterlee — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 22:51:27 +0000

Introducing the Eleventh House- Larry Coryell- a Masterpiece – Northern Lights – Jukka Tolonen

By: Tim Horner

Tim Horner — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 00:13:04 +0000

Timeless -John Abercrombie/Jan Hammer and Jack DeJohnette

By: Mark Thomas

Mark Thomas — Tue, 05 Nov 2024 18:57:43 +0000

Fusion classic you might not have heard is German Guitarist Toto Blanke Spiders Dance is a great fusion album while being German there are some American musician together they play inventive creative fusion album one of the best i have heard and not released.

By: Michael Stevens

Michael Stevens — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 21:41:46 +0000

No early WEATHER report!!!!!!
I sing the body electric.

By: Carlos Guerra

Carlos Guerra — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 04:06:55 +0000

In reply to Henrik Skrak. Don’t forget JON LUC PONTY

By: Jordan Curnutt

Jordan Curnutt — Sun, 24 Sep 2023 03:10:28 +0000

In reply to Henrik Skrak. Totally with you about missing Brand X and Terje on this list, Henrik, but MM's Earthband is progressive rock. Granted that's sometimes a fine line.....

By: Steve Wheeler

Steve Wheeler — Sun, 30 Jul 2023 14:08:32 +0000

In reply to Gregg. 4 sure!! As well as Stanley Clarke,,Donald Byrd and Santana and Johnny” Hammond”Smith.

By: Henrik Skrak

Henrik Skrak — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 21:21:13 +0000

Great list but as others I miss Brand X and Terje Rypdal and – no one else will agree – Manfred Manns Earthband. To my defense: Genres are allways post constructions. But purists love them. The 70 decade was wild and I am glad this was when I dicovered music. And talking fusion: Where was Miles in the 80-s? Not there!

By: Gregg

Gregg — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 18:03:51 +0000

Need some JL Ponty in there

By: Pieter van Leeuwen

Pieter van Leeuwen — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 19:31:55 +0000

I definitely think there’s also a flip side to this history.
Ie, beyond jazz musicians wandering toward rock, there were also rock groups pulling in jazz, or at least jazz instrumentation. The fusion went both ways.
Confining myself just to pre 1970, there was certainly King Crimson (Ian McDonald), and before that Traffic with Chris Wood. Later, I think of Mel Collins with Phil Manzanera’s 801 that got closer to a half way meeting point. Zappa’s “It Must Be a Camel” from Hot Rats goes even further. And “Peaches”.
Looking way back, I return to 1965 and the Outsiders with the horn section in “Time won’t let me”. That led to countless other brass fed bands like Chicago.