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Is it rock? Jazz? Or something in between?

Jazz-Rock (or Jazz Fusion) entered the music scene in the late 1960s and early 1970s, combining elements of progressive rock music with the improvisational elements of jazz.

It was the time when many musical artists, from Miles Davis to Frank Zappa, used amplified and electronic instruments with which to create complex rhythmic patterns, weird time signatures, and very long tracks that included seemingly endless solo improvisations. .

With hindsight, it would be easy to refer to jazz fusion as an “era” rather than a genre. Indeed, in the late ’60s and early’ 70s fusion was hugely popular, producing a bewildering litany of bands and musicians breaking new ground and pushing jazz-rock to extreme limits.

Here is a list of the top 10 Jazz Fusion albums that have received critical acclaim:

1. Bitches Brew – Miles Davis

Main instrument: Keyboards / Ensemble

Year: 1969

Tracks: Pharaoh’s Dance, Bitches Brew, Spanish Key, John McLaughlin, Miles Runs the Voodoo Down, Sanctuary

2. Third – Soft machine

Year: 1970

Main instrument: Keyboards / Ensemble

Tracks: Face lift (Live), A little all the time, Moon in June, Out-Bloody-Rageous, Out-Bloody-Rageous (Live), Facelift, Esther’s Nosejob

3. The Inner Mounting Flame – Mahavishnu Orchestra

Main instrument: electric guitar

Year: 1971

Tracks: Meeting of the Spirits, Dawn, The Noonward Race, A Lotus on Irish Streams, Vital Transformation, The Dance of Maya, You Know You Know, Awakening

4. Caravanserai – Santana

Main instrument: electric guitar

Year: 1972

Tracks: Eternal caravan of reincarnation, inner waves, look up (to see what happens), just in time to see the sun, song of the wind, all the love in the universe, primitive future, stone flower, La Fuente del Ritmo, every step of the way

5. Where did I know you before – Return To Forever

Main instrument: Keyboards / Ensemble

Year: 1974

Tracks: Vulcan worlds, where have I loved you before, the shadow of love, where have I danced with you before, beyond the seventh galaxy, the juice of the earth, where have I known you before, song to the pharaoh kings

6. School days – Stanley Clarke

Main instrument: electric bass

Year: 1976

Tracks: School days, quiet afternoon, the dancer, desert song, hot fun, life is just a game

7. Jaco Pastorius – Jaco Pastorius

Main instrument: electric bass

Year: 1976

Tracks: Donna Lee, Come On, Come Over, Continuum, Kuru / Speak Like A Child, Portrait of Tracy, Opus Pocus, Okonkole y Trompa, (Used To Be A) Cha-Cha, Forgotten Love, (Used To Be A) Cha- Cha, 6/4 Jam

8. Romantic Warrior – Forever Return

Main instrument: Keyboards / Ensemble

Year: 1976

Tracks: Medieval overture, Witch, The romantic warrior, Majestic dance, The magician, Duel of the jester and the tyrant

9. Heavy weather – Weather report

Year: 1977

Main instrument: Ensemble

Tracks: Birdland, A Note You Made, Teen Town, Arlequin, Rumba Mama, Palladium, The Juggler, Havona

10. Elegant Gypsy – Al Di Meola

Main instrument: electric guitar

Year: 1977

Tracks: Flight over Rio, Midnight Tango, Mediterranean Sundance, Race with the Devil on the Spanish Highway, Lady of Rome, Sister of Brazil, Elegant Gypsy Suite

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Source by Adrian Banks