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MATRIX - Wizard Fusion | review permalink
CHICK COREA - The Mad Hatter Fusion | review permalink
DON ELLIS - Live at Monterrey Progressive Big Band | review permalink
DON ELLIS - Autumn Progressive Big Band | review permalink
FIRYUZA - Фирюза World Fusion | review permalink
JONI MITCHELL - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Vocal Jazz | review permalink
FREDDIE HUBBARD - The Love Connection Fusion | review permalink
HERBIE HANCOCK - Thrust Funk Jazz | review permalink
MICHAL URBANIAK - Michal Urbaniak's Fusion : Atma Fusion | review permalink
MICHAL URBANIAK - Fusion III Fusion | review permalink
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA - Birds of Fire Fusion | review permalink
HERBIE HANCOCK - Crossings Fusion | review permalink
EDDIE HENDERSON - Inside Out Fusion | review permalink
JULIAN PRIESTER - Love, Love Fusion | review permalink
LENNY WHITE - Venusian Summer Fusion | review permalink
AREA - Crac! Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
CARLOS SANTANA - Love Devotion Surrender (with John McLaughlin) Fusion | review permalink
SBB - Pamięć (3) Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
TERJE RYPDAL - Bleak House Fusion | review permalink
SANTANA - Caravanserai Latin Rock/Soul | review permalink
RETURN TO FOREVER - Where Have I Known You Before Fusion | review permalink
FERMÁTA - Pieseň z hôľ ( Song From Ridges) Fusion | review permalink
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA - Apocalypse Fusion | review permalink
EXIL - Fusionen Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
ARTI E MESTIERI - Tilt: Immagini per un orecchio Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
PAUL WINTER - Icarus World Fusion | review permalink
PERIGEO - Abbiamo tutti un blues da piangere Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
EDITION SPÉCIALE - Horizon digital Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
LONNIE LISTON SMITH - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes : Astral Traveling Fusion | review permalink
LONNIE LISTON SMITH - Lonnie Liston Smith And The Cosmic Echoes : Visions Of A New World Fusion | review permalink
DIANA KRALL - Live in Paris (aka A Night In Paris) Vocal Jazz
DIANA KRALL - Live In Paris Vocal Jazz | review permalink
ME'SHELL NDEGÉOCELLO - Red Hot & Ra - The Magic City 21st Century Modern
ME'SHELL NDEGÉOCELLO - The Omnichord Real Book Nu Jazz
JOHN LEE AND GERRY BROWN - Mango Sunrise Fusion | review permalink
PAT METHENY - Pat Metheny Group : Still Life (Talking) World Fusion | review permalink
PAT METHENY - As Falls Wichita, So Falls Wichita Falls (with Lyle Mays) Post-Fusion Contemporary | review permalink
WAYNE SHORTER - Speak No Evil Post Bop | review permalink
CORTEX (FRANCE) - Troupeau bleu RnB | review permalink
JUKKA HAURU - Episode Fusion | review permalink
CHRIS HINZE - Sister Slick Fusion | review permalink
JOHN ABERCROMBIE - Gateway (with Dave Holland & Jack DeJohnette) Fusion | review permalink
MILES DAVIS - E.S.P. Post Bop | review permalink
MILES DAVIS - Miles Davis Quintet : Miles Smiles Post Bop | review permalink
JOHN ABERCROMBIE - Sargasso Sea (with Ralph Towner) Post-Fusion Contemporary | review permalink
RALPH TOWNER - Solstice Post-Fusion Contemporary | review permalink
HIROMI - Hiromi's Sonicwonder : Out There Fusion | review permalink
EBERHARD WEBER - Silent Feet Third Stream | review permalink
OZRIC TENTACLES - Technicians Of The Sacred Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
JAN AKKERMAN - Jan Akkerman & Kaz Lux ‎: Eli Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
MAGMA - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
MILES DAVIS - Kind of Blue Cool Jazz | review permalink
RETURN TO FOREVER - Live The Complete Concert Fusion | review permalink
MAGMA - Félicité Thösz Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
OIAPOK - OisoL​ü​n Nu Jazz | review permalink
ACCORDO DEI CONTRARI - Violato Intatto Fusion | review permalink
HIROMI - Hiromi's Sonicbloom ‎: Time Control Fusion | review permalink
JEFF BECK - Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scott's Fusion | review permalink
FRANK ZAPPA - You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Volume 2 Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
SBB - Memento Z Banalnym Tryptykiem Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
UTOPIANISTI - The Third Frontier Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
ANTOINE FAFARD - Ad Perpetuum Fusion | review permalink
KBB - Lost and Found Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
JAZZCOMPUTER.ORG - Forest Stairways Jazz Related Electronica/Hip-Hop | review permalink
MONOBODY - Monobody Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
JACO PASTORIUS - Jaco Pastorius Fusion | review permalink
HERMANN SZOBEL - Szobel Fusion | review permalink
LABORATORIUM - Modern Pentathlon Fusion | review permalink
MATRIX - Matrix (aka IX) Fusion | review permalink
MISSUS BEASTLY - Dr. Aftershave And The Mixed-Pickles Fusion | review permalink
MISSUS BEASTLY - Missus Beastly Fusion | review permalink
'IGGINBOTTOM - 'Igginbottom's Wrench Pop/Art Song/Folk | review permalink
CHICK COREA - The Leprechaun Fusion | review permalink
DON ELLIS - Electric Bath Progressive Big Band | review permalink
SHAKTI / REMEMBER SHAKTI - Natural Elements (with John McLaughlin) World Fusion | review permalink
STEELY DAN - Aja RnB | review permalink
JEAN-LUC PONTY - Cosmic Messenger Fusion | review permalink
JEFF BECK - Blow by Blow Fusion | review permalink
NOVA - Vimana Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
GUNESH - Гунеш (Gunesh) World Fusion | review permalink
CHUTE LIBRE - Ali Baba Fusion | review permalink
BILL CONNORS - Of Mist and Melting (with Jan Garbarek, Gary Peacock, Jack DeJohnette) Fusion | review permalink
MICHAL URBANIAK - Michał Urbaniak Constellation : Super Constellation Fusion | review permalink
MICHAL URBANIAK - Parathypus B Fusion | review permalink
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA - The Inner Mounting Flame Fusion | review permalink
EDDIE HENDERSON - Realization Fusion | review permalink
HERBIE HANCOCK - Mwandishi Fusion | review permalink
SOFT MACHINE - Bundles Fusion | review permalink
BILLY COBHAM - Total Eclipse Fusion | review permalink
RETURN TO FOREVER - Romantic Warrior Fusion | review permalink
MIROSLAV VITOUS - Purple Fusion | review permalink
FLEA / ETNA - Etna Fusion | review permalink
AL DI MEOLA - Land of the Midnight Sun Fusion | review permalink
DAVID AXELROD - Songs Of Innocence Exotica | review permalink
DEODATO - Prelude Pop/Art Song/Folk | review permalink
TOTO BLANKE - Spider's Dance Fusion | review permalink
JEAN-LUC PONTY - King Kong Fusion | review permalink
