Jazz Rock
Various Artists
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- The Basics
Back in the jumpin', jivin' '50s, jazz gave rock much of its impetus. Rock returned the favour by going it alone, but it was only a matter of time before the braver of experimentalists attempted to reunite the genres through fusion. For a flavour of what's possible, try "Birds of Fire" by the Mahavishnu Orchestra.
£21.95 The Basics
Name Artist Time Price 1 Birds of Fire Mahavishnu Orchestra 5:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Teeth Soft Machine 9:13 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Tutu Miles Davis 5:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Doin' It Herbie Hancock 8:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Space Is the Place Sun Ra 7:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Extrapolation John McLaughlin 3:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Led Boots Jeff Beck 4:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 A Funky Thide of Sings Billy Cobham 3:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Space Circus (Pt. 1 & 2) Return to Forever 5:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 At a Glance George Duke 7:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Spinning Wheel Blood, Sweat & Tears 4:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Giant Steps Pat Metheny Trio 7:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum Wayne Shorter 5:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 School Days Stanley Clarke 7:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Ashes to Ashes Joe Sample 4:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Monk's Dream Larry Young 5:48 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Barb's Song to the Wizard Tony Williams 5:58 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Chain Reaction The Crusaders 5:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Crisis Jaco Pastorius 5:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Aja Steely Dan 8:00 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Sixth Sense (Rehearsal) Chicago 5:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 The Scat Song Cab Calloway and His Orchestra 3:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Subject Joe Harriott & John Mayer 6:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 You Are What You Is Frank Zappa 4:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 69 Freedom Special Buddy Miles 4:44 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Next Steps
The close association of jazz and rock in the late '60s coalesced in the fusion work of Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, two-thirds of legendary power-trio Cream (with Eric Clapton). John McLaughlin features prominently on Bruce's "HCKHH Blues" from the album Things We Like, recorded three months before Cream's farewell concert.
£21.95 Next StepsName Artist Time Price 1 Siren's Song Don Rendell, Ian Carr & Neil Ardley 3:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Breakout James Taylor Quartet 4:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 Rock Fantasy Bob Moses 6:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 The Red One John Scofield & Pat Metheny 4:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Impressions Wes Montgomery 5:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 6 The Dance of Life Narada Michael Walden 6:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 HCKHH Blues Jack Bruce 8:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Blues for Brother George Jackson (Mondo Grosso Next Wave Remix) Archie Shepp & Mondo Grosso 5:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Blue Frenzy Freddie Hubbard 6:28 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly Gary Burton 6:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Light Up or Leave Me Alone Traffic 4:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 The Wrath of Tain Branford Marsalis 8:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 13 Serenade to a Cuckoo Rahsaan Roland Kirk 3:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Lonely Woman John Zorn 2:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Gone Jo Stance 4:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Running Away (12" Version) Roy Ayers 6:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Sunflowers Wynton Marsalis 9:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Lisa David Sanborn 4:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Children of The Sun Courtney Pine 5:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 The Seventh Day Jan Hammer 6:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Going Up to People and Tinkling Hatfield & The North 2:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 22 Lorca Tim Buckley 9:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 L'Arc En Ciel De Miles Incognito 4:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Upa Neguinho United Future Organization 4:22 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 Egocentric Molecules Jean-Luc Ponty 5:49 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Deep Cuts
To search among the shadier regions of jazz rock is to uncover some of the coolest tracks ever committed to record, from the funk-influenced work of guitarist James Blood Ulmer on "Momentarily" to the finesse of South African jazz trumpet legend Hugh Masekela ("Ntjilo-Ntjilo"), who also collaborated with the Byrds.
