
It began with Miles Davis and broke down with Kenny G. Jazz Fusion, and the various guises in which it revealed itself, began with the experimental fusion of jazz and rock of Davis' 1968 album Miles In The Sky . The likes of John McLoughlin, Herbie Hancock, Al Di Meola, Chick Corea, Bob James and so on continued in that avant garde vein. But other, more funk and soul oriented musicians, emerged in the 1970s, and many of the avant garde crowd also contributed to the rise of the more accessible form of fusion, the kind that would be [...]
On the jazzy tip all week long this week...today I'm coming in a original Blue Note stylee Blue Mitchell - High Heel Sneakers

01. Stanley Turrentine - "Journey Into Melody" 02. Sonny Rollins - "Where Are You" 03. Dexter Gordon - "I'm a Fool to Want You" 04. Lee Morgan - "Melancholee" 05. Hank Mobley - "Fin de L'Affaire" 06. Lucky Thompson - "I Forgot to Remember" 07. Serge Chaloff - "What's New" 08. Miles Davis - "Blue in Green" 09. Blue Mitchell - "Park Avenue Petite" [...]

year end thoughts, in no particular order: traveling too much for work – with ione turning 2 next month, for every week i'm away, i'm missing out on ~1% of her life. pseudo-science – if we don't let a non-physician treat patients, and a non-engineer build bridges, why would we let non-scientists do science? admittedly, the scientific community desperately needs to get its head out of its ivory tower ass and do a better job of explaining the science to the lay public, but ultimately, this is still about knowing what [...]