Greatest Fusion songs

aragon63 · « **on:** 19 Aug 2010, 01:04 am »

A fusion genre is a music genre which combines two or more genres. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, gospel and country music. The main characteristics of fusion genres are variations in tempo, rhythm and sometimes the use of long musical "journeys" that can be divided into smaller parts, each with their own dynamics, style and tempo. "Fusion" used alone often refers to jazz fusion.
Artists who work in fusion genres are often difficult to categorize within non-fusion styles. Most styles of fusion music are influenced by various musical genre. There are many reasons for this, the main reason being that most genres evolved out of other genres. When the new genre finally identifies itself as separate, there is often a large gray area in which musicians are left. These artists generally consider themselves part of both genres.

1. In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
2. The Noonward Race - Mahavishnu Orchestra
3. Spain - Chick Corea
4. A Love Supreme - Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin
5. Slightly All The Time - Soft Machine
6. Boogie Woogie Waltz - Weather Report, Christian McBride
7. Hannibal - Miles Davis
8. Open Beauty - Don Ellis Orchestra
9. Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
10. A Remark You Made - Weather Report
11. Light As A Feather - Return To Forever
12. Footprints - Wayne Shorter
13. The Dominant Plague - Allan Holdsworth
14. Foreign Affairs - Tribal Tech
15. Proto Cosmos - The New Tony Williams Lifetime
16. Samurai Hee-Haw - Marc Johnson
17. Nubian Sundance - Weather Report
18. Still Warm - John Scofield
19. The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
20. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast/Father O'Blivion - Frank Zappa
21. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - Chicago
22. Incident At Neshabur - Santana
23. World Gone Strange - Andy Summers
24. Sympathy For The Devil - Blood, Sweat & Tears
25. Sandbox - Leni Stern
26. Funnels - Allan Holdsworth
27. The Precipice - Tribal Tech
28. The Wish - Chick Corea
29. Sometimes I... - Scott Kinsey
30. Galaxy - Eddie Henderson
31. Cadillac Club - Bob Berg
32. Sister Moon - Sting
33. Shadow Dance - Dave Holland
34. The Necessary Blonde - Tribal Tech
35. Two Price Hit - Petite Blonde
36. Welcome To My Chambers - Tom Coster
37. The Approaching Storm - Chicago
38. Looking Glass - Allan Holdsworth
39. Wild Things Run Fast - Joni Mitchell
40. Desert Girl - Planet X
41. Blessed Relief - Frank Zappa
42. Window's Peak - Dennis Chambers
43. 500 Miles High - Flora Purim
44. Sultan's Boogie - Scott Henderson
45. Train Of Thought - Mitchel Forman
46. Can You Follow? - Larry Coryell
47. Birdland - Weather Report
48. Nairobi Express - Scott Henderson
49. Saturn V - Tribal Tech
50. Devil Take The Hindmost - Allan Holdsworth
51. And When I Die - Blood, Sweat & Tears
52. Stella By Infra-Red High Particle Neutron Beam - Tribal Tech
53. Birds Of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
54. Pud Wud - Allan Holdsworth
55. Signal Path - Tribal Tech
56. Carol Ann - Soft Machine
57. Toussaint L'overture - Santana
58. Seven Days - Sting
59. Somewhere In The West - Andy Summers
60. Sara's Touch - Mike Mainieri
61. Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith
62. Winter In America - Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
63. Freedom Jazz Dance - Miroslav Vitous
64. Black Market - Weather Report, Shawn Lane
65. Inca Roads - Frank Zappa
66. Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
67. City Nights - Allan Holdsworth
68. Blue Matter - John Scofield
69. Hillbilly In The Band - Scott Henderson
70. Return To Forever - Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy
71. Busy On The Line - Mark-Almond
72. Strawberry Soup - Don Ellis Orchestra
73. Summerhill - Dieter Ilg
74. The Big Wave - Tribal Tech
75. Pink Napkins - Frank Zappa
76. Talk To Me - Leni Stern
77. Actual Proof - Herbie Hancock
78. Kingdom Of Dreams - Planet X
79. Samba De Sausalito - Santana
80. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Joni Mitchell, Derek Sherinian
81. Space Camel - Tribal Tech
82. Dream - Mahavishnu Orchestra
83. Red Baron - Billy Cobham
84. Spanish Moss - Billy Cobham
85. Out-Bloody-Rageous - Soft Machine
86. School Days - Stanley Clarke
87. Nuclear Burn - Brand X
88. Giant Steps - Vital Tech Tones
89. Holiday Insane - Chad Wackerman
90. 2Fast - Scott Kinsey
91. Metro - Metro
92. Pussy Wiggle Stomp - Don Ellis
93. Race With Devil On Spanish Highway - Al Di Meola
94. Portrait Of A Yak - Wayne Johnson
95. Soli - Gong
96. Abracadabra - Klaus Doldinger
97. Bring On The Night - Sting
98. 5 To 10 - Allan Holdsworth
99. Vashkar - Tony Williams Lifetime
100. Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 Aug 2010, 01:20 am »

