The 100 Greatest Jazz Fusion Albums | Ranked

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  • @JohnPrepuce
    @JohnPrepuce 11 місяців тому +46

    Someone was asking for the dates so I added them.
    100 - Golden Age of the Apocalypse (2011) - Thundercat
    99 - Baselines (1983) - Bill Laswell
    98 - Duster (1967) - Gary Burton
    97 - Time in Place (1988) - Mike Stern
    96 - Electric Guitarist (1978) - John McLaughlin
    95 - Joyous Lake (1977) - Pat Martino
    94 - 75 (2008) - Joe Zawinul
    93 - Vinnie Colaiuta (1994) - Vinnie Colaiuta
    92 - We Want Miles (1982) - Miles Davis
    91 - Decoy (1984) - Miles Davis
    90 - Quantum (2007) - Planet X
    89 - Music of Roland Vasquez (1979) - Urban Ensemble
    88 - In the Moment (2015) - Makaya McCraven
    87 - Lingua Franca (2012) - TRAM
    86 - Knower Forever (2023) - Knower
    85 - Modern Jazz Stories (1995)- Courtney Pine
    84 - Mute Massaker (1999) - Casper Brotzmann
    83 - Show Me What You Can Do (1998) - GHS
    82 - People Mover (2019) - Scott Henderson
    81 - Szobel (1976) - Hermann Szobel
    80 - Steps Ahead (1980) - Steps Ahead
    79 - Life Begins Again (2005) Jimmy Chamberlin
    78 - Imaginary Day (1997) - Pat Metheny Group
    77 - Lunar Crash (1994) - Medeski & Fiuczynski
    76 - Lonely Bears (1990) - Lonely Bears
    75 - Dressing for Pleasure (1994) - John Hassell
    74 - Two Doors (1995) - Shawn Lane
    73 - Truth in Shredding (1990) - MVP
    72 - Taboo (1983) - Ronald Shannon Jackson
    71 - Arc of Testimony (1997) - Arcana
    70 - Bad Habits Die hard (1995) - Trilok Gurtu
    69 - Electric Bath (1967) - Don Ellis
    68 - Energy (1971) - Jeremy Steig
    67 - Players (1987) - Berlin, Henderson, Lavitz, Smith
    66 - Eyewitness (1983) - Steve Kahn
    65 - Zawinul (1971) - Joe Zawinul
    64 - Red Twist & Tuned Arrow (1987) - Doran, Studer, Wittwer
    63 - Extensions (1990) - Dave Holland
    62 - Melodies (1977) - Jan Hammer
    61 - Iron Path (1988) - Last Exit
    60 - Blue Matter (1986) - John Scofield
    59 - Naked City (1990) - Naked City
    58 - Rhythm People (1990) - Steve Coleman
    57 - 2 Drink Minimum (1995) - Wayne Krantz
    56 - 1995 (1995) - Screaming Headless Torsos
    55 - Escalator Over the Hill (1971) Carla Bley
    54 - Dregs of the Earth (1980) - Dixie Dregs
    53 - Gazeuse! (1976) - Gong
    52 - If Mountains Could Sing (1995) - Terje Rypdal
    51 - Lotus (1974) - Santana
    50 - Caravanserai (1972) - Santana
    49 - Of Human Feeling (1982) - Ornette Coleman's Prime Time
    48 - Hallucination Engine (1994) - Material
    47 - Illicit (1992) - Tribal Tech
    46 - Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986) - Chick Corea Elektric Band
    45 - First Circle (1984) - Pat Metheny Group
    44 - Secrets (1989) - Allan Holdsworth
    43 - Jaco Pastorius (1976) - Jaco Pastorius
    42 - Unorthodox Behaviour (1976) - Brand X
    41 - One of a Kind (1979) - Bill Bruford
    40 - I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry (1975) - George Duke
    39 - Enigmatic Ocean (1977) - Jean-Luc Ponty
    38 - Grand Wazoo (1972) - Frank Zappa (Mothers)
    37 - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981) - Frank Zappa
    36 - Heavy Metal Be-Bop (1978) - Brecker Brothers
    35 - Exhibition (1979) - John Serry Jr.
    34 - Venusian Summer (1976) - Lenny White
    33 - Leprechaun (1976) - Chick Corea
    32 - School Days (1976) - Stanley Clark
    31 - Stanley Clark (1974) - Stanley Clark
    30 - Believe It (1975) - Tony Williams Lifetime
    29 - Timeless (1975) - John Abercrombie
    28 - Where Have I Known You Before (1974) - Return to Forever
    27 - Expectation (1972) Keith Jarrett
    26 - Bright Size Life (1976) - Pat Metheny
    25 - Oh Yeah? (1976) - Jan Hammer
    24 - Blow by Blow (1975) - Jeff Beck
    23 - Wired (1976) - Jeff Beck
    22 - Elegant Gypsy (1977) - Al Di Meola
    21 - Thrust (1974) - Herbie Hancock
    20 - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973) - Return to Forever
    19 - Sextant (1973) - Herbie Hancock
    18 - Introducing Eleventh House (1974)- Eleventh House
    17 - Level One (1975) - Eleventh House
    16 - Crosswinds (1974) - Billy Cobham
    15 - Between Nothingness & Eternity (1973) - Mahavishnu Orchestra
    14 - In a Silent Way (1969) - Miles Davis
    13 - Jack Johnson (1971) - Miles Davis
    12 - Hot Rats (1969) - Frank Zappa
    11 - Mysterious Traveller (1974) - Weather Report
    10 - Emergency! (1969) - Tony Williams Lifetime
    9 - Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975) - Mahavishnu Orchestra
    8 - Heavy Weather (1977) - Weather Report
    7 - B*tches Brew (1970) - Miles Davis
    6 - Romantic Warrior (1976) - Return to Forever
    5 - Birds of Fire (1973) - Mahavishnu Orchestra
    4 - Head Hunters (1973) - Herbie Hancock
    3 - Black Market (1976) - Weather Report
    2 - Spectrum (1973) - Billy Cobham
    1 - Inner Mounting Flame (1971) - Mahavishnu Orchestra

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  11 місяців тому +7

      Great work...I have pinned this comment

    • @JohnPrepuce
      @JohnPrepuce 11 місяців тому +3

      @@AndyEdwardsDrummer - Awesome content, man. I listen whenever I can. You've introduced me to great music.