LARRY YOUNG - Spaceball Fusion | review permalink
LARRY CORYELL - Offering Fusion | review permalink
ELECTROMAGNETS - Electromagnets Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
BENNIE MAUPIN - The Jewel in the Lotus Fusion | review permalink
RETURN TO FOREVER - No Mystery Fusion | review permalink
RETURN TO FOREVER - Hymn of the Seventh Galaxy Fusion | review permalink
JAZZ Q PRAHA /JAZZ Q - Pozorovatelna Fusion | review permalink
SANTANA - Welcome Fusion | review permalink
NEIL ARDLEY - Kaleidoscope of Rainbows Third Stream | review permalink
OUT OF FOCUS - Four Letter Monday Afternoon Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
BRIAN AUGER - Straight Ahead (as Brian Auger's Oblivion Express) Fusion | review permalink
WEATHER REPORT - Sweetnighter Fusion | review permalink
OUT OF FOCUS - Rat Roads Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
VOLKER KRIEGEL - Inside: Missing Link Fusion | review permalink
JOHN MCLAUGHLIN - Devotion (aka Marbles) Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
NUCLEUS - We'll Talk About It Later Fusion | review permalink
PIERRE COURBOIS - Earwax (as Association P.C.) Fusion | review permalink
LARRY CORYELL - Spaces Fusion | review permalink
LARRY YOUNG - Lawrence of Newark World Fusion | review permalink
MOOSE LOOSE - Moose Loose Fusion | review permalink
HERBIE HANCOCK - Head Hunters Funk Jazz | review permalink
TONY WILLIAMS - The Tony Williams Lifetime ‎: Emergency!(2LP) Fusion | review permalink
STANLEY CLARKE - Stanley Clarke Fusion | review permalink
LARRY CORYELL - Barefoot Boy Fusion | review permalink
WEATHER REPORT - Mysterious Traveller Fusion | review permalink
HERBIE MANN - Stone Flute Fusion | review permalink
PERIGEO - Azimut Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
FERMÁTA - Fermàta Fusion | review permalink
MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA - Visions of the Emerald Beyond Fusion | review permalink
BRAND X - Unorthodox Behaviour Fusion | review permalink
WEATHER REPORT - Heavy Weather Fusion | review permalink
FERMÁTA - Huascaran Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
ICEBERG - Sentiments Fusion | review permalink
EDITION SPÉCIALE - Aliquante Fusion | review permalink
JEAN-LUC PONTY - Imaginary Voyage Fusion | review permalink
EBERHARD WEBER - The Following Morning Third Stream | review permalink
JEAN-LUC PONTY - Aurora Fusion | review permalink
JEAN-LUC PONTY - Enigmatic Ocean Fusion | review permalink
TOTO BLANKE - Toto Blanke's Electric Circus Featuring Stu Goldberg : Friends Fusion | review permalink
EX VITAE - Mandarine Fusion | review permalink
GONG - Gazeuse! (aka Expresso) Fusion | review permalink
FINNFOREST - Lähtö Matkalle Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
RONNIE LAWS - Pressure Sensitive Funk Jazz | review permalink
ICEBERG - Arc-En-Ciel Fusion | review permalink
LONNIE LISTON SMITH - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes : Cosmic Funk Fusion | review permalink
DIANA KRALL - The Look of Love Vocal Jazz
JOHN LEE AND GERRY BROWN - Infinite Jones (aka Bamboo Madness) Fusion | review permalink
PAT METHENY - Orchestrion Fusion | review permalink
PAT METHENY - Dream Box Post-Fusion Contemporary | review permalink
PAT METHENY - From This Place Fusion | review permalink
PAT METHENY - Pat Metheny Group : The Way Up Fusion | review permalink
PAT METHENY - Pat Metheny Group : Speaking Of Now World Fusion | review permalink
PAT METHENY - Pat Metheny Group ‎: Imaginary Day World Fusion | review permalink
CHARLIE HADEN - Beyond The Missouri Sky (with Pat Metheny) Post-Fusion Contemporary | review permalink
PAT METHENY - Secret Story Fusion | review permalink
PAT METHENY - Pat Metheny Group ‎: Letter From Home World Fusion | review permalink
CHASE - Chase Pop/Art Song/Folk | review permalink
LONNIE LISTON SMITH - Love Is The Answer Fusion | review permalink
MICHAL URBANIAK - Ecstasy RnB | review permalink
DONALD BYRD - Street Lady Funk Jazz | review permalink
KLAUS DOLDINGER/PASSPORT - Looking Thru Fusion | review permalink
FREDDIE HUBBARD - First Light Fusion | review permalink
FREDDIE HUBBARD - Red Clay Hard Bop | review permalink
LES MCCANN - Invitation to Openness Fusion | review permalink
JUKKA HAURU - Information Fusion | review permalink
KLAUS DOLDINGER/PASSPORT - Second Passport (aka Doldinger) Fusion | review permalink
OMAR RODRÍGUEZ-LÓPEZ - Omar Rodriguez Lopez Quintet ‎: The Apocalypse Inside Of An Orange Eclectic Fusion | review permalink
STAN GETZ - Getz/Gilberto Bossa Nova | review permalink
ASSOCIATION P.C. - Association / Pierre Courbois ‎: Earwax Fusion | review permalink
DREAMS - Dreams RnB | review permalink
JAZZ Q PRAHA /JAZZ Q - Symbiosis Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
AZTECA - Azteca Latin Rock/Soul | review permalink
BRIAN AUGER - Streetnoise (Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll And The Trinity) Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
JEAN-LUC PONTY - Ponty - Grappelli Fusion | review permalink
LARRY CORYELL - The Eleventh House Featuring Larry Coryell : Level One Fusion | review permalink
CHARLIE MARIANO - Cascade Fusion | review permalink
MIROSLAV VITOUS - Magical Shepherd Fusion | review permalink
BRAND X - Moroccan Roll Fusion | review permalink
BOB JAMES - Touchdown Pop/Art Song/Folk | review permalink
SANTANA - Lotus Fusion | review permalink
ALICE COLTRANE - Turiya Alice Coltrane & Devadip Carlos Santana : Illuminations World Fusion | review permalink
DEN ZA DEN - Den Za Den Fusion | review permalink
EXTRA BALL - Birthday (aka Narodziny) Fusion | review permalink
EX OVO PRO - Dance Lunatic Fusion | review permalink
MILES DAVIS - Seven Steps to Heaven Post Bop | review permalink
PAT METHENY - Bright Size Life Post Bop | review permalink
POP WORKSHOP - Vol. 1 Fusion | review permalink
DONALD BYRD - Caricatures Funk Jazz | review permalink
LARRY CORYELL - Basics Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
KLAUS DOLDINGER/PASSPORT - Iguaçu Funk Jazz | review permalink
ART FARMER - Art Farmer with Joe Henderson ‎: Yama Fusion | review permalink
ZAKIR HUSSAIN - Making Music World Fusion | review permalink
HERBIE HANCOCK - Man-Child Funk Jazz | review permalink
HERBIE HANCOCK - Takin' Off Hard Bop | review permalink
EDDIE HENDERSON - Heritage Post Bop | review permalink
EDDIE HENDERSON - Sunburst Fusion | review permalink
STANLEY CLARKE - Journey to Love Fusion | review permalink
BLUE EFFECT (M. EFEKT) - Svitanie (as M Efekt) Fusion | review permalink
EBERHARD WEBER - The Colours of Chloë Fusion | review permalink
FINNFOREST - Finnforest Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
JOHN ABERCROMBIE - Timeless Fusion | review permalink
DAVID AXELROD - Strange Ladies Progressive Big Band | review permalink
