Modern Fusion anyone?


Fusion has gotten such a bad rap over time, some of it deservedely so, but a great deal of stereo-typing too. The greats of the past, Miles Davis, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report, Larry Coryell & 11 th House, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters, Return to Forever, and on and on is some of my favorite music.

Over the last year I have been started to get into some newer,modern fusion bands, and though quite different from the past, I really like them indeed and continue to explore. I always did like John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Mike Stern, Steps Ahead etc but I am "discovering" really good stuff which is new to me though some have been around for awhile, I guess. Part of the rediscovery is that I had upgraded my system which makes listening music more inspiring than before. Below are a sample of the bands I am tallking about, though some would classify as jam bands or even electronica, perhaps. Do you have any more suggestions, favorites?

Yamagata
Galatic
Charlie Hunter
Lounge Lizards
Ulu
Vital Information
Vital Tech Tones
Jing Chi
Lettuce
Jazz Is Dead
Soullive
Cinematic Orchestra
Psychedelic Guitar Circus
Stefon Harris
Tom Harrell
Tree Of Frogs
Living Day Lights
Mike Clark
henryhk
Henry,

Nice list you compiled there. There are a couple others I enjoy as well - Porcupine Tree (especially In Absentia), Steve Kimock Band, KVHW, New Monsoon, The Low Life, Strangefolk, Acoustic Syndicate, Ancient Harmony, and Tea Leaf Green.

The VERY cool part is that most of these, and many on your list, are available on Archive.org/audio as FREE downloads, completely legal. Surf on over there and check 'em out...
Prophetz of Time & Space
Times 4
Dr. L. Subramaniam
Sons, Brothers & Wrestlers
Potato Salad
Clark/Carlton/Najee/Cobham
Mystery Feet
Carrington/Rogers/Haslip/Osby
Last Trip
Al Di Meola/Mclaughlin/de Lucia
Tekneek
Continentrio
Greg Mathieson
Dave Weckl Band
Terrain
Howland, Laug, Morrison & Pinnick
UZEB
David Garfield
Sweetbottom
Howland / Imboden Project
Chizuko Yoshihiro
Steps Ahead
Helios
Passport
e.s.t.
Frank Gambale
Karizma
Hiromi