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Poll Question: Which created the best jazz-fusion in yout opinion
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'Best' jazz fusion......? To me they are both talented bands....I really like the first 6 or7 Soft lps and the first 6 or 7 Weather lp;s......hard to choose in that they are fairly different from one another in style.
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I prefer Weather Report for their albums up to Sweetnighter, especially the first two and the Live in Tokyo double-set - peak spacy fusion with a great blend of electric Miles and the Third Stream tradition. 

But as a whole - I'd go with the Softs.  Never a bad album, to me - love every Mach of the band.....can't say that about Weather Report.
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Weather Report, no contest.

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'The' Soft Machine? - I think 'the' got dropped around 1969.
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I was going to say Softs but then thought about the recent 5 cd boxset I got from Weather Report. I used to only really dig their first three albums but am now getting into the Jaco-leg of their journey. Still..nothing with Jaco beats those two first records. I Sing The Body Electric is a masterpiece imho.
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Originally posted by Rick1 Rick1 wrote:

'The' Soft Machine? - I think 'the' got dropped around 1969.
Oddly enough, I would think the "the" would make more sense placed before Weather Report's name.
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It’s the Softs.
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The Soft Machine
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Soft Machine gets my vote.

Weather Report were proper jazz virtuosi from the start, and their first few albums are often dazzling, but after a certain point (Heavy Weather or 8:30) they became increasingly formulaic. Live and Unreleased shows that even the later line ups could still find the spark on stage, though.

The Softs evolved into a fusion band, and by the time Karl Jenkins took the helm they boasted a similar level of virtuoso musicianship, but they have a greater stylistic range than Weather Report, and their music is more enjoyable.

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