£20.75 Deep CutsName Artist Time Price 1 Ms. Grier Groove Collective 4:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 2 Shallow Sea Allan Holdsworth 6:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 3 The Taut and Tame Tortoise 5:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Momentarily James Blood Ulmer 5:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 5 Black Market JOE ZAWINUL 7:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 The Mean Time Michael Brecker 6:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Ntjilo-Ntjilo (Instrumental) Hugh Masekela 4:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 8 Fried Neck Bones and Some Home Fries (Live) Santana 7:13 £0.99 View In iTunes 9 Sequencer Al di Meola 4:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 Beelzebub Bill Bruford 3:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 11 Medley: Island of Rhodes / Paper Boat / As If Your Eyes Were Open Gilgamesh 6:41 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 First of Day Nucleus 7:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Elegy Colosseum 3:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 14 Vix 9 Béla Fleck & The Flecktones 4:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 15 Come to Me (feat. Yukimi Nagano) Koop 2:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Animal Chin Jaga Jazzist 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 17 Four On Six John Abercrombie 6:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 18 747 4Front 2:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Over and Out! Vital Information 5:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Light Years Chick Corea's Elektric Band 3:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 21 Five Before Happy Time Jeff Babko, Jeff Coffin & Vinnie Colaiuta 3:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 Fretless Uzeb 5:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Wall to Wall Sunshine Tunnels 4:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 Running of Three Brand X 4:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 25 The Big Wave Tribal Tech 6:31 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 25 Songs - Complete Set
Jazz rock is a treasure trove for the true hybrid aficionado, sometimes elusive in its multi-faceted complexities but ultimately satisfying for the curious and the open-minded. To save you time, we've gathered together this mixed bag of fusion genius, featuring the genre's heavyweights — including Miles Davis and the Soft Machine — among the pioneers and off-shoot eccentrics. All said, jazz rock is a magnet for renegade talent and an almost limitless source of listening pleasure.
£64.65 Complete SetName Artist Time Price 1 Birds of Fire Mahavishnu Orchestra 5:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 2 Teeth Soft Machine 9:13 £0.99 View In iTunes 3 Tutu Miles Davis 5:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 4 Doin' It Herbie Hancock 8:01 £0.99 View In iTunes 5 Space Is the Place Sun Ra 7:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 6 Extrapolation John McLaughlin 3:52 £0.79 View In iTunes 7 Led Boots Jeff Beck 4:02 £0.99 View In iTunes 8 A Funky Thide of Sings Billy Cobham 3:40 £0.79 View In iTunes 9 Space Circus (Pt. 1 & 2) Return to Forever 5:42 £0.99 View In iTunes 10 At a Glance George Duke 7:14 £0.79 View In iTunes 11 Spinning Wheel Blood, Sweat & Tears 4:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 12 Giant Steps Pat Metheny Trio 7:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 13 Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum Wayne Shorter 5:54 £0.99 View In iTunes 14 School Days Stanley Clarke 7:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 15 Ashes to Ashes Joe Sample 4:53 £0.79 View In iTunes 16 Monk's Dream Larry Young 5:48 £0.99 View In iTunes 17 Barb's Song to the Wizard Tony Williams 5:58 £0.99 View In iTunes 18 Chain Reaction The Crusaders 5:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 19 Crisis Jaco Pastorius 5:18 £0.79 View In iTunes 20 Aja Steely Dan 8:00 £0.99 View In iTunes 21 Sixth Sense (Rehearsal) Chicago 5:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 22 The Scat Song Cab Calloway and His Orchestra 3:10 £0.79 View In iTunes 23 Subject Joe Harriott & John Mayer 6:20 £0.79 View In iTunes 24 You Are What You Is Frank Zappa 4:15 £0.79 View In iTunes 25 69 Freedom Special Buddy Miles 4:44 £0.79 View In iTunes 26 Siren's Song Don Rendell, Ian Carr & Neil Ardley 3:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 27 Breakout James Taylor Quartet 4:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 28 Rock Fantasy Bob Moses 6:56 £0.79 View In iTunes 29 The Red One