The 100 Greatest Jazz Fusion Albums | Ranked
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Someone was asking for the dates so I added them.
100 - Golden Age of the Apocalypse (2011) - Thundercat
99 - Baselines (1983) - Bill Laswell
98 - Duster (1967) - Gary Burton
97 - Time in Place (1988) - Mike Stern
96 - Electric Guitarist (1978) - John McLaughlin
95 - Joyous Lake (1977) - Pat Martino
94 - 75 (2008) - Joe Zawinul
93 - Vinnie Colaiuta (1994) - Vinnie Colaiuta
92 - We Want Miles (1982) - Miles Davis
91 - Decoy (1984) - Miles Davis
90 - Quantum (2007) - Planet X
89 - Music of Roland Vasquez (1979) - Urban Ensemble
88 - In the Moment (2015) - Makaya McCraven
87 - Lingua Franca (2012) - TRAM
86 - Knower Forever (2023) - Knower
85 - Modern Jazz Stories (1995)- Courtney Pine
84 - Mute Massaker (1999) - Casper Brotzmann
83 - Show Me What You Can Do (1998) - GHS
82 - People Mover (2019) - Scott Henderson
81 - Szobel (1976) - Hermann Szobel
80 - Steps Ahead (1980) - Steps Ahead
79 - Life Begins Again (2005) Jimmy Chamberlin
78 - Imaginary Day (1997) - Pat Metheny Group
77 - Lunar Crash (1994) - Medeski & Fiuczynski
76 - Lonely Bears (1990) - Lonely Bears
75 - Dressing for Pleasure (1994) - John Hassell
74 - Two Doors (1995) - Shawn Lane
73 - Truth in Shredding (1990) - MVP
72 - Taboo (1983) - Ronald Shannon Jackson
71 - Arc of Testimony (1997) - Arcana
70 - Bad Habits Die hard (1995) - Trilok Gurtu
69 - Electric Bath (1967) - Don Ellis
68 - Energy (1971) - Jeremy Steig
67 - Players (1987) - Berlin, Henderson, Lavitz, Smith
66 - Eyewitness (1983) - Steve Kahn
65 - Zawinul (1971) - Joe Zawinul
64 - Red Twist & Tuned Arrow (1987) - Doran, Studer, Wittwer
63 - Extensions (1990) - Dave Holland
62 - Melodies (1977) - Jan Hammer
61 - Iron Path (1988) - Last Exit
60 - Blue Matter (1986) - John Scofield
59 - Naked City (1990) - Naked City
58 - Rhythm People (1990) - Steve Coleman
57 - 2 Drink Minimum (1995) - Wayne Krantz
56 - 1995 (1995) - Screaming Headless Torsos
55 - Escalator Over the Hill (1971) Carla Bley
54 - Dregs of the Earth (1980) - Dixie Dregs
53 - Gazeuse! (1976) - Gong
52 - If Mountains Could Sing (1995) - Terje Rypdal
51 - Lotus (1974) - Santana
50 - Caravanserai (1972) - Santana
49 - Of Human Feeling (1982) - Ornette Coleman's Prime Time
48 - Hallucination Engine (1994) - Material
47 - Illicit (1992) - Tribal Tech
46 - Chick Corea Elektric Band (1986) - Chick Corea Elektric Band
45 - First Circle (1984) - Pat Metheny Group
44 - Secrets (1989) - Allan Holdsworth
43 - Jaco Pastorius (1976) - Jaco Pastorius
42 - Unorthodox Behaviour (1976) - Brand X
41 - One of a Kind (1979) - Bill Bruford
40 - I Love the Blues, She Heard My Cry (1975) - George Duke
39 - Enigmatic Ocean (1977) - Jean-Luc Ponty
38 - Grand Wazoo (1972) - Frank Zappa (Mothers)
37 - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981) - Frank Zappa
36 - Heavy Metal Be-Bop (1978) - Brecker Brothers
35 - Exhibition (1979) - John Serry Jr.