    • @bigvrocks2480
      @bigvrocks2480 11 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for posting the lp's I loved the work by Andy as well. I'll certainly review every lp I am not familiar with (which there are quite a few from 51 on out! Thanks guys!

    • @erikheddergott5514
      @erikheddergott5514 11 місяців тому +2

      Thank you very much for doing us that Service!

    • @TerrenceJames-ul7ox
      @TerrenceJames-ul7ox 11 місяців тому +2

      Amazing work... Now i can look these up & archive em later

  • @adnilrummut105
    @adnilrummut105 11 місяців тому +7

    studio albums:
    01. the mahavishnu orchestra - the inner mountain flame
    02. weather report - heavy weather
    03. return to forever - hymn of the seventh galaxy
    04. herbie hancock and the headhunters - thrust
    05. miles davis - on the corner
    06. soft machine - bundles
    07. tony williams lifetime - emergency!
    08. jeff beck - wired
    09. lenny white - venusian summer
    10. billy cobham - spectrum
    11. alphonse mouzon - mind transplant
    12. the eleventh house - introducing eleventh house with larry coryell
    13. santana - caravanserei
    14. frank zappa and the mothers - the grand wazoo
    15. tribal tech - rocket science
    16. vital tech tones - II
    17. jonas hellborg - time is the enemy
    18. the rh factor - hard groove
    19. jean-luc ponty - enigmatic ocean
    20. pat martino - consciousness
    21. jamaaladeen tacuma - dreamscape
    22. music revelation ensemble - knights of power
    23. don byron and existential dread - nu blaxploitation
    24. animals as leaders - parrhesia
    25. the aristocrats - tres caballeros
    26. steve coleman and five elements - world expansion
    27. ornette coleman - song x (featuring pat metheny)
    28. yohimbe brothers - front end lifter
    29. free form funky freqs - urban mythology vol. 1

  • @edgaraquino2324
    @edgaraquino2324 11 місяців тому +4

    My complements....if someone wants to start learning about jazz & fusion, this program would be a great place to start...thanks!😊

  • @RobertVeasquez
    @RobertVeasquez 11 місяців тому +5

    This was quite enjoyable, educational and just outright fun. I pray an interview with Ray Gomez transpires. When hearing certain jazz rock albums for the first time and hear the guitarist, I would immediately want to know who it was. Not only was Ray’s chops phenomenal, but his tone was just beautiful.

  • @trippknotic
    @trippknotic 11 місяців тому +8

    Well done. Round of applause, stand ovation in 13/8. 👏👏

  • @StevenPD
    @StevenPD Місяць тому

    Thanks for taking the time to post this. It took a few tries to get through it all, but I did manage to find a few albums to brighten the musical horizon. I never really knew much about jazz fusion before watching your video and feel better off having done so. Cheers.

  • @chrismoyse3529
    @chrismoyse3529 10 місяців тому +3

    As a drummer I was surprised you didn’t include anything by Mouzon.
    Great vid

