 | Kind of Blue by Miles Davis
Buy new: £14.19 / Used from: £3.15 Miles at his smoky late fifties best... a classic 3am listen. No fusion here, but every jazz list has to contain this album by law.
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 | Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz
Buy new: £7.78 / Used from: £5.99 Definitive Bossa Nova...cool as Pimms on the lawn on a summers day.
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 | In a Silent Way by Miles Davis
Buy used from: £5.98 Opened the floodgates to Jazz-Rock fusion. Stark, cool, magnificent.
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 | The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Various Artists
Buy used from: £3.84 Mambo/Salsa infectious grooves for dancers...great collection of artists ...includes the stonking Mambo Tipico by Tito Puente.
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 | Ghana Soundz Vol.1: Afrobeat Funk & Fusion in 1970's Ghana by Various Artists
Buy new: £6.08 / Used from: £20.21 Great collection of Ghanaian Afrobeat.
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 | Zombie by Fela Anikulapo Kuti
Buy new: £7.38 Fela Kuti combines African grooves with Jazz licks for this funky effervescent album.
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 | Beginner's Guide to Salsa 2008 by Various Artists
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £4.00 Cuban/Puerto Rican styles mixed with Jazz to form Salsa...this is an excellent primer at a bargain price (3CD set)
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 | The Inner Mounting Flame by John McLaughlin
Buy new: £14.19 / Used from: £5.50 McLaughlin leads his first band...explosive, intricate, mindblowing spiritual fusion
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 | Six by Soft Machine
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £8.75 Disciplined Brit-Jazz-Rock-Minimal hybrid...utilised repeating phrases mirroring Systems Music, and (dare i say it?) a precursor to sampler music? Mesmerising.
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 | The Koln Concert: 24 January 1975 by Keith Jarrett
Buy new: £10.78 / Used from: £6.99 Solo piano improvisations from Jarrett...fantastic acoustics in the German concert hall add amazing depth to these deeply felt pieces.
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 | The Rotters' Club by Hatfield and the North
Buy used from: £3.99 Coming from similar roots to the Softs, H&TN bring English understatedness, levity and humour to these quirky-but-engrossing labyrinthine jazz/rock arrangements.
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 | A Handful of Beauty by Shakti with John McLaughlin
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £5.70 McLaughlin nailed the then seemingly impossible task of melding Eastern and Western styles properly and seamlessly, in this sensitive but intensely played album.
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 | Offramp by Pat Metheny Group
Buy new: £7.98 / Used from: £7.99 Pat Metheny's wonderfully uplifting and melodic Jazz/electro offering.
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 | Gnu High by Kenny Wheeler
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £9.61 Lovely gentle/oblique recording with Keith Jarrett, Jack DeJohnette and Dave Holland...the jazz eqivalent of a delicate watercolour painting...has ECM written through it like a stick of rock.
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 | Pirates Choice by Orchestra Baobab
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £5.88 From Senegal, OB are a touch Afro Cuban in style, immensely mellow, uplifting...and danceable. Pure sunshine.
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 | Modern Day Jazz Stories by Courtney Pine
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.94 Sax giant proves that the words brit, hip hop, and jazz CAN spell cool.
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 | Boulevard by St. Germain
Buy new: £25.19 / Used from: £5.37 Broke the mold ...French Jazz/house fusion...equally at home in a dance club as in your living room. Strong on relaxed grooves and atmosphere.
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 | Journey Inwards by LTJ Bukem
Buy used from: £22.74 Bukem did much the same with Drum n Bass. Liquid, tuneful and intelligent.
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 | Every Day by The Cinematic Orchestra
Buy used from: £2.71 Cinematic Orchestra manage to set new directions for Jazz...breathtakingly beautiful, stately and melodic. Refreshingly free from cliches. Their first album Motion is another goodie.
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 | Unreasonable Behaviour by Laurent Garnier
Buy new: £10.98 / Used from: £3.48 Laurent Garnier manages to fuse Jazz with Techno with an emphasis on cool...top drawer!
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 | After Image by Pinski Zoo
Buy used from: £17.00 Free, hard and vibrant jazz from Nottingham (!) defies easy classification.
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 | Bajofondo Tango Club by Various Artists
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £3.99 A collection of South American artists fusing tango, jazz, breaks, and house. Groovy, sexy and danceable.
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 | Last Chance Disco by Acoustic Ladyland
Buy new: £6.18 / Used from: £6.00 I find whole tracts of this unlistenable, but with their intense invention and trailblazing drumming they are totally riveting live.
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