fusion jazz
Hybrid instrumental genre
Fusion jazz, also called jazz fusion or jazz-rock, is a style that blends jazz improvisation with rock rhythms, electric instruments, and elements from funk, R&B, or world music.
The genre emerged in the late 1960s, pioneered by artists like Miles Davis and bands like Weather Report.
Their new album has a fusion jazz sound with heavy synthesizers.
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- world musicTraditional international musical styles
- 1960s countercultureSixties anti-establishment movement
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
- electric bassAmplified low-pitched string instrument
Miles Davis · Herbie Hancock · syncopation · polyrhythm · rhythm section · horn section · progressive rock · dynamic contrast · electric guitar · funk · civil rights movement · groove · saxophone · Weather Report · electric piano · wah pedal · slap bass · jam
- Cultural Fusionsyncretism, hybridity, creole, mestizo, Tex-Mex
- instrumentalsguitar solo, guitar solos, drum solo, piano solos, drum solos
- Jazz FusionWeather Report, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Brand X, Shakti
- fusion stylessushi burritos
- European JazzDjango Reinhardt