  • @acatnameddoerak
    @acatnameddoerak 11 місяців тому +2

    To bring some structure to this list... here are the 104 albums mentioned on Andy's Top 100 plus one that was not mentioned at all!
    With cue points.
    100 The golden Age of the Apocalypse by Thundercat (03:10)
    99 Baselines by Bill Lasswell (03:51)
    98 Duster by Gary Burton (05:12)
    97 Time in Place by Mike Stern (6:12)
    96 Electric Guitarist by John McLaughlin (07:06)
    Bass Desires by Marc Johnson (08:47)
    95 Joyous Lake by Pat Martino (09:10)
    94 75 by Joe Zawinul (09:41)
    93 Vinnie Colaiuta eponymous album (10:38)
    92 We Want Miles by Miles Davis (11:40)
    91 Decoy by Miles Davis (13:22)
    90 Quantum by Planet X (14:21)
    89 The Music of Roland Vasquez by Urban Music Ensemble (14:55)
    88 In the Moment by Makaya McCraven (15:55)
    87 Lingua Franca by T.R.A.M. (17:15)
    86 Knower Forever by Knower (18:21)
    85 Modern Jazz Stories by Courtney Pine (19:53)
    84 Massaker by Caspar Brötzman (21:39)
    83 Show Me What You Can Do by Frank Gambale, Steve Hamm & Stuart Smith (22:30)
    82 People Mover by Scott Henderson (23:10)
    81 Szobel by Hermann Szobel (24:42)
    80 Steps Ahead Eponymous Album (27:40)
    79 Life Begins by Jimmy Chamberlin (28:12)
    78 Imaginary Day by Pat Metheny Group (28:36)
    77 Lunar Crush by John Medesky & David Fiuczynski (28:59)
    76 Injustice by the Lonely Bears (29:50)
    75 Dressing for Pleasure by Jon Hassell (31:02)
    74 Two Doors by Michael Shrieve (32:00)
    73 Truth in Shredding by Allan Holdsworth & Frank Gambale (32:50)
    72 Taboo by Ronald Shannon Jackson (33:10)
    71 Arc of Testimony by Arcana (33:45)
    70 Bad Habits Die Hard by Trilok Gurtu (34:32)
    69 Electric Bath by John Ellis (35:36)
    68 Energy by Jeremy Steig (36:43)
    67 Players by T.Lavitz, Jeff Berlin, Steve Smith & Scott Henderson (37:54)
    66 Eyewitness by Steve Khan (38:39)
    65 Zawinul by Joe Zawinul (39:02)
    64 Red Twist & Tuned Arrow by Christy Doran, Fredy Studer & Stephan Wittwer (40:03)
    63 Extensions by David Holland (40:56)
    62 Melodies by Jan Hammer Group (42:14)
    61 Iron Path by Last Exit (43:03)
    60 Blue Matter by John Scofield (44:34)
    59 Naked City Eponymous Album (45:43)
    58 Rhythm People / Four Man Fat by Steve Coleman & Five Elements (46:22)
    57 2 Drink Minimum by Wayne Krantz (47:15)
    56 1995 by Screaming Headless Torsos (48:42)
    55 Escalator over the Hill by Carla Bley (49:22)
    54 Dregs of the Earth by Dixie Dregs (50:17)
    53 Gazeuse by Gong (51:50)
    52 Odyssey / If Mountains Could Sing by Terje Rypdahl (52:28)
    51 Lotus by Santana (53:23)
    50 Caravanserai by Santana (53:33)
    49 Of Human Feelings by Ornette Coleman's Prime Time (53:44)
    48 Hallucination Engine by Material (54:40)
    47 Illicit by Tribal Tech (55:10)
    46 Chick Corea Elektric Band Eponymous Album (55:32)
    45 First Circle by Pat Metheny Group (not mentioned)
    44 Secrets by Allan Holdsworth (56:00)
    43 Jaco Pastorius Eponymous Album / Word of Mouth (56:56)
    42 Unorthodox Behaviour / Moroccan Roll by Brand X (57:59)
    41 One of a Kind by Bill Bruford (58:29)
    40 I love the Blues She Heard my Cry by George Duke (58:58)
    39 Enigmatic Ocean by Jean-Luc Ponty (59:47)
    38 The Grand Wazoo by Frank Zappa (1:00:14)
    37 Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar by Frank Zappa (1:01:10)
    36 Heavy Metal Bebop by the Brecker Brothers (1:01:52)
    35 Exhibition by Jonn Serrie Jr. (1:02:42)
    34 Venusian Summer by Lenny White (1:03:25)
    33 The Leprechaun by Chick Corea (1:04:50)
    32 Schooldays by Stanley Clarke (1:05:45)
    31 Stanley Clarke Eponymous Album (1:06:20)
    30 Believe It by Tony Williams Lifetime (1:06:55)
    29 Timeless by John Abercrombie (1:07:52)
    28 Where have I known you Before by Return to Forever (1:09:00)
    27 Expectations by Keith Jarrett (1:09:10)
    26 Bright Size Life by Pat Metheny (1:09:28)
    25 Oh Yeah? by Jan Hammer (1:09:50)
    24 Blow by Blow by Jeff Beck (1:10:07)
    23 Wired by Jeff Beck (1:10:42)
    22 Elegant Gypsy by Al DiMeola (1:11:02)
    21 Thrust by Herbie Hancock (1:11:34)
    20 Hymn to the Seventh Galaxy by Return to Forever (1:11:56)
    19 Sextant by Herbie Hancock (1:12:34)
    18 Introducing by The Eleventh House with Larry Coryell (1:15:20)
    17 Level One by The Eleventh House (1:15:43)
    16 Crosswinds by Billy Cobham (1:15:57)
    15 (18) Between Nothingness and Eternity by the Mahavishnu Orchestra (1:14:36 & 1:17:00)
    14 In a Silent Way by Miles Davis (1:17:55)
    13 Jack Johnson by Miles Davis (1:18:25)
    12 Hot Rats by Frank Zappa (1:20:58)
    11 Mysterious Traveler by Weather Report (1:21:40)
    10 Emergency! by Tony Williams Lifetime (1:23:13)
    9 Visions of the Emerald Beyond by the Mahavishnu Orchestra (1:24:33)
    8 Heavy Weather by Weather Report (1:25:08)
    7 Bitches Brew by Miles Davis (1:25:44)
    6 Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever (1:26:31)
    5 Birds of Fire by the Mahavishnu Orchestra (1:27:16)
    4 Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock (1:27:46)
    3 Black Market by Weather Report (1:28:12)
    2 Spectrum by Billy Cobham (1:28:36)
    1 The Inner Mounting Flame by The Mahavishnu Orchestra (1:28:57)

  • @warrenwickless2911
    @warrenwickless2911 10 місяців тому +2

    Great list Andy! Here are my top five: Didier Lockwood -Surya ,#4 Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inter Mounting Flame,#3 Gong- Gazeuse,#2 Weather Report- Heavy Weather #1 Return to forever - romantic Warrior

  • @mymixture965
    @mymixture965 11 місяців тому +4

    Such a list says so much about your taste and this puts your videos in a position where I can judge your recommendations. And as I am NOT a big fan of John Mcglaughlin my list would be totally different, still, I enjoyed your video a lot. We all have different taste and I don't want to watch videos who tell me stuff I already know. Thumbs up. You are the ONLY UA-cam I ever sent money, that says it all I guess.

  • @christophercheney1006
    @christophercheney1006 11 місяців тому +5

    So many records that I love on that list....and so many more to check out!!! Props for mentioning "Lunar Crush". Thank you Andy!!

  • @geoffccrow2333
    @geoffccrow2333 11 місяців тому +3

    There you have it folks, Andy has come through with the goods again. The greatest 100 jazz fusion albums of all time.. ranked!!

  • @tommonk7651
    @tommonk7651 11 місяців тому +6

    Andy, I'm so proud of you for putting the Dixie Dregs on your list. LOL They played at my college homecoming in 1979. I've seen them several times (once with Jerry Goodman!) and seen Steve Morse in trio forms several times. Great music! Do a deep dive into their stuff.... I would have put Santana "Moonflower" on the list myself - the first Santana album I owned.

  • @billdubilier
    @billdubilier 8 годин тому

    Wow you just listed part of my collection. Now I need to hear your top 200 prog albums

  • @juansecar2
    @juansecar2 11 місяців тому +3

    You know, my fav Courtney Pine album is UNDERGROUND, is an amazing beautiful powerful album, he's just too fkn excellent. And, one of my alltime fav albums, fusion, few people seem to treasure it propperly, is Trilok Gurtu's BAD HABITS DIE HARD. Dude, that is a killer album, David Gilmore's solo on that first song, I think is called 21 Spices, is just one of the best solos ever recorded in any jazz/rock or whatever albums... the songs are incredible, the playing, Trilok's unearthly drumming.... wow... so glad you mentioned it! Also Illicit by Tribal Tech and Dave Holland's Prime Directive!! And rhe torsos 1995 has Dean Bowman on vocals, Fima Ephron on Bass, Jojo Mayer on drums and Dave Sadowski, with ofcourse the great Dave on guitar. Missed Steely Dan's Aja and Royal Scam. Great video! Cheers!

