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Smooth Jazz = kind of like Disco, that it is a music with a purpose, to be background to something else - (Disco is a background to dancing and picking up babes - smooth jazz is a background to driving and working)
Fusion - really basically the same kind of music, but made to be concentrated on, with awe, and/or savor.
How would you guys define the differences between smooth jazz and Fusion?
ReplyDeleteIf I wanted to start a fusion collection what are some artists I should look for?
That's a good question.
ReplyDeleteMy answer would be:
Smooth Jazz = kind of like Disco, that it is a music with a purpose, to be background to something else - (Disco is a background to dancing and picking up babes - smooth jazz is a background to driving and working)
Fusion - really basically the same kind of music, but made to be concentrated on, with awe, and/or savor.
Fourplay, for instance, sounds like Smooth Jazz, but can be listened to with awe and savor.
ReplyDeleteAlso, this track by Herb Alpert - sounds like smooth jazz, but it is totally fucking brilliant in every way -
https://youtu.be/3294KHeaEOo
Weather Report - definitely Fusion.
ReplyDeleteReturn to Forever - definitely Fusion.
Mahavishnu Orchestra - definitely Fusion.
Here's a question: Is King Crimson a Fusion band? A Rock Band? A Progressive Band? What are they?
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Was Led Zeppelin a Fusion band (they certainly fused the Blues with Folk, with Middle Easter, etc.
What about Oregon? Fusion?
What about, say, European Chamber Jazz, like Jan Garbarek, or, say,
I have a pretty weak Jazz collection, but I have it all lumped together.
ReplyDeletehttps://imgur.com/gallery/E2Rdv9T
I want to subdivide into
Real Jazz
Smooth Jazz
Fusion
and start adding more to each.
You know Herb Albert's Tijuana Brass, in the 60s, was really the Wrecking Crew. Not a real Latino in the group.
ReplyDeleteI think King Crimson is one of those bands that defy categorization.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I never got the feeling they were Tijuana Mariachis.
ReplyDeleteLOL