When someone wiser than you shows you all this knowledge due to the past of time and share his passion with you, being humble and loving every single record he had listening is a pleasure to hear that. From Spain I appreciate your time, your passion and sharing your thoughts about Jazz. Recently here in Spain can enjoy live performances of Eddie Henderson, Ron Carter, Wayne Escoffery.... Thanks for this. Peace, Love and Unity
Such a wonderful selection; thank you. So many of your choices had me putting my fist forward and saying 'Yeah'. I've got to go look fo😮r 'I sing the body electric'. If you say it tops both 'Night Passage' & 'Heavy Weather (!), then it's worth another look. It was so fantastic to see Jack Johnson up there at #2. I think that album is so underrated! And then... Bitches Brew!!! I was so glad to see you top the list. Happy to see it, but certainly not surprised. My arm went straight up to the sky twice!!! I really enjoyed your list. -- and the fact that you put it together. It's always fun to put that kind of thing together, isn't it? Anyway, thanks again for doing it. Peace and Love to you, sir.
Peace and love to you as well and I am happy that you enjoy the same enthusiasm for the music as well. Thank you very much for your comments and taking the time to watch my video ✌️
My favorite is Moonshadows by Alphonso Johnson in particular "Amarteifio." Back in February 2001 he was fielding questions online so I asked him "May I ask what the inspiration for Amarteifio was and what the words meant to him." He replied "I was married to Dianne Amarteifio who is from London and she introduced me to the culture there. Her mother is British and her father is African so I wrote the song as a tribute to her and her family... I am happy to say that many years later we still remain good friends." Just love the simplicity of the album cover.
2 of yours are in my top 10. Duke with Brazilian Affair, Billy Cobham and Spectrum, Weather Report is one my top 10 with 3. Heavy Weather, 8:30 LIVE., and Black Market. Also The Mahavvisnu Orchestra Live-Between Nothingness and Eternity. YellowJackets-Live Wires, Garag Mahal-Blueberry Cave, Special EFX-Slice Of Life and an old Spyrogyra Live LP-Access All Areas. I do not have enough room to mention-Return To Forever. Matter of fact, think I'll put on some old Romantic Warrior from RTF right now. Great List Kenny. There was so much great Fusion music from the 70's thru the 90's. LONG LIVE JAZZ FUSION
Another great list. My list has some overlaps with yours. My top ten fusion-Chick Corea/RTF “Light as a Feather”; Mahavishnu “Inner Mounting Flame”; Maynard Ferguson “MF Horn”; Dreams self-titled (Brecker Brothers/Cobham); Weather Report-“Mysterious Traveller”; Chick Corea-“The Leprechaun”; Miles-“In a Silent Way”; Stan Getz-“Captain Marvel”; Jaco self-titled; Don Ellis-“Tears of Joy”.
Thank you Kenny,I am new to fusion jazz,I have the Weather Report LP and am learning more about the genre here.I learned big band and rat pack from my Mother.I took up jazz 10 years ago when rock albums weren't available.I learned to enjoy ragtime,swing and now some fusion.Thanks Kenny.
Jazz Fusion is a fantastic musical art form for sure....its been a big part of my music listening for decades. Thank you very much for your comments and viewing 😊
Great choices. I never got to see Miles who is one of my favourite artists. He has to be number one as he in my mind is the father of jazz fusion. I have been lucky enough to see The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Return to Forever, Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny live. All great artists and deservedly in your top ten. Jazz fusion is a great genre.
man, i'm so happy for your recomendation of george duke's album. i'm from brazil and couldn't be happier about such a featuring album with milton nascimento, toninho horta and other brazilian legends!!!
New to your channel and respect to you sir. Miles is in his own universe to me and I love all the choices you made in this video. My number one fusion album is Return to Forever Romantic Warrior. I have seen them live a couple of times and they just blow my mind. Thanks and God bless.
Hey, Kenny, I’m with you on Bitches Brew. The first jazz album I ever bought and still my favorite album of all time, 54 yeas and 7,000 albums later it’s still the greatest!
I was fortunate to hear the Mahavishinu Orchestra in 1972 soon after Inner Mounting Flame was released. When I saw Weather Report the bassist was Alphonso Johnson. Miles Davis was disappointed that his Jack Johnson album seemed to be overlooked. Bitches Brew is the motherlode of jazz fusion; everybody played on that album. • Honorable Mention • Eddie Henderson's album Realization
So many great albums in the 70's and you mention several of them.Timeless by John Abercrombie and The Aura Will Prevail /Feel by George Duke and maybe Return to Forever/Chick Corea would have been on my list.Weather Report are my all time favourite Jazz fusion band , Black Market is my favourite album.
Some really good selections there, some I have never heard so looking forward to checking them out. One of my own personal favourites other than a few that was mentioned in this video is..... Tony Williams The Joy Of Flying..now that man could play drums.. ✌️
Thomas Magnum as in MAGNAM was casually chatting with Chuck Magione . That was funny . Spectrum with the great Tommy Bolin on guitar is fantastic. My Fusion EP came out on iTunes and Spotify ! It’s called Fusion Underclass by the Mike Edmonds Quintet and features a version of the Jaco tune Opus Pocus with me trying to play a Hendrix style solo on guitar. The EP is influenced by the Night Passage lp and the live side in Japan. Love hearing you talk about these classic fusion lps which we grew up with . My Art teacher at school made me a cassette tape of Head Hunters in 1982 when I was at school . She let us play cassettes in class while painting
Hi. Recently found your channel. Enjoying it btw. Jaco is a god of the bass. Night passage is a great album. I remember buying it when it was released. Heavy weather also incredible. Difficult choices lol. All enjoyable. Best wishes from a music fan, glasgow , Scotland. 🏴🥃🏴🥃👍
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews I have given the list and the list of your top ten of all time to a freind who as a record shop and is going to source them all for me, thanks. all the best from Scotland
Outstanding list. Bitches is so wicked 50+ years later. I’d sub out Offramp for As Falls Wichita . . . and 8:30 for Night Passage. I’d find a spot fit The Inner Mounting Flame, too. Thanks for the post.
Enjoyed your list! For me, Billy Cobham's Spectrum would be close to #1, but I respect your choices and mostly completely agree. I have to check out Brazilian Love Affair, I have LPs by George Duke but not that one. Stay cool!
I enjoyed watching your video - it’s always interesting to hear other people’s take on music you’re interested in. It’s all subjective, but if I were recommending jazz fusion artists and albums to someone as an introduction, I probably wouldn’t start with either Miles or Mahavishnu. To me, the albums by them you listed are a bit more challenging - obviously, anyone who got into fusion and wanted to investigate it in depth would definitely check out both sooner or later, but for the relative newcomer in particular, some of my favourites would include - Oh Yeah - Jan Hammer (this is the one I’d suggest for the soul/funk fan - includes 2 songs, no guitar) Enigmatic Ocean - Jean-Luc Ponty Feels Good to Me & One of a Kind - Bill Bruford Believe It - Tony Williams Lifetime Bundles - Soft Machine (all these feature various amounts of Allan Holdsworth’s very fast fluid guitar - all pretty accessible IMO). Electric Savage & War Dance - Colosseum II (Gary Moore on guitar and sings 1 song on each - I really like them although I know that some people who like this type of music don’t). I’d also recommend The Grand Wazoo and Waka Jawaka by Frank Zappa - largely instrumental so less of the “zaniness” some might find off putting. Like Zappa, I’d probably put Pat Metheny in a category of his own rather than call him fusion, but as he’s come up, my picks would be Secret Story and Speaking of Now. Finally, as most of the above come from the 70s, from just about in this century I’d recommend Situation Dangerous by Bozzio, Levin & Stevens - more rock than jazz, but very good indeed😊 PS - I’d agree with the other poster who mentioned the 70s British band Nucleus - well worth checking out.