OZRIC TENTACLES - Jurassic Shift Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
OZRIC TENTACLES - Waterfall Cities Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
OZRIC TENTACLES - Spirals in Hyperspace Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
OZRIC TENTACLES - The Floor's Too Far Away Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
OZRIC TENTACLES - Space for the Earth Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
OZRIC TENTACLES - Lotus Unfolding Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
JAN AKKERMAN - Jan Akkerman Fusion | review permalink
MAGMA - Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
FOCUS - Hamburger Concerto Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
FRANK ZAPPA - Hot Rats Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
FRANK ZAPPA - Lumpy Gravy Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
FRANK ZAPPA - The Grand Wazoo (The Mothers) Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
JAGA JAZZIST - Starfire Jazz Related Electronica/Hip-Hop | review permalink
FOCUS - Focus II (aka Moving Waves) Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
FOCUS - Focus III Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
AREA - Arbeit Macht Frei (Il Lavoro Rende Liberi) Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
MAGMA - K.A Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
MAGMA - Slag Tanz Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
STEELY DAN - Gaucho RnB | review permalink
BONDAGE FRUIT - Bondage Fruit Eclectic Fusion | review permalink
BONDAGE FRUIT - Skin Eclectic Fusion | review permalink
SUPERSISTER - Present from Nancy (aka Supersister) Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
SUPERSISTER - To the Highest Bidder Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
INNER EAR BRIGADE - Rainbro Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
INNER EAR BRIGADE - Dromology Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
UT GRET - Ancestors' Tale Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
MANNA/MIRAGE - Man Out Of Time Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
MANNA/MIRAGE - Autoniographie Nu Jazz | review permalink
ZAO - Kawana Fusion | review permalink
JAZZCOMPUTER.ORG - Elsewhere Jazz Related Electronica/Hip-Hop | review permalink
SONAR - Vortex Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
SONAR - Tranceportation (Volume 1) (with David Torn) Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
MONOBODY - Raytracing Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
EDDIE HENDERSON - Comin Through Funk Jazz | review permalink
MISSUS BEASTLY - Space Guerilla Fusion | review permalink
DON ELLIS - Live in 3 2/3/4 Time Progressive Big Band | review permalink
DON ELLIS - Shock Treatment Progressive Big Band | review permalink
GABOR SZABO - Macho Funk Jazz | review permalink
FREDDIE HUBBARD - Polar AC Fusion | review permalink
FROM - Power On! Fusion | review permalink
FROM - "0611" Cat Quarter Fusion
MICHAL URBANIAK - Fusion (aka Super Constellation) Fusion | review permalink
MICHAL URBANIAK - Body English Fusion | review permalink
DEDALUS - Dedalus Fusion | review permalink
MILES DAVIS - Bitches Brew Fusion | review permalink
HERBIE HANCOCK - Sextant Fusion | review permalink
WEATHER REPORT - Weather Report Fusion | review permalink
MOMBASA - African Rhythms & Blues African Fusion | review permalink
GEORGE DUKE - Feel Funk Jazz | review permalink
WEATHER REPORT - Black Market Fusion | review permalink
LARRY CORYELL - Planet End Fusion | review permalink
BERITS HALSBAND - Berits Halsband Fusion | review permalink
CORONARIAS DANS - Visitor Fusion | review permalink
PEKKA POHJOLA - Harakka Bialoipokku / B the Magpie Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
FREDDIE HUBBARD - Sky Dive Fusion | review permalink
MOVING GELATINE PLATES - The World Of Genius Hans Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
BUSTER WILLIAMS - Pinnacle Fusion | review permalink
STANLEY CLARKE - School Days Fusion | review permalink
AXIS - Axis Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
SLOCHE - J'un Oeil Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
GEORGE DUKE - Faces in Reflection Fusion | review permalink
ABLUTION - Ablution Fusion | review permalink
ARENA - Arena Fusion | review permalink
BILLY COBHAM - Crosswinds Fusion | review permalink
OUT OF FOCUS - Not Too Late Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
ISOTOPE - Illusion Fusion | review permalink
ENERGIT - Energit Fusion | review permalink
BILLY COBHAM - Spectrum Fusion | review permalink
TIHOMIR POP ASANOVIC - Majko Zemljo Funk Jazz | review permalink
TONY WILLIAMS - The New Tony Williams Lifetime ‎: Believe It Fusion | review permalink
BRIAN AUGER - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express Fusion | review permalink
MIROSLAV VITOUS - Infinite Search (aka Mountain In The Clouds aka The Bass) Fusion | review permalink
GIANTS - Giants (aka San Francisco Giants) Latin Rock/Soul | review permalink
LARRY CORYELL - Introducing The Eleventh House Fusion | review permalink
NOVA - Blink Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
LONNIE LISTON SMITH - Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes : Expansions Fusion | review permalink
DIANA KRALL - Love Scenes Vocal Jazz
DIANA KRALL - When I Look in Your Eyes Vocal Jazz
PUPPENHAUS - Jazz Macht Spazz Fusion | review permalink
PAT METHENY - Pat Metheny Group : We Live Here Fusion
PAT METHENY - Pat Metheny Group ‎: The Falcon And The Snowman (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Jazz Related Soundtracks
PAT METHENY - Pat Metheny Group : First Circle World Fusion | review permalink
PAT METHENY - Pat Metheny Group ‎: Offramp World Fusion | review permalink
PAT METHENY - New Chautauqua Post-Fusion Contemporary | review permalink
PAT METHENY - Pat Metheny Group Fusion
MILES DAVIS - Nefertiti Post Bop | review permalink
LONNIE LISTON SMITH - Exotic Mysteries Fusion | review permalink
LONNIE LISTON SMITH - Loveland Fusion | review permalink
LONNIE LISTON SMITH - Dreams of Tomorrow Fusion | review permalink
LONNIE LISTON SMITH - Reflections Of A Golden Dream Fusion | review permalink
MICHAL URBANIAK - Michal Urbaniak's Fusion Feat. Urszula Dudziak : Heritage Fusion | review permalink
DONALD BYRD - Places and Spaces Funk Jazz | review permalink
BOBBI HUMPHREY - Blacks and Blues Funk Jazz | review permalink
DONALD BYRD - Ethiopian Knights Funk Jazz | review permalink
DONALD BYRD - Black Byrd Funk Jazz | review permalink
FREDDIE HUBBARD - Straight Life Fusion | review permalink
KLAUS DOLDINGER/PASSPORT - Passport Fusion | review permalink
BRIAN AUGER - Closer To It! (as Brian Auger's Oblivion Express) Soul Jazz | review permalink
KEITH JARRETT - Jan Garbarek, Keith Jarrett, Palle Danielsson, Jon Christensen : Belonging Post Bop | review permalink
