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Apr 24, 2024 · Any list of jazz fusion musicians has to include the names Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, the Pat Metheny Group, and even the ubiquitous Frank Zappa (who dabbled in jazz fusion as well as rock). These legends are famously known as some of the top jazz fusion artists who redefined the genre and brought jazz to the forefront of American music culture.
May 1, 2024 · Jazz fusion, R&B, funk, alternative rock music, rock and roll, jazz pop Frank Zappa, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Kenny Kirkland, Steps Ahead. E: Jimmy Earl: Bass 1957 Jazz, jazz fusion The Crusaders, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Pino Daniele, Robben Ford, Cleto and the Cletones. Mark Egan: Bass 1951 Jazz, jazz fusion Pat ...
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Apr 23, 2024 · In the 1970s, after playing in Davis’s first jazz-rock experiments, Hancock began leading fusion bands and playing electronic keyboards, from electric pianos to synthesizers. Compelling sound colours and rhythms, in layers of synthesizer lines, characterized jazz- funk hits such as “Chameleon,” from his best-selling Headhunters album (1973).
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Apr 29, 2024 · Miles Davis was one of the first jazz musicians to incorporate jazz fusion into his material. He also proved to be a good judge of talented sidemen. Several of the players he chose for his early fusion work went on to success in their own bands. His guitar player John McLaughlin branched out, forming his own fusion group Mahavishnu Orchestra ...
2 days ago · In 1978 Jimmy Haslip met guitarist Robben Ford and keyboardist Russell Ferrante and formed a group to record Robben’s first solo recording on Electra-Asylum. This critically acclaimed album, called The Inside Story became a landmark recording. That album led to the formation of The Yellowjackets and in 1980 they recorded a debut album for ...
May 1, 2024 · by Bill Milkowski. Originally published on February 11, 2019. By Bill Milkowski Celebrated keyboardist-composer Chick Corea has had his hand in many styles of music: bebop, post-bop, avant-garde, Latin and straight-ahead jazz, flamenco and classical. He’s also famously carved out a place for himself in music history as a prominent explorer ...
Apr 24, 2024 · Jean-Luc Ponty: The Bowed and the Beautiful. Having worked with Frank Zappa, John McLaughlin and Chick Corea, Jean-Luc Ponty has brought his unlikely instrument to the summit of the jazz fusion arena.