Great list. My favorite no.1 Jazz Fusion recording is Enigmatic Ocean by Jean-Luc Ponty. Jean-Luc Ponty - electric violin, five-string electric violin, violectra, bells; grand piano Allan Holdsworth - lead electric guitar Daryl Stuermer - lead & rhythm electric guitar Allan Zavod - organ, synthesizers, electric & grand piano, Hohner clavinet Ralphe Armstrong - electric basses, fretless bass Steve Smith - drums, percussion
Herbie Hancock's Sextant, Thrust and Crossings are all favorites of mine. I've always preferred Live Evil to bitches brew and In a Silent Way to Jack Johnson, and "On The Corner" would also make it into a top ten list for me.
I think Sextant and Thrust a very good albums. In terms of Miles Davis, I love Bitches Brew because it is more rock oriented than In a Silent Way, although In A Silent Way is a superb album. I like the Jack Johnson album for similar reasons that I like Bitches Brew. Thank you very much for your comments ✌️
Still listen to those Herbie Albums. The first Mwandishi album also. Heady times in music when they came out. Weather Report around that time as well. Wayne Shorter on the Miles albums and early Weather Report is probably my favorite of all of them. ✌
When I was 16 I was waiting for a band to take the stage. The roadies had some music pumping through the stacks in the meantime. Something came on that just blew my little rock and roll head away. I asked a friend what it was. He said that it was Jeff Beck's song Blue Wind, from the album wired. And so began my journey into Jeff Beck's music, then jazz fusion, then jazz. The rest is history. The band finally came on. They were called Led Zeppelin. Heard of 'em?
Led Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands (And The Yardbirds before them) and my favorite Led Zeppelin songs are Kashmir and Whole Lotta Love. I just wish that there were more audiophile issues of their material....Jeff Beck is awsome too 😊 Thank you very much for your comments and watching my video 😊 ✌️
Great top 10 , but I had the Tv on mute and then noticed Thomas Manam talking to Chuck Magione ! Never seen that episode before. All these lps are classic , we have grown up with them . I got Bitches brew in 1983 , love it
Just hip to your page! Love that Pat Metheny and McCoy Tyner made your lists! Two of the best Phyllis Hyman vocals I found are As You Are on your Pharoah Sanders Love Will Find A Way, and I’ll Be Around on McCoy Tyner Looking Out. I have School Days by Stanley Clarke on my fusion list!
OFFRamp is one of my favs! Have over 100 pieces of Metheny music! Try Romantic Warrior/Return to Forever also! Claus Ogerman/Gate of Dreams, thanks Kenny!!
One of my all time favorites is Exotic Mysteries by Lonnie Liston Smith. I played that CASSETTE TAPE repeatedly in the 80's...! Space princess, where can you be; let's fly away just you and me. Loved that album...
Thanks for your choices, there are a few like Georg Duke, i never heard about. My absolutely Nr. 1 is Jack Johnson, the LP non plus ultra. To my favotits belog the two Santana albums Love Devotion and Surrender with John Mclaughlin and Welcome too.
Thanks for this inspirational video man. Love the topic. This took a long time for me to think about. There are some important albums to me that I left off, right now though these are my top 10 (I cheated a little and added two extra). 10 Miles Davis - In a Silent Way - Columbia 1969 9 Devadip Carlos Santana - The Swing of Delight - Colombia 1980 8 Tie: Tony Williams - Emergency - Polydoor 1969 John McLaughlin - My Goal's Beyond - Douglas 1971 7 Tie: Abercrombie/Holland/DeJohnette- Gateway - ECM 1975 Abercrombie/Hammer/DeJohnette - Timeless - ECM 1975 6 Alphonse Mouzon - Mind Transplant - Blue Note 1975 5 Billy Cobham - Spectrum - Atlantic 1973 4 Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett - Eponymous - Atlantic 1971 3 Weather Report - Heavy Weather - Columbia 1977 2 Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior - Colombia 1976 1 Pat Metheny Group - Eponymous (white album) - ECM 1978 I tried to limit myself to 1 album per band. I'm already feeling bad for not even mentioning Scofield, Hutcherson, Zappa, et. al.
Thank you very much for taking the time to express your top ten ( plus 2). It's cool that you included some ECM records on your list and I like your Weather Report and Return to Forever selections as well.
Bitches Brew is my favorite album of all time of any genre. In fact, if there ever is a space ship about to leave earth and one of the requirements for being included on board is you can bring only one album, that's the album I'm bringing.
I would probably bring the same album, but if I was on the same ship as you, I would bring the Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" album and just borrow your Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" album 😁
Agreed about number one! First time I heard it I was disappointed, but I listened to it later and became obsessed. Live Evil is right up there too. Miles left a lot of great records! Agreed too about Birds of Fire. I like the debut too but like Birds better. Will check out the George Duke.
Oh boy, more homework (Cobham, Duke, and Jaco solo efforts). 🙃 You mention John McLaughlin's greatness on electric guitar but I most enjoy his acoustic playing, particularly his work with Shakti; which is perhaps a different type of fusion music (jazz/Indian rather than jazz/rock). Those guys get into some crazy zone that's almost unbelievable.
Listening to Birds of Fire now. Probably first listen in 30+ years. Oddly enough, my favorite track on one Side1 is Thousand Island Park, which sounds like it's mostly acoustic instruments. But One Word opening Side 2 smokes, especially Cobham's drumming.
Shakti will be playing several dates in the States this summer/fall. I saw McLaughlin in Jacksonville in 2017 and he was incredible-the first time I’d seen him with 1973 with the original MO. Great video and great choices!
The most unusual double bill I ever saw was Oscar Peterson Junior on solo piano, in a tuxedo, followed by Mahavishnu orchestra. At Newport jazz festival in NYC in early 70s. When McLaughlin started playing, half the audience stood up and walked out. As for the top 10 list, Miles Davis / Live Evil would be #3 spot. I’m glad you showed up on my feed.
Love that you have four (4!) copies of Headhunters, Kenny. That’s devotion! Glad, too, you picked “I Sing the Body Electric” as your favorite Weather Report album. Ralph Towner’s solo on “The Moors” is completely unhinged.
The live side of I sing The Body Electric is pretty wild! I'm wondering if they intentionally got more "commercial" after that or if it was just a natural evolution?
Like many of your choices. How about "Romantic Warrior" by Return to Forever? If you move later some great groups come into the picture like Chick's Elektric band, some Alan Holdsworth, Tribal Tech, and others.
I have the "Romantic Warrior" album and at least one of Chick's Electric band album...he and his groups over the years have been great but I prefer the first two Return to Forever albums overall the most...I really appreciate your opinion and thank you very much for viewing my video 😊
Oh man, what a list. I had to pause to listen to Inca Roads wherein George Duke is on keys and vocals. Your record collection is plainly immense, yet I cannot help myself from recommending Flora Purim's vocals on the song Yours is the Light from the album Welcome by Carlos Santana. Speaking of whom, has an album called The Spring of Delight, featuring Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, and Herbie Hancock. You always amaze me with your musical acumen and tastes. And a shout out to Stanley Clark's debut album.
