My Favorite Long-Playing Jazz-Rock Fusion Songs of the "Classic Era," 1966-1978

The long-playing song, sometimes called an "epic," or "suite," or "mesmeric," is one of the defining links between that which purists want to call, separately, "progressive rock music" or "prog." (The other would probably be the continual exploration and experimentation of new possibilities in sound, recording, and engineering that were made possible through an explosion of new electronic technologies and equipments coming to availability in the 1960s and 1970s.) It is here my goal to find and insert the great long-playing songs produced by Jazz-Rock Fusion artists during the "Classic Era" of the founding and development of that which we call Jazz-Rock Fusion, that is, 1966 to about 1979 or 1980.

1. "Prince Of The Sea" - Lenny White - (100/100)
    "Slightly All the Time" - The Soft Machine - (100)
    "Table talk" (12:03) - Out Of Focus - (100)
    "Sorcery 1" - Gateway - (100)
    "Every Step of the Way" - Santana - (100)

    "Sea Song" - Pat Metheny - (100)

    "Also Sprach Zarathustra" - Deodato - (100)

    "Inspirations Of Love" (9:48) - New Tony Williams Lifetime - (100)

    "Splat" (11:40) - Nucleus - (100)

    "Край Родной / Native Land" (9:46) - Firyuza - (100)

11. "Actual Proof" - Herbie Hancock - (98.75)

12. "The Szuite" - Hermann Szobel - (98)

      "Pori 72" - Jazz Q - (98)
14. "Images/Eternal Worlds/Epilogue" - Julian Priester * (97.5)

      "Pieseň z hôľ (Song From Ridges)" - Fermáta - (97.5)

      "One Word" - Mahavishnu Orchestra - (97.5)

      "The Life Divine" - Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin - (97.5)

      "Seifenblasenleiden" - Exil - (97.5)

19. "The Romantic Warrior" - Return to Forever - (97)

20. "Silver Bird Is Heading For The Sun" - Terje Rypdal - (96.667)

"The Lovers" - Les McCann * (96.5)

"Indian Lady" - Don Ellis Orchestra - (96.43)

"The Mad Hatter Rhapsody" (10:50) - Chick Corea - (96.25)

"The Traitor" (9:36) - Herbie Hancock - (92.25)

"500 Miles High" - Return To Forever - (96.25)

"Devotion" - John McLaughlin - (96.25)

"Piece For Banjo And Kazoo" (9:00) - Charlie Mariano - (96.25)

"Variations for Trumpet" - Don Ellis Orchestra - (96.25)

"Dear Alice" (13:06) - Chick Corea - (96)

"Articolazioni" - Arti E Mestieri - (96)
"T. on a White Horse" - Eberhard Weber - (96)

"In the Dead of Night" suite - UK - (96)

"Return to Forever" - Chick Corea - (96)

"Boogie Woogie Waltz" - Weather Report - (96)

"Song To The Pharoah Kings" - Return to Forever - (95.833)

"Travelling, Pts 1 & 2" - Joachim Kühn - (95.625)

"Pamiec w Kamein Wasta" - SBB * (95)

"Music for Electric Violin and Low Budget Orchestra" - Jean-Luc Ponty * (95)

"Unity" - Chris Hinze Combination - (95)

"Vision Is a Naked Sword" - Mahavishnu Orchestra - (95)

"Solarization: Solarization/Second Phase/Crescent Sun/Voyage/Solarization-Recapitulation" - Billy Cobham - (95)

"Butterfly" - Herbie Hancock - (95)
"Moana I" - Eberhard Weber - (95)

"Zanzibar" - Volker Kriegel - (95)

"Beach Ball Tango" (11:11) - Tony Williams - (95)

"Camara" (9:25) - Édition Spéciale - (95)

"Wizard (Musical Impressions Of J.R.R. Tolkein's Unforgettable Mage, Gandalf From "The Lord Of The Rings")" (10:55) - Matrix - (95)

"Water Torture" - Herbie Hancock - (95)
"W Kolysce Dioni Twych (Ojcu)" - SBB - (95)

"You'll Know When You Get There" - Herbie Hancock - (95)

"Inside Out" - Eddie Henderson - (95)

"Narodziny" - Extra Ball - (95)

"Emergency" - Tony Williams Lifetime - (95)

"Tsajama" - Out Of Focus - (95)

"Sly" - Herbie Hancock - (95)

"In Tangier/Paradise Beach" - Herbie Mann - (95)

"Why Should I Lend You Mine" (11:16) - Brand X - (95)

"Huascaran I" (13:41) - Fermáta - (95)

"Typhareth (Beauté)" (12:44) - Zao - (95)