34 - Venusian Summer (1976) - Lenny White
33 - Leprechaun (1976) - Chick Corea
32 - School Days (1976) - Stanley Clark
31 - Stanley Clark (1974) - Stanley Clark
30 - Believe It (1975) - Tony Williams Lifetime
29 - Timeless (1975) - John Abercrombie
28 - Where Have I Known You Before (1974) - Return to Forever
27 - Expectation (1972) Keith Jarrett
26 - Bright Size Life (1976) - Pat Metheny
25 - Oh Yeah? (1976) - Jan Hammer
24 - Blow by Blow (1975) - Jeff Beck
23 - Wired (1976) - Jeff Beck
22 - Elegant Gypsy (1977) - Al Di Meola
21 - Thrust (1974) - Herbie Hancock
20 - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy (1973) - Return to Forever
19 - Sextant (1973) - Herbie Hancock
18 - Introducing Eleventh House (1974)- Eleventh House
17 - Level One (1975) - Eleventh House
16 - Crosswinds (1974) - Billy Cobham
15 - Between Nothingness & Eternity (1973) - Mahavishnu Orchestra
14 - In a Silent Way (1969) - Miles Davis
13 - Jack Johnson (1971) - Miles Davis
12 - Hot Rats (1969) - Frank Zappa
11 - Mysterious Traveller (1974) - Weather Report
10 - Emergency! (1969) - Tony Williams Lifetime
9 - Visions of the Emerald Beyond (1975) - Mahavishnu Orchestra
8 - Heavy Weather (1977) - Weather Report
7 - B*tches Brew (1970) - Miles Davis
6 - Romantic Warrior (1976) - Return to Forever
5 - Birds of Fire (1973) - Mahavishnu Orchestra
4 - Head Hunters (1973) - Herbie Hancock
3 - Black Market (1976) - Weather Report
2 - Spectrum (1973) - Billy Cobham
1 - Inner Mounting Flame (1971) - Mahavishnu Orchestra
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@@AndyEdwardsDrummer - Awesome content, man. I listen whenever I can. You've introduced me to great music.
Thanks for posting the lp's I loved the work by Andy as well. I'll certainly review every lp I am not familiar with (which there are quite a few from 51 on out! Thanks guys!
Thank you very much for doing us that Service!
Amazing work... Now i can look these up & archive em later
My complements....if someone wants to start learning about jazz & fusion, this program would be a great place to start...thanks!😊
So many records that I love on that list....and so many more to check out!!! Props for mentioning "Lunar Crush". Thank you Andy!!
Well done. Round of applause, stand ovation in 13/8. 👏👏
I just started reading The Jazz Book because of Andy Edwards. Somehow Andy has changed my life. 90% of what I'm listening to these days is Jazz. BIG FUN, In a silent way, Bitches Brew, Jack Johnson, On the corner, live evil, get up w it, are all bonkers.
This was quite enjoyable, educational and just outright fun. I pray an interview with Ray Gomez transpires. When hearing certain jazz rock albums for the first time and hear the guitarist, I would immediately want to know who it was. Not only was Ray’s chops phenomenal, but his tone was just beautiful.
Just incredible. Lots of stuff to check out. Great fun !
Well done! and fun
To bring some structure to this list... here are the 104 albums mentioned on Andy's Top 100 plus one that was not mentioned at all!
With cue points.
100 The golden Age of the Apocalypse by Thundercat (03:10)
99 Baselines by Bill Lasswell (03:51)
98 Duster by Gary Burton (05:12)
97 Time in Place by Mike Stern (6:12)
96 Electric Guitarist by John McLaughlin (07:06)
Bass Desires by Marc Johnson (08:47)
95 Joyous Lake by Pat Martino (09:10)
94 75 by Joe Zawinul (09:41)
93 Vinnie Colaiuta eponymous album (10:38)
92 We Want Miles by Miles Davis (11:40)
91 Decoy by Miles Davis (13:22)
90 Quantum by Planet X (14:21)
89 The Music of Roland Vasquez by Urban Music Ensemble (14:55)
88 In the Moment by Makaya McCraven (15:55)
87 Lingua Franca by T.R.A.M. (17:15)
86 Knower Forever by Knower (18:21)
85 Modern Jazz Stories by Courtney Pine (19:53)
84 Massaker by Caspar Brötzman (21:39)
83 Show Me What You Can Do by Frank Gambale, Steve Hamm & Stuart Smith (22:30)
82 People Mover by Scott Henderson (23:10)
81 Szobel by Hermann Szobel (24:42)
80 Steps Ahead Eponymous Album (27:40)
79 Life Begins by Jimmy Chamberlin (28:12)
78 Imaginary Day by Pat Metheny Group (28:36)
77 Lunar Crush by John Medesky & David Fiuczynski (28:59)
76 Injustice by the Lonely Bears (29:50)
75 Dressing for Pleasure by Jon Hassell (31:02)
74 Two Doors by Michael Shrieve (32:00)
73 Truth in Shredding by Allan Holdsworth & Frank Gambale (32:50)
72 Taboo by Ronald Shannon Jackson (33:10)
71 Arc of Testimony by Arcana (33:45)