I’m a huge Metheny fan and Off Ramp was great, I still buy his stuff. Lyle Mays had one solo album before he died. Bill Cobham is an amazing drummer, but I don’t know if I would say the best( I know personal opinion) because you had guys like Elvin Jones and Roy Haynes out there. I loved Miles Davis’s fusion period, which many didn’t care for, he never let anyone define him. Let’s not leave out the great Freddie Hubbard. I will have to check out Flora Purim, because I had never heard of her, great video Kenny.
Thank you very much for your great comments and interest in my channel. Flora Purim was great with Return to Forever and with her 70s and early 80s solo career.
So cool that you put in "I Sing the Body Electric". I got to see that lineup at the Whiskey A GoGo in LA circa 1972-73 (can't remember the exact year) and it convinced me that Eric Gravatt is one of the most overlooked drummers around. His cymbal work was amazing! Also, Ralph Towner's 12-string intro to "The Moors" is kind of mind blowing. I would swap out "The Inner Mounting Flame" for "Birds of Fire" for the immediate impact it had on me as a high-schooler when it first came out, and "Spectrum" certainly deserves to be in the top ten. The initial "Return to Forever" (ECM) album was very important to me, for introducing Airto as a drummer, as opposed to the multi-percussionist that I had always seen him as, and he killed it.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews It was amazing, especially to an 18-year-old college freshman, lol, and Dom Um Romao was nuts on percussion and vocals! Also got to see Miles, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Pharoah Sanders that same year.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews The only time I ever caught Miles live. The Last Poets and Nina Simone opened for him, and his set was one really long song, as I recall, and I don't even know the title of it. 🤔
When you got to no3 , i thought i gotta recommend Jack Johnson soundtrack and lo and behold. I have all your top 5 and was lucky enough to see many of the bands over time... Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Return To Forever, John McLaughlin, George Duke & Stanley Clarke (who jumped into the audience seating area and stood next to me whilst driving his stuff - blown away) At the risk of being top heavy, I would add Live Evil. many thanks for the share.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Are you familiar with the 60s/70s Brit Jazz Rock explosion? If not I recommend a listen to... Soft Machine ua-cam.com/video/SL7mq30nmF0/v-deo.html Nucleus ua-cam.com/video/giYvwLM-JEo/v-deo.html and Colosseum ua-cam.com/video/cKFrsm4wqpg/v-deo.html Also if you haven't seen Miles Davis at The Isle of Wight Festival - get ready for some strong brew. ua-cam.com/video/YEI8O_wnA6c/v-deo.html
Tony Williams’ Lifetime has an amazing energy! We Want Miles : just a great album featuring sharp and tight musicians. The Brecker Brothers, Thrust by Herbie Hancock, these are a few that come to mind.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews I find Alphonse Mouzon's work also surprisingly underrated. Thank you so much for opening up your collection... and your heart! Greetings from Switzerland
Really enjoyed your list! I would probably have one exception and that would be instead of Purim's Encounters I would put her album Open Your Eyes. Love all your choices though!!!!
Have you ever explored the Japanese fusion band Casiopea? their self titled album is a great way to get into them if you haven't, just some super fun and fast fusion
Nice choices... I'd mention these in this discussion; Mahahvishnu Orchestra "Inner Mounting Flame" Dreams "Dreams" Ian Carr with Nucleus "Solar Plexus" Lee Morgan "Lee Morgan" Donald Byrd "Ethiopian Knights" Grover Washington Jr. "Mister Magic" Weather Report "Mysterious Traveller' Brian Bennett "Voyage.." Ryo Kawasaki "Juice" ...of course the list goes on 😅
When doing a top ten list #10 is always the hardest. I have not heard that George Duke album but by 1980 I was done with Fusion. Other than Miles Davis, Weather Report and Herbie Hancock are my favorites. I saw both several times in the 70’s. In fact the reason I never bought that Jaco album because he turned me off when I saw Weather Report live. Jaco was playing on stage with no shirt. I remember thinking this isn’t Van Halen.
…”Spectrum” was/is so impressive for his first release, just listened to last week, also just chased down the two Tommy Bolin albums and the first Zephyr album…so agree “Jaco” “Light as a Feather” and “Birds of Fire” though personally prefer “Inner Mounting Flame”…have lost my copy of “HeadHunters” which turned me on to B Maupin…love “Mountain In The Clouds”…”Offering” Larry Cornell…”Extrapolation”…”You’re Under Arrest”…”Zawinul”…
Brand X Moroccan Roll is the most pure Fusion I’ve ever heard and Al De Meola first album Elegant Gypsy , hey do you have a video show casing your stereo,I’d love for you to go over that
Jazz fusion is my favorite genre. I like most of the albums that are on your list. My all time #1 Jazz Fusion album is "Joyous Lake" by Pat Martino. It is high energy ass-kicking fusion and the most electric thing Pat ever did. Check it out right here on UA-cam. The whole album is here.
glad to see Pat Metheny and Jaco on your list. I'd have put another Weather Report up there as well, Mr.Gone. But sometimes it's a case of where you were when the release first came out or when you first heard it. WIth you on the Herbie Hancock selections and Miles Davis, but I could never get into Bitches Brew.
I'm a huge fan of the Weather Report Mr. Gone album, I purchased the album when it first was released in 1978 when I was in high school. Although I think it's a good album, I do not think it is as good as some of their other albums.
1. Head Hunters 2. Thrust 3. Return to Forever's Romantic Warrior 4. Future Shock 5. Witches Brew 6. Secrets Chick Corea's Return to Forever - return to the bargain bin. Billy Cobham, great drummer, did the most, fooled me once and never again, likewise George Duke. Hancick obviously is my favorite fusion artist, or better, composer and band leader. As much as I love his fusion albums. I hate a lot of his standard jazz work because he usually is just kinda there or doing way too much (as on Autumn Leaves). Honorable mention to Jean Luc Ponty - Mystical Adventures which went well with red bud and colombian gold once upon a time.
Hi Kenny, you put out the question so here goes. I had to produce a top 5 jazz fusion for an instagram challenge recently. I am not giving them to you in order because that would have kept me awake all night, so here they are in alphabetical order: Don Cherry Here and Now, Larry Coryell Introducing the Eleventh House (1974) , Miles Davis Bitches Brew (well it created the genre, but you could argue any of Miles in the Sky/Silent Way/Jack Johnson actually kicked it off), Herbie Hancock Crossings, Weather Report Sweetnighter (although for your ear I would change that to Live in Tokyo 2LP).
Interesting. You are clearly an enthusiast. I want to say though that the 'rock' on Bitches Brew mostly came from his players. His keyboard players in particular. Also, it was by no means the first definitive statement of fusion. Check out Elastic Rock, the 1970 studio album and debut of Nucleus, Ian Carr's group. Sure, the seeds were there on In A Silent Way, but if there was an inventor of Jazz Fusion it was Ian Carr and certainly not Miles Davis. That myth is Madison Avenue reductivism.
Mahavishnu or h - between nothingness and eternity Eberhart Weber - the colors of Chloe Bc spectrum, you bet, also crosswinds George duke, faces in reflection Airto - fingers Chick corea rtf - hymn of the 7th galaxy Groove collective - we the people Lots more but that will do for the moment!
Nice to find Groove Collective in your list! I remember buying their album and seeing them live at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland). Good 90s "acid jazz" stuff! In the same vein : D.I.G. (Directions In Groove). I guess they were from Australia.
My Top 5 are: Tony Williams Believe It, Herbie Hancock Thrust, Mahavishnu Birds of Fire, Return To Forever Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy, Santana Caravanserai.
