Music Jazz/Fusion - grooving or chilling, we have them all

Mercury_Sagit

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Greetings, Famiboard citizens! This thread is for Jazz/Fusion music, where many genres mix into one :p

For me specifically, I'm more into the Eastern side of the scene, specifically Japanese artists. Despite gaining popularity in the same era as City-Pop, some JP Jazz/Fusion bands managed to survive the test of time and persist even until today. Back in 70/80s, Casiopea and T-Square are regarded as the pioneers of this genre in Japan and are probably the most well-known bands internationally. However, there are also independent artists in this period who either pursued Jazz/Fusion from the start (Masayoshi Takanaka, Katsutoshi Morizono) or switched from pure Jazz to Jazz/Fusion (Yoshiaki Masuo).

You can find below some of my favourite tracks which have a lot of influence from Latin-America music as well as funk/rock:

I'm quite curious about the Western side of the Jazz/Fusion scene, would be glad if someone can share your perspective, as well as your favorite artists and your impression about the genre in general :D
 
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Sander RX

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These tracks sound groovy.

Also this thread has made my musically illiterate self realize that Lupin III's soundtrack has been Jazz/Fusion all along.
 
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These tracks sound groovy.

Also this thread has made my musically illiterate self realize that Lupin III's soundtrack has been Jazz/Fusion all along.
Well actually you don't need to look that far into other media to find traces of Jazz/Fusion music ;)

Also a small tidbit: one of the drummer performing for Mario Kart 8 is Satoshi Bandoh, a member of the Jazz Fusion band T-Square.
Another tidbit: this track (also from T-Square) will surely remind you of a certain game series.
woah, Japanese fusion thread

get ready for Mambo No 5

Yes, another fellow Takanaka fan :p He's probably my favorite Jazz/Fusion artist due to his jolly and upbeat music style inspired by Latin America music.
 

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