70 Bad Habits Die Hard by Trilok Gurtu (34:32)
69 Electric Bath by John Ellis (35:36)
68 Energy by Jeremy Steig (36:43)
67 Players by T.Lavitz, Jeff Berlin, Steve Smith & Scott Henderson (37:54)
66 Eyewitness by Steve Khan (38:39)
65 Zawinul by Joe Zawinul (39:02)
64 Red Twist & Tuned Arrow by Christy Doran, Fredy Studer & Stephan Wittwer (40:03)
63 Extensions by David Holland (40:56)
62 Melodies by Jan Hammer Group (42:14)
61 Iron Path by Last Exit (43:03)
60 Blue Matter by John Scofield (44:34)
59 Naked City Eponymous Album (45:43)
58 Rhythm People / Four Man Fat by Steve Coleman & Five Elements (46:22)
57 2 Drink Minimum by Wayne Krantz (47:15)
56 1995 by Screaming Headless Torsos (48:42)
55 Escalator over the Hill by Carla Bley (49:22)
54 Dregs of the Earth by Dixie Dregs (50:17)
53 Gazeuse by Gong (51:50)
52 Odyssey / If Mountains Could Sing by Terje Rypdahl (52:28)
51 Lotus by Santana (53:23)
50 Caravanserai by Santana (53:33)
49 Of Human Feelings by Ornette Coleman's Prime Time (53:44)
48 Hallucination Engine by Material (54:40)
47 Illicit by Tribal Tech (55:10)
46 Chick Corea Elektric Band Eponymous Album (55:32)
45 First Circle by Pat Metheny Group (not mentioned)
44 Secrets by Allan Holdsworth (56:00)
43 Jaco Pastorius Eponymous Album / Word of Mouth (56:56)
42 Unorthodox Behaviour / Moroccan Roll by Brand X (57:59)
41 One of a Kind by Bill Bruford (58:29)
40 I love the Blues She Heard my Cry by George Duke (58:58)
39 Enigmatic Ocean by Jean-Luc Ponty (59:47)
38 The Grand Wazoo by Frank Zappa (1:00:14)
37 Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar by Frank Zappa (1:01:10)
36 Heavy Metal Bebop by the Brecker Brothers (1:01:52)
35 Exhibition by Jonn Serrie Jr. (1:02:42)
34 Venusian Summer by Lenny White (1:03:25)
33 The Leprechaun by Chick Corea (1:04:50)
32 Schooldays by Stanley Clarke (1:05:45)
31 Stanley Clarke Eponymous Album (1:06:20)
30 Believe It by Tony Williams Lifetime (1:06:55)
29 Timeless by John Abercrombie (1:07:52)
28 Where have I known you Before by Return to Forever (1:09:00)
27 Expectations by Keith Jarrett (1:09:10)
26 Bright Size Life by Pat Metheny (1:09:28)
25 Oh Yeah? by Jan Hammer (1:09:50)
24 Blow by Blow by Jeff Beck (1:10:07)
23 Wired by Jeff Beck (1:10:42)
22 Elegant Gypsy by Al DiMeola (1:11:02)
21 Thrust by Herbie Hancock (1:11:34)
20 Hymn to the Seventh Galaxy by Return to Forever (1:11:56)
19 Sextant by Herbie Hancock (1:12:34)
18 Introducing by The Eleventh House with Larry Coryell (1:15:20)
17 Level One by The Eleventh House (1:15:43)
16 Crosswinds by Billy Cobham (1:15:57)
15 (18) Between Nothingness and Eternity by the Mahavishnu Orchestra (1:14:36 & 1:17:00)
14 In a Silent Way by Miles Davis (1:17:55)
13 Jack Johnson by Miles Davis (1:18:25)
12 Hot Rats by Frank Zappa (1:20:58)
11 Mysterious Traveler by Weather Report (1:21:40)
10 Emergency! by Tony Williams Lifetime (1:23:13)
9 Visions of the Emerald Beyond by the Mahavishnu Orchestra (1:24:33)
8 Heavy Weather by Weather Report (1:25:08)
7 Bitches Brew by Miles Davis (1:25:44)
6 Romantic Warrior by Return to Forever (1:26:31)
5 Birds of Fire by the Mahavishnu Orchestra (1:27:16)
4 Head Hunters by Herbie Hancock (1:27:46)
3 Black Market by Weather Report (1:28:12)
2 Spectrum by Billy Cobham (1:28:36)
1 The Inner Mounting Flame by The Mahavishnu Orchestra (1:28:57)
👏👏👏 Greatness for the sheer passion. Thank you!
thx andy for your performing style as well as for your taste
I check 2 boxes: I learn about new music from your channel AND I'm an argumentative bastard.
Great job! So many new paths to follow.
There you have it folks, Andy has come through with the goods again. The greatest 100 jazz fusion albums of all time.. ranked!!
Andy, I'm so proud of you for putting the Dixie Dregs on your list. LOL They played at my college homecoming in 1979. I've seen them several times (once with Jerry Goodman!) and seen Steve Morse in trio forms several times. Great music! Do a deep dive into their stuff.... I would have put Santana "Moonflower" on the list myself - the first Santana album I owned.
As a drummer I was surprised you didn’t include anything by Mouzon.
Great vid
Great effort and perpetual reference.
Thank you kindly!
Live without a net - No one does a list like Andy Edwards. Coruscating!
LOVE your passion for jazz/fusion! Me too! love the list!
Fusion lives forever, You nailed it Andy!!!! Are you the inner mounting flame at the end there with that rant!
of course!
