Another vote for Mahavishnu. That was some pretty gnarly gateway stuff for me. Also worth noting that Jan Hammer's cheese festival-style keys are now back in vogue. Dude was a genius, even if he sounded bad a lot of the time. I used to work at a drum shop with a guy who worshiped at the altar of Billy CobHAM (at least that's how he pronounced it).
Re: Any one here likes jazz fusion?
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2015 12:59 am
by Faldoe
Eivind August wrote:Mahavishnu Orchestra have some sweet jams.
Does the more jazzy side of Canterbury prog count?
I used to listen to fusion a lot when I was like 18, wanting to be a shredder, waiting anxiously for the next issue of guitar world to arrive in my mail box. Holdsworth, Tribal Tech, Dixie Dregs..etc. Stopped playing guitar for like 8 years and never listened to it again after stopping playing guitar. Can't remember a single song or melody from any of it. Except this Jeff Beck album, I can remember a lot of the stuff on it. That and Blow by Blow.
Yeah, those guys are Dutch. I've been listening to a lot of library music lately. Finding lots of groovy sounds. There's a pretty large fusion/library crossover. I used to kind of write off Europeans when it came to funk, but 50,000,000 hip hop producers can't be wrong, right?
Don thy cape, brother. Tonight we shall feast on prog.