DONALD BYRD - Electric Byrd Fusion | review permalink
ASSOCIATION P.C. - Rock Around The Cock Fusion | review permalink
GINO VANNELLI - Storm at Sunup Pop/Art Song/Folk | review permalink
CHICAGO - Transit Authority Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
TOSHIYUKI MIYAMA - Yamataifu (with Masahiko Sato) Progressive Big Band | review permalink
JEFF BECK - Wired Fusion | review permalink
GUNESH - Вижу Землю (I See The Earth) World Fusion | review permalink
JEAN-LUC PONTY - Upon the Wings of Music Fusion | review permalink
JEAN-LUC PONTY - A Taste for Passion Fusion | review permalink
JOHN LEE AND GERRY BROWN - Still Can't Say Enough Fusion | review permalink
LARRY CORYELL - Aspects (featuring The Eleventh House) Fusion | review permalink
CHRIS HINZE - Virgin Sacrifice Jazz Related Improv/Composition | review permalink
CHRIS HINZE - Chris Hinze Combination : Mission Suite World Fusion | review permalink
JASPER VAN 'T HOF - Eye-Ball Fusion | review permalink
TOOTS THIELEMANS - Toots Thielemans / Philip Catherine & Friends (aka Two Generations) Fusion | review permalink
LARRY CORYELL - Lady Coryell Fusion | review permalink
LEB I SOL - Ručni Rad Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
LEB I SOL - Leb i Sol 2 Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
BOB JAMES - BJ4 Pop/Art Song/Folk | review permalink
BOB JAMES - Two Pop/Art Song/Folk | review permalink
BOB JAMES - Heads Pop/Art Song/Folk | review permalink
BOB JAMES - Bob James & Earl Klugh ‎: One On One Pop/Art Song/Folk | review permalink
BOB JAMES - Lucky Seven Pop/Art Song/Folk | review permalink
BRIAN AUGER - Second Wind (as Brian Auger's Oblivion Express) Fusion | review permalink
KLAUS DOLDINGER/PASSPORT - Hand Made Fusion | review permalink
SANTANA - Santana Latin Rock/Soul | review permalink
EX OVO PRO - European Spassvogel Fusion | review permalink
MILES DAVIS - Filles de Kilimanjaro Fusion | review permalink
POP WORKSHOP - Song Of The Pterodactyl Fusion | review permalink
KLAUS DOLDINGER/PASSPORT - Infinity Machine Fusion | review permalink
KLAUS DOLDINGER/PASSPORT - Ataraxia (aka Sky Blue aka Klaus Doldinger) Fusion | review permalink
KLAUS DOLDINGER/PASSPORT - Garden of Eden Fusion | review permalink
ALPHONSE MOUZON - Mind Transplant Fusion | review permalink
MIKE MAINIERI - Journey Thru An Electric Tube Fusion | review permalink
LARRY CORYELL - Coryell Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
HERBIE HANCOCK - Empyrean Isles Post Bop | review permalink
LARRY CORYELL - The Lion & The Ram Fusion | review permalink
WEATHER REPORT - Tale Spinnin' Fusion | review permalink
STANLEY CLARKE - Children of Forever Fusion | review permalink
EBERHARD WEBER - Yellow Fields Post Bop | review permalink
BRIAN AUGER - A Better Land (as Brian Auger's Oblivion Express) Pop/Art Song/Folk | review permalink
PLACEBO - Ball Of Eyes Fusion | review permalink
MARC MOULIN - Sam Suffy Funk Jazz | review permalink
CURT CRESS - Curt Cress Clan : CCC Fusion | review permalink
JAZZ Q PRAHA /JAZZ Q - Elegie Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
JERRY GOODMAN - Jerry Goodman & Jan Hammer : Like Children Fusion | review permalink
OZRIC TENTACLES - Pungent Effulgent Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
OZRIC TENTACLES - Erpsongs Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
OZRIC TENTACLES - Erpland Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
OZRIC TENTACLES - Become the Other Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
JON HASSELL - Fourth World, Volume 2: Dream Theory in Malaya World Fusion | review permalink
FROGG CAFE - Bateless Edge Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
FROMUZ - Overlook Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
AL DI MEOLA - Elegant Gypsy Fusion | review permalink
FRANK ZAPPA - Freak Out! (The Mothers Of Invention) Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
FRANK ZAPPA - Absolutely Free (The Mothers Of Invention) Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
FRANK ZAPPA - We're Only in It for the Money (The Mothers Of Invention) Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
STOMU YAMASHTA'S GO - Go Live from Paris Fusion | review permalink
AL DI MEOLA - Casino Fusion | review permalink
AL DI MEOLA - Splendido Hotel Fusion | review permalink
AL DI MEOLA - Electric Rendezvous Fusion | review permalink
AL DI MEOLA - Scenario Fusion | review permalink
BILL BRUFORD - Feels Good To Me Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
BILL BRUFORD - One Of A Kind Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
RETURN TO FOREVER - Musicmagic Fusion | review permalink
JAGA JAZZIST - A Livingroom Hush Nu Jazz | review permalink
JAGA JAZZIST - One-Armed Bandit Nu Jazz | review permalink
FROGG CAFE - Creatures Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
AREA - Caution Radiation Area Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
AREA - Maledetti (maudits) Jazz Related Rock
STEELY DAN - Can't Buy a Thrill RnB | review permalink
BONDAGE FRUIT - II Eclectic Fusion | review permalink
ABRETE GANDUL - Enjambre Sísmico Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
ACCORDO DEI CONTRARI - AdC Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
BILL BRUFORD - Gradually Going Tornado Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
SUPERSISTER - Pudding en Gisteren Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
SUPERSISTER - Iskander Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
ARANIS - Made in Belgium Third Stream | review permalink
UTOPIANISTI - Utopianisti II + Utopianisti meets Black Motor & Jon Ballantyne Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
UTOPIANISTI - Reason In Motion African Fusion | review permalink
DEAN WATSON - Fantasizer! Fusion | review permalink
MANNA/MIRAGE - Blue Dogs Fusion | review permalink
MANNA/MIRAGE - Rest of the World Jazz Related Rock | review permalink
ANTOINE FAFARD - Sphère Fusion | review permalink
ZAO - Shekina Fusion | review permalink
MATERIAL - Hallucination Engine Dub/Ska/Reggae | review permalink
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1 Fusion 210 4.28
2 Jazz Related Rock 101 4.24
3 Funk Jazz 19 4.08
4 World Fusion 16 4.44
5 Pop/Art Song/Folk 12 4.13
6 Post Bop 11 4.41
7 RnB 10 4.00
8 Post-Fusion Contemporary 7 4.50
9 Progressive Big Band 7 4.43
10 Eclectic Fusion 7 3.86
11 Nu Jazz 7 4.29
12 Vocal Jazz 6 4.58
13 Jazz Related Electronica/Hip-Hop 5 4.40
14 Latin Rock/Soul 4 4.38
15 Third Stream 4 4.50
16 Jazz Related Soundtracks 2 3.75
17 Jazz Related Improv/Composition 2 3.75
18 Hard Bop 2 4.50
19 African Fusion 2 4.00
20 Bossa Nova 1 4.50
21 Cool Jazz 1 5.00
22 Dub/Ska/Reggae 1 4.00
23 Exotica 1 4.50
24 21st Century Modern 1 5.00
25 Soul Jazz 1 4.00

