Members Groove Tool Posted December 25, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 25, 2007 Hell Yes, Postudium. I have the Gentle Hearts DVD. It is incredible. Do you have Greg Howe's Extraction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members postludium Posted December 25, 2007 Members Share Posted December 25, 2007 Hell Yes, Postudium. I have the Gentle Hearts DVD. It is incredible. Do you have Greg Howe's Extraction? Yeah I do, but I have to say that I enjoy listening to the live versions more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Thumper Posted December 25, 2007 Members Share Posted December 25, 2007 Fusion is a pretty broad category. I really like some of the work Jean-Luc Ponty did in the '70s. I suppose that's fusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Groove Tool Posted December 25, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 25, 2007 I hear ya, Postludium. I just haven't met anyone else other than my circle of friends that has heard of Gentle Hearts. The guitar player in my band took lessons from Greg Howe recently via the internet. He said Greg was really easy going and taught him allot. IMO, he is a shredder that I really like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mytola Posted December 25, 2007 Members Share Posted December 25, 2007 I love these guys, at least: [YOUTUBE]n6c6zWpzlQk[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Groove Tool Posted December 25, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 25, 2007 JLP IS Fusion personified in my book, Thumper... a violin player of all things. And he has written and performed some incredible work IMO. Hell Yes, NIACIN. I had a feeling you were into Billy Sheehan when I saw your avatar, Mytola. Killer 3-Piece. I have an album he did with TALAS (I think?...it's in the pile somewhere) and thought he was something cool from the get-go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Givati Posted December 25, 2007 Members Share Posted December 25, 2007 I love fusion! In the early 70's its was what took me away from rock and toward jazz. Jeff Beck and RTF were my faves until I came upon Brand X (the years with Collins). I kind of call it musicians music. Not many regular folks like fusion. Too intense for em I think.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members davis1 Posted December 25, 2007 Members Share Posted December 25, 2007 I dig fusion, from the more rock parts of it (ie. Jeff Beck) to the more bebop parts (ie. Chick Corea) Faves: Mike Stern Greg Howe Mike Brecker yeh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Groove Tool Posted December 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 26, 2007 Cool. Glad to hear it. Thanks for responding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members james on bass Posted December 26, 2007 Members Share Posted December 26, 2007 When I was first introduced to the term "fusion", it was in regards to the first few "Level 42" albums, before the album World Machine, when they hit the radio in North America. So yes, I like Jazz/funk/pop/instrumental fusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceGhost Posted December 26, 2007 Members Share Posted December 26, 2007 I have a friend that started his own pirate radio station, KTHC, 15+ years ago that played nothing but Fusion. He got busted and his equipment hauled off. Damn shame because I would be into it. Other than that, no exposure what so ever. If it wasn't for audiophileimports.com I wouldn't have a Fusion CD collection. I just think it is a damn shame that the pipeline isn't filled with more variety. Seriously pick up some Jonas Hellborg. He's studied the hell out of indian music and has made this great cross of Rock, Jazz, and Indian music. Jonas gets mad props because he can rock the hell out of the bass, rip through changes, and play in some wicked time signature... never phoning it in. Check out: Good People in Times of Evil Octave of the Holy Innocents (Buckethead like you've never heard him before) Ars Moriendi (italian frame drummer and Jonas on acoustic bass guitar) The Word (the late great Tony Williams on drums, Jonas on acoustic bass guitar, and a string section... sublime). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groutt Posted December 26, 2007 Members Share Posted December 26, 2007 Depends on the fusion. For one thing, and I may make enemies, I hate Return to Forever. I like other stuff. Return To Forever seems to vary a lot to me. Romantic Warrior is my #1 favorite album. No Mystery is pretty good. But some of their "soft fusion" stuff with vocals just doesn't do a thing for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members groutt Posted December 26, 2007 Members Share Posted December 26, 2007 I love fusion! In the early 70's its was what took me away from rock and toward jazz. Jeff Beck and RTF were my faves until I came upon Brand X (the years with Collins). I kind of call it musicians music. Not many regular folks like fusion. Too intense for em I think.. Mmmm hmmm... I like the way you think. Intense. That's a good word. Intense Fusion. excellent thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarded84 Posted December 26, 2007 Members Share Posted December 26, 2007 I would like to get into fusion. What I've heard of it I like a lot. Up until now I didn't know what to check out so I'm gonna be checkin out the ones that have already been mentioned. I play guitar and bass but I am music major and play Bari Sax in my Jazz Band at college so it's kinda sad that I don't know who to listen to. Up until now I only knew Weather Report and Chick Corea as we have played some of their pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpaceGhost Posted December 26, 2007 Members Share Posted December 26, 2007 I would like to get into fusion. What I've heard of it I like a lot. Up until now I didn't know what to check out so I'm gonna be checkin out the ones that have already been mentioned. I play guitar and bass but I am music major and play Bari Sax in my Jazz Band at college so it's kinda sad that I don't know who to listen to. Up until now I only knew Weather Report and Chick Corea as we have played some of their pieces. Hit up Miles Davis' electric period, (Bitches Brew, In a Silent Way, Live Evil, On the Corner, etc) to hear where it came from. Then listen to the bands the players from Miles' group went on to form: (Abbreviated) John Mclaughlin => Mahavishnu Orchestra => Shakti => the crap he does now. Chic Corea => Return Forever Jack DeJohnette => Joe Farrell's "Moon Germs" Billy Cobham => Mahavishnu => George Duke & Billy Cobham I think these groups were hitting the Fusion of Jazz and Rock that Miles was getting at but then it, imo, went to {censored}. You can't tell me any of these guys (not the ones I listed) could hold their own in a rock band. The Fusing of world music and various other genres (Electronica) I can kind of see. My beef is that the stuff I'm hearing after these guys sounds like friggen elevator music. Just one man's (over opinionated) thoughts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cearleywine Posted December 26, 2007 Members Share Posted December 26, 2007 I get it. I am an RTF fan but get why someone wouldn't. It ain't for everyone. I just don't get why it isn't more popular. Just like all great music in our culture, it isn't that popular. I honestly think it's because musicians have more developed ears for music and not everyone is a musician. Great jazz, fusion, and classical is too complex for the typical radio listener. I happen to love Return to Forever. Just like all Chick Corea projects the rhythm's and instrumentation are always exciting. I talked my roomate into buying one of their records and he ended up not liking it much. Soooo new record for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Groove Tool Posted December 26, 2007 Author Members Share Posted December 26, 2007 I have several Jonas Hellborg cd's and dig them, SpaceGhost. Good call though. As far as reaching into the Fusion Library, I would guess the place to start would be Audiophileimports.com because you can browse for a players name and sometimes they have mp3's posted so you can listen. You can check out the styles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.