Jazz Rock Fusion

They say you can't judge a book by its cover, and going by 'Jazz Rock’, nor a record by its title. Though entering into jazz territory and featuring some distorted guitar, 'Jazz Rock' is more a beautiful marriage of funky breakbeat drumming and spiritual jazz instrumentation, combined with traditional Min'yō music performed on the koto and shakuhachi.

Wolfgang Dauner has now been highly active on the scene for more than fifty years. Dauner hired top young musicians to be around him for the current upgrade to United 2.0. The second United generation, like the first one, is eagerly researching the crossing points between jazz, rock, funk and world music. Featuring some of the finest avant-garde jazz players from Germany and beyond the Ensemble began life in 1975. Pianist Wolfgang Dauner, initially recruiting musicians from his home base of Stuttgart (then a hotbed of avant-garde jazz), put together a rotating cast of musicians, and shared writing and arranging duties with guitarist Volker Kriegel.

The long-awaited follow-up album to the monumental, earth-shaking fusion rock/jazz supergroup project The Fusion Syndicate! Building on the 2012 debut album, this album presents a whole new line-up that includes members of Genesis, Megadeth, Focus, Gong, Fishbone, Yes, Public Image Ltd. And lots more! The album's first single "The Bottle" which features bass legend Bootsy Collins and multi-instrumentalist Brian Jackson, received a rapturous reception! Includes 4 new mixes of tracks from the band's first album, which feature members of Mahavishnu Orchestra, Porcupine Tree, King Crimson, Brand X, Yellowjackets and more!

A companion to the group's album A Speedway On Saturn's Rings, released earlier this year, Beautiful Horizon showcases even more adventurous, musically complex master works! Features a mindblowing array of eclectic performers including Fishbone's Angelo Moore, The Door's Robby Krieger, PiL's Jah Wobble, Mahavishnu Orchestra's Jerry Goodman, Megadeth's Marty Friedman, Chrome's Helios Creed, and more! Includes bonus tracks that feature additional performances Steve Morse, Tony Kaye, John Etheridge, Steve Hillage and others!

The Jazz Club series is an attractive addition to the Verve catalogue. With it's modern design and popular choice of repertoire, the Jazz Club is not only opened for Jazz fans, but for everyone that loves good music.

Featuring some of the finest avant-garde jazz players from Germany and beyond, the United Jazz + Rock Ensemble began life as a loose studio aggregation assembled for a youth-oriented German television show in 1975. Hoping for a contemporary balance between rock and jazz, producer Werner Schretzmeier called upon pianist Wolfgang Dauner, the former leader of Et Cetera, an avant-garde jazz group Schretzmeier had managed until their breakup in 1972. Initially recruiting musicians from his home base of Stuttgart (then a hotbed of avant-garde jazz), Dauner put together a rotating cast of musicians that were at first dubbed the Eleven and a Half Ensemble (after the program's airtime); this group featured guitarist Volker Kriegel (who shared writing and arranging duties with Dauner), drummer Jon Hiseman, trumpeter Ack Van Rooyen, and trombonist Albert Mangelsdorff…

Fantastic selection of jazz/rock/fusion. All the greats are here & some id never heard of before, but have now seeked out some real treasures.Some of these musicians were regarded as the best in the world. It's easy to hear why.

En 1969, le festival de Woodstock ouvre une période de maturité pour le mouvement rock, tandis que le jazz cherche à se renouveler. L'auteur retrace l'histoire du genre qui fusionne ces deux courants musicaux et des expérimentations d'artistes tels que Chick Corea, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix ou encore Jeff Beck, abordant les acteurs et les oeuvres incontournables du jazz rock ainsi que ses dérivés. …

From the producer of The Prog Collective comes a new supergroup of unparalleled musical virtuosos who cut loose on this jazz-rock fusion album! Features performances by members of the biggest names in fusion including Mahavishnu Orchestra, Yellowjackets, Brand X, Soft Machine, and Spyro Gyra PLUS Yes, Dream Theater, King Crimson, Tool, Porcupine Tree, Hawkwind and more!