Fusion recommendations

[Fishfacefour]

Hi everyone,

 

Tentatively starting something with a guitarist for a fusion trio.

Just looking for some good pieces to try that might work well on bass, guitar and drums.

So far were looking at Chromazone by Mike stern, some Billy Cobham tunes, kumquat kids by Eddie Henderson, slugbug by Mark lettieri.

 

I'm not a huge fusion nerd but having fun exploring.

 

Any other suggestions from the great basschat hive mind?

[Mykesbass]

Al di Meola - try the albums Elegant Gypsy and Splendido Hotel. 

[Rich]

30 minutes ago, Fishfacefour said:

Chromazone by Mike stern,

 

Oh good choice sir. We used to play several of his tunes in my old fusion trio a few years back.

Check out some John Scofield tunes too, maybe some Brand X as well. 

[steve-bbb]

 

[Fishfacefour]

Thanks!

That's already plenty to explore this week.

[peteb]

Try this if you ant some fusion with a rock element to it 

 

 

[JottoSW1]

3 hours ago, Mykesbass said:

Al di Meola - try the albums Elegant Gypsy and Splendido Hotel. 

Also from that era AdiMeola's Electric Rendezvous.

[Doctor J]

Give Ohm a go, great band.

 

 

Extraction by Howe, Wooten and Chambers will challenge you, but is quality

 

 

No talk of fusion is complete without Mahavishnu Orchestra. Although they were a five-piece, I think there are songs which could be adapted for a trio

 

 

 

 

[toneknob]

17 hours ago, Fishfacefour said:

So far were looking at Chromazone by Mike stern, some Billy Cobham tunes, kumquat kids by Eddie Henderson, slugbug by Mark lettieri.

 

Excellent, my previous jazz/fusion band used to do Chromazone. You've got this right? (it's pretty accuarate) https://basslessons.be/transcriptions.php?i=19

 

[toneknob]

You could probably give Stratus a go, maybe some Chick Corea Electrik Band (we used to do Space), The Chicken - here's a 7/8 version for trio

 

[Fishfacefour]

12 minutes ago, toneknob said:

Excellent, my previous jazz/fusion band used to do Chromazone. You've got this right? (it's pretty accuarate) https://basslessons.be/transcriptions.php?i=19

 

 

Thanks for those recommendations.

 

Yes I've been using that transcription. It's excellent! It's so great to be able to find these things as part of this community. 

[Jakester]

Gotta be Stratus! Oh, and of course School Days too. We also used to do Contusion by Stevie Wonder too. 

Edited October 4, 2021 by Jakester

[Fishfacefour]

Aah, I woke up with Contusion in my head this morning and I couldn't remember the title!

Thanks for that!

 

 

 

Edited October 4, 2021 by Fishfacefour
Typo

[yorks5stringer]

Here's one of my faves that I used to do, not sure how  you categorise Scofield's playing?

 

 

[StickyDBRmf]

(Scofield is a monster)

My personal preferences are (is) fusion before fusion was called fusion...

And the The Canterbury Scene (British). Examples: Gong, National Health, Hatfield & The North,...

The quirkier stuff, but with great playing. 

And for me, again, it was guys that were recording that my band-mates would say, "Hey, this sounds like you."...

...Percy Jones & Jah Wobble. 

[Chris2112]

 Just to echo this recommendation

[lowdown]

 

[lowdown]

I know there are keys in this tune but, it works great as a Guitar Trio blow.

 

 

[Raslee]

Perhaps a bit of Wayne Krantz ?

 

[JottoSW1]

4 hours ago, Chris2112 said:

 Just to echo this recommendation

Also Loud Jazz and Still Warm from this era of Scofield.

Loud Jazz is probably a better description than Fusion, but we could say Jazz Rock too.

Edited October 4, 2021 by JottoSW1
Additional album and comment

[Bilbo]

On 04/10/2021 at 18:03, Chris2112 said:

 

I saw this band in The Four Bars Inn in Cardiff. Unbelievable. 

[Crawford13]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Tribal Tech yet. 

 

Gary Willis is a monster and the rest of the band are top notch too. 

 

 

[Bilbo]

I loved the first two TT albums but lost interest after that. Too 'jammy' after that for my tastes. Willis is a monster, though. 

Edited October 9, 2021 by Bilbo

[Mikey D]

A quick collection of fusion(ish) tunes ive been a fan of playing over the years. Some more classic fusion and some newer. 

[Fishfacefour]

Wow, thanks so much everyone. SO much good stuff!