Great video as usual Andy. A lot for me to check out. Hope you had a nice Christmas. An interview with Ray Gomez would be spectacular! I’m a big fan. His stratocaster tone is tops. He absolutely burns!
Andy you are amazing.
Such a list says so much about your taste and this puts your videos in a position where I can judge your recommendations. And as I am NOT a big fan of John Mcglaughlin my list would be totally different, still, I enjoyed your video a lot. We all have different taste and I don't want to watch videos who tell me stuff I already know. Thumbs up. You are the ONLY RUclips I ever sent money, that says it all I guess.
Wow, thank you!
@@UOU-xl7uf I play guitar.
But, but , but , but , Great list Andy Great Marathon video i guess you’ll need a Jakemans now, I think you nailed it , happy new year.
The Gary Burton Jazzrock is a Fusion of Country, Jazz and Flower Power Rock!
Great stuff Andy. Ironic then that I own every album in your top 15 !
Didn't see James Blood Ulmer's Odyssey on the list. It would definitely be on mine. One of the most unique and exhilarating albums I've ever heard. Jazz, Blues, Country and Middle Eastern music sent through a harmelodic Cuisinart.
Could be wrong, but I don't think he has ever mentioned Blood Ulmer.
@@franciscocanas5686 Odyssey is my Pick for best Record of the 80 ties.
And for me it outshines everything on the List, even the Ornette Coleman and Ronald Shannon Jackson Records.
My Desert Island Record!
last exit blows me away in '86 with 20 years of age as I saw them live at the scene wien! brötzmann exploded blowing his ts!
Awesome list, Andy. There's a lot of stuff that I need to check out. I enjoy all your videos and have discovered that we hold very similar views regarding certain musicians, like Jan Hammer and Scott Henderson. One thing on a personal note is I'd have replaced the first Chick Corea Elektric Band album with Inside Out. That album is so complex, so tight, and has some of the most incredible playing ever. The epic 4-chapter "Tale of Daring" has to be the apex of '80s/'90s fusion compositions. Plus, Chick said in an interview in Music Technology magazine that he wrote the entire album in six days, and the band recorded it in a week. As complex and progressive as that album is, to write, rehearse, and record it in about two weeks is monumental. Anyway, keep up the good work!
Now that I've finished this epic, I want to add to my previouscomment: that was my fave YT vid of 2023.
You know, my fav Courtney Pine album is UNDERGROUND, is an amazing beautiful powerful album, he's just too fkn excellent. And, one of my alltime fav albums, fusion, few people seem to treasure it propperly, is Trilok Gurtu's BAD HABITS DIE HARD. Dude, that is a killer album, David Gilmore's solo on that first song, I think is called 21 Spices, is just one of the best solos ever recorded in any jazz/rock or whatever albums... the songs are incredible, the playing, Trilok's unearthly drumming.... wow... so glad you mentioned it! Also Illicit by Tribal Tech and Dave Holland's Prime Directive!! And rhe torsos 1995 has Dean Bowman on vocals, Fima Ephron on Bass, Jojo Mayer on drums and Dave Sadowski, with ofcourse the great Dave on guitar. Missed Steely Dan's Aja and Royal Scam. Great video! Cheers!
...was just listening to the Trilok album in my car this past week. Killer!
For Tribal Tech, DR HEE remains my favourite.
Love the Torso, as well! ;-)
Like seeing David Fiuczynkski’s Screaming Headless Torsos and his Lunar Crash with Medeski on the list.
I would add:
Oregon - Out of the Woods
Eberhard Weber - The Following Morning; also Yellow Fields
The Longe Lizards - Voice of Chunk
Codona - 2
Abercrombie, Wall, Nussbaum - While We’re Young, better than Timeless 😉
Great picks! One of my favorite jazz fusion albums I'm missing on your list - Alphonse Mouzon: Mind Transplant.
You answered the question I had when I read the "title" of your posting within the first 3 mins. I suppose "Jazz Fusion" is synonyms with "Jazz-Rock". I attempt to learn something new on a daily basis. I'll consider this something I learned today (a new term).
*hallucination engines* with all the weather report samples, etc. was the album that we listened to nearly day by day or more night by night in the mid 90ies.
Great list Andy! Here are my top five: Didier Lockwood -Surya ,#4 Mahavishnu Orchestra - Inter Mounting Flame,#3 Gong- Gazeuse,#2 Weather Report- Heavy Weather #1 Return to forever - romantic Warrior
Great mention of # 72 Two Doors that feature Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane. Probably one of the best trio albums in the 1990’s. The issue of course is that the album is on Michael Shrieve’s label and included with the 2nd half of the other album. The reason why it wasn’t on Jonas’s label Bardo Records is that Shawn Lane was still under Warner Bros. label and they had to hide his star appearance. Shawn has that liquid sound, especially on the tune Deep Umbra!!
