Great Euro-Fusion and Jazz Rock Records

[Rabshakeh]

24 minutes ago, Д.Д. said:

One of the few, really? You consider Gentle Giant or (early) King Crimson not creative?     

Those would be my choices probably, although Gentle Giant album by album only. 

[Д.Д.]

How about Wolfgang Dauner's Et Cetera? 

   

[Guy Berger]

I think the 1st albums by Tangerine Dream (Electronic Meditation) and Ash Ra Tempel might be of interest.  Not really jazz but improvisation within the context of post Hendrix/Cream guitar power trios.

[HutchFan]

When I think of Euro-fusion and jazz-rock, I think of MPS.

What about Association P.C.?  

 

And Jasper van 't Hof's Pork Pie?

 

Do these fit the bill???

 

[Rabshakeh]

Some good mentions recently. Cortex is another one. 

I recently listened to this one:

Birdland – In A Temple Of Silence

Yugo bonus points although they recorded in Switzerland. Despite the name and the artwork it is shredding Mahavishnu type stuff. A little indigestible maybe. 

[Rabshakeh]

Edition Speciale - Aliquante 

This one is good, despite the low energy cover. French band playing music that sounds like a mix of the more hardcore Canterbury jazz rock bands with Genesis in instrumental flight. Mad time signatures. Lots of ARP synthesisers.

[Д.Д.]

On 5/13/2025 at 10:18 PM, HutchFan said:

When I think of Euro-fusion and jazz-rock, I think of MPS.

What about Association P.C.?

And Jasper van 't Hof's Pork Pie?

Do these fit the bill???

 

And van 't Hof's Eyeball too:

  

Edited May 19 by Д.Д.

[clifford_thornton]

dusted this one off the other day and really enjoyed it:

[Rabshakeh]

2 hours ago, clifford_thornton said:

dusted this one off the other day and really enjoyed it:

I only know Secret Oyster, but streaming these guys. It is interesting that with time they went more Moody Blues and less jazzy. Typically it is the reverse. 

[Rabshakeh]

Isotope is one band that I don't think gets mentioned much. They're stuck behind more substantial British fusion leaders like Soft Machine, Nucleus, Jeff Beck and Brand X, and I'm not sure that they have their own unique identity. But their records are sometimes more directly on point for the genre than those bands. 

Currently listening to this one (which isn't their best but shows how they could crank out records without seeming slick):