A few Jazz Rock/ Fusion suggestions

 

1) Spectrum Road.

 

Consisting of Vernon Reid (guitars), Jack Bruce (bass), Cindy Blackman (drums) and John Medeski (keyboards) Spectrum Road is a fusion supergroup who have just released their self-titled debut. http://jazztimes.com/articles/30398-spectrum-road-spectrum-road <--- explains the sound of the album fairly well.

 

Consisting of high energy, extremely diverse music Spectrum Road is definately a band worthy of PA

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KRXYMUa2rE (Blues For Tillmon: Track 8)

 

http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Vuelta+Abajo/4HVnMt?src=5 (Vuelto Abaja: Track 1)

 

http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Wild+Life/4HVshT?src=5 (Wild Life: Track 10)

 

 

2) Dave Weckl

 

 

Dave Weckl's music is the embodyment of fusion in many ways and I'm surprised to find that he isn't already on the site. He has released four solo records and seven more with his band. All of his music (that I have heard) I would classify as straight unaltered fusion (pretending fusion was straight to begin with).

 

http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Tower+Of+Inspiration/36rdWG?src=5 (the first song off of his first album 'Master Plan')

 

http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Heads+Up/2r0oxz?src=5 (Heads up: the second song off of 'Heads Up')

 

http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/Tower+99/147p7U?src=5 (This song is made by the Dave Weckl band and is the final song off their second album 'Synergy').

 

 

3) Joel Hoekstra

 

Joel Hoeksra's music is interesting to say the least, I am not fully sure if this constitute's purely as fusion though it draws on it heavily as a genre. (see this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjK_FwfPJ4Y (this is song 8 off his album 'The Moon is Falling')). Joel Hoekstra is the guitarist and uses various backing musicians on his three cd's 'Undefined', 'The Sky is Falling' and '13 Acoustic Songs'.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3ZRiGdxwuc&feature=relmfu (Slide Tune: The 10th song off his first album 'Undefined').

 

As the name may suggest, '13 Acoustic Songs' showcases Joel at his softer side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6KZcylT50M&feature=relmfu (This song, Twigs, is a good example of the sound in this album compared to previous ones).

 

Musicians Joel uses includes:

 

Finally, the last band I want to show you...

4)Tohpati Bertiga

 

Unfortunately, there is no easy place to find Tohpati's music online, there is a Myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/tohpatibertiga) where you can hear some of the music, though it isn't of the best quality. You can also find higher quality samples(as well as all of the band's information) here, http://www.moonjune.com/catalog/045_TOHPATI-BERTIGA_Riot_MJR045/.

 

Tohpati Bertiga's album Riot is wonderfully ambitious and showcases him as a master of his instrument.

 

 

I want to thank you for you consideration on these artists and would love to see them on PA soon. :)

 

~Mike