    • @jazzpunk
      @jazzpunk 11 місяців тому

      ...was just listening to the Trilok album in my car this past week. Killer!
      For Tribal Tech, DR HEE remains my favourite.
      Love the Torso, as well! ;-)

  • @erikheddergott5514
    @erikheddergott5514 11 місяців тому +3

    The Gary Burton Jazzrock is a Fusion of Country, Jazz and Flower Power Rock!

  • @naderzekrya5238
    @naderzekrya5238 11 місяців тому +3

    Great list. Heartfelt and informed choice!
    Larry Coryell - Offering 1972, Miroslav Vitous - Infinite Search 1969, Miroslav Vitous - Purple 1970

    • @WELLBRAN
      @WELLBRAN 11 місяців тому +1

      Miroslav was really ripped off by Zawinul who never got a penny when he left vitous said that Joe always thought he was the top dog in and line up and it back fired when pastorious came in.

    • @erikheddergott5514
      @erikheddergott5514 11 місяців тому

      @@WELLBRAN As far as I heard it, Miroslav Vitous was more disappointed by Wayne Shorter, than by Joe Zawinul.
      But what did backfire when Jaco Pastorious came to Weather Report?

    • @WELLBRAN
      @WELLBRAN 11 місяців тому

      @@erikheddergott5514 Miroslav said that Joe wanted to be top dog in the band but he got stuck with Jaco being a genius and he didn't like it

  • @stuartfishman1044
    @stuartfishman1044 11 місяців тому +6

    Didn't see James Blood Ulmer's Odyssey on the list. It would definitely be on mine. One of the most unique and exhilarating albums I've ever heard. Jazz, Blues, Country and Middle Eastern music sent through a harmelodic Cuisinart.

    • @francis-808
      @francis-808 11 місяців тому +1

      Could be wrong, but I don't think he has ever mentioned Blood Ulmer.

    • @erikheddergott5514
      @erikheddergott5514 11 місяців тому

      @@francis-808 Odyssey is my Pick for best Record of the 80 ties.
      And for me it outshines everything on the List, even the Ornette Coleman and Ronald Shannon Jackson Records.

    • @erikheddergott5514
      @erikheddergott5514 11 місяців тому

      My Desert Island Record!

  • @flame-sky7148
    @flame-sky7148 11 місяців тому +3

    Great mention of # 72 Two Doors that feature Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane. Probably one of the best trio albums in the 1990’s. The issue of course is that the album is on Michael Shrieve’s label and included with the 2nd half of the other album. The reason why it wasn’t on Jonas’s label Bardo Records is that Shawn Lane was still under Warner Bros. label and they had to hide his star appearance. Shawn has that liquid sound, especially on the tune Deep Umbra!!
    The classics include Stellar Rays (Time is the Enemy), Baraji (Rag B/B), Deep Umbra (Hell is other People), Juvalamu (Personae), and Palace of Dreams. The names changed when they played those songs which were released on Bardo records. They became the staple tunes within the HLS trio group. By the way, a spectacular live performance of “Palace of Dreams” is available on YT in 1995. But this album is sort of hidden in their catalog, because the first half is their written material put onto Shrieves double album.

    • @SuperStrik9
      @SuperStrik9 11 місяців тому +1

      Shawn Lane is greatly missed. Gone way too soon. He was a genius and I'm not just talking about music.

    • @flame-sky7148
      @flame-sky7148 11 місяців тому +1

      @@SuperStrik9 Yea, I know I met Shawn in Atlanta after a show. Very nice and humble person. Yea real genius with books, as he would walk around wearing a similar hat much like one of his favorite painters Vermeer. Shawn was like Miles Davis, straight up genius in more ways than one. Miles was a painter too.

  • @lupcokotevski2907
    @lupcokotevski2907 11 місяців тому +3

    Great effort and perpetual reference.

  • @adnilrummut105
    @adnilrummut105 11 місяців тому +3

    thx andy for your performing style as well as for your taste

  • @mainzergirl9610
    @mainzergirl9610 11 місяців тому +2

    I check 2 boxes: I learn about new music from your channel AND I'm an argumentative bastard.
    Great job! So many new paths to follow.

  • @bumfan
    @bumfan 10 місяців тому +1

    Awesome list, Andy. There's a lot of stuff that I need to check out. I enjoy all your videos and have discovered that we hold very similar views regarding certain musicians, like Jan Hammer and Scott Henderson. One thing on a personal note is I'd have replaced the first Chick Corea Elektric Band album with Inside Out. That album is so complex, so tight, and has some of the most incredible playing ever. The epic 4-chapter "Tale of Daring" has to be the apex of '80s/'90s fusion compositions. Plus, Chick said in an interview in Music Technology magazine that he wrote the entire album in six days, and the band recorded it in a week. As complex and progressive as that album is, to write, rehearse, and record it in about two weeks is monumental. Anyway, keep up the good work!

  • @allthingsclassicrock
    @allthingsclassicrock 11 місяців тому +3

    Great video as usual Andy. A lot for me to check out. Hope you had a nice Christmas. An interview with Ray Gomez would be spectacular! I’m a big fan. His stratocaster tone is tops. He absolutely burns!

  • @vvblues
    @vvblues 10 місяців тому +2

    I'll patiently wait for your Dixie Dregs episode. In the meantime it's important for your personal development to check out the first Yellow Jackets album featuring Robben Ford. Hope this helps.

    • @JordiCasany
      @JordiCasany 5 місяців тому

      Amazing album! Also Inside Story by Robben Ford

  • @zootallures6470
    @zootallures6470 11 місяців тому +2

    Like seeing David Fiuczynkski’s Screaming Headless Torsos and his Lunar Crash with Medeski on the list.
    I would add:
    Oregon - Out of the Woods
    Eberhard Weber - The Following Morning; also Yellow Fields
    The Longe Lizards - Voice of Chunk
    Codona - 2
    Abercrombie, Wall, Nussbaum - While We’re Young, better than Timeless 😉

  • @marquesmarchand722
    @marquesmarchand722 6 місяців тому

    I just started reading The Jazz Book because of Andy Edwards. Somehow Andy has changed my life. 90% of what I'm listening to these days is Jazz. BIG FUN, In a silent way, Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson, On the corner, live evil, get up w it, are all bonkers.