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CHICK COREA Three Quartets

Album · 1981 · Post Bop
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A highly-touted album that I'd never heard until this year.

1. "Quartet No. 1" (10:09) spectacular, dynamic, and creative jazz with occasional injections of riffs and melodies that just keep wowing me. Eddie and Chick's performances are particularly engaging to me: often taking my attention totally away from the two other musicians (who are both solid--Michael able to surprise me from time to time with interesting sometimes knee-buckling, riffs). (18.5/20)

2. "Quartet No. 3" (9:36) opesning like an old-time big band piece for the first minute or two but then turning into a Post Bop/Hard Bop tune. Nice performances but not quite what I'm looking for. (17.5/20)

3. "Quartet No. 2 - Part 1" (dedicated to Duke Ellington) (7:05) Chick's solo opening shows him revisiting several of his old riffs, exploring variations on them and blending them into sequences heretofore unheard. I do not know Duke Ellington's style or sound very well (I only own a couple albums of his--one a three-disc set with Ella Fitzgerald), but there are components here that truly do feel and sound like what could be Duke's. A second musician (Michael) doesn't even join in until the third minute--the third and fourth not until the 3:34 mark! However, it is likeable and engaging, mostly for its comforting tempo, but also for Eddie's distinctive sound and his solo phrasing style that just seems to speak directly to my heart. Michael's sax play sounds a lot like it's coming from one of Billy Joel's mid-70s albums. I can't honestly say whether or not I will ever care if I hear this again much less recognize it if I do. (13.625/15)

4. "Quartet No. 2 - Part 2" (dedicated to John Coltrane) (11:48) Yes, we're back in the 1960s with The Jazz Messengers or Miles' Second Great Quintet (though I'd argue that Eddie Gómez is a little more dynamic and entertaining than Ron Carter--who I love and respect tremendously--and Steve Gadd is just not, much as he tries, as fierce and explosive as Tony Williams: his cymbal play is just too smooth and "elegant"). The opening bears some resemblance to the music of MAGMA (and, later, ONE SHOT)--which was, of course, greatly inspired by the man to whom this song is dedicated. Of the four separated pieces, this is probably my second favorite. It's got some really interesting and subtly variable tempos and a bit of a looser structure. (22.5/25)

Total Time 38:38

The opening song was immediately accessible and enjoyable, prompting hours of out-loud repetition and improvised variations on and inspirations from the bass and piano melodies. I'm saddened to have to admit that not only were the Post Bop motifs out-of-reach to my puny little brain, the performances of both Mr. Smooth (Steve Gadd) and Michael Brecker rarely managed to captivate my attention.

