Your favourite fusion albums?

This question might have been asked before on this forum, but what are your favourite fusion albums? I would pick these 10 albums to an isolated island based on what I’ve been listening more to for the last 30 years or so (in no particular order):

1. Bill Bruford – One Of A Kind
2. Allan Holdsworth – Metal Fatigue
3. Mike Stern – Upside Downside
4. Al Di Meola – Elegant Gypsy
5. Billy Cobham – Crosswinds
6. Scott Henderson & Tribal Tech – Dr. Hee
7. Dave Weckl – Master Plan
8. Brand X – Masques
9. Dixie Dregs – What If
10.Mahavishnu Orchestra – Inner Mounting Flame

Kind regards,
Anders

Birds of Fire (Billy)
Where Have Known You Before (Lenny)
Spectrum (Billy)
Crosswinds (Billy)
Total Eclipse (Billy)
Shabazz (Billy)
A Funkythide of Sings
Romantic Warrior (Lenny)
The Aura Will Prevail (Ndugu)
Stanley Clarke (Tony)
Believe It (Tony)
School Days (Steve, Gerry Brown, Billy)
Heavy Weather (Acuna)
Land of the Midnight Sun (Steve, Alphonse, Lenny)
Elegant Gypsy (Steve and Lenny)
Casino (Steve)
Upon The Wings of Music (Ndugu)
Enigmatic Ocean (S. Smith)
Garden of Love Light (Narada)
No Mystery (Lenny)
The Leprechaun (Steve)
The Mad Hatter (Steve)
Wired (Narada)
Blow By Blow (Bailey)
Fusion Is (Steve)
Inner Mounting Flame (Billy)
Between Nothingness and Eternity (Billy)
Liberated Fantasies (Ndugu)
Abraxus (Shrieve)
Headhunters (Harvey)
Thrust (Clark)

I am sure I will think of more.


Regards,

ESP
SAMURAI SAMBA

Not easy...but
Harvey mason:marching in the street
Herbie hancock:headhunters
jeff lorber fusion:soft space
R.T.F:romantic warrior
Stanley Clarke:school days
Patrice Rushen:before the dawn
Billy Cobham:observations and reflections
Uzeb:live in B...
Dennis Chambers:outbreak
yellowjackets:yelowjackets
to name a few...Peace,Stef

I'll keep it to a sampling of what i actually listen
to mostly or want to hear when i think of that genre
Weather report sweetnighter anything Jaco, Alphonso, Miroslav
Jean luc Ponty Aurora and most of his stuff i find listenable
Mahavishnu orchestra albums for me to be honest with Billy on drums only,
not that i think narada doesn't do a good job but it's not billy and not the same
Alan Holdsworth solo works including Chad Wackerman's forty reasons
Jeff beck wired and blow by blow
Tony Williams Joy of flying
Bright size life
Return to forever
National Health
Hatfield and the north
Crosswinds
shabazz
total eclipse
filles de kilimanjaro
jack Johnson
decoy
CAB

boomer wrote:ESP
SAMURAI SAMBA

SAMURAI SAMBA I want to hear this.
ESP as in Miles?[b]

Not necessarily in this order:

Magic
Spectrum
Observations &
BC/GD UK
Total Eclipse
Journey to love
School days
Romantic Warrior
No mystery
Where have I known you.....
Chick Corea Electric Band
Birds of Fire
Between nothingness and.......
Astral Pirates
Oh yeah
Head hunters
Man Child
Sunlight
Streamlined
Venusian Summer
Big City
Believe it
All Uzeb recordings of the 90's
Metal fatigue
Secrets
Heavy weather
Le Band
Play
On The Virg - Serious young insects
The traveler
Focused
Transition
Shees! I could go on and on... Just to much good music out there to narrow it down.

My List is way to long so I will add
Top Tracks. (with all musicians)

Midnight Soul Patrol (Quincy Jones '76)
Billy Cobham - Drums & Solo with Moog Drum.
Louis Johnson - Fender Bass , Electric Guitars.
Stanley Clarke - Piccolo Bass
Alphonso Johnson - Fretless Bass
Quincy Jones - Arp String Ensemble Keyboard
George Duke - Fender Rhodes Electric Piano & Moog Synthesizer
Dave Grusin - Moog Synthesizer
Snooky Young, Jerry Hey - Trumpets
Bruce Fowler - Trombone
Kim Hutchcroft - Baritone Sax
Larry Williams - Tenor Sax
Bruce Swedien - Sound Engineer



Cosmoba Place (Alphonso Johnson '76)
Alphonso Johnson - Electric Bass & Stick
Chris Bono - Electric Guitar & Solo
David Amaro - Electric Guitar
Lee Ritenour - Electric Guitar
Narada Michael Walden - Drums
George Duke - Acoustic Piano & B-3 Organ
Alex Acuna - Percussion
Alphonse Mouzon - Orchestration Voice Choir Keyboard
Tomi Vicari - Sound Engineer




Both Tracks 10 Outta 10
Bliiss.


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Outtasight
Colin

When I was thinking back on
this era, it occurred to me just
what a big part of it, for me,
George Duke was/is. I mean
what a player!!



I just love him and everything
he did. So meaningful.

Regards,

Inner Mounting Flame

First time I heard it I was like "HOLY $%&*"

I played it so much I drove everyone in the house nuts with it.

Hmm.

Ponty
Enigmatic Ocean
Imaginary Voyage
Cosmic Messenger
JLP Live

RTF
Hymn ' ' Seventh galaxy
No Mystery
Where Have I known you Before
Romantic Warrior

Mahavishnu
Inner Mounting Flame
Birds of Fire
Between N&E

BC
Spectrum
Crosswinds

Passport
Cross Collateral
Looking Through
Handmade

Weather Report
Black market

Jeff Beck/Jan hammer Live