  • @johnr3587
    @johnr3587 11 місяців тому +2

    Live without a net - No one does a list like Andy Edwards. Coruscating!

  • @mainzergirl9610
    @mainzergirl9610 11 місяців тому +1

    Now that I've finished this epic, I want to add to my previouscomment: that was my fave YT vid of 2023.

  • @ashevilleguitar
    @ashevilleguitar 11 місяців тому +3

    I think you’ve covered most all the roots and branches here Andy, great job and very entertaining :) 👍 I heard most all of these when they were first released and spent lots of $ obtaining them, especially the early 70’s period fusion and prog rock. We spent our hard earned cash for the physical LP’s then and the music and artists seemed to mean a little more because of that. I think streaming is super convenient and cost effective but it’s diminished the special bond we have for each LP and CD we had to shell out the cash for, what do you all think ? ❤✌️🎵

  • @Hartlor_Tayley
    @Hartlor_Tayley 11 місяців тому +2

    Just incredible. Lots of stuff to check out. Great fun !

  • @LynneConnolly
    @LynneConnolly 10 місяців тому +1

    i've been getting a lot of pleasure from Snarky Puppy and Vulfpeck recently. I'm not a musician so I don't know about excellence, except that Larnell Lewis is an exceptional drummer and Cory Henry is an incredible keyboard player. They're not innovative, but they do play live, and I love the way that Snarky Puppy in particular is a band with about 30 rotating members, so you can go to a different gig on the same tour and get a completely new experience.
    I was giving up on modern music until I found them. Wow, musicians that take pleasure in playing their instruments!

  • @alexposilkin9683
    @alexposilkin9683 10 місяців тому +1

    Great video. One of my big takeaways from this list is that Vinnie Colaiuta has other solo albums besides the one from 1994. I listened to the other 3 recent ones, and while they’re not fusion, I’m glad to know he made more solo stuff.

  • @flame-sky7148
    @flame-sky7148 11 місяців тому +2

    Fusion lives forever, You nailed it Andy!!!! Are you the inner mounting flame at the end there with that rant!

  • @markruthin
    @markruthin Місяць тому

    Hmm. 18%. How big is your record collection, or are you a DJ? Another excellent video and glad to see Quantum on there - I love Virgil's playing. All the best!

  • @jmp01a24
    @jmp01a24 17 днів тому

    Andy is a force to reckon with.

  • @davecollins1048
    @davecollins1048 11 місяців тому +2

    A daunting task tackled with much aplomb... hats off to you, if I were to wear a hat that is. While I agree with your top 30 or so albums our musical mutual memories diverge past that point due to different explorations, so I'll just sulk in the company of my other 70 selections and bemoan their orphan status. Seriously though, good job Andy.

  • @bw8827
    @bw8827 11 місяців тому +2

    Great stuff Andy. Ironic then that I own every album in your top 15 !

  • @robertjohannes4659
    @robertjohannes4659 4 місяці тому

    You answered the question I had when I read the "title" of your posting within the first 3 mins. I suppose "Jazz Fusion" is synonyms with "Jazz-Rock". I attempt to learn something new on a daily basis. I'll consider this something I learned today (a new term).

  • @tomroot7961
    @tomroot7961 11 місяців тому +2

    Hal Galper's Guerilla Band from 1971 w/ Randy and Micheal Brecker is a wonderful and now over-looked early fusion album. The group was together for three years. The album still sounds great today.

  • @debbielindauer7679
    @debbielindauer7679 11 місяців тому +2

    In August of 1971 The Mahavishnu Orchestra played an unadvertised free concert on freshmen orientation day on the street in front of Marquette University in Milwaukee. It was all downhill in jazz rock for me after that show

  • @colsmusic
    @colsmusic 11 місяців тому +1

    But, but , but , but , Great list Andy Great Marathon video i guess you’ll need a Jakemans now, I think you nailed it , happy new year.

  • @tomhenninger4153
    @tomhenninger4153 10 місяців тому +1

    LOVE your passion for jazz/fusion! Me too! love the list!

  • @adnilrummut105
    @adnilrummut105 11 місяців тому +2

    last exit blows me away in '86 with 20 years of age as I saw them live at the scene wien! brötzmann exploded blowing his ts!

  • @adnilrummut105
    @adnilrummut105 11 місяців тому +2

    *hallucination engines* with all the weather report samples, etc. was the album that we listened to nearly day by day or more night by night in the mid 90ies.

  • @Bobbo-h2h
    @Bobbo-h2h 11 місяців тому +1

    Looks like the debate as to what is the best Jazz Fusion Lp - Kawaida, Canyon Lady or Crossings has been overlooked?

  • @jamescoleman6503
    @jamescoleman6503 10 місяців тому +1

    It just occurred to me. Andy Edwards, do you have a list of favorite BOOTLEG recordings?

  • @Johnnysmithy24
    @Johnnysmithy24 11 місяців тому +3

    Andy please someday dive into Buckethead’s world and make a video like you did with Bill Laswell.
    He has his own universe of music with practically every genre

    • @jazzpunk
      @jazzpunk 11 місяців тому +1

      ...it's every other day I am getting a hit from Bandcamp > Buckethead has released some new music. The guy must be a machine.

  • @elementsofphysicalreality
    @elementsofphysicalreality 11 місяців тому +3

    You also gotta have dragons of Eden and population override by Buckethead. Most people don’t know about his 100% improvised jazz fusion albums. Killer stuff.

    • @Johnnysmithy24
      @Johnnysmithy24 11 місяців тому +2

      Dude!!!! I love Dragons of Eden it’s probably Buckethead’s best album
      Didn’t expect anyone to mention it at all

    • @Johnnysmithy24
      @Johnnysmithy24 11 місяців тому +1

      The Thanatopsis albums too
      And Transmutation by Praxis

    • @elementsofphysicalreality
      @elementsofphysicalreality 11 місяців тому +1

      @@Johnnysmithy24oh yeah, Big B’s solo on Animal Behavior is one of the best all around guitar solos of all time. So much emotion.

