From ragtime to modern fusion, jazz music has always relied on one staple instrument: the piano.
He later became known for his blend of soul, funk and jazz fusion.
With the haunting voice of Karen Matheson leading a Celtic-jazz fusion, they've drawn inevitable comparisons with Maire Brennan and Clannad.
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Herbie Hancock's 1973 classic Head Hunters, the first platinum-selling jazz record, is now considered one of the defining moments in jazz fusion.
Byrd began moving toward a more commercial sound with the funk-jazz fusion album "Fancy Free" in 1969, taking a path followed by fellow trumpeters Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard.
Tickets for those performances are free, while entrance to other shows, such as a medley of Chinese a cappella groups on 14 February and local jazz fusion band SIU2 on 15 February can be bought via Hong Kong ticketing outlet Urbtix.
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On "Live at Yoshi's, 2010, " available only online, it moves smoothly from jazz-fusion to untethered improvisation, from lyrical passages to high-octane grooves.
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David Romanelli, a New York-based yoga instructor, led a class this summer in Colorado that was accompanied, live, by the jazz-fusion musician Stanley Jordan.
Balakrishnan would grow up to form a jazz-classical fusion outfit called the Turtle Island Quartet.
With their colourful flowing robes, fusion of traditional African music and jazz and contagious beat, they even dedicated a song to the godfather of world music, Peter Gabriel.
As one of a generation of "young lions" who came of age in the 1990s, McBride crosses easily from more traditional jazz forms into the fusion sounds of Weather Report, and pop touring and recording with Sting and Diana Krall.
As a sideman, he helped spark jazz's plugged-in fusion (including Miles Davis's 1970 classic, "Bitches Brew"), has upheld its acoustic traditions (nearly 30 years in Keith Jarrett's Standards Trio), and remains a go-to player for veterans and rising stars alike.
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Shorter's collaborations with Davis marked a new direction in the development of jazz one that would lead to a controversial style dubbed Fusion, which relied heavily on electric instruments that gave the music something of a pop feel.
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