Fusion - CD Reviews (474)
QB3's a new group with a hefty number of influences spread across seven cuts.From original funk and deep-house to ambient and odd metered excursions, all contemporary bases…
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This guitar/mandolin/bass trio plays in a Fusion sub-genre alternately known as "new acoustic music" or "jazzgrass" [=jazz + bluegrass] or sometimes even "Dawg music," afte…
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This disc reminds me of the early 1970s - and it's not just the use of Hammond organ. I refer to the good parts: say what you will about the downside of that decade (and in…
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Well, here’s one disc that’ll likely set The Category Police to working overtime - the "jazz camp" will say (due to its use of electronics and overt lack of bebop content, …
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Invisible Threads (originally released in 1994 on Mesa Records) is now available on the newly formed Favored Nations Acoustic label, an offspring of Steve Vai’s Favored Nat…
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A remarkable blending of fusion with jazz, r&b, funk, and rock creates a memorable CD collection for the jazz listening audience in A GUY WITH AN ACCENT featuring the inven…
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Onomatopea refers to more than just this group’s name. While it is a unique name for a musical unit, it sheds some light upon who these people are and what their mes…
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Steve Howe is a world-renowned guitar virtuoso with the great progressive rock group Yes. Probably only the most devoted fans realize that there is much more to him …
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Curlew, the George Cartwright-led band with its flexible membership has been around in one form or another since 1978, pursuing its own guerrilla war against prefab music v…
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The folks at Cuneiform have unearthed yet another gem of early 70s prog-/jazz-rock, this time by the short-lived but nonetheless nifty Matching Mole. MM was the band drumme…
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Jean Luc Ponty recorded a live performance at Semper Opera in Dresden, Germany on May 25, 2001. This CD is the result of that recording. Ponty and his longtime band cover m…
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The trouble with some of the current (and even former) breed of "jam bands" is they frequently fall into the trap of noodling/formlessness/self-indulgence. The trouble with…
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Vital Info is back with another release exploring their American music roots. A perfect example is Mr. T.C. which is a high powered funk workout harking back to Book…
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Al Di Meola manages to release a top shelf album every time out. I do not believe he has ever received a negative response to anything he has ever done in the studio or liv…
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With a group moniker like The Rabinnical School Dropouts, one might have an inkling that this ain’t your father’s Klezmer band. These SoCal whiz-kids put a wildly irreveren…
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Al Di Meola and his jazz guitar have been charming audiences for over 25 years, and he is one of the most complex, intricate guitarists performing in contemporary jazz toda…
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This CD is simply flawless, but what more can one expect from a talent as honed yet innovative as keyboard player/composer Joe Sample. Having traveled long and far in the m…
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What most impresses the listener to Personae by the trio of Jonas Helborg, Shawn Lane and Jeff Sipe is the incredible technical chops these three musicians possess. …
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Guitarist Nels Cline has played in jazz contexts (Julius Hemphill, Tim Berne, Gregg Bendian) and rock contexts (Mike Watt, Geraldine Fibbers), but nothing (well, almost not…
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Some listeners/readers familiar with less-commercial variants on what’s come to be know as "alternative rock" (a phrase about as useful these days as "progressive jazz," as…
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