Modern Fusion of the more Rock variety

[proggosaurus]

right out of the gate, Jazz Grunge is a different beast than the first album from Matalex. replacing Steve Smith and Jeff Andrews are former members of Triton, Jost Nickel (drums) and Arnd Greise (bass). if you like heavy jazz rock/fusion, this will do it. I haven't seen any Triton on utube so I'll include one I've posted b4

Matalex - Beauty Of The Beast (Jazz Grunge/1996)



Matalex - Jazz Grunge (Jazz Grunge/1996)



Triton (selected tracks from Boomerang) 1992

[rapidfirerob]

I love Jazz Grunge!!! I also bought the live album of Jazz Grunge Tour ‘96, but the studio album is special. I’ll have to listen to Triton. Thanks.


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[Zeuhlmate]

Matalex also made an album together with Jean Paul-Bourelly
https://www.discogs.com/Matalex-Feat...elease/1061048

[proggosaurus]

I love Jazz Grunge!!! I also bought the live album of Jazz Grunge Tour ‘96, but the studio album is special. I’ll have to listen to Triton. Thanks.

that live album from 96 is damned good though with those ass kickin' versions of X-Perience and Apples Blues. Triton had three but they're not easy to acquire. I gotta couple that I can wave

[proggosaurus]

thought I'd go ahead and post these two up. a great live album that doesn't seem dated at all.
I love the funkiness and synth play on X-Perience

Matalex - X-Perience (Live '96)



Matalex - Apples Blues (Live '96)

[Zeuhlmate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGFri_kWDTw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEDoISWLNkg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiC5ROrw_XE

[interbellum]

Gianluca D'Alessio's Sunrise Markets, featuring Gavin Harrison (2 tracks), John Giblin (1 track) and a couple of Italian musicians, contains a selection of short, mostly instrumental tracks, which combine progressive rock, fusion, progmetal chords and slightly shredding parts. According to Burning Shed it's his second solo-album.

Some might watch the clips on his youtube-channel: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...XUo75nBLOIPJGn

[MJBrady]

One of the new bands I am pretty stoked about is Arch Echo, A bunch of classmates that created this band, great cd btw, start to finish, beatiful, over the top and stellar musicians.


https://archecho.bandcamp.com/
https://www.archecho.com/videos/

[wiz_d_kidd]

There is a common thread in this thread... What makes so many of these bands great is the drummer. This is especially true with Special Providence, Impact Fuze, and Nova Collective. Not that the guitar, keys and bass aren't great themselves... but sometimes the drummers don't get the spotlight they deserve. I think we should all give a round of applause to the drummers... please clap in 7/4 time while you stomp your feet in 5/4. Thanks!

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

There is a common thread in this thread... What makes so many of these bands great is the drummer. This is especially true with Special Providence, Impact Fuze, and Nova Collective. Not that the guitar, keys and bass aren't great themselves... but sometimes the drummers don't get the spotlight they deserve. I think we should all give a round of applause to the drummers... please clap in 7/4 time while you stomp your feet in 5/4. Thanks!

I completely agree! One of the common things in 90% of the music I love is that it all has great drumming. Usually, if an album is frothed on by many here at PE and I check it out and it does not have great drumming I become the lone voice of dissent. I just cant take mediocre drumming

[Zeuhlmate]

These are good !



Electric Outlet is a collection of veteran German studio musicians who have mastered their craft providing backing tracks and live work to many artists over a variety of musical styles. The band includes Marcus Deml, (guitars - Kingdom Come, Saga, Bobby Kimball), Tom Aeschbacher (keyboards), Ralf Gustke (drums - Chaka Khan, Xavier Naidoo) and Frank Itt, (bass - Pili Pili, Errorhead and Bobby Kimball).

