Fusion - Any Recommendations?


I really love this Italian 70's progressive group called AREA that are more like avant-garde fusion than anything else. Who knows a little about fusion and can recommend some classic must-haves?
soulgoober

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Many good titles/artists already listed. Try these too:

Miles Davis
"Tribute to Jack Johnson"
several cuts off of "Live Evil"

Dixie Dregs
"Night of the Living Dregs"
"What if"
and others

Frank Zappa
some cuts off of
"Live at the Roxy and Elsewhere"
"One Size Fits All"
but especially
"Shut Up 'N' Play Yer Guitar" unfricking believable stuff

Jeff Beck
"Blow by Blow"
"Wired"

One last perhaps unexpected suggestion

Talking Heads - "Remain in Light"

All the above are guitar heavy fusion. If you like Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever, you should check these others out.

Put Billy Cobham's "Spectrum" on in your car when you are heading out on a road trip and see if it doesn't help you settle into a serious driving groove. Then play Beck's "Blow by Blow" or "Wired" and roar off into the sunset. HOOA!