Fusion - CD Reviews (474)
Born to famous opera singers Jerome Hines and Lucia Eyangelista, David Hines, a gifted cellist and pianist as a child, has pursued jazz, fusion, and the bass guitar sinc…
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Progressive guitarist/composer Harry Kapeliaris releases his debut CD titled Journey To Light, which features ten original tracks by this Greek-born (his real f…
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Guitarist-extraordinaire Carl Burnett has been around the block, with a list of credits that includes working with Branford Marsalis, Robben Ford, David Sanborn, stints …
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Occasionally a CD will come along that will so impress it is literally impossible to take it out of the player. That is the case with arothymian by Nickos Kapilid…
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I have a problem. There is so much good music on this CD I am perplexed where to start. I loved every track. Brent Magstadt is a multi-tasking musician in the stu…
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I discovered one of the most beautiful and entrancing voices in progressive rock music a few weeks ago while listening to another out of this world Arjen Lucassen projec…
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It's been a long, long time! Lydia Pense and Cold Blood return with some cool new material and a couple of oldies. Baby Boomers will recall this fine Bay Area funk-rock-blu…
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Nullius in Verba is a thought-provoking guitar trio date from bassist Nicholas D'Amato's Royal Society. The Society's geodesic improvisations draw from several diffe…
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The mysterious genius, Miles Davis, first noticed Sam during Miles' funk-fusion period. All of the artists that Miles took out off block became famous cats. This also ha…
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Weather Report left it's mark in the jazz/rock-fusion world. The group featured great talented musicians. It emerged from the unique Miles and his Bitches Brew generatio…
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Tunisian vocalist Mounir Troudi offers just one element to this electrifying that circumvents the inevitable comparisons to a post-Miles Davis jazz-fusion based endeavor…
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I covered the Chicago box set a few years ago, bought all the remastered releases recently, and now the crowning glory of an implausible career is capped of with 4 CDs o…
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Not all bands have a unified vision and that's not necessarily bad. Different influences thrown into the mix can result in interesting and novel music. Such is the result o…
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Drumming hero, Bill Bruford’s insatiable quest for pursuing excellence in modern jazz is exemplified by his tremendously appealing and all acoustic, Earthworks ensemble.…
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Nonsensical Nonet Releases Energetic US DebutAnd now for something completely different! Three European housemates form the nucleus of fusion ban…
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There two things that are a guarantee in life-Death & Taxes. Oh yes, there is one more, Death & Taxes the band, is guaranteed to blow you away with their incred…
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This star-studded extravaganza features one time Weather Report drummer/percussionist Alex Acuna and a thirty-plus alignment of international artists paying tribute to t…
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Curtis Fornadley, otherwise known as Curtis has released his third CD entitled Blue Electric Cool on the IF6WAS9 Record Label.…
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Gary Husband has been around the block and back again as a drummer, composer, and piano player. His Force Majeure is an awesome combination world of jazz-fusion talent. …
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For many years, Scandinavian musicians/ensembles have brought ingenuity and modernist type aspects to the jazz-derived idiom. Check out the hordes of releases by Nordic …
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