A-/4.5 stars; a minor masterpiece of rock-infused Post Bop Jazz that is a real treat if you're a fan of either Eddie Gomez or acoustic Chick Corea.

JACO PASTORIUS Jaco Pastorius

Album · 1976 · Fusion
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The first solo studio album produced of the legendary bass innovator's performances of his own compositions. When one takes into consideration the young master's "tender" age of 25 on this record, one can begin to contemplate what the world was being exposed to.

1. "Donna Lee" (2:26) Jaco takes on this Charlie Parker song with solo bass and Don Alias' congas acting as his lone support instrument! The man was a genius! What imagination! What even flow! (4.625/5)

2. "Come On, Come Over" (3:50) full R&B funk: complete with vocals (from no less than Sam & Dave!), active multi-part horn section, and bouncy rhythm guitar-sounding clavinets and other electronic keybaords from no less than the one and only Herbie Hancock. A great tune! I'm very surprised I'd never heard this one before. (9.25/10)

3. "Continuum" (4:31) using Stevie Wonder's melody lines from his 1972 hit "Superwoman" as well as similar Fender Rhodes support from Alex Darqui, Jaco expresses himself quite eloquently, even romantically. Lenny White's drums are suspiciously muted/compressed on the high end--maybe to let the harmonics of Jaco's play stand out or to let Herbie Hancock's electric piano sound shine. (9/10)

4. "Kuru / Speak Like A Child" (7:38) strings open this announcing a dynamic adventure into James-Bond-like cinematic music. Herbie Hancock's piano play is given the first solo while Jaco, Don Alias, and Bobby Economou hold down the rhythm track. Strings only make appearances in the first two minutes as minor accents or breaks between solos, but then in the third minute they're given a rather central place for over a minute with Herbie performing the role of providing accents. At the very end of the fourth minute there is an exciting sped up bridge with Jaco and Herbie momentarily displaying something extra, but then this moves into a more lounge-jazz-like section in which Herbie's piano performs At 5:20 the music speeds up again as the strings re-enter and take over the lead again: slowing and smoothing things out until the next sped up section (which starts at 6:10 and lasts for over a minute). Weird to hear Jaco serving only as a rhythmatist and Herbie and the strings occupying 100% of the solo/front time! (13.5/15)

5. "Portrait Of Tracy" (2:20) gorgeous and mind-blowing solo electric bass. The man was a mind-blowing genius! How can a bass create such a lovely melody by using only harmonics? (4.75/5)

6. "Opus Pocus" (5:25) two steel drums players performing with Jaco, Don Alias and Lenny White holding down a spacious low end while Wayne Shorter takes on the lead with his soprano saxophone. In the third minute Lenny and the steel drummers finally regulate themselves with a forward moving albeit still rather slow groove as Jaco, Wayne, Herbie Hancock's Fender Rhodes, and the steel drums take off each in their own directions. I love how well they five play off of each other while still remaining loyal to the foundational groove and melody line. (9/10)

7. "Okonkole'y Trompa" (4:21) A song co-composed with percussionist Don Alias, the two take off on a hypnotic journey into African rhythmic minimalism (with Jaco only using bass harmonics for his contribution to the weave)--all the while French horn player Peter Gordon provides a kind of distant future-MARK ISHAM-like dirge. Brilliant! Maybe I've been giving too much credit to KING CRIMSON for their "ground-breaking" polyrhythmic song "Discipline"--which won't reach the public's ears until 1981! (9.75/10)

8. "Used To Be A Cha-cha" (8:52) this Latin groove comes across as something light and upbeat--like a Chick Corea song--as the acoustic jazz instrumentalists contribute more traditional-sounding (albeit, Latin-infused) jazz structure and solos to the top. Hubert Laws' piccolo flute, Herbie Hancock's impeccable piano play, Lenny White's masterful drum play, and Don Alias' fearless percussion play all serve immeasurably to help Jaco express this one: a song for the ages. I'm sure this one has been studied and copied and practiced with by anyone who wants to be anything. Just, Wow! They're all working so hard, I hope they were having fun, too! (19/20)

9. "Forgotten Love" (2:12) just Herbie's piano chord play with support of full strings and Jaco's simple support on bass. Very surprising to see that Jaco is the sole author of this composition. A beautiful study in odd chord progressions. (4.75/5)

Total time 41:35

I remember picking this album up while I was in college (late 1970s) and having great trouble connecting with anything in it. (My young and inexperienced ears and brain were not yet able to comprehend what I was hearing.) Now I finally am able to appreciate--with gratitude--(some) of the genius being put on display for the world to see/hear with this album. It's a humbling yet inspiring. We are so fortunate to have had this man and his talents on the planet--and to have some of his performances and compositions preserved for posterity!

A-/five stars; a minor masterpiece of stunning performances rendered of ground-breaking compositions and ideation. Highly recommended: but only when you're ready to receive ideas and performances well out of the basket of comfort and "normalcy."

COLOSSEUM/COLOSSEUM II The Grass Is Greener

Album · 1970 · Jazz Related Rock
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This album is apparently quite the anomaly in that most of these songs have appeared on previous Colosseum albums but here they employ a different lineup of musicians. Plus, this was an album that was released only in North America- -which seems to indicate that the band (or record company) was trying to gain a foothold across The Pond--one that they had obviously failed to gain with their previous releases. The offerings here are jazz-tinged psychedelic rock album that predicts the music of GENTLE GIANT while reaching back to familiar West Coast psychedelic power rock bands like like The Doors, Spirit, as well as taking advantage of the way paved by more successful British Invaders like The SPENDER DAVIS GROUP, PROCUL HARUM, and LED ZEPPELIN. 1. "Jumping Off the Sun" (3:00) psych rock in a GENTLE GIANT vocal form. The music is a bit closer to the psych rock bands of the late 1960s--like SPIRIT but those vocals sound just Derek Shulman. The musicianship is very high, very tight. (8.75/10)