[prestonplatform]

I am really enjoying 4db's Animal release, (not sure if this should be posted in the Rock or Jazz version of this thread) but here is one of the best tracks from the album

[prestonplatform]

Similarly am enjoying Bordelephone's debut album which features 4Db's bassist Olivier Michel

[interbellum]

Already aired in The Canvas Prog Hour # 563: Fraudprophets' "Poptosis".
Fraudprophets is formed by multi-instrumentalist Sean Halley and drummer Nate (Nataniel) Morton, who are accompanied on a couple of tracks by Matt Rohde, Jenee Fleenor, Snarky Puppy's Bob Reynolds and Oz Noy.

Some classic jazz-rock on this album (released next month), but also some Dixie Dregs-like countryjazzrock, groovy bluesfusion, subtle Eric Johnson-like guitar adventures and smooth sax-moments.

The band has been in the making since 2016, which is shown by this old version of "The Phlebotomist" (which features Noy on the final version):



More short cuts from some of the tracks over here:

[proggy_jazzer]

I honestly don't know where to bring this up: here, the "modern fusion...jazz" thread, or just the jazz discussion, but I landed here. Digging the hell out of Donny McCaslin's newest, Blow. Stream the entire album here: https://donnymccaslin.bandcamp.com/album/blow

I think it should appeal to many around these parts.

[TCC]

I honestly don't know where to bring this up: here, the "modern fusion...jazz" thread, or just the jazz discussion, but I landed here. Digging the hell out of Donny McCaslin's newest, Blow. Stream the entire album here: https://donnymccaslin.bandcamp.com/album/blow

I think it should appeal to many around these parts.

Nice and thanks for the H.U.!.

Interesting:
"Has Bowie gone jazz with "Blackstar"?" … "because the album includes a quartet of jazz musicians that Bowie first heard (as so many do) at a small club in New York's Greenwich Village" for example, etc.. (love "Blackstar" BTW!)

Donny McCaslin was the bandleader and helped define "Blackstar's" visionary stylistic fusion IMO! … interesting!.

[proggy_jazzer]

Donny McCaslin was the bandleader and helped define "Blackstar's" visionary stylistic fusion IMO! … interesting!.

And from the sound of Blow, the influence was very mutual, as I hear much of latter-day Bowie in this new recording. I believe that Bowie became aware of McCaslin through contact with Maria Schneider and her Orchestra (of which McCaslin is a long-standing member) when they recorded "Sue (Or In a Season of Crime)" together in 2014.

[Rarebird]

There is also a new Brad Mehldau album out. Finding Gabriel. Looks interesting.

[interbellum]

There is also a new Brad Mehldau album out. Finding Gabriel. Looks interesting.

Yes, he's working with a lot of keyboards and a drummer again, just like he did on Mehliana's Taming The Dragon.

[Rarebird]

Yes, he's working with a lot of keyboards and a drummer again, just like he did on Mehliana's Taming The Dragon.

That's what attracted me, when I read the review.

[starless and bible black]

How about this one by Vital Tech Tones (Steve Smith-Drums, Scott Henderson-Guitar, Victor Wooden-Bass)?

https://youtu.be/04IVawNep_w

[alanterrill]

I think Six Ring Circus fit in this category -still love this album:

[alanterrill]

This ep from Blumen/With a Smile was a great one. The first track will appeal to Mahavishnu fans I would imagine. There are only two guys playing all the instruments!

I thought there was no follow up to this, but I just found there was an album seemingly on on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/53Ngr...QI6r4-m_vJ3J3g

[Finch Platte]

One of the new bands I am pretty stoked about is Arch Echo, A bunch of classmates that created this band, great cd btw, start to finish, beatiful, over the top and stellar musicians.


https://archecho.bandcamp.com/
https://www.archecho.com/videos/

These guys are crazy good. I heard about them on another forum and had to buy the latest CD, You Won't Believe What Happens Next! Amazing stuff.

Another band I've been getting into lately is Cosmosquad, with Jeff Kollman.

So much good music out there. And I mean out there.

[Finch Platte]

How about this one by Vital Tech Tones (Steve Smith-Drums, Scott Henderson-Guitar, Victor Wooden-Bass)?

https://youtu.be/04IVawNep_w

Wooten, not Wooden. And Henderson's solo stuff is great, along with his stint in Tribal Tech.