Genre Favorites #2: Jazz Fusion
by 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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Filles De Kilimanjaro 

 Miles Davis

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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

362

Rank in 1969:

83

Rank in 1960s:

339

Overall Rank:

3,976

Average Rating:

 81 (116 votes)

Comments:

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Hot Rats 

 Frank Zappa

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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

877 charts

Rank Score:

6,917

Rank in 1969:

10

Rank in 1960s:

37

Overall Rank:

234

Average Rating:

 83 (990 votes)

Comments:

56

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In A Silent Way 

 Miles Davis

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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1969

Appears in:

810 charts

Rank Score:

7,718

Rank in 1969:

9

Rank in 1960s:

33

Overall Rank:

198

Average Rating:

 86 (909 votes)

Comments:

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Bitches Brew 

 Miles Davis

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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

963 charts

Rank Score:

9,201

Rank in 1970:

6

Rank in 1970s:

39

Overall Rank:

154

Average Rating:

 84 (1,207 votes)

Comments:

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My Goal's Beyond 

 Mahavishnu John McLaughlin

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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

60

Rank in 1971:

248

Rank in 1970s:

2,282

Overall Rank:

17,872

Average Rating:

 78 (33 votes)

Comments:

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Third 

 Soft Machine

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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1970

Appears in:

315 charts

Rank Score:

1,627

Rank in 1970:

31

Rank in 1970s:

221

Overall Rank:

1,066

Average Rating:

 79 (380 votes)

Comments:

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Jack Johnson (Original Soundtrack Recording) 
Soundtrack

 Miles Davis

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[First added to this chart: 02/28/2014]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

226 charts

Rank Score:

1,231

Rank in 1971:

35

Rank in 1970s:

275

Overall Rank:

1,384

Average Rating:

 82 (267 votes)

Comments:

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Live-Evil 
Live

 Miles Davis

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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

440

Rank in 1971:

68

Rank in 1970s:

593

Overall Rank:

3,379

Average Rating:

 81 (138 votes)

Comments:

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Straight Life 

 Freddie Hubbard

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Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

89

Rank in 1971:

182

Rank in 1970s:

1,773

Overall Rank:

12,911

Average Rating:

 76 (32 votes)

Comments:

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The Inner Mounting Flame 

 The Mahavishnu Orchestra With John McLaughlin

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[First added to this chart: 10/26/2013]

Year of Release:

1971

Appears in:

257 charts

Rank Score:

1,086

Rank in 1971:

40

Rank in 1970s:

302

Overall Rank:

1,569

Average Rating:

 80 (289 votes)

Comments:

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Genre Favorites #2: Jazz Fusion composition

Country	Albums	%
	27	73%
	4	11%
	3	8%
	2	5%
	1	3%

Genre Favorites #2: Jazz Fusion chart changes

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90/100  !	12/01/2017 20:35	Graeme2	213	94/100
95/100  !	04/21/2017 01:32	Reppu1976	133	88/100
95/100  !	09/18/2014 20:24	Error Finn	115	83/100
90/100  !	02/27/2014 21:43	PauloPaz	1,759	89/100
100/100  !	02/18/2014 03:00	Mercury	257	95/100

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From Graeme2 12/01/2017 20:37 | #202475

C'mon, this chart is old, 100 please!

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From Reppu1976 04/21/2017 01:33 | #189608

Nice charts!

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From Error Finn 09/18/2014 20:50 | #122224

Check this: Jukka Tolonen - The Hook (1974)

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From 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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From Antonio-Pedro 10/26/2013 23:36 | #89333

Those years were great

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