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Oct 28, 2010 blues music
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What/Who Are Some Good Jazz Fusion Bands/Bassists?

I am looking for some good jazz fusion bands to listen to, preferably with good bass parts or the names of some good jazz fusion bassists.

I already know of:
Victor Wooten
Stanley Clarke
Marcus MIller
SMV
Jaco Pastorius
Weather Report
Miroslav Vitous
Nathan East

Don’t suggest any of the above, the names of some songs would be helpful if you can’t think of any musicians.

Check out Bruford, a band led by drummer Bill Bruford and featuring bassist supreme Jeff Berlin. They put out three studio albums and one live album back in the 80s. I recommend “Feels Good To Me” and “One Of A Kind”… not so much “Gradually Going Tornado” or “The Bruford Tapes”.

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Bellydance for Beginners with Suhaila: Fitness Fusion – 4 Volume Gift Set (Buns, Jazz, Pilates, Yoga) [VHS] $8.95 …

Elements of Jazz: From Cakewalks to Fusion (3-Pack) This course examines the history of one of America’s great contributions to world culture: the music known as “jazz.” Beginning with the music and dance of the antebellum plantation, this music born from a slave culture would eventually spawn a musical industry that African-American musicians would dominate for decades to come. These lectures follow the story of Jazz in its many shapes, includin…

Jazz and Fusion Guitar [VHS] $24.95 …

Billboard Book of Brazilian Music $10.99 Used – Brazilian music is renowned for being colourful, exotic, lively and entertaining, and this is a celebration of its styles, performers, background and influences, from the bossa nova to jazz-rock fusion; from Gilberto Gil and Astrud Gilberto to Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones.

Billboard Book of Brazilian Music $1.49 Used – Brazilian music is renowned for being colourful, exotic, lively and entertaining, and this is a celebration of its styles, performers, background and influences, from the bossa nova to jazz-rock fusion; from Gilberto Gil and Astrud Gilberto to Herbie Hancock and Quincy Jones.

1, 2, To the Bass $11.98 Stanley Clarke is without doubt a phenomenally talented bassist but has not done much to showcase this ability on his own recordings since the late ’70s. You can chalk that up mostly to Clarke’s propensity for trite, pop-oriented material that does little to illuminate his great technical command of the instrument or to engage the listener either melodically or lyrically. 1, 2, to the Bass is a step in the right direction with a more jazz-oriented feel and some interesting guest appearances. Rapper Q-Tip gets things off to a nice start on the title track which reimagines ’90s hip-hop jazz as “quiet storm” R&B. “Simply Said” is reminiscent of Sting’s more fusion-style originals with flutist Hubert Laws on a nice melodic hook. There is also an inspired reworking of the R&B classic “Where Is the Love” featuring Glenn Lewis and Amel Larrieux. Later on, if “Los Caballos (The Horses)” sounds a little too much like Madonna’s “Borderline,” and Oprah Winfrey’s reading of Maya Angelou’s “I Shall Not Be Moved” seems a bit out of place on an album that includes a song titled “Just Cruzin’,” there’s at least the “Rock It”-styled electro-disco-funk of “Bout the Bass.” And don’t forget the monstrous “freak” funk cover of “Hair” that almost redeems everything guitarist Joe Satriani has ever done. Perhaps not the exhilarating breakthrough one would hope, 1, 2, to the Bass is nonetheless a very exciting return to form. ~ Matt Collar, Rovi

1000 Hurts $26.98 Don’t expect 1000 Hurts to open your ears to anything new. Shellac’s sound hasn’t developed much. Are they yanking chains by periodically releasing selections from one extremely fruitful session? Only the band and a few tape operators know. No other band sounds like them, which legitimizes this status quo. The jagged scrapes of Steve Albini’s guitar, the somewhat laggard bass from Bob Weston, and the awkward-yet-steady time keeping of Todd Trainer’s drums remain in top form. For what it’s worth, Albini’s guitar does seem to gain more grace as the years go on — just watch out for the ugly jazz fusion lick that ends “Canaveral.” Raw, no-frills production? Absence of overdubs? Goofy time signatures? They’re all a part of the cauldron. As with the band’s previous LPs, you get healthy doses of extended hypnotic doodling, rumbling mid-tempo tantrums, speedy jabs, and a joke or two. And as with any recording featuring the wordsmithery of Steve Albini, one fights the urge to transcribe the whole damn thing. Often humorous, occasionally unsettling, but always intelligent and thought-provoking, Albini’s lyrics are a bit nastier than the past couple records. “Prayer to God” is no plea for forgiveness or well-wishing; he asks his lord to kill an ex-girlfriend and her accomplice. “Canaveral” dreams of whisking an enemy to outer space, in hopes that he’ll become fertilizer. If you know the band’s sound, your mind was probably made up prior to reading this. You know what to expect, aside from it not being quite as fantastic as At Action Park, but certainly better than Terraform. True to Shellac form, the record is a sound purchase. Within the domain of atonal, anti-commercial rock & roll, very few are on their level. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi

101 Licks and Exercises for Electric Bass $5.01 Used – This book, in notation and tablature, is designed to improve reading skills and present phrases appropriate to rock, jazz, fusion, funk, Reggae, disco, and new wave. Includes arpegiated and 3-note chord exercises and slapping/popping studies!

102.2 Jazz FM $52.8 Used – High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 102.2 Jazz FM (also known as London Jazz Radio and JFM) was a local jazz and soul music station for London run by GMG Radio. The station was based and broadcast from Castlereagh Street in London to around 15.5 million people within the broadcasting area. The station has experimented with its core playlist over its fifteen year history, incorporating smooth jazz, mainstream jazz, soul, jazz fusion, acid jazz, blues and rhythm and blues. In 1994 t

20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of David Benoit $9.99 The “best-of” concept is more suited to pop musicians than to jazz players, if only because pop stars’ more highly regarded works often have quantifiable markers of success, e.g., making the Top 40. Of course, the world of smooth jazz has its charts, too, even if they are only radio charts for industry tipsheets, and over the years musicians learn which tunes their audiences respond to most in concert. Still, the compiling of a highlights disc such as this one, part of Universal’s discount-priced 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection series, remains somewhat subjective. Pianist David Benoit has been with Universal’s GRP label since 1987, and compilation producer Mike Ragogna, choosing 12 tracks from ten albums released over 16 years, seems to have gone as much for familiarity and variety as anything else in his choices. The material ranges from standard smooth jazz, the sort of stuff that sounds like a Michael McDonald-era Doobie Brothers song minus the vocal track, to tunes with light flavorings of R&B, Latin, and classical. Benoit’s affection for Vince Guaraldi, best expressed on his 2000 tribute album Here’s to You Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years!, is reflected in his versions of two of Guaraldi’s best-known tunes, “Cast Your Fate to the Wind” and “Linus and Lucy.” “American Landscape,” the title track of a 1997 album, allows Benoit to indulge Aaron Copland-like ambitions in music evocative of the wide open spaces, complete with keening harmonica. And Herbie Hancock’s “Watermelon Man,” a 2003 performance that closes the collection, cements Benoit’s ties to fusion. Throughout, his sparkling pianism, alternately reminiscent of David Lanz and Bruce Hornsby, remains striking and melodic, if only occasionally jazzy. ~ William Ruhlmann, Rovi

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25TH Street Band – key of H CD $19.15 The Seven Thousand Mile Stage… The 25th Street Band serves up a mix of melodic jazz fusion that ranges from lyrical smooth jazz to hard-driving jazz funk. It’s unusual for a British band …

4 $17.99 The follow-up to the introductory package 1-3, 4 is the album that established the Norwegian quartet Supersilent as an up-and-coming free improv artist, drawing much attention from the magazine The Wire, especially. When all young artists were either drawn to lowercase or atmospheric experimental electro, the quartet dived into burning-hot free improvisation, blending jazz, rock, and electronica idioms with a distinctive Scandinavian touch — something in the use of space and the field recordings that evokes the mountains, snow, and fjords of Norway. As usual, the tracks are numbered instead of titled as to obliterate any preconceptions. “4.1″ begins atmospherically before the drummer starts rolling and pounding. But this introduction comes to an abrupt end and almost feels like a false start, a warm-up. “4.2″ is also mostly atmospheric, but now the E-Bowed electric guitar is more prominently featured, along with treated voice samples. Drums escalate, synthesizers build tension, and the sonic battle has begun. An intentionally sloppier incarnation of Steamboat Switzerland could have recorded “4.3.” The album’s highlight resides in “4.6,” a long improvisation with many twists, turns, and shifts in dynamics and moods. 4 shows Supersilent exploring an unheard-of fusion of free styles, sculpting their own niche. Recommended. ~ Fran? ois Couture, Rovi

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