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At Fusion 101, a Jazz/Rock Internet Radio Station, we bring you the best Jazz/Rock Fusion music from the Seventies, combining the energy of Rock music with the sophistication and improvisation found in Jazz, and the best of Art and Progressive Rock, drawing from jazz and classical elements to push beyond the standard Rock song structures.
We only play hand-picked songs from our extensive collection of worldwide 70s Jazz Rock Fusion and Progressive Rock artists like: Al Di Meola, Passport, Gong, Jean-Luc Ponty, The Soft Machine, Bill Bruford, Larry Coryell, King Crimson, Jan Akkerman and Focus, Fusion's original John McLaughlin and The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Allan Holdsworth, Chick Corea, Area, Jan Hammer, the amazing guitar of Jeff Beck, Brand X, Weather Report, Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, The Dixie Dregs, awesome drummers like Billy Cobham, Narada Michael Walden, Lenny White, Tony Williams, and many more!
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SIMON PHILLIPS – FULL STUDIO LIVE SESSION – LITTLE BIG BEAT STUDIOS
Ernest Tibbs (bass), Otmaro Ruiz (keyboards), Alex Sill (guitar), and Jacob Scesney (saxophone). This lineup represents the fifth iteration of the project, delivering high-energy instrumental jazz-fusion.
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Automatic ManAutomatic Man came out of nowhere in 1976. The front cover of their debut album had a simple yet eye-catching blue alien staring out from space. A close look at the four-man lineup on the back sleeve, however, shows highly-respected ex-Santana drummer Michael Shrieve. But the brains and chief songwriter behind Automatic Man was keyboardist Bayete, whose real name is Todd Cochrane. Cochrane was a graduate of Oxford University and had recorded two unsuccessful albums on the Fantasy label in the early ’70s. He teamed up with Shrieve soon after Shrieve had departed Steve Winwood and Stomu Yamashta’s Go project. These two were joined by two other Bay Area musicians who had also played with Go, guitarist Pat Thrall and bassist Doni Harvey. The debut album by this assemblage reveals a strange and eclectic mixture of space rock, funk, and Jimi Hendrix-inspired guitar, powered mainly by Bayete’s dreamy keyboards and vocals. It was a promising debut, but after Shrieve quit (he later formed Novo Combo), the band lost its way. The second release had a pink alien on the front sleeve; unfortunately, the music revealed more funk but less imagination. Thrall later joined the Pat Travers Band and guested on a Narada Michael Walden album. Bayete and Harvey seemingly disappeared from view. Studio Album, released in 1976 Songs / Tracks Listing 1. Atlantis Rising Fanfare ( 2. Comin’ Through Listen 3. My Pearl Listen 4. One ‘N One Listen 5. Newspapers Listen 6. Geni-Geni Listen 7. Right Back Down Listen 8. There’s a Way Listen 9. Interstellar Tracking Devices Listen 10. Automatic Man Listen 11. Turning of the Axis [Theme from Atlantis Rising] Total Time 47:51 Line-up / Musicians – Michael Shrieve / drums, Impakt electronic percussion – Bayete / keyboards, synthesizers, vocals – Pat Thrall / guitar, vocals – Doni Harvey / bass, vocals