The classics include Stellar Rays (Time is the Enemy), Baraji (Rag B/B), Deep Umbra (Hell is other People), Juvalamu (Personae), and Palace of Dreams. The names changed when they played those songs which were released on Bardo records. They became the staple tunes within the HLS trio group. By the way, a spectacular live performance of “Palace of Dreams” is available on YT in 1995. But this album is sort of hidden in their catalog, because the first half is their written material put onto Shrieves double album.
Shawn Lane is greatly missed. Gone way too soon. He was a genius and I'm not just talking about music.
@@SuperStrik9 Yea, I know I met Shawn in Atlanta after a show. Very nice and humble person. Yea real genius with books, as he would walk around wearing a similar hat much like one of his favorite painters Vermeer. Shawn was like Miles Davis, straight up genius in more ways than one. Miles was a painter too.
I'll patiently wait for your Dixie Dregs episode. In the meantime it's important for your personal development to check out the first Yellow Jackets album featuring Robben Ford. Hope this helps.
Amazing album! Also Inside Story by Robben Ford
Excellent metaphor for Inner Mounting Flame. Laughing hard Andy 🤣
Glad you enjoyed it
Hal Galper's Guerilla Band from 1971 w/ Randy and Micheal Brecker is a wonderful and now over-looked early fusion album. The group was together for three years. The album still sounds great today.
i've been getting a lot of pleasure from Snarky Puppy and Vulfpeck recently. I'm not a musician so I don't know about excellence, except that Larnell Lewis is an exceptional drummer and Cory Henry is an incredible keyboard player. They're not innovative, but they do play live, and I love the way that Snarky Puppy in particular is a band with about 30 rotating members, so you can go to a different gig on the same tour and get a completely new experience.
I was giving up on modern music until I found them. Wow, musicians that take pleasure in playing their instruments!
“At #99 an absolute masterpiece of jazz fusion,” at #62 one of the greatest albums of all time.” How’s Andy going to describe the top 10? He’s hilarious like Martin Popoff with his 50 top 5 albums that he “absolutely loves to death.”
You have to Mention some of the Stuff you love at the Beginning since out of whatever Reason some People will Go astray. My favorite Funky Jazz Rock Records are Jack Johnson by Miles Davis, Raven Roc by Ronald Shannon Jackson, Odysee by James Blood Ulmer and Voice Poetry by Ornette Coleman and Prime Time.
I would mention them at the very Beginning and End the List with Bitches Brew, Dancing in your Head by Ornette, a further Blood, a further Shannon and then as a Number 1: Inner Mounting Flame, because John McLaughlin deserves it and that Record too albeit it is not my personal Favorite, but sometimes personal Taste is not all what counts.
If you want „to sell“ your personal Faves to People who might be ready to check them, you should pay Dues to Records many of your Targeted Audience do consider great too.
Ramming down your Stuff is okay if you are below 25, if you are above 30 it becomes Strange.
Profits of Distinctions is the Right of the Young, the Joys of the Wide open Spaces will come to them anyway.
In August of 1971 The Mahavishnu Orchestra played an unadvertised free concert on freshmen orientation day on the street in front of Marquette University in Milwaukee. It was all downhill in jazz rock for me after that show
Bravo Andy, what a great list, and this is not easy to do ! I would have definitely put Sixun "Live" (1989) from the great this great and unique french fusion band in this list, and probably put another Jean-Luc Ponty in there, but maybe it is the french in me speaking here ! ;-D . Cheers.
A gargantuan task assembling such an excellent list! Well done! All of The Essentials are there! And I see many other new (for me) pathways to explore. Thank you Andy!
Great video. One of my big takeaways from this list is that Vinnie Colaiuta has other solo albums besides the one from 1994. I listened to the other 3 recent ones, and while they’re not fusion, I’m glad to know he made more solo stuff.
Great vid as always, but I'm missing Sixun's first album on this list. I love your content ❤
the albums need a release date in all the opinions m8
A daunting task tackled with much aplomb... hats off to you, if I were to wear a hat that is. While I agree with your top 30 or so albums our musical mutual memories diverge past that point due to different explorations, so I'll just sulk in the company of my other 70 selections and bemoan their orphan status. Seriously though, good job Andy.
Great list. Heartfelt and informed choice!
Larry Coryell - Offering 1972, Miroslav Vitous - Infinite Search 1969, Miroslav Vitous - Purple 1970
Miroslav was really ripped off by Zawinul who never got a penny when he left vitous said that Joe always thought he was the top dog in and line up and it back fired when pastorious came in.
@@WELLBRAN As far as I heard it, Miroslav Vitous was more disappointed by Wayne Shorter, than by Joe Zawinul.
But what did backfire when Jaco Pastorious came to Weather Report?
