I like Cobhams Spectrum with one of the best guitar players ever
Tommy Bolin ...dead man walking you could see it coming but what a player....only 25 he beat the magic 27
Speaking of which I bumped into Dave Mustaine (Metallica megadeth)and his lovely wife Pam today at Whole Foods Franklin....she’s a good looking woman and he’s more or less one of us....Williamson county is refuge to so many rock peeps seeking an easier place for families
Early Tom McLaughlin corralled some great talent too like Corey and Cobham and Jan Hammer and Jean Luc Ponty
You know who else who fused a lot....Zappa....his Mothers had a line of talent too...Ponty and Lowell George and Ansley Dunbar and Terry Bozzio
Zappa’s Rats album was very early jazz rock which is synonymous with fusion jazz to my layman ears
I’m thinking of music back then....Weather areport....Cobham and McLaughlin played on Bitches Brew ....the bridge album from jazz to jazz rock
I just put Spectrum in my B&O headset.....Tommy Bolin shredding it right outta the gate......Quadrant Four..I need to get that YouTube guitarist review guy Filo of Wings of Pegasus to do Bolin...wow
Pat Methany , Flora Purim , Donato, Stanley Turrentine, Grover Jr, Maynard Ferguson , Al Dimeola and George Benson and Dixie Dregs and Spyro Gyra and the list goes on....Tom Scott and his work with Joni Mitchell
Jazz fusion made esoteric jazz more palatable to rock fans ..Steely Dan really aced it with Aja
It also brought Jazz up out of older generations and the Beats
And it sure best Disco didn’t it
I definitely like it bette now to be honest...you get old and jazz and Bach too both get better
I think you mean John McLaughlin, the ‘Mahavishnu’ dude. I remember critics singing his praises but I found him unlistenable.