Genre Favorites #2: Jazz Fusion
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NickVolos 
"The word Fusion has been so liberally used since the late '60s that it's become almost meaningless. Fusion's original definition was best: a mixture of jazz improvisation with the power and rhythms of rock. Up until around 1967, the worlds of jazz and rock were nearly completely separate. But as rock became more creative and its musicianship improved, and as some in the jazz world became bored with hard bop and did not want to play strictly avant-garde music, the two different idioms began to trade ideas and occasionally combine forces. By the early '70s, fusion had its own separate identity as a creative jazz style (although snubbed by many purists) and such major groups as Return to Forever, Weather Report, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Miles Davis' various bands were playing high-quality fusion that mixed some of the best qualities of jazz and rock. Unfortunately, as it became a money-maker and as rock declined artistically from the mid-'70s on, much of what was labeled fusion was actually a combination of jazz with easy-listening pop music and lightweight R&B. The promise of fusion went unfulfilled to an extent, although it continued to exist in groups such as Tribal Tech and Chick Corea's Elektric Band." (from allmusic.com)
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- Chart updated: 05/22/2014 13:45
- (Created: 10/26/2013 08:18).
- Chart size: 37 albums.
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
Year of Release:
1969
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6,737
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
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1969
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7,436
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
Year of Release:
1970
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8,870
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
Year of Release:
1970
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1,501
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[First added to this chart: 02/28/2014]
Year of Release:
1971
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1,193
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
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1971
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430
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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]
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1971
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1,005
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Total albums: 37. Page 1 of 4
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Genre Favorites #2: Jazz Fusion composition
| Decade | Albums | % | |
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| 1930s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1940s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1950s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1960s | 3 | 8% | |
| 1970s | 34 | 92% | |
| 1980s | 0 | 0% | |
| 1990s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2000s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2010s | 0 | 0% | |
| 2020s | 0 | 0% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Miles Davis | 7 | 19% | |
| Chick Corea | 3 | 8% | |
| Frank Zappa | 3 | 8% | |
| Weather Report | 2 | 5% | |
| Al Di Meola | 2 | 5% | |
| Jean-Luc Ponty | 2 | 5% | |
| Herbie Hancock | 2 | 5% | |
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Genre Favorites #2: Jazz Fusion chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 1 from 9th to 10thThe Inner Mounting Flame by The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin |
| Down 1 from 10th to 11thWeather Report by Weather Report |
| Down 1 from 11th to 12thZawinul by Joe Zawinul |
| New entries |
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| Straight Life by Freddie Hubbard |
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| ! | 12/01/2017 20:35 |  Graeme2 | 213 | 94/100 |
| ! | 04/21/2017 01:32 | Reppu1976 | 133 | 88/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2014 20:24 | Error Finn | 115 | 83/100 |
| ! | 02/27/2014 21:43 | PauloPaz | 1,759 | 89/100 |
| ! | 02/18/2014 03:00 |  Mercury | 257 | 95/100 |
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Graeme2 12/01/2017 20:37 | #202475
Graeme2 12/01/2017 20:37 | #202475
C'mon, this chart is old, 100 please!
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Reppu1976 04/21/2017 01:33 | #189608
Nice charts!
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Grimaticus 04/22/2016 03:37 | #164264
Thanks for making these genre charts, nice to see al di meola, and jean luc ponty on here.
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Error Finn 09/18/2014 20:50 | #122224
Check this: Jukka Tolonen - The Hook (1974)
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NickVolos 02/18/2014 13:52 | #103501
NickVolos 02/18/2014 13:52 | #103501
Thanks Mercury. Yeah, you are absolutely right, Stanley Clarke's releases are great as well - maybe will expand this chart at some point. Really, can't rank them - all are equally great to me. They currently sorted in chronological order.
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Mercury 02/18/2014 03:06 | #103466
Mercury 02/18/2014 03:06 | #103466
This is excellent! Love the inclusions here. I recommend checking out Stanley Clarke's Self Titled and perhaps "School Days". Otherwise you touched all the classics and all the greats from the mid 70s period especially. Man! Love it! (And I know you don't want to stretch beyond 30... So maybe just leave it as it is.
And please rank them. I'm interested to see what your faves are.
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Antonio-Pedro 10/26/2013 23:36 | #89333
Antonio-Pedro 10/26/2013 23:36 | #89333
Those years were great
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