@@erikheddergott5514 Miroslav said that Joe wanted to be top dog in the band but he got stuck with Jaco being a genius and he didn't like it
#1 - SOFT MACHINE (1970) - Third
studio albums:
01. the mahavishnu orchestra - the inner mountain flame
02. weather report - heavy weather
03. return to forever - hymn of the seventh galaxy
04. herbie hancock and the headhunters - thrust
05. miles davis - on the corner
06. soft machine - bundles
07. tony williams lifetime - emergency!
08. jeff beck - wired
09. lenny white - venusian summer
10. billy cobham - spectrum
11. alphonse mouzon - mind transplant
12. the eleventh house - introducing eleventh house with larry coryell
13. santana - caravanserei
14. frank zappa and the mothers - the grand wazoo
15. tribal tech - rocket science
16. vital tech tones - II
17. jonas hellborg - time is the enemy
18. the rh factor - hard groove
19. jean-luc ponty - enigmatic ocean
20. pat martino - consciousness
21. jamaaladeen tacuma - dreamscape
22. music revelation ensemble - knights of power
23. don byron and existential dread - nu blaxploitation
24. animals as leaders - parrhesia
25. the aristocrats - tres caballeros
26. steve coleman and five elements - world expansion
27. ornette coleman - song x (featuring pat metheny)
28. yohimbe brothers - front end lifter
29. free form funky freqs - urban mythology vol. 1
I think you’ve covered most all the roots and branches here Andy, great job and very entertaining :) 👍 I heard most all of these when they were first released and spent lots of $ obtaining them, especially the early 70’s period fusion and prog rock. We spent our hard earned cash for the physical LP’s then and the music and artists seemed to mean a little more because of that. I think streaming is super convenient and cost effective but it’s diminished the special bond we have for each LP and CD we had to shell out the cash for, what do you all think ? ❤✌️🎵
But definitely some hear i don't know of. Thanks!
You have to listen to joe zawinul "faces and places" , is a masterwork.i miss in that list l. Shankar "touch me there" and l.Subramaniam "indian EXPRESS ". Also some jan garbarek and "the Griffith park collection 1and 2" with Stanley clarke, chic corea,joe henderson, freddie hubbard and lenny white.
As always it’s just your opinion Andy algd well done thank you
Great stuff as allways Andy.
You got check out
Acuna , Hoff, Mathisen Trio.
This is Alex Acuna's return to
Weather Report ❤
It just occurred to me. Andy Edwards, do you have a list of favorite BOOTLEG recordings?
Great to see Planet X in your list. These guys straddle a line between Prog with a Metal edge and Fusion. They certainly have the chops! Great list.
one of the more underrated modern metal/play your ass off/fusion type of records. Lot's of people wittingly or un are trying to do this type of thing now, and very few are even touching what's on Moonbabies (what a name..) or Quantum.
@@colinburroughs9871 Agreed! The Sherinian Phillips live album released earlier this year is a great example of this type of music. Try also Virgil Donati's solo album "In This Life".
@@johnthresher259 I just saw recently that those guys did a record, I need to check that out as Simon Phillips is awesome too. (He's as good as any favorite someone would list)
ronald shannon jackson 🙂 saw him several times in different line ups, e.g. the gig with jamaalaaden tacuma on bass and james blood ulmer on guitar . one of the great innovative drummers from the 60ies, who created free funk in the mid 70ies!
You will enjoy my interview with Calvin Weston which is coming out on New years day
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer thx very much for the info!!! I'm pleased to listen to the interview!!
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer what do you think about the drummer cornell w. rochester, who played with james blood ulmer and joe zawinul? have ever been that fascinated by him playing like a guy who creates a style out of elvin jones and shannon jackson...?!
@@adnilrummut105 Cornell Rochester took over from Ronald Shannon Jackson in the Music Revelation Ensemble, being tendentially more Jazz than Grant Calvin Weston who was slightly more Funk and Rock.
Andy please someday dive into Buckethead’s world and make a video like you did with Bill Laswell.
He has his own universe of music with practically every genre
...it's every other day I am getting a hit from Bandcamp > Buckethead has released some new music. The guy must be a machine.
I liked that your list included both John Serry (Exhibition) and Don Ellis (Electric Bath).
When band of gypsies came out in 1970 I thought we been moved another portal as a young teen and musician....1971 I'm home sitting in front of my mom's Magnavox stereo listening to FM RADIO where they often played whole sides of music.... Inner mountain flame.....I thought the aliens had just landed.... Johnny Mac just became my favorite guitarist... I'm black 😂😂😂😂😂❤
Great video!
Where's "The Lost Trident Sessions"?
A couple you probably haven't heard, or even heard of, that are equal (IMO) to many you have on your list.
The Spanish band, Iceberg with their 2 great releases, Sentiments and Coses Nostres should be on your list to listen to.
Guitarist Alex Machacek has quite a few brilliant recordings from the the last 20 years. FAT, 24 Tales (with Marco Minnemann on drums), Improvision.
Not sure why the rest of my post disappeared.