Honorable mentions: Eberhard Weber - The Colours of Chloë Electric Masada - 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 4 10) Sun Ra - Sleeping Beauty 9) Sun Ra - Lanquidity 8) Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters 7) Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson 6) Miles Davis - Get Up With It 5) Miles Davis - Dark Magus 4) Frank Zappa - Hot Rats 3) Miles Davis - Bitches Brew 2) Electric Masada - At the Mountains of Madness 1) Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Really good lineup. I think my top three would be sunlight by herbie hancock, prelude by deodato and in a silent way.. chick corea's mad hatter is a good one too though
My Top 10 J-R Fuse albums include Julian Priester's Love Love, Lenny White's Venusian Summer, Area's Crac!, SBB's Pamiec, Carlos and John's Love Devotion Surrender, Terje Rypdal's Bleak House, Santana's Caravanserai, and Don Ellis Orchestra's 'Live' at Monterey!. I love all those albums on your list (though I still can't generate a "like" or "joy" when listening to Bitches Brew).
I was hoping you would have showed mahavish orchestra that birds of fire and the inner mounting flame those are my two absolute favorite jazz fusion albums I play those albums like crazy even to this day
Nice list. Mine would include School Days by Stanley Clarke, Live on Tour in Europe by the Billy Cobham/George Duke Band, Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever, Central Park by Chick Corea, Flood or Sunlight by Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius self titled, Bright Size Life or Still Life Talking by Pat Metheny, New York Connection by Tom Scott, and We Like It Here by Snarky Puppy.
Damned, I've a musical twin somewhere in US (from France)! I've got all these records and Bitches Brew is my favorite (or is it Tutu?). But no Stanley Clarke's School Days (which was my favorite during my college years)? And no Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow or Wired? Question: would you consider Zappa's Joe's Garage as Jazz Fusion? PS: congratulation for your million $ vinyl collection!
I consider some of Zappas work jazz fusion for sure, one of my favorite musicians played in his band (George Duke)...Stanley Clarke's School Day's is great...your not alone on that album as another viewer mentioned it also. I appreciate that you watched my video ✌️
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Thanks for your answer. On second thought, maybe Jeff Beck works should rather be categorized as "Jazz rock" though "jazz rock" and "jazz fusion" are generally considered as synonyms. Still, your vinyl collection seems to be a cultural treasure... I'll watch all your videos.
I have about 8 years on you and agree with all your picks. Bitches Brew (I bought it the week it came out because I liked the cover art) was my introduction to Fusion (my mother listened to Big Band Swing music at home), I started there then went back thru Miles catalog branching out to John Coltrane, Gil Evans, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, etc. Going forward was a real trip with the alumni of Bitches Brew musicians starting their own bands. Offramp was on a cassette that I recorded of the album, was my road trip to work 2 hrs to north jersey 4 days a week along with Gabor Szabo High Contrast cassette. Because I lived near NYC in my late teens early twenties I saw many of these greats in the clubs like the Blue Note, McCoy Tyner was a favorite. Return To Forever, Weather Report, Larry Coryell's Eleventh House, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Stanley Clarke, etc. all played large rock venues.
Thank you very much for that awesome post...your jazz life sounds like it was a grand and wondrous one and it really must have been amazing to see some of those jazz greats in person. Thank you very much for watching my video ✌️
The pleasure is all mine, you have a nice collection, I can tell by your choices because there are so many musicians between those picks that I'm sure you like. Picking ten is damn near impossible conundrum. Thank you for your opinions, some you mentioned in this and your other top ten Jazz albums I haven't listened to in decades but will rectify that on spotify. God Bless you, Sir.@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews
Of the albums you showed, I have 5 of them; that's counting Mosaic's "Miles Davis: The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions" in place of the actual LP, and I have "Headhunters" on CD. I'd heard of most of the others though not interested or familiar enough to buy them. I've never thought about my favorite LPs in this category. Interesting.
Great channel, enjoy your posts. Having grown up in the 60's-70's peak of fusion I agree with most except Bitches Brew. I wore the Silent Way and Jack Johnson sessions out but could never get with Bitches Brew. The lack of a groove or whatever just didn't do it, I've tried for 50 years and still find it uninspiring.
When someone wiser than you shows you all this knowledge due to the past of time and share his passion with you, being humble and loving every single record he had listening is a pleasure to hear that. From Spain I appreciate your time, your passion and sharing your thoughts about Jazz.
Recently here in Spain can enjoy live performances of Eddie Henderson, Ron Carter, Wayne Escoffery.... Thanks for this. Peace, Love and Unity
I appreciate your thoughts and very kind comments, thank you very much. Thank you for watching my video from Spain, I sincerely appreciate it ✌️
Such a wonderful selection; thank you. So many of your choices had me putting my fist forward and saying 'Yeah'. I've got to go look fo😮r 'I sing the body electric'. If you say it tops both 'Night Passage' & 'Heavy Weather (!), then it's worth another look. It was so fantastic to see Jack Johnson up there at #2. I think that album is so underrated! And then... Bitches Brew!!! I was so glad to see you top the list. Happy to see it, but certainly not surprised. My arm went straight up to the sky twice!!! I really enjoyed your list. -- and the fact that you put it together. It's always fun to put that kind of thing together, isn't it? Anyway, thanks again for doing it. Peace and Love to you, sir.
Peace and love to you as well and I am happy that you enjoy the same enthusiasm for the music as well. Thank you very much for your comments and taking the time to watch my video ✌️
"Heavy Weather" for me. Even my wife likes it!
Great album 👌 👏 👍
I like Heavy Weather but prefer the earlier albums.
Oh and lets not leave out. The real star of “light as a feather” on flute and saxophone. The great Joe Farrell.
Billy Cobham's Spectrum is so incredible and ahead of its time. I'd say it's like the Dark Side of the Moon of jazz. Nice top 10, brother!
Thank you very much ✌️
My favorite is Moonshadows by Alphonso Johnson in particular "Amarteifio." Back in February 2001 he was fielding questions online so I asked him "May I ask what the inspiration for Amarteifio was and what the words meant to him." He replied "I was married to Dianne Amarteifio who is from London and she introduced me to the culture there. Her mother is British and her father is African so I wrote the song as a tribute to her and her family... I am happy to say that many years later we still remain good friends." Just love the simplicity of the album cover.
Thank you very much for sharing that awesome story about Alphonso Johnson, I really appreciate it 👏
I wish Alphonso Johnson had recorded more albums on his on. I have the 2 he put out.
2 of yours are in my top 10. Duke with Brazilian Affair, Billy Cobham and Spectrum, Weather Report is one my top 10 with 3. Heavy Weather, 8:30 LIVE., and Black Market. Also The Mahavvisnu Orchestra Live-Between Nothingness and Eternity. YellowJackets-Live Wires, Garag Mahal-Blueberry Cave, Special EFX-Slice Of Life and an old Spyrogyra Live LP-Access All Areas. I do not have enough room to mention-Return To Forever. Matter of fact, think I'll put on some old Romantic Warrior from RTF right now. Great List Kenny. There was so much great Fusion music
from the 70's thru the 90's. LONG LIVE JAZZ FUSION
You have great taste in jazz fusion...I love the Weather Report live LP and all of the Return to Forever albums...thank you very much for your list ✌️
Another great list.
My list has some overlaps with yours.
My top ten fusion-Chick Corea/RTF “Light as a Feather”; Mahavishnu “Inner Mounting Flame”; Maynard Ferguson “MF Horn”; Dreams self-titled (Brecker Brothers/Cobham); Weather Report-“Mysterious Traveller”; Chick Corea-“The Leprechaun”; Miles-“In a Silent Way”; Stan Getz-“Captain Marvel”; Jaco self-titled; Don Ellis-“Tears of Joy”.
