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It was two labels founded by DJ/producers-Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder and Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood-that helped bring fusion and even jazz proper back to contemporary audiences. And it spiraled outward from there jazz found itself injected into funk, R&B, MPB, ambient, all manner of unlikely sounds, and it continues to thrive today, thanks in large part to DJ and electronic music culture.

Roy ayers albums with half moon free#

Jazz fusion is tricky to define by any simple terms, but guitarist Larry Coryell, often credited with pioneering the sound, once said, “We loved Miles but we also loved the Rolling Stones.” In its earliest stages, artists like Coryell and his group The Free Spirits paired jazz elements with the electric sound of rock ‘n’ roll-hence, a fusion of sounds. Both are correct, though the latter might not be entirely fair, but when you consider that actual progressive rock artists like Soft Machine and Frank Zappa were playing jazz fusion, well, the distinction grows a bit blurrier. For others, it’s the sound of excess, the jazz equivalent of progressive rock.

To some, it’s the sound of a supremely cool, effortlessly funky period in the ’70s when you could have a Gold record stuffed with 15-minute clavinet solos. The domain of crate diggers, virtuosos and DJs, jazz fusion is burdened by a reputation that contradicts itself.