Where to Start with jazz fusion
music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues
814 artists
Start here
Takin' Off
Herbie Hancock · 1962
Best jazz fusion Albums to Start With
jazz fusion Artists
Boney James
crossover jazz, jazz
Snarky Puppy
jazz
Pat Metheny
Latin pop, hard bop
Paco de Lucía
classical music, flamenco
Ed Harcourt
Jaco Pastorius
jazz, jazz-funk
Larry Carlton
blues, contemporary jazz
Marek Grechuta
progressive rock, sung poetry
Trevor Rabin
hard rock, pop music
David Crosby
country rock, folk rock
Anirudh Ravichander
Carnatic music, dance-pop
Wes Montgomery
hard bop, jazz
Miss Li
blues, jazz
SBB
progressive rock
Allan Holdsworth
jazz, progressive rock
The Mothers of Invention
blues rock, experimental rock
About jazz fusion
What is jazz fusion?
music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues
Where should I start with jazz fusion?
Start with "Takin' Off" by Herbie Hancock. It captures what makes jazz fusion worth exploring.
What are the best jazz fusion albums?
The jazz fusion albums worth hearing first: "Takin' Off" by Herbie Hancock, "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis, "Testify" by Phil Collins, "Going Back" by Phil Collins and "Brother Bear – An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack" by Phil Collins.
How many jazz fusion artists are there?
northsound.fm covers 814 jazz fusion artists, each with a recommended starting album and listening path.