2. "Lost Angeles" (5:30) this one sounds like a sophisticated THE WHO song with Paul Weller singing the vocal. Drummer Jon Hiseman is so good that you can tell that the rest of the band feeds off of (or is driven by) his powerful skill. Great Jimmy Page-like guitar solo from David Clempson in the third minute. The rest of the band around him (including a second guitar track) are equally great: all focused on delivering the unmitigated CREAM-like power that Hiseman and the spirit of this song seem to demand/require. I can finally hear Dick Heckstall-Smith's sax in the final minutes of this one. Excellent song. (9.3333/10)

3. "Elegy" (3:26) a famous song that brings to mind both SPENCER DAVIS and BRIAN AUGER. Guest vocalist James Litherland has a great, soulful voice. The song's basic chord progression and melodic hooks work very well: a very memorable song. The role of the soprano sax and Neil Ardley's strings is noticeable but not a major contributor. (9.66667/10)

4. "Butty's Blues" (6:45) yes, full on organ-lead blues: the first song on which Dave Greenslade gets to really shine. He's very good--with an excellent horn arrangement behind him from Neil Ardley and excellent bass and drum play from Tony Reeves and Jon Hiseman. Once the amazing "big band" intro is over at 1:28, the song turns into a very typical blues/blues-rock tune--like something JOHN MAYALL or ROBIN TROWER would do. But then the horns return to remind us of the modern juxtaposition and Dick's tenor sax takes a solo in place of the second vocal verse. The dynamic whole-band finish is awesome! I normally don't like blues/blues rock but the participation of the horns makes this very dynamic and exciting. (13.5/15)

5. "Rope Ladder to the Moon" (3:42) an outlier in that this song had not appeared on any previous Colosseum releases, the song was picked up Jack Bruce and made more famous as one of his anthemic concert favorites. It is a very cool song with great vocal, lyrics, melodies, and full-band support music. Rated up purely on the vocal performance & clever lyrics (and delivery). I have the feeling that this song may also have been influential to Derek Shulman and his brothers. (9/10)

6. "Bolero" (5:28) one might laugh upon seeing this title on the page but the band actually do Ravel's original quite some justice with this heavy, full power-rock version. Nice keyboard and sax play over Jon's impeccable drumming, but it's David Clempson's fiery, bold-like-TERRY KATH electric guitar solo that really gives it its unique identity. It is one of those great, truly original and, therefore, iconic guitar solos. As a matter of fact, it's so good (and the rest of the bands' performance on his coattails) that you are actually transported into forgetting that this is Ravel's "Bolero"!! (9.125/10)

7. "The Machine Demands a Sacrifice" (2:48) another song lifted off of the previous year's Valentyne Suite album, this one has a psychedelic feel not unlike that of Iron Butterfly's "In-a-gadda-da-vida"--especially in the drum-and-bass- centered music. (8.75/10)

8. "The Grass Is Greener" (7:31) one of the pieces lifted from the actual "Valentyne Suite," this one is gentler and more prog-tempered than the album's other tunes--probably because it's an instrumental on which the band hope to show off their skills as musicians. I'm surprised at the uncredited full-horn ensemble opening as well as the slower TRAFFIC/Southern Rock tempo. It seems as if all of the band's instruments gain some showing here with full-spotlight solos from Hammond organ, bass, volume-pedal-controlled electric guitar, even sax and drums. The tempo shift into high speed for final three minutes (as well as the long, protracted dénouement at the end) will become such a template for so many Southern Rock bands like LYNYRD SKYNYRD, MOLLY HATCHET, CHARLIE DANIELS, and THE OUTLAWS. (The Allman Brothers were already doing it--so maybe Colosseum picked up the idea from them.) (13.125/15)

Total Time 38:10

I very much like this album: it has great musicianship--feeling as if each member of the band is fully committed to and engaged with each song. At the same time, despite the presence of horn sections on several songs and despite the excellent (probably virtuosic) musicianship, I could probably never be convinced that this music is Jazz-Rock Fusion. It's just progressive blues-rock psychedelia dressed up in some jazz fittings.

B/four stars; though I find the skillful and tight musicianship on this album to be exceptional, the songs are not always aligned with my own personal preferences. At the same time, I can definitely imagine the success and popularity that an album like this would have created in 1970/71.

EDDIE HENDERSON Comin Through

Album · 1977 · Funk Jazz
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Recorded in Eddie's "backyard"--in San Francisco--at Wally Heider Studios--sometime in 1977--the album is reputed to have had a July release from Capitol Records.

1. "Say You Will" (4:28) so this is how it's going to be: Disco Jazz-Funk! There is the skillfully-played musicianship coupled with repetitive dance grooves with their instrumental riff "hooks" and engageable melodies. The main melody as presented by Eddie on his trumpet prepares us for Debbie Harry's awesome 1980 hit, "Rapture," while the mesmerizing bass 'n' drum line beneath feels as if it came straight out of The ISLEY BROTHERS' 1975 release, The Heat Is On (like a slightly less bass-heavy "Fight the Power"). (8.875/10)

2. "Open Eyes" (3:53) slow it down to Bob James pace, Paul Jackson's funky note-sliding bass line is so cool! Active horn section, Patrice Rushen's clavinet, and choir sultry background vocals make for a great cocky-urban groove to fall into. Here the effect of the percussion ensemble is felt and Eddie really lets us hear his trumpet talents. Nice--though it is faded out to end it (indicating, of course, that the original jam went on for some time longer). (9/10)

3. "Morning Song" (5:38) discarding the Disco and R&B stylings for a song is a good thing. Here they are reaching back into the soulful early 70s with a Bob James/Steely Dan kind of spacious style. I like this very much as it reminds me much more of the true essence of some of those original pioneers of Jazz-Rock Fusion--the ones who were seeking to catch listeners with melody, comfort, and ease. Eddie's lead trumpet play is quite smooth and modest, rarely showing his skills, settling more for the engaging melodies of the classic soul singers of the 1960s. (8.875/10)