John Scofield & Pat Metheny 4:19 £0.99 View In iTunes 30 Impressions Wes Montgomery 5:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 31 The Dance of Life Narada Michael Walden 6:39 £0.79 View In iTunes 32 HCKHH Blues Jack Bruce 8:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 33 Blues for Brother George Jackson (Mondo Grosso Next Wave Remix) Archie Shepp & Mondo Grosso 5:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 34 Blue Frenzy Freddie Hubbard 6:28 £0.99 View In iTunes 35 Open Your Eyes, You Can Fly Gary Burton 6:42 £0.79 View In iTunes 36 Light Up or Leave Me Alone Traffic 4:50 £0.99 View In iTunes 37 The Wrath of Tain Branford Marsalis 8:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 38 Serenade to a Cuckoo Rahsaan Roland Kirk 3:37 £0.79 View In iTunes 39 Lonely Woman John Zorn 2:45 £0.79 View In iTunes 40 Gone Jo Stance 4:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 41 Running Away (12" Version) Roy Ayers 6:56 £0.99 View In iTunes 42 Sunflowers Wynton Marsalis 9:57 £0.99 View In iTunes 43 Lisa David Sanborn 4:33 £0.79 View In iTunes 44 Children of The Sun Courtney Pine 5:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 45 The Seventh Day Jan Hammer 6:11 £0.99 View In iTunes 46 Going Up to People and Tinkling Hatfield & The North 2:25 £0.99 View In iTunes 47 Lorca Tim Buckley 9:59 £0.79 View In iTunes 48 L'Arc En Ciel De Miles Incognito 4:02 £0.79 View In iTunes 49 Upa Neguinho United Future Organization 4:22 £0.79 View In iTunes 50 Egocentric Molecules Jean-Luc Ponty 5:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 51 Ms. Grier Groove Collective 4:35 £0.79 View In iTunes 52 Shallow Sea Allan Holdsworth 6:04 £0.79 View In iTunes 53 The Taut and Tame Tortoise 5:01 £0.79 View In iTunes 54 Momentarily James Blood Ulmer 5:57 £0.79 View In iTunes 55 Black Market JOE ZAWINUL 7:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 56 The Mean Time Michael Brecker 6:54 £0.79 View In iTunes 57 Ntjilo-Ntjilo (Instrumental) Hugh Masekela 4:08 £0.79 View In iTunes 58 Fried Neck Bones and Some Home Fries (Live) Santana 7:13 £0.99 View In iTunes 59 Sequencer Al di Meola 4:06 £0.99 View In iTunes 60 Beelzebub Bill Bruford 3:22 £0.99 View In iTunes 61 Medley: Island of Rhodes / Paper Boat / As If Your Eyes Were Open Gilgamesh 6:41 £0.99 View In iTunes 62 First of Day Nucleus 7:41 £0.79 View In iTunes 63 Elegy Colosseum 3:12 £0.79 View In iTunes 64 Vix 9 Béla Fleck & The Flecktones 4:29 £0.79 View In iTunes 65 Come to Me (feat. Yukimi Nagano) Koop 2:49 £0.79 View In iTunes 66 Animal Chin Jaga Jazzist 4:07 £0.79 View In iTunes 67 Four On Six John Abercrombie 6:23 £0.79 View In iTunes 68 747 4Front 2:21 £0.79 View In iTunes 69 Over and Out! Vital Information 5:38 £0.79 View In iTunes 70 Light Years Chick Corea's Elektric Band 3:55 £0.79 View In iTunes 71 Five Before Happy Time Jeff Babko, Jeff Coffin & Vinnie Colaiuta 3:36 £0.79 View In iTunes 72 Fretless Uzeb 5:47 £0.79 View In iTunes 73 Wall to Wall Sunshine Tunnels 4:31 £0.79 View In iTunes 74 Running of Three Brand X 4:38 £0.99 View In iTunes 75 The Big Wave Tribal Tech 6:31 £0.79 View In iTunes Total: 75 Songs
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This Would Be An Awesome Compilation If Only..
Ah, what if...?
1. Jimi Hendrix had lived beyond his fateful (and fatal) 1970 visit to the UK; Miles Davis and his venerable producer of many seminal albums, Gil Evans, had studio time booked and session players waiting on his return to record a collaboration which never happened. The sessions were eventually done with the likes of James "Blood" Ulmer, Jack Schofield and McLaughlin I believe, but lacked the "stream-of-consciousness" fluidity of Jimi's unprecedented stylistic mix of jazz, rock, blues, soul, pop and funk and was never released.
2. Jimi met up with kindred musical spirits Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Clarke, Alphonso Johnson, George Duke and Herbie Hancock? Continued his almost telepathic partnership with Mitch Mitchell or hooked up with Billy Cobham?
"Stepping Stone", "If Six Was Nine", "1983 (A Merman...)"and "Machine Gun" are some Hendrix compositions that give a clue as to his future musical directions. He was well known to have been hugely frustrated at the prospect of playing his old pop-rock hits again and again at the behest of audiences and promoters, which must have been what caught the attention of Miles Davis, himself well-known for refusing to return to old "dog food".
We'll never know, will we? Maybe some inspired young axe-man or player of another string instrument will start thinking along these what-if lines and come up with a parallel idiom to once again "kick open the doors to musical Outer Space". Now that would be awesome...
