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RE: Trying to get back into jazz

Posted by magiccarpetride on July 13, 2012 at 09:18:39:
Why not venture into jazz-fusion unless you don't consider it "Jazz".

I like to listen to select fusion. By that I mean something like Herbie Hancock's Headhunters "Thrust" from 1974. I mean, "Palm Grease"? Isn't it just fantastic?

Also, Billy Cobham's "Spectrum" from 1973. That's gotta be one of the best fusion albums ever.

Chick Corea's "Leprechaun" from 1976 is also amazing.

One of the best fusion albums for my money is Dave Liebman's "Drum Ode" as well as "Lookout Farm". I've never heard Liebman play a non-musical phrase on his horn.

Finally, some George Duke material from the '70s is also great.

But let's be honest, most other fusion stuff is atrocious. Aimless noodling, doodling and meandering over some 'exotic' (read: messed up) rhythmic patterns overlaid by weird, broken harmonic progressions. Alan Holdsworth anyone? Put on any Holdsworth track and try to play along -- you'll quickly realize that you can play absolutely any random sequence of notes that come under your fingers, and it will fit in without a problem with Holdsworth's meanderings. That type of a stream-of-consciousness fusion is utter garbage in my book.