THAT took some devotion. I can only add a couple ALBUMS- Chick Corea's Romantic Warrior and Tony William's Joy of Flying. Cheers.

Phil A · « **Reply #2 on:** 19 Aug 2010, 01:28 am »

Would 'Tutu' by Miles Davis fall into the category?

doorman · « **Reply #3 on:** 19 Aug 2010, 02:08 am »

Quote from: aragon63 on 19 Aug 2010, 01:04 am

A fusion genre is a music genre which combines two or more genres. For example, rock and roll originally developed as a fusion of blues, gospel and country music. The main characteristics of fusion genres are variations in tempo, rhythm and sometimes the use of long musical "journeys" that can be divided into smaller parts, each with their own dynamics, style and tempo. "Fusion" used alone often refers to jazz fusion.
Artists who work in fusion genres are often difficult to categorize within non-fusion styles. Most styles of fusion music are influenced by various musical genre. There are many reasons for this, the main reason being that most genres evolved out of other genres. When the new genre finally identifies itself as separate, there is often a large gray area in which musicians are left. These artists generally consider themselves part of both genres.

1. In A Silent Way - Miles Davis
2. The Noonward Race - Mahavishnu Orchestra
3. Spain - Chick Corea
4. A Love Supreme - Carlos Santana & John McLaughlin
5. Slightly All The Time - Soft Machine
6. Boogie Woogie Waltz - Weather Report, Christian McBride
7. Hannibal - Miles Davis
8. Open Beauty - Don Ellis Orchestra
9. Chameleon - Herbie Hancock
10. A Remark You Made - Weather Report
11. Light As A Feather - Return To Forever
12. Footprints - Wayne Shorter
13. The Dominant Plague - Allan Holdsworth
14. Foreign Affairs - Tribal Tech
15. Proto Cosmos - The New Tony Williams Lifetime
16. Samurai Hee-Haw - Marc Johnson
17. Nubian Sundance - Weather Report
18. Still Warm - John Scofield
19. The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
20. St. Alfonzo's Pancake Breakfast/Father O'Blivion - Frank Zappa
21. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? - Chicago
22. Incident At Neshabur - Santana
23. World Gone Strange - Andy Summers
24. Sympathy For The Devil - Blood, Sweat & Tears
25. Sandbox - Leni Stern
26. Funnels - Allan Holdsworth
27. The Precipice - Tribal Tech
28. The Wish - Chick Corea
29. Sometimes I... - Scott Kinsey
30. Galaxy - Eddie Henderson
31. Cadillac Club - Bob Berg
32. Sister Moon - Sting
33. Shadow Dance - Dave Holland
34. The Necessary Blonde - Tribal Tech
35. Two Price Hit - Petite Blonde
36. Welcome To My Chambers - Tom Coster
37. The Approaching Storm - Chicago
38. Looking Glass - Allan Holdsworth
39. Wild Things Run Fast - Joni Mitchell
40. Desert Girl - Planet X
41. Blessed Relief - Frank Zappa
42. Window's Peak - Dennis Chambers
43. 500 Miles High - Flora Purim
44. Sultan's Boogie - Scott Henderson
45. Train Of Thought - Mitchel Forman
46. Can You Follow? - Larry Coryell
47. Birdland - Weather Report
48. Nairobi Express - Scott Henderson
49. Saturn V - Tribal Tech
50. Devil Take The Hindmost - Allan Holdsworth
51. And When I Die - Blood, Sweat & Tears
52. Stella By Infra-Red High Particle Neutron Beam - Tribal Tech
53. Birds Of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
54. Pud Wud - Allan Holdsworth
55. Signal Path - Tribal Tech
56. Carol Ann - Soft Machine
57. Toussaint L'overture - Santana
58. Seven Days - Sting
59. Somewhere In The West - Andy Summers
60. Sara's Touch - Mike Mainieri
61. Expansions - Lonnie Liston Smith
62. Winter In America - Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson
63. Freedom Jazz Dance - Miroslav Vitous
64. Black Market - Weather Report, Shawn Lane
65. Inca Roads - Frank Zappa
66. Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock
67. City Nights - Allan Holdsworth
68. Blue Matter - John Scofield
69. Hillbilly In The Band - Scott Henderson
70. Return To Forever - Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy
71. Busy On The Line - Mark-Almond
72. Strawberry Soup - Don Ellis Orchestra
73. Summerhill - Dieter Ilg
74. The Big Wave - Tribal Tech
75. Pink Napkins - Frank Zappa
76. Talk To Me - Leni Stern
77. Actual Proof - Herbie Hancock
78. Kingdom Of Dreams - Planet X
79. Samba De Sausalito - Santana
80. Goodbye Pork Pie Hat - Joni Mitchell, Derek Sherinian
81. Space Camel - Tribal Tech
82. Dream - Mahavishnu Orchestra
83. Red Baron - Billy Cobham
84. Spanish Moss - Billy Cobham
85. Out-Bloody-Rageous - Soft Machine
86. School Days - Stanley Clarke
87. Nuclear Burn - Brand X
88. Giant Steps - Vital Tech Tones
89. Holiday Insane - Chad Wackerman
90. 2Fast - Scott Kinsey
91. Metro - Metro
92. Pussy Wiggle Stomp - Don Ellis
93. Race With Devil On Spanish Highway - Al Di Meola
94. Portrait Of A Yak - Wayne Johnson
95. Soli - Gong
96. Abracadabra - Klaus Doldinger
97. Bring On The Night - Sting
98. 5 To 10 - Allan Holdsworth
99. Vashkar - Tony Williams Lifetime
100. Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa

You and I would get along just fine!
Your list reads like (part) of my library!!
Best, Don

jimdgoulding · « **Reply #4 on:** 19 Aug 2010, 02:35 am »

Oh, I almost forgot, one of my favorite's, Bill Bruford's Feels Good To Me (Polydor) with Allan Holdsworth and a little bit of Kenny Wheeler and Annette Peacock, 1977. I like Soft Machine, also. Lookin for an album of theirs just about now.

simoon · « **Reply #5 on:** 19 Aug 2010, 04:58 pm »

That's an awesome list. Although I wouldn't necessarily consider everything on it as fusion in the strictest sense, I can't argue with the quality of the entire list.

Many of those would be on my list also.

I'll add a few of my own;

Eternity's Breath (I & II)- Mahavishnu Orchestra
Alegries Del Mediterrani - Iceberg (the best fusion band you've never heard of)
Dual of the Jester and the Tyrant - Return to Forever
Nuclear Burn - Brand X
Forgas Band Phenomena - Le Clef
Hell's Bells - Bruford
Metal Fatigue - Alan Holdsworth
The Struggle of the Turtle to the Sea (I, II & III)- Jean-Luc Ponty
Havana - Weather Report
Ignotum Per Ignotius - Planet X
Abus Dangeroux - Le roy est mort, vive le roy
Gong - Esnuria

There's so many great ones!

doorman · « **Reply #6 on:** 19 Aug 2010, 05:21 pm »

Don't forget anything by Shawn Lane/Jonas Hellborg/Jeff Sipe!!
eg: "Personae", "Good people in times of evil", &c.
Don

ArthurDent · « **Reply #7 on:** 19 Aug 2010, 05:42 pm »

Great list, with many outstanding artists. Thanks for compiling and sharing.

Was delighted to see Soft Machine, and Mark-Almond were included.

Might we add Ethereggae by John Abercrombie from the Night disc.

AVnerdguy · « **Reply #8 on:** 19 Aug 2010, 06:42 pm »

Song To The Pharoh Kings - RTF/Where Have I Known You Before
Mother Africa - Santana/Welcome

And thanks for the Mark-Almond reference. I was trying to Google a reference but without the - between Mark and Almond I never found anything. Now I found all of the albums I was looking for!