+1 for Dreams
Thank you Kenny,I am new to fusion jazz,I have the Weather Report LP and am learning more about the genre here.I learned big band and rat pack from my Mother.I took up jazz 10 years ago when rock albums weren't available.I learned to enjoy ragtime,swing and now some fusion.Thanks Kenny.
Jazz Fusion is a fantastic musical art form for sure....its been a big part of my music listening for decades. Thank you very much for your comments and viewing 😊
Really enjoying your insights into this genre…great list.
Thank you very much 😊
Great choices. I never got to see Miles who is one of my favourite artists. He has to be number one as he in my mind is the father of jazz fusion. I have been lucky enough to see The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Return to Forever, Herbie Hancock and Pat Metheny live. All great artists and deservedly in your top ten.
Jazz fusion is a great genre.
I was able to see Miles Davis live three times but I wish that I could have see those great bands that you witnessed live 👏
Saving this video to use as reference.
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man, i'm so happy for your recomendation of george duke's album. i'm from brazil and couldn't be happier about such a featuring album with milton nascimento, toninho horta and other brazilian legends!!!
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New to your channel and respect to you sir. Miles is in his own universe to me and I love all the choices you made in this video. My number one fusion album is Return to Forever Romantic Warrior. I have seen them live a couple of times and they just blow my mind. Thanks and God bless.
What a blessing that you were able to see Return To Forever in person. Thank you very much for viewing my video and God bless.
Excellent list, brother...thanks for sharing 🔥👊🏻🙏
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Hey, Kenny, I’m with you on Bitches Brew. The first jazz album I ever bought and still my favorite album of all time, 54 yeas and 7,000 albums later it’s still the greatest!
Its an amazing album to me and it will always be one of my favorite albums.
Fantastic!! I’m a huge Metheny fan. Weather Report too, Chick Corea… you get my drift !! 😆
Brother Steve, you have great taste 😁
definitely agree on that #1. Miles was on fire for that whole era
I was fortunate to hear the Mahavishinu Orchestra in 1972 soon after Inner Mounting Flame was released.
When I saw Weather Report the bassist was Alphonso Johnson.
Miles Davis was disappointed that his Jack Johnson album seemed to be overlooked.
Bitches Brew is the motherlode of jazz fusion; everybody played on that album.
• Honorable Mention •
Eddie Henderson's album Realization
In a silent way by Miles !
great segment. thank you. 🎉
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So many great albums in the 70's and you mention several of them.Timeless by John Abercrombie and The Aura Will Prevail /Feel by George Duke and maybe Return to Forever/Chick Corea would have been on my list.Weather Report are my all time favourite Jazz fusion band , Black Market is my favourite album.
I love your choices, especially the Weather Report Black Market album 👌
Oh yes - Timeless is a superb album!
The Aura Will Prevail -- a great choice!
Some really good selections there, some I have never heard so looking forward to checking them out. One of my own personal favourites other than a few that was mentioned in this video is..... Tony Williams The Joy Of Flying..now that man could play drums.. ✌️
Oh yeah..Tony Williams is one of the all time greats for sure.
Thomas Magnum as in MAGNAM was casually chatting with Chuck Magione . That was funny . Spectrum with the great Tommy Bolin on guitar is fantastic. My Fusion EP came out on iTunes and Spotify ! It’s called Fusion Underclass by the Mike Edmonds Quintet and features a version of the Jaco tune Opus Pocus with me trying to play a Hendrix style solo on guitar. The EP is influenced by the Night Passage lp and the live side in Japan. Love hearing you talk about these classic fusion lps which we grew up with . My Art teacher at school made me a cassette tape of Head Hunters in 1982 when I was at school . She let us play cassettes in class while painting
Nice list. Missing Black Market and Romantic Warrior.
Both are great albums 👌 👏 🎶
Totally agree. Romantic Warrior could even be number one.
Once again all great stuff, my number one would be in a Silent Way by Miles Davis
In a silent way is cool...I like Bitches Brew because of its heavier rock influences
I wore out the Metheny track Are you going with me when I was 25 ! Love all of those records!
Thank you 😊
Hi. Recently found your channel. Enjoying it btw. Jaco is a god of the bass. Night passage is a great album. I remember buying it when it was released. Heavy weather also incredible. Difficult choices lol. All enjoyable. Best wishes from a music fan, glasgow , Scotland. 🏴🥃🏴🥃👍
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I''m getting into vinyl and Jazz, this list is going to be a great help. Thanks (new subscriber)
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@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews I have given the list and the list of your top ten of all time to a freind who as a record shop and is going to source them all for me, thanks.
all the best from Scotland
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Outstanding list. Bitches is so wicked 50+ years later.
I’d sub out Offramp for As Falls Wichita . . . and 8:30 for Night Passage. I’d find a spot fit The Inner Mounting Flame, too. Thanks for the post.
Great list, l would include Tony Williams lifetime collection
Tony Williams Lifetime was 👍 👌 👏
Enjoyed your list! For me, Billy Cobham's Spectrum would be close to #1, but I respect your choices and mostly completely agree. I have to check out Brazilian Love Affair, I have LPs by George Duke but not that one. Stay cool!
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I enjoyed watching your video - it’s always interesting to hear other people’s take on music you’re interested in.
It’s all subjective, but if I were recommending jazz fusion artists and albums to someone as an introduction, I probably wouldn’t start with either Miles or Mahavishnu. To me, the albums by them you listed are a bit more challenging - obviously, anyone who got into fusion and wanted to investigate it in depth would definitely check out both sooner or later, but for the relative newcomer in particular, some of my favourites would include -
Oh Yeah - Jan Hammer (this is the one I’d suggest for the soul/funk fan - includes 2 songs, no guitar)
Enigmatic Ocean - Jean-Luc Ponty
Feels Good to Me & One of a Kind - Bill Bruford
Believe It - Tony Williams Lifetime
Bundles - Soft Machine (all these feature various amounts of Allan Holdsworth’s very fast fluid guitar - all pretty accessible IMO).
Electric Savage & War Dance - Colosseum II (Gary Moore on guitar and sings 1 song on each - I really like them although I know that some people who like this type of music don’t).
I’d also recommend The Grand Wazoo and Waka Jawaka by Frank Zappa - largely instrumental so less of the “zaniness” some might find off putting.
Like Zappa, I’d probably put Pat Metheny in a category of his own rather than call him fusion, but as he’s come up, my picks would be Secret Story and Speaking of Now.
Finally, as most of the above come from the 70s, from just about in this century I’d recommend Situation Dangerous by Bozzio, Levin & Stevens - more rock than jazz, but very good indeed😊
PS - I’d agree with the other poster who mentioned the 70s British band Nucleus - well worth checking out.
Thank you very much for providing your take on the top 10...its definitely unique and different and that is a great thing 😊 ✌️
Great list. My favorite no.1 Jazz Fusion recording is Enigmatic Ocean by Jean-Luc Ponty.
Jean-Luc Ponty - electric violin, five-string electric violin, violectra, bells; grand piano
Allan Holdsworth - lead electric guitar
Daryl Stuermer - lead & rhythm electric guitar
Allan Zavod - organ, synthesizers, electric & grand piano, Hohner clavinet
Ralphe Armstrong - electric basses, fretless bass
Steve Smith - drums, percussion
Herbie Hancock's Sextant, Thrust and Crossings are all favorites of mine. I've always preferred Live Evil to bitches brew and In a Silent Way to Jack Johnson, and "On The Corner" would also make it into a top ten list for me.
