Jazz fusion (also known as jazz rock, jazz-rock fusion, or simply fusion) is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined...
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known as The Jazz Crusaders) were an American jazz/jazz fusion group performing from the 1960s to the 2010s. The group was known as the Jazz Crusaders from...
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regular meter, beat and formal structures. Jazz-rock fusion appeared in the late 1960s and early 1970s, combining jazz improvisation with rock music's rhythms...
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notable jazz fusion performers or bands. For performers of smooth jazz, a more radio-friendly, pop-infused variant of fusion, see List of smooth jazz performers...
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Jazz fusion, genre that combines rock and jazz, starting in 1960s Fusion dance, a type of partner dance that combines two or more dance styles Fusion...
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Jazz rap (also jazz hop or jazz hip hop) is a fusion of jazz and hip hop music, as well as an alternative hip hop subgenre, that developed in the late...
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for Best Jazz Fusion Performance was an award given to a song or album for excellence in the jazz fusion genre, a combination of rock and jazz. It was...
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Jazz Blues Fusion is a live album by John Mayall. The first side is from a gig in Boston at the Boston Music Hall on 18 November 1971, and the second...
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Smooth jazz may be thought of as commercially-oriented, crossover jazz which came to prominence in the 1980s, displacing the more venturesome jazz fusion from...
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Contemporary jazz may refer to: Smooth jazz, a musical genre that evolved from a blend of jazz fusion and easy-listening pop Jazz fusion, a musical genre...
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Nu jazz (also spelt nü jazz or known as jazztronica, or future jazz) is a genre of jazz and electronic music. The music blends jazz elements with other...
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Weather Report (category American jazz fusion ensembles)
Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist...
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Joe Zawinul (category Jazz fusion keyboardists)
(/ˈzɒvɪnəl/ ZOV-in-əl; 7 July 1932 – 11 September 2007) was an Austrian jazz and jazz fusion keyboardist and composer. First coming to prominence with saxophonist...
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Album covers of Blue Note Records (category Jazz albums)
The album covers of Blue Note Records, an American jazz record label, are recognized for their distinctive designs. Many feature a combination of bold...
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A list of Jazz fusion albums: Gary Burton - Duster (1967) Blood, Sweat & Tears - Blood, Sweat & Tears (1968) Miles Davis - In a Silent Way (1969) The...
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Roy Haynes (category American jazz bandleaders)
decades, he played swing, bebop, jazz fusion, and avant-garde jazz. He is considered to have been a pioneer of jazz drumming. Haynes led bands, including...
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Yellowjackets (band) (category American jazz fusion ensembles)
Yellowjackets is an American jazz fusion band founded in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. In 1977, guitarist Robben Ford, for his first solo album, recruited...
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Jeff Lorber (redirect from The Jeff Lorber Fusion)
moniker. These early albums showcased a funky sound influenced by other jazz fusion practitioners such as Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, and Return to Forever...
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Extended chord (section Jazz, jazz fusion and funk)
added the ii and vi chord quality would be identical. Jazz from the 1930s onward, jazz fusion from the 1970s onward and funk all have been seen to use...
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jazz (also known as club jazz, psychedelic jazz, or groove jazz) is a music genre that combines elements of funk, soul, and hip hop, as well as jazz and...
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Pat Metheny (category Jazz fusion guitarists)
style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, latin jazz, and jazz fusion. He has three gold albums and 20 Grammy Awards, and is the...
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Chick Corea (category Jazz fusion pianists)
widely considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis's band in the late 1960s, he participated in the birth of jazz fusion. In the 1970s he formed...
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soul vocals. Jazz-funk was popular in United States and United Kingdom. Similar genres include soul jazz, jazz fusion and acid jazz. Jazz-funk exhibits...
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Soul jazz or funky jazz is a subgenre of jazz that incorporates strong influences from hard bop, blues, soul, gospel and rhythm and blues. Soul jazz is...
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Irakere (section Afro-Cuban folkloric/jazz fusion)
Irakere's fusion of jazz and Afro-Cuban elements. They saw the Cuban folk elements as a type of nationalistic "fig leaf," cover for their true love—jazz. They...
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subgenres of jazz music. Jazz portal Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopedia. London: Penguin. p. 2. ISBN 0-141-00646-3. "Acid jazz (genre)"...
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Stanley Clarke (category Jazz fusion bass guitarists)
one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first jazz-fusion bassist to headline...
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Mahavishnu Orchestra (category American jazz fusion ensembles)
The Mahavishnu Orchestra was a jazz fusion band formed in New York City in 1971, led by English guitarist John McLaughlin. The group underwent several...
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Cumbia & Jazz Fusion is an album by Charles Mingus, recorded for the Atlantic label in 1977. It features two extended compositions written for the film...
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Quincy Jones (category Jazz fusion trumpeters)
and four Golden Globe Awards. Jones came to prominence in the 1950s as a jazz arranger and conductor before producing pop hit records for Lesley Gore in...
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