Fusion (Jeremy Steig album)

Fusion
Studio album by Jeremy Steig
Released 1972
Recorded 1970
Studio Electric Lady Studios, New York City, NY
Genre Jazz
Length 77:50
Label Groove Merchant
GM 2204
Producer Sonny Lester
Jeremy Steig chronology
Energy
(1971)Energy1971		 Fusion
(1972)		 Monium
(1974)Monium1974

Fusion (also released as Something Else) is a double LP album by American jazz flautist Jeremy Steig released on the Groove Merchant label which reissues tracks recorded in 1970 and originally issued on Energy along with an additional LP of unreleased tracks from the session.[1][2][3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[4]

Allmusic's Jason Ankeny said: "Steig creates Technicolor grooves that float like butterflies and sting like bees. His music doesn't so much fuse jazz and rock as it approaches each side from the perspective of the other, exploring their respective concepts and executions to arrive at a sound all its own. If anything, the tonal restrictions of Steig's chosen instrument push him even farther into the unknown, employing a series of acoustic and electronic innovations to expand the flute's possibilities seemingly into the infinite. While some of the unissued content here is no less astounding, as a whole Fusion feels like too much of a good thing; one can't help but miss the focus and shape of Energy in its original incarnation".[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Jan Hammer and Jeremy Steig except where noted

  1. "Home" − 4:39 Originally released on Energy
  2. "Cakes" − 4:52 Originally released on Energy
  3. "Swamp Carol" − 4:11 Originally released on Energy
  4. "Energy" (Hammer, Steig, Don Alias, Gene Perla) − 4:50 Originally released on Energy
  5. "Down Stretch" (Hammer) − 4:14 Originally released on Energy
  6. "Give Me Some" − 6:47 Originally released on Energy
  7. "Come with Me" − 8:02 Originally released on Energy
  8. "Dance of the Mind" (Alias, Steig) − 2:22 Originally released on Energy
  9. "Up Tempo Thing" − 5:23 Previously unreleased
  10. "Elephant Hump" − 5:54 Previously unreleased
  11. "Rock #6" (Hammer) − 3:03 Previously unreleased
  12. "Slow Blues in G" − 6:33 Previously unreleased
  13. "Rock #9" (Hammer) − 5:50 Previously unreleased
  14. "Rock #10" (Hammer) − 4:14 Previously unreleased
  15. "Something Else" − 7:02 Previously unreleased

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Jazzlists: Groove Merchant Records 2200 Series, accessed April 17, 2018
  2. ↑ Jeremy Steig discography, accessed April 17, 2018
  3. ↑ Eddie Gómez discography, accessed April 20, 2018
  4. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. Fusion – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
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