Recommend some edgy and aggressive fusion

[Rarebird]

No-one mentioning Mahavishnu Orchestra, especially the first edition with Jan Hammer and Jerry Goodman?

[No Pride]

No-one mentioning Mahavishnu Orchestra, especially the first edition with Jan Hammer and Jerry Goodman?

Post #2.

BTW, there's a live Jan Hammer Group (download only) album from the mid '70s that was released a couple of years ago; pretty burnin' stuff!

[simon moon]

Never heard of them before; that was pretty impressive! Where are they from?

Formed in Moscow. Guitarist and bass players are Russian. But the drummer is French, now living in Los Angeles.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Some modern stuff:

Phlox
One Shot
Ozone Quartet
Machine and the Synergetic Nuts
Accordo dei Contrari
Grand General
Raul Björkenheim
Elephant9
Boud Deun
Le Silo

[No Pride]

Thanks, Simon!

[Yanks2014]

Wow, must have been the first time I've "inspired" a thread! Since it's not actually my thread, I can't really define what is edgy and aggressive. But I will say why I used the description. In the Weather Report thread, I mentioned why I'm not into them. They are a band that had great musicians, the playing and the musicianship, I'd never argue it was anything but great. Just not a style I prefer with fusion, its a tad mello and mild to my ears. For 70's era, I much prefer Mahavishnu and Return to Forever, that sort of "rocking" fusion. I don't care for the early RTF albums as they don't emphasize the rock element much. But from "7th Galaxy" on out, maybe my ultimate fusion act. And today there are so many great acts doing this sort of thing. I mentioned Ohm and KBB off the top of my head.

Other great ones have been mentioned, and here is my list, not in any order:

Planet X
Cab
Vital Tech Tones
Tribal Tech
Hiromi
Spaced Out
Aristocrats
Tunnels
Brand X
Uncle Moe's Space Ranch
Bruford
Electromagnets
Gambale Hamm Smith (GHS)
Gong (fusion era)
Jean-Luc Ponty
Niacin
One Shot
Ohmphrey
Simon Phillips

OK, I know I'm missing a bunch, and there are some I don't really call fusion, though they could be defined that way, like Kenso, the Dixie Dregs and Morglbl.

[Yanks2014]

OK, I should have mentioned Bad Dog U, shame on me!

[Rarebird]

Post #2.

BTW, there's a live Jan Hammer Group (download only) album from the mid '70s that was released a couple of years ago; pretty burnin' stuff!

I see. Missed it somehow.

[markwoll]

If you can find it, Machacek - Featuring Ourselves ( abstract logix download only ) mentioned already, but once more for emphasis
Conrad Schrenk - Save the Robots
Scott McGill's Handfarm

and even through there are vocals;
Thank You Scientist, just because

[Zeuhlmate]

[markwoll]

Michael Schrieve - Two Doors The first half has Shawn Lane & Jonas Hellborg the second Bill Frisell & Wayne Horvitz 1st half much edgier

[Stickleback]

Anything by Kenny G.

[Dave (in MA)]

Michael Schrieve - Two Doors The first half has Shawn Lane & Jonas Hellborg the second Bill Frisell & Wayne Hovitz 1st half much edgier

Only if you subscribe to definition #2 in Post #5, otherwise it would be the other way around.

[No Pride]

Is this fusion? Is it edgy? I don't know, but it's certainly aggressive!

Latin-jazz pianist, Michel Camilo:

[No Pride]

OK, I should have mentioned Bad Dog U, shame on me!

We're not worthy!

But thanks, Yanks!

[MJBrady]

Seconded for the Impact Fuse - Moscow, excellent no filler cd.
Also::::

Alko Trio - features Impact Fuze guys, sans the drummer.


Hectic Watermelon


Fragile

[MJBrady]

The Renegades


Alexander Kostarev Group



Mindflowers

[Burley Wright]

Don't think this has been mentioned - Kazumi Watanabe's Spice of Life with Bruford and Berlin - phenomenal album. Unfortunately, Spice of Life Too isn't nearly as good to me, different lineup, just doesn't smoke like the first one.

[Shadow]

Here is the setlist from the last two weeks of the local jazz/fusion show, which happens to be airing now from 6-8 eastern time. When he emails me tonights list I will post it and that should give you some edgy stuff to check out. He only likes to play stuff from 2000 and newer, with a few rare exceptions that I send him.