Mcgill/Manring/Stevens, Controlled By Radar, What We Do
One of those great lined straddlers between prog and fusion, Arti e Mestieri, Tilt. With the monster, Furio Chirico on drums. If you haven't already, you will be doing yourself a favor by hearing this guy.
Nebular Trajectory (1979) by Quasar. Australian guitar trio, obviously influenced by The Inner Mounting Flame. But not as frantic and more atmospheric. Divinity themed, from the ocean abyss to the nebular via entropy. Recorded direct to tape, only 1000 copies pressed. Reissued 2018 in the Netherlands unofficially.
You also gotta have dragons of Eden and population override by Buckethead. Most people don’t know about his 100% improvised jazz fusion albums. Killer stuff.
Dude!!!! I love Dragons of Eden it’s probably Buckethead’s best album
Didn’t expect anyone to mention it at all
The Thanatopsis albums too
And Transmutation by Praxis
@@Johnnysmithy24oh yeah, Big B’s solo on Animal Behavior is one of the best all around guitar solos of all time. So much emotion.
Guilty Pleasure: McLaughlin’s Devotion
(We’re going to have to pay off the stinking rich $$$ to keep oil in the ground to save planet.)
Appreciate all your efforts, not sure I could do a countdown like this. Was Pat Metheny Travels on there? Would be in my top 10….Inner Mounting Flame is a mind blowing astounding record.
Great job.I agree .the inner mounting flame is the greatest album of all time.jazz/rock.love your show.
Looks like the debate as to what is the best Jazz Fusion Lp - Kawaida, Canyon Lady or Crossings has been overlooked?
The Leprechaun - twee?? It's IMMENSE! 😆😆😆😆
Great list, BUT looks like you forgot Gil Evans Orchestra - Live at Fabrik Hamburg 1986 :). Looking forward to your top 100 Jazz albums.
You know these 'Jazz rock cats' - Would they be 'Hep-cats'?
Wait, there are 100 jazz fusion albums out there ?
Herding jazzrockCats? Funny funny! I love cats. Jazz fusion? I know naathin.. Colosseum II, Al Di meola Brand x That's it. I'm trying to take this all in and your enthusiasm is appreciated.
Not bad. I'd put Emergency at #1 though.
I was losing sleep prior to the release of this list and my anxiety and stress has increased.
I don't see Ready or Not by Ray Russell. That album absolutely kicks arse. And there's no Destroy all Nels Cline by Nels Cline. That's an absolute masterpiece.
Aaaahrghhhhh!!!!! Aaaaaaaargghhhhhhh!!!!!!!
I'm hyperventilating. I'm hyperventilating...aaaarghh
Another good ranking video but I think you should break these up into chunks of 25 at a time and make 4 videos for each list. Also use props (records, CDs) if you can.
That is what I do on my other videos. This was about trying to get through 100 albums in one video. It would defeat the object of the video to do that. And I don't own all the albums on this list and adding album art digitally like I usually do would have taken days. That is why you get the list at the end instead.
That was a weird meltdown you had at the end of the video, almost like you got possessed 😅
Billy Cobham
TOTAL ECLIPSE
Who feels Pete Cosey's contributions to Miles Davis is severely disrespected???
I do.
His work on Agharta and pangea was once in a lifetime.
I'm so grateful those two shows were captured 🙏
And I don't discredit miles at all for being beat to shit and hurting and used up and leaning on other musicians at that time because they killed it and when he did decide to open up even on the second one he is lightning in a bottle.
@@adamguinnmusic5871 Talking about being grateful: I'm not a big fan of bootleg concert recordings; I think the sound quality is atrocious. Nonetheless those bootlegs come in handy to document Cosey's abilities!!!
I saw Last Exit at the Shaw Theatre, it was.. interesting.
Damn it !!! You talked about Robert bloody Wyatt and I missed it ?? No no no I have to hear you talk about one of my all time heroes. Why ? - I don’t hear you asking. For starters, he was a wild madman as a drummer. Without his drumming holding it together I’m not sure the Syd Barrett would have held together without him. Then after he was paralyzed he fell back on his voice which I do a disservice to by calling it angelic but it’s undoubtedly otherworldly. And he’s never made a bad album from the unique Rock Bottom onward. Furthermore he’s a communist to this day and damnit, he’s sticking with it ! He may be the last communist in the United Kingdom but I can’t help but admire his stubbornness. He’s one of my favorites and I want to hear you prattle on about him !
Great call on ‘Baselines’. As an admittedly mediocre bassist myself you can imagine how much respect I have for that album. His album ‘Hear No Evil’ is very similar and almost just as good.
No David Sancious ?
SERIOUSLY ?!?!?
You've given me several albums I need to check out which is great. Always looking for new music to discover.
There are still omissions. Cannot leave out Bill Bruford's electronic Earthworks explorations. The last studio album is probably best, "All Heaven Broke Loose".