  • @rogergrenfell5385
    @rogergrenfell5385 11 місяців тому +1

    As always it’s just your opinion Andy algd well done thank you

  • @craigtodd8297
    @craigtodd8297 11 місяців тому +2

    Andy you are amazing.

  • @JordiCasany
    @JordiCasany 5 місяців тому

    Great vid as always, but I'm missing Sixun's first album on this list. I love your content ❤

  • @domielakrabi3276
    @domielakrabi3276 11 місяців тому +1

    Great picks! One of my favorite jazz fusion albums I'm missing on your list - Alphonse Mouzon: Mind Transplant.

  • @philt4346
    @philt4346 11 місяців тому +3

    the albums need a release date in all the opinions m8

  • @lanebrain55
    @lanebrain55 11 місяців тому +1

    Well done! and fun

  • @geoffccrow2333
    @geoffccrow2333 11 місяців тому +1

    I was losing sleep prior to the release of this list and my anxiety and stress has increased.
    I don't see Ready or Not by Ray Russell. That album absolutely kicks arse. And there's no Destroy all Nels Cline by Nels Cline. That's an absolute masterpiece.
    Aaaahrghhhhh!!!!! Aaaaaaaargghhhhhhh!!!!!!!
    I'm hyperventilating. I'm hyperventilating...aaaarghh

  • @pedrorodrigo7556
    @pedrorodrigo7556 11 місяців тому +1

    👏👏👏 Greatness for the sheer passion. Thank you!

  • @jimmycampbell78
    @jimmycampbell78 11 місяців тому +2

    Another good ranking video but I think you should break these up into chunks of 25 at a time and make 4 videos for each list. Also use props (records, CDs) if you can.

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  11 місяців тому +1

      That is what I do on my other videos. This was about trying to get through 100 albums in one video. It would defeat the object of the video to do that. And I don't own all the albums on this list and adding album art digitally like I usually do would have taken days. That is why you get the list at the end instead.

  • @joseantoniomartinezbombin1669
    @joseantoniomartinezbombin1669 11 місяців тому +2

    You have to listen to joe zawinul "faces and places" , is a masterwork.i miss in that list l. Shankar "touch me there" and l.Subramaniam "indian EXPRESS ". Also some jan garbarek and "the Griffith park collection 1and 2" with Stanley clarke, chic corea,joe henderson, freddie hubbard and lenny white.

  • @CasperLCat
    @CasperLCat 10 місяців тому +1

    Wait, there are 100 jazz fusion albums out there ?

  • @antoniodias4718
    @antoniodias4718 День тому

    Great list. I thought you'd like IF or Nucleus but there are many fine albums here, and some of them I know too.

  • @pandstar
    @pandstar 10 місяців тому +1

    Great video!
    Where's "The Lost Trident Sessions"?
    A couple you probably haven't heard, or even heard of, that are equal (IMO) to many you have on your list.
    The Spanish band, Iceberg with their 2 great releases, Sentiments and Coses Nostres should be on your list to listen to.
    Guitarist Alex Machacek has quite a few brilliant recordings from the the last 20 years. FAT, 24 Tales (with Marco Minnemann on drums), Improvision.
    Not sure why the rest of my post disappeared.
    Mcgill/Manring/Stevens, Controlled By Radar, What We Do
    One of those great lined straddlers between prog and fusion, Arti e Mestieri, Tilt. With the monster, Furio Chirico on drums. If you haven't already, you will be doing yourself a favor by hearing this guy.

  • @HippoYnYGlaw
    @HippoYnYGlaw 11 місяців тому +1

    Herding jazzrockCats? Funny funny! I love cats. Jazz fusion? I know naathin.. Colosseum II, Al Di meola Brand x That's it. I'm trying to take this all in and your enthusiasm is appreciated.

  • @alchemysticgoldmind4164
    @alchemysticgoldmind4164 2 місяці тому

    I love jazz Rock...its my favorite genre

  • @jbognap
    @jbognap 11 місяців тому +2

    For me:
    >> Elektric Band's Eye of the Beholder would replace their first record on the list.
    >> Brand X Masques would replace Unorthodox Behavior on the list.
    >> PMG - Still Life (Talking) needs to be in the list.
    >> Also WR - Night Passage.
    >> Also Wayne Shorter - High Life.
    >> One of my favorite fuzak records is Shadow Play by L.A. Express. (ignore the 2 disco songs)
    >> Aja needs to be mentioned somewhere on the list.

    • @JohnPrepuce
      @JohnPrepuce 11 місяців тому

      Eye of the Beholder is definitely Elektric Band's best album.

    • @colinburroughs9871
      @colinburroughs9871 11 місяців тому +1

      Yup, Steely Dan is "jazz rock", but is jazz rock, jazz fusion? I dunno, but yeah, the Dan needs represented here as their records are easily better than 1/3 of this list

    • @jeffreyromain7336
      @jeffreyromain7336 9 місяців тому

      I love "Masques" first heard "The poke" on John Peel (I know, strange eh?). This and "Livestock" are the two I listen to the most.

  • @adnilrummut105
    @adnilrummut105 11 місяців тому +3

    ronald shannon jackson 🙂 saw him several times in different line ups, e.g. the gig with jamaalaaden tacuma on bass and james blood ulmer on guitar . one of the great innovative drummers from the 60ies, who created free funk in the mid 70ies!

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  11 місяців тому

      You will enjoy my interview with Calvin Weston which is coming out on New years day

    • @adnilrummut105
      @adnilrummut105 11 місяців тому +2

      @@AndyEdwardsDrummer thx very much for the info!!! I'm pleased to listen to the interview!!

    • @adnilrummut105
      @adnilrummut105 11 місяців тому

      @@AndyEdwardsDrummer what do you think about the drummer cornell w. rochester, who played with james blood ulmer and joe zawinul? have ever been that fascinated by him playing like a guy who creates a style out of elvin jones and shannon jackson...?!

    • @erikheddergott5514
      @erikheddergott5514 11 місяців тому

      @@adnilrummut105 Cornell Rochester took over from Ronald Shannon Jackson in the Music Revelation Ensemble, being tendentially more Jazz than Grant Calvin Weston who was slightly more Funk and Rock.