4. "Movin' On" (5:54) I'm wondering if the "dirty" production on George Cables' electric piano intro was intentional or not. No matter. After 30 seconds of solo electric piano, the band appears with a Disco-lite motif that predicts HERB ALPERT's 1980 hit, "Rise." George's clavinet play above Paul Jackson's centering bass line is great while the electric piano strays and spices things up beneath the steady beat provided by the Locksmith. The long reverbed trumpet notes are pretty cool even if they are mixed a little further back than I would have expected (or liked). With so many percussionists employed for this song I would have expected more noticeable action coming from that department, but no. My favorite part of the song (beside the clavinet and Fender Rhodes play) is Manny Boyd's excellent sax solo in the third and fourth minute. Again, like Herb Alpert in "Rise," Dr. Eddie stays the course pretty firmly with his long- sustained reverb note playing throughout. (9/10)

5. "Return to the Source" (4:32) a song that sounds like a slow-motion version of one of The Isley Brother's popular uptempo funk songs from their Heat Is On-Harvest For the World-Go for Your Guns period (1975-1977). Eddie's muted trumpet play is awesome, the pace a little discombobulating because it's slower than you would want or expect, but it does allow for plenty of chances to observe the talents of band members like the rhythm guitarists and vocal choir. Great rhythm guitar work from Lee Ritenour and some of the album's best trumpet playing by Eddie. (9/10)

6. "The Funk Surgeon" (4:59) fully committed to the Disco era: multiple rhythm guitars, slap and pluck bass, bass- and hi-hat-centered drums, EWF-like horn section, Patrice Rushen's novelty sound of duck-like Mini-Moog--it's all here for a dance-floor novelty song. Which is sad for the way in which Eddie's trumpet becomes so secondary (or tertiary) to the music--even going so far as getting buried within the mix instead of up front. (8.75/10)

7. "Beyond Forever" (4:38) one of the most interesting songs on the album--mostly due to its mid-song tempo increase and the remarkable instrumental performances that come with that. NOt only are the performances of Paul Jackson, George Cables, and Locksmith off the charts impressive, the composition (by George Cables) displays a songwriter who is anything but complacent--someone who wants to continue to keep the exciting, exploratory nature of jazz alive within the music industry. Great song! (Too bad they faded it out again: I would love to hear what else they had to say!) (9.375/10)

8. "Connie" (3:05) an Eddie Henderson composition that finds the flugelhorn player expressing from a tradition that feels closest to that of Miles Davis and/or Freddie Hubbard. George Cables is Eddie's lone accompanist--on a sparkling Fender Rhodes. Very reflective and introspective. I love Eddie's emotional side. (9.25/10)

Total Time: 37:07

Though full of plenty of funk and creativity, this album definitely presents a full commitment to the sounds and styles that were dominating the world of radio- (and sales-) friendly pop music at the time.

A-/4.5 stars; a collection of masterful songs that perfectly reflect so much all that was going on in the dance, radio, and Jazz-Rock Fusion world at the time (mid-1977).

MONOBODY Monobody

Album · 2015 · Jazz Related Rock
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Precisely performed jazzy Math Rock from some youth from Chicago. Gutsy, intelligent, complex and intricate yet delivered tight and with great melodic sense.

1. "Lifeguard of a Helpless Body" (4:15) with the same fast pace and upbeat nature of a TOE (Japan) jam, this sets the tone for the album with some fast-picking (and tapping) guitar work. Such a refreshing sound! (10/10)

2. "I Heard them on the Harbor" (5:56) takes its time in establishing patterns as it opens with several instruments taking turns appearing and disappearing. It is only into the third minute that a rhythm and structure is established and played over--but then is challenged and discarded in lieu of some spacey and then jazzy keyboard. The spacey, spacious soundscape reappears for a while until at 4:18 an entirely new and soft-beat rhythmicity is established and built around. And exquisitely so, I might add! Cool and unusual song. (9/10)

3. "Curry Courier Career" (8:11) opens sounding like an intricate, upbeat WES MONTGOMERY song. It then diverts into I kind of étude in sharp time changes and collective band discipline. Things shift and progress in this song so quickly and suddenly--totally unpredictably. There is, however, a pattern to the song structure here (as opposed to song #2). A song that displays some seriously talented and skilled musicians and some seriously well-rehearsed execution of some seriously well-thought out song composition. Definitely the most jazzy song on the album. (13.5/15)

4. "Exformation" (5:21) opens with some intricate and frenetic guitar tapping leading the band into a stop-and-go kind of rush hour traffic pace. The guitarists melody lines here are seriously (and continuously) fast! Even in the mid-song lull the keyboard and guitar lines are intricate and speedy. STANLEY JORDAN would be impressed! (9/10)

5. "Gilgamesh (R-Texas)" (6:18) lots of interplay between instruments off doing their own thing: staccato rhtymic hits from drums and rhythm instruments, polyrhythmic arpeggi from piano, guitars and synths. It is an amazing display of artistry, vision, discipline and restraint. There's even quite a liteel MUFFINS-like Canterbury play in the chord and melody structures of the third and fourth minutes (and the horns in the fifth minute). Everything drops off at the end of the fifth minute save for an electric piano chord sequence--over which the delicate play of other instruments is added to the end. Another outstanding gem of a song! (10/10)

6. "Country Doctor" (5:25) opens with a simple little piano arpeggio repeated over before countrified big band joins in. The pace is atypically slow for this band until the one minute mark when a wall of KAYO DOT-like electrified sound enters and swallows us. The music vacillates back and forth for a while between the MAUDLIN OF THE WELL like beauty of intricately woven soft-picked instruments and the occasional wake-up call of a blast of heavy metal dynamo then settles into a long section of soft but intricately woven multiple instruments. The final 35 seconds allows instruments final flourishes over a fast piano arpeggio. Beautiful song! My favorite on the album. (10/10)

Every once in a while an album comes out of nowhere to shock and surprise me--and this is one of those. I only wish I had heard it in the year it was released so that I could have had more say in helping to bring attention to it. This is an AMAZING album that is truly worth the while of any prog lover's time and attention. Check it out!

A veritable five star album; a true masterpiece of progressive rock music! But what is it? Post Rock/Math Rock like TOE or ALGERNON? Eclectic Jazz Rock à la FROGG CAFE or UNAKA PRONG? Canterbury jazz like MANNA/MIRAGE/THE MUFFINS? It's a mystery! They're chameleon's! I can't wait to watch their future unfold for the skies are not too high for these talented musicians!

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