Pegasus
Pegasus, a Barcelona jazz-rock band formed in 1981 by Max Sunyer, Josep Mas “Kitflus”, Rafael Escoté and Santi Arisa, said a definitive farewell in 2021 after forty years.
Jazz
Jazz, en català: discos, concerts i figures del gènere, des dels segells històrics fins als projectes actuals que continuen ampliant el llenguatge de la improvisació. Tótum Revolútum Press hi dedica ressenyes i cobertura de concerts a Catalunya amb la mateixa atenció que al rock progressiu i el metal.
Maquina!
Maquina!, the Barcelona band of two full-length albums, Why? and En Directo, a cult name in Catalan progressive rock.
Fusioon
Fusioon, the jazz-rock progressive band from Manresa, a reference of the Catalan scene in the seventies.
Iceberg
Iceberg, the Barcelona jazz-rock band, a benchmark of the Catalan scene of the 1970s.
Level 42
Level 42, the British jazz-funk and sophisticated pop band led by bassist Mark King.
Mike Stern
Mike Stern, American jazz fusion guitarist, formerly of Miles Davis and Blood, Sweat & Tears.
Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius, a revolutionary jazz fusion bassist and member of Weather Report in the 1970s.
Alphonse Mouzon
Alphonse Mouzon, founding drummer of Weather Report and a key figure of 1970s jazz fusion.
Acoustic Alchemy
Acoustic Alchemy, the British guitar duo that set the standard for instrumental smooth jazz.
Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra, the American band that set the standard for commercial jazz fusion in the 1980s.
The Crusaders
The Crusaders, the Houston band that founded 1970s jazz fusion and smooth jazz.
Chicago
Chicago, the pioneering band of rock and horn-section fusion, with decades of hits.
Pentangle
Pentangle, the fusion of English folk and jazz by Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Jacqui McShee.
Dixie Dregs
Dixie Dregs, Steve Morse’s instrumental band, a fusion of country, jazz and progressive rock.
Yellowjackets
Yellowjackets, one of the benchmark American fusion and smooth jazz groups since the 1980s.
Wayne Krantz
Wayne Krantz, American jazz-fusion guitarist, a reference of modern harmonic improvisation.
Scott Henderson
Scott Henderson, fusion and blues guitarist, formerly of Tribal Tech and the Chick Corea Elektric Band.
Planet X
Planet X, the instrumental technical-fusion supergroup of Derek Sherinian, Virgil Donati and Tony MacAlpine.
Jonas Hellborg Group
Jonas Hellborg Group, the Swedish bassist’s project, with Shawn Lane as its best-known collaborator.
Tribal Tech
Tribal Tech, the jazz-fusion band of Scott Henderson and Gary Willis, a reference of the genre in the 1980s and 1990s.
Ruins
Ruins, Yoshida Tatsuya’s Japanese drums-and-bass duo, a reference of zeuhl and extreme math rock.
Kenso
Kenso, the Japanese technical progressive jazz-rock band, continuously active since the 1970s.
Area
Area, the Italian avant-garde band of Demetrio Stratos, straddling progressive rock, jazz and politics.
Soft Heap
Soft Heap, the Canterbury jazz-rock quartet of Alan Gowen, Hugh Hopper, Pip Pyle and Elton Dean.
Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh, Alan Gowen’s jazz-rock band within the Canterbury orbit.
Quiet Sun
Quiet Sun, the early band of Phil Manzanera (Roxy Music), recorded and released years later as Mainstream.
National Health
National Health, the Canterbury scene supergroup led by Dave Stewart and Alan Gowen.
On The Raw
On The Raw, the Barcelona instrumental jazz-rock project of Jordi Amela, Jordi Prats, Alex Ojea, Pep Espasa and Toni Sánchez.
Melissa Aldana and Gonzalo Rubalcaba take Cuban filin to NPR’s Tiny Desk
Four pieces with Pablo Menares on bass and Kush Abadey on drums, three from “Filin” and one from “Echoes of the Inner Prophet”. The session is part of “El Tiny”.
Trevor Watts / Barry Guy / Ramón López – The First Touch
Watts and Guy have been playing together since 1966 and meet again in Lublin with Ramón López. Seventy-six minutes of live music, mixed in Barcelona, with an uneven second half.
Ayumi Tanaka, Thomas Morgan, Thomas Strønen – Windflower
Eight of the nine tracks were improvised in the room and the record never raises its voice. Tanaka, Morgan and Strønen debut as a trio on ECM with a discipline that costs them something.
Thank You Scientist
Thank You Scientist, the American band that fuses progressive metal, jazz and a full horn section.
Shining
Shining, the Norwegian band of Jørgen Munkeby, who coined the term “blackjazz” to fuse black metal and jazz.
Shadowfax
Shadowfax, the American jazz-fusion band with the lyricon as its signature instrument.
Steely Dan
Steely Dan, the duo of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker that brought the harmonic sophistication of jazz to studio-produced rock.
Passport
Passport, the jazz-fusion project of German saxophonist Klaus Doldinger, also known for the soundtrack of “Das Boot”.
Nucleus
Nucleus, Ian Carr’s British band and one of the pioneers of the fusion of jazz and rock in England.
Colosseum
Colosseum, the British band that pioneered the fusion of jazz and rock in the late sixties.
Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham, the drummer of the Mahavishnu Orchestra and one of the fundamental names of solo jazz-fusion.
Chick Corea Elektric Band
Chick Corea Elektric Band, pianist Chick Corea’s electric project since the mid-eighties.