  • @johnthresher259
    @johnthresher259 11 місяців тому +2

    Great to see Planet X in your list. These guys straddle a line between Prog with a Metal edge and Fusion. They certainly have the chops! Great list.

    • @colinburroughs9871
      @colinburroughs9871 11 місяців тому +1

      one of the more underrated modern metal/play your ass off/fusion type of records. Lot's of people wittingly or un are trying to do this type of thing now, and very few are even touching what's on Moonbabies (what a name..) or Quantum.

    • @johnthresher259
      @johnthresher259 11 місяців тому +1

      @@colinburroughs9871 Agreed! The Sherinian Phillips live album released earlier this year is a great example of this type of music. Try also Virgil Donati's solo album "In This Life".

    • @colinburroughs9871
      @colinburroughs9871 11 місяців тому +1

      @@johnthresher259 I just saw recently that those guys did a record, I need to check that out as Simon Phillips is awesome too. (He's as good as any favorite someone would list)

  • @thebreathalyzer
    @thebreathalyzer 10 місяців тому +1

    Appreciate all your efforts, not sure I could do a countdown like this. Was Pat Metheny Travels on there? Would be in my top 10….Inner Mounting Flame is a mind blowing astounding record.

  • @banjoshua
    @banjoshua 10 місяців тому +1

    #1 - SOFT MACHINE (1970) - Third

  • @clivehirst3855
    @clivehirst3855 10 місяців тому +1

    A personal favourite I missed on your list is Citadel / Room 315 by Mike Westbrook. This features great compositions and playing, walking a line between big band jazz, free jazz and jazz rock. Also disappointed to see no room for Barbara Thompson in the list.

  • @geoffccrow2333
    @geoffccrow2333 11 місяців тому +1

    Billy Cobham
    TOTAL ECLIPSE

  • @denissauve1
    @denissauve1 11 місяців тому +1

    Great list, BUT looks like you forgot Gil Evans Orchestra - Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1986 :). Looking forward to your top 100 Jazz albums.

  • @robertgeise3653
    @robertgeise3653 11 місяців тому +5

    “At #99 an absolute masterpiece of jazz fusion,” at #62 one of the greatest albums of all time.” How’s Andy going to describe the top 10? He’s hilarious like Martin Popoff with his 50 top 5 albums that he “absolutely loves to death.”

    • @erikheddergott5514
      @erikheddergott5514 11 місяців тому +1

      You have to Mention some of the Stuff you love at the Beginning since out of whatever Reason some People will Go astray. My favorite Funky Jazz Rock Records are Jack Johnson by Miles Davis, Raven Roc by Ronald Shannon Jackson, Odysee by James Blood Ulmer and Voice Poetry by Ornette Coleman and Prime Time.
      I would mention them at the very Beginning and End the List with Bitches Brew, Dancing in your Head by Ornette, a further Blood, a further Shannon and then as a Number 1: Inner Mounting Flame, because John McLaughlin deserves it and that Record too albeit it is not my personal Favorite, but sometimes personal Taste is not all what counts.
      If you want „to sell“ your personal Faves to People who might be ready to check them, you should pay Dues to Records many of your Targeted Audience do consider great too.
      Ramming down your Stuff is okay if you are below 25, if you are above 30 it becomes Strange.
      Profits of Distinctions is the Right of the Young, the Joys of the Wide open Spaces will come to them anyway.

  • @lupcokotevski2907
    @lupcokotevski2907 11 місяців тому +2

    Nebular Trajectory (1979) by Quasar. Australian guitar trio, obviously influenced by The Inner Mounting Flame. But not as frantic and more atmospheric. Divinity themed, from the ocean abyss to the nebular via entropy. Recorded direct to tape, only 1000 copies pressed. Reissued 2018 in the Netherlands unofficially.

  • @laurentlemoing6338
    @laurentlemoing6338 11 місяців тому +1

    Bravo Andy, what a great list, and this is not easy to do ! I would have definitely put Sixun "Live" (1989) from the great this great and unique french fusion band in this list, and probably put another Jean-Luc Ponty in there, but maybe it is the french in me speaking here ! ;-D . Cheers.

  • @ernestosanchezvaldes572
    @ernestosanchezvaldes572 2 місяці тому

    Amazing list! I have now many new albums to go through.
    I've a great love for VitalTechTones 2, I think it's brutally amazing as an album with three masters at the top of their talents and the same love I have for "Beneath the mask" by Chick Corea Elektric Band. Both albums are not on the list but there are plenty of good albums in there.

  • @marcfreeman3247
    @marcfreeman3247 11 місяців тому +1

    I liked that your list included both John Serry (Exhibition) and Don Ellis (Electric Bath).

  • @rolfjamne8922
    @rolfjamne8922 11 місяців тому +1

    Great stuff as allways Andy.
    You got check out
    Acuna , Hoff, Mathisen Trio.
    This is Alex Acuna's return to
    Weather Report ❤

  • @thekeywitness
    @thekeywitness 11 місяців тому +1

    Anyone got the list? Andy, you have the list-post it please!

  • @mohammednazam4644
    @mohammednazam4644 11 місяців тому +1

    I must be honest I'm sort of skim/skipping through this so I suppose I've missed where you've placed Metal Fatigue, Land of the Midnight Sun and anything by David Sancious?
    DON'T TELL ME!!!
    I'll just have to start from the beginning again.
    BT Dubz - can you stretch things a little and include an honourable mention? It's the last track of a disco album. Can you guess what is it?

  • @canterburyauditor
    @canterburyauditor 10 місяців тому +1

    Do you know ETNA?

  • @jedtulman46
    @jedtulman46 11 місяців тому +2

    Wheres Gateway? ( im hoping its in here)

  • @blackcatcentralmusic
    @blackcatcentralmusic 11 місяців тому +1

    You've given me several albums I need to check out which is great. Always looking for new music to discover.
    There are still omissions. Cannot leave out Bill Bruford's electronic Earthworks explorations. The last studio album is probably best, "All Heaven Broke Loose".
    I love Don Ellis. Although "Electric Bath" is best known, a few subsequent albums I think are better choices. Perhaps "Tears of Joy" and "Autumn".
    I think Miles Davis got better with his move to Warner in the '80s and "Tutu". Is "On the Corner" fusion? It's certainly unique and influenced hip hop decades later.
    Have to include "Moroccan Roll" by Brand X. Just as good as "Unorthodox Behaviour", perhaps better.
    Hard to choose when we get closer to jazz funk than jazz fusion. For Herbie agree with "Sextant". I've always liked "Thrust" more than "Headhunters".
    JLP needs more. "Imaginary Voyage" or "Cosmic Messenger".
    Zappa: need "The Grand Wazoo".
    Pat Metheny Group (self titled) I play often. Beautiful piano from Lyle Mays.
    CTI albums? Crusaders? Perhaps Brian Auger.

