For You Lot Diverse Artists - 1997 Jazz Fusion Book 2

The minute of ii Rhino CDs generally covers the 1975-1984 menses (with Miles Davis' "Mr. Pastorius" dating from 1989). One of the nigh interesting aspects to this reissue is that it non solely has examples of jazz musicians playing rock, but stone musicians coming closer to performing jazz. The minute book has i alternative apiece from the Brecker Brothers ("Some Skunk Funk"), Brand X, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bruford, Ronnie Montrose, Dixie Dregs, Larry Carlton, John McLaughlin ("Belo Horizonte"), Steve Khan, Miles Davis, Allan Holdsworth, as well as Steve Morse. Most of the performances are quite fiery as well as the instrumental music is consistently exciting. Although the ii Rhino volumes are non quite definitive (some groups are missing as well as the selections are non strictly inwards chronological order), they produce offering listeners an fantabulous overview of the much-maligned music.

Here's a refreshingly varied collection of to a greater extent than or less of the best jazz-rock fusion music from Rhino, who are actually masters at earthworks upward little-known gems to position beside the to a greater extent than famous ones inwards their compilations. This collection is much meliorate than Jazz Fusion Volume 1 at displaying the truthful hormonal magic as well as utterly unique musical airplane that tin lawsuit when, rare plenty though it is, all the elements come upward together inwards a virtuoso jazz-fusion group. Where else tin you lot detect hard-to-find materials similar Steve Khan's Casa Loco, to become along alongside Miles Davis's bright late-period "Mr. Pastorious," Jean-Luc Ponty's classic Enigmatic Ocean, parts I to IV, Bill Bruford's Hell's Bells, Ronnie Montrose, The Brecker Bros. as well as the Dixie Dregs' "Take it Off the Top" on the same CD? And if all that even as well as thus doesn't boot your mule sore, turbo-charge you lot hormones as well as brand you lot macho, here's something fifty-fifty to a greater extent than gaucho: only play "Nuclear Burn" yesteryear Phil Collins' monster '70s fusion grouping Brand X alongside the book knob at 11, as well as telephone outcry upward me if your encephalon isn't an omelette afterward you're done. Rounding out the various appearnces are the legendary "Point It Up" guitar solo from Larry Carlton, and, every bit a form of breather from all the fire-breathing, John Mclaughlin's gorgeous as well as ultra-sophisticated flamenco-jazz-Brazilian-fusion acoustic slice "Belo Horizonte." So, if you lot tin position your envy aside as well as only bring the fact that you'll in all probability never endure able to play your musical instrument one-half every bit expert every bit whatever of these guys (the skin-flute excluded), at that spot is to a greater extent than or less extremely expert music to endure discovered inwards the much despised as well as ignored "Jazz Fusion" genre. This disc is a neat house to start.

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Track Listing:

  01. Some Skunk Funk - The Brecker Bros.
  02. Nuclear Burn - Brand X
  03. Enigmatic Ocean, Parts I-IV - Jean-Luc Ponty
  04. Hell's Bells - Bruford
  05. Town Without Pity - Ronnie Montrose
  06. Take It Off The Top - Dixie Dregs
  07. Point It Up - Larry Carlton
  08. Belo Horizonte - John Mc Laughlin
  09. Casa Loco - Steve Khan
  10. Mr. Pastorius - Miles Davis
  11. Three Sheets To The Wind - Allan Holdsworth
  12. The Introduction - Steve Morse Band

Personnel:

Guitar - Bob Mann, John Goodsall, Ronnie Montrose, Steve Morse, Larry Carlton, Allan Holdsworth, Steve Khan, John McLaughlin, Daryl Stuermer
Drums - Harvey Mason, Sr., Jeff Porcaro, Rick Shlosser, Steve Jordan, Republic of Chad Wackerman, Tommy Campbell, Al Foster, Bill Bruford, Phil Collins, Steve Smith
Bass - Marcus Miller, Jerry Peek, Andy West, Jeff Berlin, Ralphe Armstrong, Jean Paul Celea, Alan Fitzgerald, Anthony Jackson, Percy Jones, Abraham Laboriel, Will Lee
Keyboards - Mark Parrish, Allan Zavod, Dave Stewart, Francois Couturier, Robin Lumley, Don Grolnick, Greg Mathieson
Percussion - Steve Sheman, Ralph MacDonald, Manolo Badrena, Jean-Pierre Drouet
Violin - Allen Sloan, Jean-Luc Ponty
Synthesizer - Katia Labeque
Flugelhorn, Trumpet - Randy Brecker
Piano - Edgar Winter
Sax (Tenor) - Michael Brecker
Trumpet - Miles Davis
Sax (Alto) - David Sanborn