VA - Jazz Rock, in a Silent Way (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3

JAZZ ROCK

Previously posted August 27, 2020

VA - Jazz Rock, in a Silent Way (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1+CD2+CD3

Jazz-rock may refer to the loudest, wildest, most electrified fusion bands from the jazz camp, but most often it describes performers coming from the rock side of the equation. Jazz-rock first emerged during the late '60s as an attempt to fuse the visceral power of rock with the musical complexity and improvisational fireworks of jazz. Since rock often emphasized directness and simplicity over virtuosity, jazz-rock generally grew out of the most artistically ambitious rock sub-genres of the late '60s and early '70s: psychedelia, progressive rock, and the singer/songwriter movement. The latter drew from the mellower, more cerebral side of jazz, often employing vocal as well as instrumental improvisation; this school's major figures included Joni Mitchell, Van Morrison, and Tim Buckley. Most jazz-rock, however, was played by higher-energy rock ensembles. Some of them were more jam-oriented, borrowing jazz harmonies and instruments for their extended, rock-flavored improvisations (Traffic, Santana). Others recorded jazz-flavored R&B or pop songs that used the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic sensibilities of jazz, but weren't as interested in improvisation or instrumental virtuosity (Blood, Sweat & Tears, Chicago, Steely Dan). Still others used jazz's complexity to expand rock's musical horizons, not just in terms of instrumental technique but in crafting quirky, challenging, unpredictable compositions (Frank Zappa, the Soft Machine). The major exception was Miles Davis, the first jazz musician since the early R&B era to covet the earthy power of rock & roll and the impact it had on young audiences. Starting with 1970's Bitches Brew, Davis's early-'70s fusion workouts -- greatly inspired by Jimi Hendrix and Sly & the Family Stone -- quickly became some of the funkiest, edgiest, most aggressive jazz-rock ever recorded. While figures like Zappa and Steely Dan continued to record jazz-rock through the '70s, the movement had essentially dissipated by the '80s, as a mellower form of fusion captured its audience (Wikipedia)

In the late 1960s, jazz musicians began mixing the forms and improvisational techniques of jazz with the electric instruments of rock and the rhythms of soul and rhythm and blues. At the same time, some rock artists began adding jazz elements to their music. Fusion has gone on too often include world music and other elements. At its best, fusion music is often considered to be one of the most inventive, original and virtuosic musical genres.

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Track lists

CD1

01    Miles Davis    In a Silent Way It's About That Time    19:52
02    Tonton Macoute    Flying South in Winter    6:29
03    Nucleus    Oasis    9:48
04    Terje Rypdal    Dead Man's Tale    7:06
05    Sting    Shadows in the Rain    4:50
06    Frank Zappa    Peaches En Regalia    3:38
07    Kraan    Luft Und Liebe    3:39
08    Embryo    Warm Canto    10:10
09    Taylor Eigsti    Less Free Will    5:21
10    Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu Jo    A Love Supreme    7:48
11    Sweet Smoke    Kundalini    13:26
12    Soft Machine    Slightly All the Time    18:13
13    Robert Glasper Trio    Mood    9:48
14    Chuck Mangione    Feels So Good    9:07
15    Klaus Doldinger    Back in the Dark    2:35
16    Brand X    Nuclear Burn    6:21
17    Xhol Caravan    Raise Up High    17:45
18    Wayne Shorter    Footprints    7:31
19    Herbie Hancock    Chameleon    15:44
20    Weather Report    Birdland    6:00
21    Neil Ardley    Song of Love    2:21
22    Billy Cobham    Snoopy's Search, Red Baron    7:41
23    If    What Did I Say About the Box Jack    8:23
24    Return to Forever    The Romantic Warrior    10:52
25    Chicago    Does Anybody Really Know What Time it Is    4:36
26    Jean-Luc Ponty    Imaginary Voyage, Part 1    2:22
27    Jean-Luc Ponty    Imaginary Voyage, Part 2    4:04
28    Marshall Tucker Band    Desert Skies    6:24
29    Traffic    The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys    11:35
30    Frank Zappa    Zoot Allures    4:13

CD2

31    Nucleus    Song for the Bearded Lady    7:22
32    Snakes Alive    Snakes Alive    5:18
33    Galliard    Ask for Nothing    9:03
34    Jeff Beck    Led Boots    4:02
35    Altona    Hide Yourself    5:49
36    Kimo Williams & Kimotion    Kimotion    5:53
37    Affinity    Cream on Your Face    5:21
38    Sabicas (& Joe Beck)    Inca Song    5:12
39    Bobby Lyle    The Genie    5:53
40    Harvey Mandel    What the Funk    3:03
41    Keith Tippett Group    This is What Happens    4:59
42    Bandhada - Chile    Jardın Secreto    9:56
43    Miles Davis    Right Off    26:53
44    Oz Noy    Elephant Walk    7:14
45    Passport    Abracadabra    7:21
46    Gong    Mystic Sister- Magick Brother    5:50
47    Dave Holland Big Band    Shadow Dance    14:43
48    Lighthouse    If There Ever Was a Time    5:05
49    Fred    Notes on a Picnic    3:59
50    Blood, Sweat & Tears    You've Made Me So Very Happy    4:07
51    Kraan    Inner Cycle    5:22
52    Nucleus    We'll Talk About it Later    6:16
53    Stanley Clarke    Justice's Groove    4:06
54    Al Di Dimeola    Race With the Devil on Spanish Highway    6:17
55    Mahavishnu Orchestra    Celestrial Terrestrial Commuters    2:54
56    Rock Candy Funk Party    Cube's Brick    7:32
57    Avengers    Exactly    6:32
58    Peatbog Faeries    Fear Eile    4:23
59    Fretless Brothers    Footsteps    5:40
60    John Scofield    Get Proud    5:20

CD3

61    Subject Esq.    Alone    5:18
62    Cassandra Wilson    Last Train to Clarksville    5:13
63    Judy Roberts Band    Never Was Love    3:57
64    Steps Ahead    Oops    6:24
65    Don Ellis Orchestra    Open Beauty    8:30
66    Tony Williams' Lifetime'    Two Worlds    4:28
67    Kraan    Psychedelic Man    4:17
68    Dixie Dregs    Road Expense    3:24
69    Shane Theriot    Sanford and Son (The Street Beat)    3:23
70    Tony Williams    Snake Oil    6:26
71    Chick Corea & Return to Forever    Spain    9:50
72    Jan Hammer - República Tcheca    The Seventh Day    6:03
73    Gong    Zero the Hero and the Orgasm Witch    10:57
74    Lars Eric Mattsson With Richie Kotzen    Little Miss Lover    3:12
75    Passport    The Cat From Katmandu    4:45
76    Garaj Mahal    Frankly Frankie Ford    9:16
77    Dirty Loops    Rolling in the Deep    2:49
78    Brainstorm    Zwick Zwick    4:40
79    Patrick Moraz    Los Endos    6:00
80    Blood, Sweat & Tears    Symphony for the Devil    7:49
81    Mahavishnu Orchestra    The Noonward Race    6:31
82    Emphasis    Rainmaker    2:53
83    Mahavishnu Orchestra    Meeting of the Spirits    6:53
84    Dirty Loops    Wake Me Up    3:28
85    Jukka Tolonen    Northern Lights    4:11
86    Kornet    Apollinaris    5:21
87    Snarky Puppy    Thing of Gold    6:25
88    Sarp Maden    Inspite All (Her Seye Ragmen)    7:21
89    Miss is Big    Magic Woman    3:30
90    Gil Scott-Heron & Brian Jackson    Winter in America    6:08
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