  • @geoffccrow2333
    @geoffccrow2333 11 місяців тому +1

    But definitely some hear i don't know of. Thanks!

  • @passenger62
    @passenger62 11 місяців тому +1

    I saw Last Exit at the Shaw Theatre, it was.. interesting.

  • @randybrickson4290
    @randybrickson4290 11 місяців тому +2

    Not bad. I'd put Emergency at #1 though.

  • @geoffccrow2333
    @geoffccrow2333 11 місяців тому +1

    Definitely can't leave out total eclipse. Something average in the list can easily be sacrificed for it. I'm gona write out my own list. And i think I'll put a few well known fusion artists not appearing in this one.:)

    • @colinburroughs9871
      @colinburroughs9871 11 місяців тому +1

      yup, that's another one that should be here. Total Eclipse is a more enjoyable listen than Stratus for starters

    • @geoffccrow2333
      @geoffccrow2333 10 місяців тому +1

      @@colinburroughs9871 i always group crosswinds and total eclipse.. not sure if both feature abercrombie but nothing on crosswinds can compare to the epic first track on total eclipse

  • @mrkitewine7700
    @mrkitewine7700 8 місяців тому +1

    No Soft Machine albums in here?

  • @bertkarlsson1421
    @bertkarlsson1421 11 місяців тому +1

    You forgot Gunesh Ensemble, one of the top rated Jazz Fusion albums on ProgArchives!

  • @jamescoleman6503
    @jamescoleman6503 10 місяців тому +3

    Who feels Pete Cosey's contributions to Miles Davis is severely disrespected???

    • @adamguinnmusic5871
      @adamguinnmusic5871 10 місяців тому +1

      I do.
      His work on Agharta and pangea was once in a lifetime.
      I'm so grateful those two shows were captured 🙏
      And I don't discredit miles at all for being beat to shit and hurting and used up and leaning on other musicians at that time because they killed it and when he did decide to open up even on the second one he is lightning in a bottle.

    • @jamescoleman6503
      @jamescoleman6503 10 місяців тому +1

      @@adamguinnmusic5871 Talking about being grateful: I'm not a big fan of bootleg concert recordings; I think the sound quality is atrocious. Nonetheless those bootlegs come in handy to document Cosey's abilities!!!

  • @mohammednazam4644
    @mohammednazam4644 11 місяців тому +2

    Excellent metaphor for Inner Mounting Flame. Laughing hard Andy 🤣

  • @WELLBRAN
    @WELLBRAN 11 місяців тому +1

    another name not mentioned, Ian Carr he was very prolific

  • @Johnnysmithy24
    @Johnnysmithy24 11 місяців тому +2

    That was a weird meltdown you had at the end of the video, almost like you got possessed 😅

  • @tre243t
    @tre243t 11 місяців тому +1

    You know these 'Jazz rock cats' - Would they be 'Hep-cats'?

  • @thewestfaceofdhaulagiri6697
    @thewestfaceofdhaulagiri6697 11 місяців тому +2

    So, in case I missed because I was dosing off there was
    No Jean Luc Ponty(how could someone not at least put Enigmatic Ocean in any top 100 list)
    No Fragile (Japanese Fusion band)
    No Brand X
    No Cab
    No OHM(Chris Poland's band)

    • @AndyEdwardsDrummer
      @AndyEdwardsDrummer  11 місяців тому +3

      42 Unorthodox Behaviour Brand X 39 Enigmatic Ocean Jean Luc Ponty

    • @jimmycampbell78
      @jimmycampbell78 11 місяців тому +1

      There you go. That must have been when you dozed off.

    • @BuddistPunk
      @BuddistPunk 10 місяців тому

      wakey wakey

    • @drdusandr
      @drdusandr 2 дні тому

      Ohm is missing

  • @DaddyBooneDon
    @DaddyBooneDon 11 місяців тому +1

    Number 18 was Adventures of Astral Pirates, right? I knew it

    • @colinburroughs9871
      @colinburroughs9871 11 місяців тому +1

      that record is so bad ass

    • @DaddyBooneDon
      @DaddyBooneDon 11 місяців тому +1

      @@colinburroughs9871 the call and response in Heavy Metal Monster is phenomenal

  • @mohammednazam4644
    @mohammednazam4644 11 місяців тому +1

    The Leprechaun - twee?? It's IMMENSE! 😆😆😆😆

  • @adnilrummut105
    @adnilrummut105 11 місяців тому +1

    i prefere *underground* to *modern day jazz stories* , although both are very close in my book!

  • @teddydog6229
    @teddydog6229 8 місяців тому

    Damn it !!! You talked about Robert bloody Wyatt and I missed it ?? No no no I have to hear you talk about one of my all time heroes. Why ? - I don’t hear you asking. For starters, he was a wild madman as a drummer. Without his drumming holding it together I’m not sure the Syd Barrett would have held together without him. Then after he was paralyzed he fell back on his voice which I do a disservice to by calling it angelic but it’s undoubtedly otherworldly. And he’s never made a bad album from the unique Rock Bottom onward. Furthermore he’s a communist to this day and damnit, he’s sticking with it ! He may be the last communist in the United Kingdom but I can’t help but admire his stubbornness. He’s one of my favorites and I want to hear you prattle on about him !
    Great call on ‘Baselines’. As an admittedly mediocre bassist myself you can imagine how much respect I have for that album. His album ‘Hear No Evil’ is very similar and almost just as good.

  • @bertkarlsson1421
    @bertkarlsson1421 11 місяців тому +2

    How about a top 100 Space Rock albums of all time!