I think Sextant and Thrust a very good albums. In terms of Miles Davis, I love Bitches Brew because it is more rock oriented than In a Silent Way, although In A Silent Way is a superb album. I like the Jack Johnson album for similar reasons that I like Bitches Brew. Thank you very much for your comments ✌️
Still listen to those Herbie Albums. The first Mwandishi album also. Heady times in music when they came out. Weather Report around that time as well. Wayne Shorter on the Miles albums and early Weather Report is probably my favorite of all of them. ✌
I'm with you. This first half of the 70s period (before disco, actually) is the one I like the most. Maybe the 1968-1974 bracket.
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Excellent show. I love fusion also. You got some heavy hitters in there my friend. Take care
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When I was 16 I was waiting for a band to take the stage. The roadies had some music pumping through the stacks in the meantime. Something came on that just blew my little rock and roll head away. I asked a friend what it was. He said that it was Jeff Beck's song Blue Wind, from the album wired. And so began my journey into Jeff Beck's music, then jazz fusion, then jazz. The rest is history. The band finally came on. They were called Led Zeppelin. Heard of 'em?
Led Zeppelin is one of my favorite bands (And The Yardbirds before them) and my favorite Led Zeppelin songs are Kashmir and Whole Lotta Love. I just wish that there were more audiophile issues of their material....Jeff Beck is awsome too 😊
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Great top 10 , but I had the Tv on mute and then noticed Thomas Manam talking to Chuck Magione ! Never seen that episode before. All these lps are classic , we have grown up with them . I got Bitches brew in 1983 , love it
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Just hip to your page! Love that Pat Metheny and McCoy Tyner made your lists! Two of the best Phyllis Hyman vocals I found are As You Are on your Pharoah Sanders Love Will Find A Way, and I’ll Be Around on McCoy Tyner Looking Out. I have School Days by Stanley Clarke on my fusion list!
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Found you by chance, big fan of your delivery and opinions.
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Nice list. I have some you mentioned. Probably get a MOV pressing of Jaco
OFFRamp is one of my favs! Have over 100 pieces of Metheny music! Try Romantic Warrior/Return to Forever also! Claus Ogerman/Gate of Dreams, thanks Kenny!!
Thank you very much 😊. I have both of the albums that you mentioned and they are great 👍 👌 👏.
One of my all time favorites is Exotic Mysteries by Lonnie Liston Smith. I played that CASSETTE TAPE repeatedly in the 80's...! Space princess, where can you be; let's fly away just you and me. Loved that album...
Great list Kenny! Regards from Chile 🫶
I am getting all of these during 2024. Completely floored by chick corea "return to forever". Need more!
Chick Corea and Return to Forever is great...I hope that you enjoy them all 😊✌️
Thanks for your choices, there are a few like Georg Duke, i never heard about. My absolutely Nr. 1 is Jack Johnson, the LP non plus ultra. To my favotits belog the two Santana albums Love Devotion and Surrender with John Mclaughlin and Welcome too.
Thank you very much for watching my video and posting some of your great favorites 😊😁
Thanks for this inspirational video man. Love the topic.
This took a long time for me to think about. There are some important albums to me that I left off, right now though these are my top 10 (I cheated a little and added two extra).
10 Miles Davis - In a Silent Way - Columbia 1969
9 Devadip Carlos Santana - The Swing of Delight - Colombia 1980
8 Tie: Tony Williams - Emergency - Polydoor 1969
John McLaughlin - My Goal's Beyond - Douglas 1971
7 Tie: Abercrombie/Holland/DeJohnette- Gateway - ECM 1975
Abercrombie/Hammer/DeJohnette - Timeless - ECM 1975
6 Alphonse Mouzon - Mind Transplant - Blue Note 1975
5 Billy Cobham - Spectrum - Atlantic 1973
4 Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett - Eponymous - Atlantic 1971
3 Weather Report - Heavy Weather - Columbia 1977
2 Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior - Colombia 1976
1 Pat Metheny Group - Eponymous (white album) - ECM 1978
I tried to limit myself to 1 album per band.
I'm already feeling bad for not even mentioning Scofield, Hutcherson, Zappa, et. al.
Thank you very much for taking the time to express your top ten ( plus 2). It's cool that you included some ECM records on your list and I like your Weather Report and Return to Forever selections as well.
Oh yes, Bobby Hutcherson is also my favourite vibes player. Head on - Cirrus - Montara - Now! all sound fantastic.
man, you are so right on about jack johnson, that is such a hidden gem.
That is an amazing album 👏 🎶
sometimes i think it's my favorite miles davis album.@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews
Bitches Brew is my favorite album of all time of any genre. In fact, if there ever is a space ship about to leave earth and one of the requirements for being included on board is you can bring only one album, that's the album I'm bringing.
I would probably bring the same album, but if I was on the same ship as you, I would bring the Marvin Gaye "What's Going On" album and just borrow your Miles Davis "Bitches Brew" album 😁
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews and I would readily lend it to you as long as I could borrow yours. 😁
Agreed about number one! First time I heard it I was disappointed, but I listened to it later and became obsessed. Live Evil is right up there too. Miles left a lot of great records! Agreed too about Birds of Fire. I like the debut too but like Birds better. Will check out the George Duke.
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Oh boy, more homework (Cobham, Duke, and Jaco solo efforts). 🙃
You mention John McLaughlin's greatness on electric guitar but I most enjoy his acoustic playing, particularly his work with Shakti; which is perhaps a different type of fusion music (jazz/Indian rather than jazz/rock). Those guys get into some crazy zone that's almost unbelievable.
Listening to Birds of Fire now. Probably first listen in 30+ years. Oddly enough, my favorite track on one Side1 is Thousand Island Park, which sounds like it's mostly acoustic instruments. But One Word opening Side 2 smokes, especially Cobham's drumming.
I think that your comments are great..your insight and words are great for the comment section of my channel. I really appreciate it 😊
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Shakti will be playing several dates in the States this summer/fall. I saw McLaughlin in Jacksonville in 2017 and he was incredible-the first time I’d seen him with 1973 with the original MO.
Great video and great choices!
The most unusual double bill I ever saw was Oscar Peterson Junior on solo piano, in a tuxedo, followed by Mahavishnu orchestra. At Newport jazz festival in NYC in early 70s. When McLaughlin started playing, half the audience stood up and walked out.
As for the top 10 list, Miles Davis / Live Evil would be #3 spot. I’m glad you showed up on my feed.
Excellent content
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Hey REALLY NICE BRO..IM 59, And I remember all of those from my brother and Dad..I would say Jean lu ponty on that mile high album
Jean-Luc Ponty was great 👍 👌 👏 🎶. I appreciate your comments ✌️
Love that you have four (4!) copies of Headhunters, Kenny. That’s devotion! Glad, too, you picked “I Sing the Body Electric” as your favorite Weather Report album. Ralph Towner’s solo on “The Moors” is completely unhinged.
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The live side of I sing The Body Electric is pretty wild! I'm wondering if they intentionally got more "commercial" after that or if it was just a natural evolution?
That's a great question...I think it was probably a natural musical evolution led mostly by Joe Zawinul
Like many of your choices. How about "Romantic Warrior" by Return to Forever? If you move later some great groups come into the picture like Chick's Elektric band, some Alan Holdsworth, Tribal Tech, and others.