I love Don Ellis. Although "Electric Bath" is best known, a few subsequent albums I think are better choices. Perhaps "Tears of Joy" and "Autumn".
I think Miles Davis got better with his move to Warner in the '80s and "Tutu". Is "On the Corner" fusion? It's certainly unique and influenced hip hop decades later.
Have to include "Moroccan Roll" by Brand X. Just as good as "Unorthodox Behaviour", perhaps better.
Hard to choose when we get closer to jazz funk than jazz fusion. For Herbie agree with "Sextant". I've always liked "Thrust" more than "Headhunters".
JLP needs more. "Imaginary Voyage" or "Cosmic Messenger".
Zappa: need "The Grand Wazoo".
Pat Metheny Group (self titled) I play often. Beautiful piano from Lyle Mays.
CTI albums? Crusaders? Perhaps Brian Auger.
What no "Bongo in the congo" by Rudi and Spider? 😂
A personal favourite I missed on your list is Citadel / Room 315 by Mike Westbrook. This features great compositions and playing, walking a line between big band jazz, free jazz and jazz rock. Also disappointed to see no room for Barbara Thompson in the list.
For me:
>> Elektric Band's Eye of the Beholder would replace their first record on the list.
>> Brand X Masques would replace Unorthodox Behavior on the list.
>> PMG - Still Life (Talking) needs to be in the list.
>> Also WR - Night Passage.
>> Also Wayne Shorter - High Life.
>> One of my favorite fuzak records is Shadow Play by L.A. Express. (ignore the 2 disco songs)
>> Aja needs to be mentioned somewhere on the list.
Eye of the Beholder is definitely Elektric Band's best album.
Yup, Steely Dan is "jazz rock", but is jazz rock, jazz fusion? I dunno, but yeah, the Dan needs represented here as their records are easily better than 1/3 of this list
I love "Masques" first heard "The poke" on John Peel (I know, strange eh?). This and "Livestock" are the two I listen to the most.
Definitely can't leave out total eclipse. Something average in the list can easily be sacrificed for it. I'm gona write out my own list. And i think I'll put a few well known fusion artists not appearing in this one.:)
yup, that's another one that should be here. Total Eclipse is a more enjoyable listen than Stratus for starters
@@colinburroughs9871 i always group crosswinds and total eclipse.. not sure if both feature abercrombie but nothing on crosswinds can compare to the epic first track on total eclipse
Anyone got the list? Andy, you have the list-post it please!
I must be honest I'm sort of skim/skipping through this so I suppose I've missed where you've placed Metal Fatigue, Land of the Midnight Sun and anything by David Sancious?
DON'T TELL ME!!!
I'll just have to start from the beginning again.
BT Dubz - can you stretch things a little and include an honourable mention? It's the last track of a disco album. Can you guess what is it?
No Soft Machine albums in here?
Wheres Gateway? ( im hoping its in here)
Werewolf by The Fourth Way live at Montreax might interest you.
I've got to come back to this to finish it, but so far.... very impressed, proud of you! I imagine you didn't mention Nicky Skopelitis (just because you went by Bill Laswell without a mention) -- who deserves much of the credit generally given to Laswell; and, not always considereed fusion (but definitely according to your listing it should be) -- Ronald Shannon Jackson & the Decoding Society -- giving rise to the young Vernon Reid's work and Melvin Gibbs' work, let alone Shannon himself being as great a drummer and composer as anyone else mentioned.... (but maybe you got to Shannon? Certainly impressed that you squeezed in Joyous Lake, after thinking you skipped Martino...). I'll come back to finish in a second dose, having had to stop here after the great Jon Hassell (yes, you are correct -- brilliant...); will return....
Taboo by Decoding Society is on the list. Check out my interview with Calvin Weston on New Years Day
Shannon always had the Guitar Players that mattered.
Vernon you named, David Fiyuszinski and the Late Great Jef Lee Johnson should be on every Jazzrock Fans Diet.
@@AndyEdwardsDrummer Nice -- I"ll get to it! Great record. I love Street Priest, Man Dance, Barbeque Dog most, probably; but then I love what Jef Lee Johnson brought later, too. Taboo is brilliant!
@@erikheddergott5514 Indeed, took me a while to scour for all the Jef Lee "solo" cds, but I managed. Under-appreciated genius, too. And Fuze of course. And Jack DeSalvo. And Greg Prickett.
@@wagstaff6135 Thanks for adding Jack and Greg. Shannon also made some Musik with the classical Guitar Player Elliot Fisk.
And let‘s not forget Masujaa, Steve Salas and Gary DeNigris.
another name not mentioned, Ian Carr he was very prolific
Do you know ETNA?
Annette Peacock for sure
Yes!
How about a top 100 Space Rock albums of all time!
Would be cool
The Lonely Bears recommendation with Terry Bozzio doing Terry stuff.. awesome. I should probably just do this list one by one. (yikes)
This one's gona break the internet for sure!
I hope so!