yod wrote:None were more experimental than Weather Report. I played in a band with Jose' Rossy (percussionist who replaced Alex Acuna in Weather Report) and heard some of the stories. These guys were so far ahead of everyone else (except Frank Zappa) and invented "fusion" in my opinion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__CqrIK-Ofo
I love Weather Report (who came along in 197O) and i consider them... along w Return To Forever, Mahavishnu, etc as fusion pioneers,....but most people credit Miles and his album "Bitches Brew" (1969) w being the invention of fusion.
along w a few others....i disagree. Gary Burton enlisted Larry Coryell to play loud distorted gtr in his band back in 1967 when they released the album "Duster". an argument can easily be made, that this was THE first "fusion" record and first fusion band!
here's a cut from 1969 album "Country Rds and Other Places"....total fusion, and one yr before WP hit the scene!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa0Rzktnk64