I have the "Romantic Warrior" album and at least one of Chick's Electric band album...he and his groups over the years have been great but I prefer the first two Return to Forever albums overall the most...I really appreciate your opinion and thank you very much for viewing my video 😊
Oh man, what a list. I had to pause to listen to Inca Roads wherein George Duke is on keys and vocals. Your record collection is plainly immense, yet I cannot help myself from recommending Flora Purim's vocals on the song Yours is the Light from the album Welcome by Carlos Santana. Speaking of whom, has an album called The Spring of Delight, featuring Wayne Shorter, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, and Herbie Hancock. You always amaze me with your musical acumen and tastes. And a shout out to Stanley Clark's debut album.
It's swing not spring
I’m a huge Metheny fan and Off Ramp was great, I still buy his stuff. Lyle Mays had one solo album before he died. Bill Cobham is an amazing drummer, but I don’t know if I would say the best( I know personal opinion) because you had guys like Elvin Jones and Roy Haynes out there. I loved Miles Davis’s fusion period, which many didn’t care for, he never let anyone define him. Let’s not leave out the great Freddie Hubbard. I will have to check out Flora Purim, because I had never heard of her, great video Kenny.
Thank you very much for your great comments and interest in my channel. Flora Purim was great with Return to Forever and with her 70s and early 80s solo career.
Great taste
Thank you 😊
So cool that you put in "I Sing the Body Electric". I got to see that lineup at the Whiskey A GoGo in LA circa 1972-73 (can't remember the exact year) and it convinced me that Eric Gravatt is one of the most overlooked drummers around. His cymbal work was amazing! Also, Ralph Towner's 12-string intro to "The Moors" is kind of mind blowing. I would swap out "The Inner Mounting Flame" for "Birds of Fire" for the immediate impact it had on me as a high-schooler when it first came out, and "Spectrum" certainly deserves to be in the top ten. The initial "Return to Forever" (ECM) album was very important to me, for introducing Airto as a drummer, as opposed to the multi-percussionist that I had always seen him as, and he killed it.
Thank you very much for sharing that.. it must have been super cool seeing that Weather Report lineup in person at that time.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews It was amazing, especially to an 18-year-old college freshman, lol, and Dom Um Romao was nuts on percussion and vocals! Also got to see Miles, Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Pharoah Sanders that same year.
Awesome 👌 👏....I did not see Miles until the late 70s or early 80s....I saw him three times in total.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews The only time I ever caught Miles live. The Last Poets and Nina Simone opened for him, and his set was one really long song, as I recall, and I don't even know the title of it. 🤔
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When you got to no3 , i thought i gotta recommend Jack Johnson soundtrack and lo and behold. I have all your top 5 and was lucky enough to see many of the bands over time... Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Return To Forever, John McLaughlin, George Duke & Stanley Clarke (who jumped into the audience seating area and stood next to me whilst driving his stuff - blown away)
At the risk of being top heavy, I would add Live Evil.
many thanks for the share.
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@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Are you familiar with the 60s/70s Brit Jazz Rock explosion?
If not I recommend a listen to...
Soft Machine
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Nucleus
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and Colosseum
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Also if you haven't seen Miles Davis at The Isle of Wight Festival - get ready for some strong brew.
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Tony Williams’ Lifetime has an amazing energy!
We Want Miles : just a great album featuring sharp and tight musicians.
The Brecker Brothers, Thrust by Herbie Hancock, these are a few that come to mind.
Herbie Hancock's Thrust album is an excellent choice...so are the others that you mentioned.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews I find Alphonse Mouzon's work also surprisingly underrated.
Thank you so much for opening up your collection... and your heart!
Greetings from Switzerland
Have a few of these but I’m definitely looking for the rest
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I can’t argue with your list. Great to see the recognition of Miles’ Jack Johnson, an absolute jem.
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Outstanding collection, may I suggest Jean Luc Ponty. (BTW, I had to sub, thanks)
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I'm with you on those. I have all of those on wax and most on CD. Troy listening to Yulara/Cosmic Tree
Thank you very much for your recommendation...I listened to some of the music on youtube and it has a great vibe ✌️
I have 6 out of 10 of those. Great list :)
Thank you 😁
Really enjoyed your list! I would probably have one exception and that would be instead of Purim's Encounters I would put her album Open Your Eyes. Love all your choices though!!!!
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offramp.....excellent
Great album for sure 💯 🎶
Have you ever explored the Japanese fusion band Casiopea? their self titled album is a great way to get into them if you haven't, just some super fun and fast fusion
I have never heard their music before
Nice choices...
I'd mention these in this discussion;
Mahahvishnu Orchestra "Inner Mounting Flame"
Dreams "Dreams"
Ian Carr with Nucleus "Solar Plexus"
Lee Morgan "Lee Morgan"
Donald Byrd "Ethiopian Knights"
Grover Washington Jr. "Mister Magic"
Weather Report "Mysterious Traveller'
Brian Bennett "Voyage.."
Ryo Kawasaki "Juice"
...of course the list goes on 😅
Thank you very much for posting your list...some I'm not familiar so I'll have to check some of them out.
When doing a top ten list #10 is always the hardest. I have not heard that George Duke album but by 1980 I was done with Fusion. Other than Miles Davis, Weather Report and Herbie Hancock are my favorites. I saw both several times in the 70’s. In fact the reason I never bought that Jaco album because he turned me off when I saw Weather Report live. Jaco was playing on stage with no shirt. I remember thinking this isn’t Van Halen.
Jaco was a great musical although I get the impression he was a bit different personality wise. I do agree that the best of fusion was before 1980.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Jaco is great on the Joni Mitchell album Herija.
Spectrum has the late great Tommy Bolin on guitar!💯🧨
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…”Spectrum” was/is so impressive for his first release, just listened to last week, also just chased down the two Tommy Bolin albums and the first Zephyr album…so agree “Jaco” “Light as a Feather” and “Birds of Fire” though personally prefer “Inner Mounting Flame”…have lost my copy of “HeadHunters” which turned me on to B Maupin…love “Mountain In The Clouds”…”Offering” Larry Cornell…”Extrapolation”…”You’re Under Arrest”…”Zawinul”…
Thanks for your comments..B. Maupin was also very good on the Herbie Hancock "Mwandishi" album
Brand X Moroccan Roll is the most pure Fusion I’ve ever heard and Al De Meola first album Elegant Gypsy , hey do you have a video show casing your stereo,I’d love for you to go over that
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Jazz fusion is my favorite genre. I like most of the albums that are on your list. My all time #1 Jazz Fusion album is "Joyous Lake" by Pat Martino. It is high energy ass-kicking fusion and the most electric thing Pat ever did. Check it out right here on UA-cam. The whole album is here.
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Jaco and weather report come out like bomb on heavy weather.
glad to see Pat Metheny and Jaco on your list. I'd have put another Weather Report up there as well, Mr.Gone. But sometimes it's a case of where you were when the release first came out or when you first heard it. WIth you on the Herbie Hancock selections and Miles Davis, but I could never get into Bitches Brew.
I'm a huge fan of the Weather Report Mr. Gone album, I purchased the album when it first was released in 1978 when I was in high school. Although I think it's a good album, I do not think it is as good as some of their other albums.
@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviewsBut after all these years, Punk Jazz is one of the coolest songs ever released!
I'm with you on that 💯 👌 👏
1. Head Hunters 2. Thrust 3. Return to Forever's Romantic Warrior 4. Future Shock 5. Witches Brew 6. Secrets
Chick Corea's Return to Forever - return to the bargain bin. Billy Cobham, great drummer, did the most, fooled me once and never again, likewise George Duke. Hancick obviously is my favorite fusion artist, or better, composer and band leader. As much as I love his fusion albums. I hate a lot of his standard jazz work because he usually is just kinda there or doing way too much (as on Autumn Leaves). Honorable mention to Jean Luc Ponty - Mystical Adventures which went well with red bud and colombian gold once upon a time.