Jerry’s Jam Session #21

Trey Gunn
The joys of molybdenum

Warren O. Williams
Wake up

Adam Holzman
Jazz rocket science

G5 Project
G5 2013

Dysrhythmia
Pretest

Dave Martone
Live at metalworks

Galactic
The other side of midnight

Prashant Aswani
Revelation fully loaded

Simon Phillips
Protocol II-live

Magnus Ostroer
Live-stockholm, Sweden

Adrian Raso
Electric medusa

Vincent Fabre
Guitar addiction(tribute to modern guitar)












Vinnie Moore
Defying gravity

Dave Holland
Prism-live in Sweden

Tom Quayle
Guitar idol 2008

Dysrthymia
Pretest

Special Providence
Soul alert

Prashant Aswani
Frequency

Potato Salad Band
Live at the baked potato

PBS

Strandberg Project
Made in Finland

Strings 24

Oz Noy
Oz live

Jerry’s Jam Session #20


Dave Weiner
On revolute

Byron Fry
Combustible

Brian Maillard
Reincarnation

Brian Bromberg
Bromberg plays Hendrix

Gary Hoey
Money

Julien Lacharme Project
Out of bounds

Damian Murdoch Trio
Electric tentacles

George Lynch
Legacy

Elmo Karjalainen
Unintelligent designs

Charlie Hunter, Earnest Ranglin
Earth tones

Joe Satriani
Unstoppable momentum

Julien Lacharme Project
Out of bounds










Nili Brosh
through the looking glass

Vanja
Vision

Koos Wiltenberg
Live

Blindstone
Manifesto

George Lynch
Legacy

Antoine Fafard
Occultus tramitis

Diversion Voice
Underwater

Elmo Karjalainen
Unintelligent designs

Fwap
Perfect world

Jim’s Big Fish
Birch
Jerry’s Jam Session #18

Pet McCann
Mahavishnu re-defined

Russell Gunn
Ethnomusicology Vol 4

Yuri Isobe
First of all

Vlado turnsek
Back to the future

Geoffe Hein
Eternal sleep

Karl Denson
Dance lesson#2

Static
Patterns

Virgil Donati
In this life

Trix
Dx

Vertu

Vernon Reid & Masque
Other true self

Uncle Moe’s space Ranch
Moe’s town

Trioxyde
Hey carlos









Toshimi Project
SO

John McLaughlin
The promise

Kang Ino
The road

Kirk Tatnall
Temporal vortex

Krzyszt of Misiak
Wydaje mi sie

Lindsey Boullt
Composition

Michael Lee Firkins
Magna Carta Guitar greats vol 2

Jerry’s Jam Session #17

Claude Pauly
Mind meets matter

Tony Smith
Face off

Tohpati Ethnomission
Save the planet

Tim Sanders
Spark

Plug-In
Earthquake

Tetsuo Sakurai
My dear musiclife

Tom Principato
Not one word

Tommy Bolin & friends
Great gypsy soul

Tatvamasi stop 7:50
Parts of the entirety

Shake

Scott Henderson
Dog party

Santana
Shapeshifter

Plug-In
Earthquake










Stick Men
Deep

Project Z

Randy Coven & Steve Morse
Guitar masters Vol 1

Gannin Arnold
Not from here

Plug-In
Earthquake

Gambale-Donati-Fierabracci
Made in Australia

Chris Potter
Ultrahang

Ciro Manna
Feel ‘n groove

Tea Leaf Green
Rock ‘n Roll band

[Yanks2014]

We're not worthy!

But thanks, Yanks!

Hey, I enjoy the heck out of that disc. Totally worthy. Just wish there was more than 1 album.

[Shadow]

Tonight's play list:

jerry's jam session WKHS 90.5 thursday night 6pm to 8pm radio show--Playlist- Stick Men, Marcel Coenan, Greg Marra, Dopapod, EGH, MVP, greg Howe, Fazjazz, Marc Pattison, Electric Outlet, Santana Brothers, Fro, Jason Julseth, New Morning II, Jeff Beck, Jane Getter, Gergo Borlai, Dream Theatre, Gnappy, Mark Zellner, Gov't Mule, Fragment 37, Electric Asturias, Marc Guillermont, Jartse Tuominen. The best instrumental jams on the radio

[helicase]

douBt (with Richard Sinclair guesting on this, their first album):
https://moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com...-a-burning-dog
And lots more on the Moonjune label. Here's a sampler:
https://moonjunerecords.bandcamp.com...se-donate-more

[battema]

Well, after last night...a vote for Animals as Leaders.

[Liquid Tension]

I'd suggest Phlox from Estonia and One Shot. Amazing smoking fusion.

I'll second these two....

I didn't see any mention of Cosmosquad...

[Scrotum Scissor]