Larkston Zinaspic · « **Reply #9 on:** 19 Aug 2010, 06:43 pm »

Quote from: jimdgoulding on 19 Aug 2010, 02:35 am

Oh, I almost forgot, one of my favorite's, Bill Bruford's Feels Good To Me (Polydor) with Allan Holdsworth and a little bit of Kenny Wheeler and Annette Peacock, 1977. I like Soft Machine, also. Lookin for an album of theirs just about now.

It's funny that I happened to be right in the middle of listening to the EG/Polydor pressing of the self-titled album U.K. while reading this thread. Now I'm looking for Jean Luc Ponty's Enigmatic Ocean to listen to next.

mfsoa · « **Reply #10 on:** 20 Aug 2010, 03:41 pm »

Searched for JLPs Enigmatic Ocean CD on Amazon-
9 used from $35!!!
No new!!!
33 customer reviews - Every one of the 5 stars!!

I have 2 LPs but they are beat to death.

Time to search Princeton Record Exchange, I guess

-Mike

*Scotty* · « **Reply #11 on:** 20 Aug 2010, 05:10 pm »

The description of Fusion music is from Wikipedia, see link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_%28music%29
The list is from DigitalDreamDoor.com 100 Greatest Fusion Songs
http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/best_fusion_songs.html
There is no original content in aragon63's post, it is all cut and paste from the aforementioned sources.
Disappointing. Also check the posting guidelines under What Else
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=37305.0
Scotty

simoon · « **Reply #12 on:** 20 Aug 2010, 06:10 pm »

Quote from: *Scotty* on 20 Aug 2010, 05:10 pm

The list is from DigitalDreamDoor.com 100 Greatest Fusion Songs
http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/best_fusion_songs.html
There is no original content in aragon63's post, it is all cut and paste from the aforementioned sources. Disappointing.

That is disappointing. I really thought he put in a lot of time compiling this list form his own collection and personal taste.

I was hoping to have an interesting discussion on this incredible form of music that I love so much.

aragon63 · « **Reply #13 on:** 20 Aug 2010, 06:16 pm »

Quote from: *Scotty* on 20 Aug 2010, 05:10 pm

The description of Fusion music is from Wikipedia, see link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion_%28music%29
The list is from DigitalDreamDoor.com 100 Greatest Fusion Songs
http://digitaldreamdoor.nutsie.com/pages/best_fusion_songs.html
There is no original content in aragon63's post, it is all cut and paste from the aforementioned sources.
Disappointing. Also check the posting guidelines under What Else
http://www.audiocircle.com/index.php?topic=37305.0
Scotty

No, you 're totally right Scotty,this is nothing but C&P .(great research )Would this change anything Scotty?
And WTF you seeing this as "disappointing"?Does it effect you?I never stated this is MY fusion song list......... and bottom line its all about music & fun .If I did break posting rules then this post should be deleted by facilitator .....

Enjoy your day, Scotty

simoon · « **Reply #14 on:** 20 Aug 2010, 06:28 pm »

Quote from: aragon63 on 20 Aug 2010, 06:16 pm

And WTF you seeing this as "disappointing"?Does it effect you?I never stated this is MY fusion song list......... and bottom line its all about music & fun .If I did break posting rules then this post should be deleted by facilitator .....

My problem is that you didn't state it was not your list. If you stated it was a list from another site, I know I would have taken the discussion in a completely different direction.

doorman · « **Reply #15 on:** 20 Aug 2010, 06:52 pm »

Gentlemen, gentlemen---
The list posted by Aragon is still valid, the music is still great!!
Don
(have we added Weather Report yet?)

aragon63 · « **Reply #16 on:** 20 Aug 2010, 06:55 pm »

Thanks doorman !

Scott F. · « **Reply #17 on:** 20 Aug 2010, 08:31 pm »

I'd add Pat Metheny's Across the Sky/Roots of Coincidence from Imaginary Day to that list. For that matter, the entire Imaginary Day album just ROCKS

eclein · « **Reply #18 on:** 20 Aug 2010, 10:57 pm »

Quote from: Scott F. on 20 Aug 2010, 08:31 pm

I'd add Pat Metheny's Across the Sky/Roots of Coincidence from Imaginary Day to that list. For that matter, the entire Imaginary Day album just ROCKS

+1-- one of my favorites, 1st one is my favorite with "San Lorenzo"

Art_Chicago · « **Reply #19 on:** 19 Sep 2010, 06:19 pm »

Great list, aragorn631
Would you also pick a top 5 or 10 songs/albums out of your list with the best sound?
Thanks