Hi Kenny, you put out the question so here goes. I had to produce a top 5 jazz fusion for an instagram challenge recently. I am not giving them to you in order because that would have kept me awake all night, so here they are in alphabetical order: Don Cherry Here and Now, Larry Coryell Introducing the Eleventh House (1974) , Miles Davis Bitches Brew (well it created the genre, but you could argue any of Miles in the Sky/Silent Way/Jack Johnson actually kicked it off), Herbie Hancock Crossings, Weather Report Sweetnighter (although for your ear I would change that to Live in Tokyo 2LP).
Thank you very much for your comments...that is a great group of five albums...I'm happy that Don Cherry has added to the list 👏 👍 ✌️
Interesting. You are clearly an enthusiast. I want to say though that the 'rock' on Bitches Brew mostly came from his players. His keyboard players in particular. Also, it was by no means the first definitive statement of fusion. Check out Elastic Rock, the
1970 studio album and debut of Nucleus, Ian Carr's group. Sure, the seeds were there on In A Silent Way, but if there was an inventor of Jazz Fusion it was Ian Carr and certainly not Miles Davis. That myth is Madison Avenue reductivism.
Jaco e haevy wether. Grandes albuns saudo desde brssil❤
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Cobham has been my favorite over drummer for 50 years!
He is definitely one of the best for sure.
Mahavishnu or h - between nothingness and eternity
Eberhart Weber - the colors of Chloe
Bc spectrum, you bet, also crosswinds
George duke, faces in reflection
Airto - fingers
Chick corea rtf - hymn of the 7th galaxy
Groove collective - we the people
Lots more but that will do for the moment!
That George Duke Faces in Reflection album is awesome 👌 👏 👍
Nice to find Groove Collective in your list! I remember buying their album and seeing them live at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland). Good 90s "acid jazz" stuff!
In the same vein : D.I.G. (Directions In Groove). I guess they were from Australia.
My Top 5 are: Tony Williams Believe It, Herbie Hancock Thrust, Mahavishnu Birds of Fire, Return To Forever Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy, Santana Caravanserai.
Honorable mentions:
Eberhard Weber - The Colours of Chloë
Electric Masada - 50th Birthday Celebration Vol. 4
10) Sun Ra - Sleeping Beauty
9) Sun Ra - Lanquidity
8) Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
7) Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson
6) Miles Davis - Get Up With It
5) Miles Davis - Dark Magus
4) Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
3) Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
2) Electric Masada - At the Mountains of Madness
1) Miles Davis - In a Silent Way
Really good lineup. I think my top three would be sunlight by herbie hancock, prelude by deodato and in a silent way.. chick corea's mad hatter is a good one too though
And everything else everyone has ,entioned lol - I’d throw in Santana caravanserai just for kicks
My Top 10 J-R Fuse albums include Julian Priester's Love Love, Lenny White's Venusian Summer, Area's Crac!, SBB's Pamiec, Carlos and John's Love Devotion Surrender, Terje Rypdal's Bleak House, Santana's Caravanserai, and Don Ellis Orchestra's 'Live' at Monterey!. I love all those albums on your list (though I still can't generate a "like" or "joy" when listening to Bitches Brew).
I was hoping you would have showed mahavish orchestra that birds of fire and the inner mounting flame those are my two absolute favorite jazz fusion albums I play those albums like crazy even to this day
Brother Ronald....two great album ✌️
Off-ramp is a terrific album
Absolutely 💯
Great list ! I would also recommend Duster by Gary Burton
Thank you very much for your recommendation 😊 ✌️
Nice list. Mine would include School Days by Stanley Clarke, Live on Tour in Europe by the Billy Cobham/George Duke Band, Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever, Central Park by Chick Corea, Flood or Sunlight by Herbie Hancock, Jaco Pastorius self titled, Bright Size Life or Still Life Talking by Pat Metheny, New York Connection by Tom Scott, and We Like It Here by Snarky Puppy.
Those are great selections...especially the Stanley Clarke, Return To Forever and Pat Metheny choices👍
+1 for Snarky Puppy
@@westernartifact580 I'm with you here. There are great current bands that are worth of attention, too.
Flood is a gem! I remember having to get it imported directly from Japan by my local record store in the 90s ;-)
My top three: Mysterious Traveller (WR), Get Up With it (Miles), Thrust (Herbie)
Great top three 👏 👌 👍 🎶
Damned, I've a musical twin somewhere in US (from France)! I've got all these records and Bitches Brew is my favorite (or is it Tutu?). But no Stanley Clarke's School Days (which was my favorite during my college years)? And no Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow or Wired? Question: would you consider Zappa's Joe's Garage as Jazz Fusion? PS: congratulation for your million $ vinyl collection!
I consider some of Zappas work jazz fusion for sure, one of my favorite musicians played in his band (George Duke)...Stanley Clarke's School Day's is great...your not alone on that album as another viewer mentioned it also.
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@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews Thanks for your answer. On second thought, maybe Jeff Beck works should rather be categorized as "Jazz rock" though "jazz rock" and "jazz fusion" are generally considered as synonyms. Still, your vinyl collection seems to be a cultural treasure... I'll watch all your videos.
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I have about 8 years on you and agree with all your picks. Bitches Brew (I bought it the week it came out because I liked the cover art) was my introduction to Fusion (my mother listened to Big Band Swing music at home), I started there then went back thru Miles catalog branching out to John Coltrane, Gil Evans, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, etc. Going forward was a real trip with the alumni of Bitches Brew musicians starting their own bands. Offramp was on a cassette that I recorded of the album, was my road trip to work 2 hrs to north jersey 4 days a week along with Gabor Szabo High Contrast cassette. Because I lived near NYC in my late teens early twenties I saw many of these greats in the clubs like the Blue Note, McCoy Tyner was a favorite. Return To Forever, Weather Report, Larry Coryell's Eleventh House, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Stanley Clarke, etc. all played large rock venues.
Thank you very much for that awesome post...your jazz life sounds like it was a grand and wondrous one and it really must have been amazing to see some of those jazz greats in person. Thank you very much for watching my video ✌️
The pleasure is all mine, you have a nice collection, I can tell by your choices because there are so many musicians between those picks that I'm sure you like. Picking ten is damn near impossible conundrum. Thank you for your opinions, some you mentioned in this and your other top ten Jazz albums I haven't listened to in decades but will rectify that on spotify. God Bless you, Sir.@@kennysaudiophilerecordreviews
Thank you...God Bless you too 🙏
Of the albums you showed, I have 5 of them; that's counting Mosaic's "Miles Davis: The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions" in place of the actual LP, and I have "Headhunters" on CD. I'd heard of most of the others though not interested or familiar enough to buy them. I've never thought about my favorite LPs in this category. Interesting.
I have the complete Bitches Brew Sessions CD set and it is fantastic 👌
#1 Jean Luc Ponty - Cosmic Messenger #2 Pat Metheny - One Way Up
Headhunters is my number one.
That's a a tremendous record 👏
Uzeb Club is in my top 3 with 2 others you mentionned
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Great channel, enjoy your posts. Having grown up in the 60's-70's peak of fusion I agree with most except Bitches Brew. I wore the Silent Way and Jack Johnson sessions out but could never get with Bitches Brew. The lack of a groove or whatever just didn't do it, I've tried for 50 years and still find it uninspiring.
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