Fusion Jazz

Some rock artists that started adding elements of jazz into all of their music. The decade that was most visible for fusion was the seventies, however the style has also been well represented in the recent times. Fusion rock, instead of being considered a codified musical style, can be viewed as being a musical approach or tradition. There is some music from progressive rock that can also be considered fusion.

Instrumental Improvisation:
This instrumental genre has complex, rhythmic patterns, meters and track lengths that are extended, featuring some lengthy improvisations. The musical improvisation and complex compositions located  are rarely ever seen within the other musical forms of western music - perhaps it is best recognized in Don Ellis and Dave Brubeck’s jazz work.

Typically, fusion music receives very little airplay on the radio broadcast systems within the United States, which is partially because of its complexity and lack of vocals, not to mention the frequent use of extended track lengths. To fusion music, European radio is known to be friendlier - the fusion jazz music genre also has a rather significant following in South America and Japan. There are several radio stations on the internet that feature fusion music.

Revival of Fusion Jazz:
During the eighties, to a certain extent, the promise of fusion went on to be unfulfilled even though it did continue to show its presence in groups like Chick Corea’s Elektric Band and Tribal Tech. Even though the actual meaning of the term fusion was confused with the invention of smooth jazz, there are several groups that actually helped to revive the music genre of fusion jazz starting in the middle to latter part of the eighties. Most of the fusion artists that are well known were considered to be members of the earlier groups of jazz fusion, and some of the giants of jazz fusion during the seventies kept on working within the music genre.