U.S. Jazz Fusion: 1974

1974: David Axelrod - Heavy Axe - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mr7WBTPDe_QQrAuISC42S2bz6rX_LJc88
1974: Blood, Sweat & Tears - Mirror Image - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mihXyzBoVBRByBcWl_EpF_0f71cFfHJho
1974: Chase - Pure Music - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lzUst4SHZTWwo-N4-YJN4b-yJe5oJXKwc
1974: Chicago - Chicago VII - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lZ3P1zC1mL-NrLDWNAAY1JH6gKCOTs1EU
1974: Stanley Clarke - Stanley Clarke - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mxSoRWxrXaBKO8FCpt73d1JX8z9DWJ088
1974: Billy Cobham - Total Eclipse - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mC93TYKl0Fo8JRIzKSVZ6P3dMwNX0Je_0
1974: Larry Coryell - The Eleventh House - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP0IenmeCOtxnZxPD5zKNoyQgTybsaMS6
1974: Miles Davis - Get Up with It - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nRIm07ncuuUX-IQRMiteK1F1YdEHDUR1M
1974: Miles Davis - Big Fun - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_koneSl0W2u6iKTG8wuPcoVIdMvazxEq_0
1974: George Duke - Feel - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lUp8ND4DZCPrq8J-Al9pNFO7uDDOZenCA
1974: George Duke - Faces in Reflection - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mifdVVNnWCmyd9HbFXSJuWP-kwN5pPP6I
1974: Herbie Hancock - Thrust - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mtBkzwdkdy6kMSNhx6OZPoPcfJO9KOjho
1974: Eddie Henderson - Inside Out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xBIbI6W2sk&list=RD6xBIbI6W2sk&start_radio=1
1974: Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kC_S7aZ6tJrjy84raVDb99MCjxRFNM3Tw
1974: Mandrill - Mandrilland                   
1974: Bennie Maupin - The Jewel in the Lotus - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lIJyEmhpakPQ6VEaQ3tF8GbViTDs8uBxI
1974: Alphonse Mouzon - Funky Snakefoot - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nV0u3mPeZAosq6JFKl1M3EGxPPgIaoEN8
1974: Idris Muhammad - Power of Soul - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kCUe_MoILIckmquJpkoNw0OPSb-lBihBE
1974: Return to Forever - Where Have I Known You Before - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nembk5kjOJF5iADyGHHLTzhRD8CZvrjBA
1974: Santana - Lotus - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lC5OGVbwZbFHcPb4qTk8lZG6XYOqo4QEY
1974: Santana - Borboletta - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nl6-apK9qW_7OURkGDzPUeDpC9CL9F2hY
1974: Carlos Santana & Alice Coltrane - Illuminations - http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nAgtC9gHxfagw3Oo86rbubbhMX-HA-0wc
1974: Wayne Shorter - Moto Grosso Feio - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lH4sVHlq3KWVbzArT8Gj-zs10KpFlbIi4
1974: Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGr1IYuG8Wwv0LOsD1PUbjQu3dchzoOAW
1974: Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nGuRvKgo2glbAthVG5Fa2Wq_JjbQHWESw

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Apocalypse
Weather Report - Mysterious Traveller
Chicago - Chicago VII

^Same

Hi,

That listing gave me a headache ... hard to choose something.

I don't know, or have never really thought of Steely Dan as fusion at all, but I can see how folks might consider it. I like Chicago in that area, and the sad thing is that they are not listened to for such an incredible amount of stuff in their cannon, and it was like ... they never knew where to stop ... but considering them fusion was a stretch for me, but considering just fantastic band with outstanding sound and music design ... and how they created and defined vocals, and various musical touches on all instruments, is something that I am not sure is appreciated as much as it should. The compositional side of Chicago is tops with very few seconds. And the sad thing is that I'm not sure that many of us have actually played the whole album, or albums by them to realize how good they were ... and still are, at least in concert ... just not sure about calling it fusion. Great music, regardless is more like it, and very progressive, in its implementation, though folks here go by a style and definition that does not fit the music that Chicago presents. Sad, too, because it is very progressive, not to mention some of the prettiest and designed touches on so much of their work!

Zappa fits, though, choosing one of his albums for it is almost a weird thought for me ... he has everything everywhere in his work, and he is Mr. Fusion'ado as in fashion. A little and a lot of everything! And his musicians always come through and then some!

Edited by moshkito - 19 hours 36 minutes ago at 12:32

cstack3 wrote: Return to Forever, "Where Have I Known You Before!" I think this is their best disc.

In total agreement with this!

So hard to choose between Thrust, Inside Out, and Total Eclipse!

Big Fun

1. David Axelrod - Heavy Axe
2. Santana - Barboletta
3. Santana - Lotus
4. Chase - Pure Music