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Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion[4]) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues.
List of jazz fusion musicians. The following are notable jazz fusion performers or bands. For performers of smooth jazz, a more radio-friendly, pop-infused variant of fusion, see List of smooth jazz performers. Contents:
NameInstrumentYearStyleGuitar1944–2017Progressive jazz, jazz fusion, post bopPercussion1944Jazz, jazz fusion, Afro-Cuban jazzPercussion1939–2006Jazz, jazz fusionKeyboards1939Jazz fusionThe title is a reference to the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick East and Miles Davis' 1960 LP Sketches of Spain, which inspired the album's jazz-oriented sound. It was released on 18 August 2017, by Flightless in Australia, [1] [2] ATO Records in the United States, and Heavenly Recordings in the United Kingdom. It is the third of five albums ...
May 26, 2017 · The Best Jazz Fusion Albums of 2017. View reviews, ratings, news & more regarding your favorite band.
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1960s
John McLaughlin was born on 4 January 1942 to a family of musicians (his mother being a concert violinist) in Doncaster, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. McLaughlin studied violin and piano as a child and took up the guitar at the age of 11, exploring styles from flamenco to the jazz of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli. He moved to London from Yorkshire in the early 1960s, playing with Alexis Korner and the Marzipan Twisters before moving on to Georgie Fame and the Blue Flames, the G...
1970s
He recorded Devotion in early 1970 on Douglas Records (run by Alan Douglas), a high-energy, psychedelic fusion album that featured Larry Young on organ (who had been part of Lifetime), Billy Rich on bass and the R&B drummer Buddy Miles. Devotion was the first of two albums he released on Douglas. In 1971 he released My Goal's Beyond in the US, a collection of unamplified acoustic works. Side A ("Peace One" and "Peace Two") offers a fusion blend of jazz and Indian classical forms, while side B...
1980s
The short-lived One Truth Band recorded one studio album, Electric Dreams, with L. Shankar on violins, Stu Goldberg on keyboards, Fernando Saunders on electric bass and Tony Smith on drums. After the dissolution of the One Truth Band, McLaughlin toured in a guitar duo with Christian Escoudé. With the group Fuse One, he released two albums in 1980 and 1982. In 1981 and 1982, McLaughlin recorded two albums, Belo Horizonte and Music Spoken Here with The Translators, a band of French and American...
John McLaughlin is a leading guitarist in jazz and jazz fusion. His style has been described as one that incorporates aggressive speed, technical precision, and harmonic sophistication. He is known for using non-Western scales and unconventional time signatures. Indian music has had a profound influence on his style, and, it has been written, he is...
In 2010, Jeff Beck said: "John McLaughlin has given us so many different facets of the guitar. And introduced thousands of us to world music, by blending Indian music with jazz and classical. I'd say he was the best guitarist alive." McLaughlin has been cited as a major influence on many 1970s and 1980s guitarists, including prominent players such ...
He was first married to Sue, with whom he had a son Julian in 1966. After that he was married to Eve Kolosky when he was a disciple of Sri Chinmoy. For a time he lived with the French pianist Katia Labèque, who was also a member of his band in the early 1980s. As of 2017, McLaughlin is married to his fourth wife, Ina Behrend. They had a son in 1998...
Gibson EDS-1275 – McLaughlin played the Gibson doubleneck between 1971 and 1973, his first years with the Mahavishnu Orchestra; this is the guitar which, amplified through a 100-watt Marshall ampli...Double Rainbow doubleneck guitar made by Rex Bogue, which McLaughlin played from 1973 to 1975.The first Abraham Wechter-built acoustic "Shakti guitar," a customised Gibson J-200 with drone stringstransversely across the soundhole.Gibson Byrdland with a scalloped fingerboard on albums Inner Worlds and Electric GuitaristWhat Is Jazz Fusion? In the simplest sense, jazz fusion is a music genre that incorporates aspects of other music styles into songs. For example, some jazz fusion characteristics may have been influenced by rock music, funk, or hip-hop, though the base style always has jazz elements.
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2017 Jazz Fusion album releases. A list of all music releases for 2017. Find the best music on Album of the Year.