"Life Suite" - Stanley Clarke - (94.58)

"Ban-Ban Caliban" (9:22) - The Soft Machine - (94.375)

"Aurora Borealis" - Jukka Tolonen - (94)

"Xingu" - Stomu Yamash'ta - (94)

"Moody Modes" - Billy Cobham - (94)

"Sangria For Three" - Tony Williams Lifetime - (94)

"Episode (Santiago 11. 9. 73)" (12:37) - Jukka Hauru - (94)

"Seriously Deep" (17:47) - Eberhard Weber - (94.29)

"Z Ktorych Krwi Frew Moja" - SBB - (93.75)

"Djinji" - Marion Brown - (93.75)

"Prologue/Rainbow One" - Neil Ardley - (93.75)

"Spaces (Infinite)" (9:16) - Larry Coryell - (93.75)

"New York City" (9:32) - Miroslav Vitous - (93.75)

"Wrong Is Right" (9:00) - Larry Coryell - (93.75)

"Land of the Midnight Sun" - Al Di Meola - (93.75)

"Hello Your Quietness (Islands)" - Larry Young - (93.75)

"More About D" - Volker Kriegel - (93.75)
"Let Us Go into the House of the Lord" - Carlos Santana & Mahavishnu John McLaughlin - (93.33)

"The Emperor" - Donald Byrd - (93.333)

"Slums on Wheels" - Volker Kriegel - (93.33)

"Deliverance" - John Lee & Gerry Brown - (93.33)

"Saxophonie" (15:25) - Ex Vitae - (93.333)

"C.T.6" - Dedalus - (93.33)

"The Muffin Talks Back" (9:52) - Billy Cobham - (92.5)

"Sleeping Giant" - Herbie Hancock * (92.5)

"Prologue/Love, Love" - Julian Priester * (92.5)

"Sea Of Tranquility" - Billy Cobham - (92.5)

"Astral Dreams" - Atmospheres - (92.5)

"Scorpio-Libra" - Eddie Henderson - (92.5)

"Out-Bloody-Rageous" - The Soft Machine * (92.5)

"Purple" - Miroslav Vitous - (92.5)

"Vashkar" (9:54) - Paul Bley, Jaco Pastorius, Pat Metheny, Bruce Ditmas - (92.5)

"Beginning Again" - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - (92.5)

"Nothing Again" - Missus Beastly - (92.5)

"Keep Your Soul Together" - Freddie Hubbard - (92.5)

"Lungs" (12:08) - Gateway - (92.5)

"Alegries Del Mediterrani" (9:17) - Iceberg - (92.5)

"Shamal" (9:00) - Gong - (92.5)

"World's end" (9:55) - Out Of Focus - (92.5)
"Hazard Profile" - The Soft Machine * (92.22)

"Prince and The Sea" - Lenny White - (92)

"Eyes That Can See In The Dark" (12:19) - Eberhard Weber - (92)

"Ostinato (for Angela)" - Herbie Hancock - (92)

"Pięciobój nowoczesny" - Laboratorium * (91.875)

"No Motion Picture" - Eberhard Weber * (91.875)

"Call to Higher Consciousness" - Larry Coryell - (91.875)

"Enigmatic Ocean" - Jean-Luc Ponty - (91.86)

"Alleycat" (14:05) - Nucleus - (91.667)

"Spectrum" - Tony Williams Lifetime - (91.25)

"Struggle Of The Sea Turtle" - Jean-Luc Ponty - (91.25)

"Brigitte" - Freddie Hubbard - (91.25)

"Perpetuum II" - Fermáta - (91.25)

"Jam Tune" (previously known as "Spencer Tracy") (9:43) - Tony Williams - (91.25)

"Baraka Sasa" (10:29) - Freddie Hubbard - (91.25)

"Sometime Ago / La Fiesta" - Chick Corea - (91.111)

"The Duel of The Jester and The Tyrant (Parts I & II)" - Return to Forever - (91)

"W Kolysce Dloni Twych (Ojcu)" - SBB - (91)
"Huchen 55, C" - Out Of Focus - (91)

"Wasting Time" - Zyma -  (91)

"L.S.B." - Out Of Focus - (90.71)

"Leprechaun's Dream" (13:03) - Chick Corea - (90.667)
"Wassilissa" - Mother Gong * (90.5)

"Imaginary Voyage" - Jean-Luc Ponty - (90.1875)

"Concerto for Jazz/Rock Orchestra, Parts 1-4" (14:25) - Stanley Clarke - (90)

"Chameleon" - Herbie Hancock - (90)

"Sound Pieces" - Michał Urbaniak Group - (90)

"Slight Touch Of Hepatitis" - Toto Blanke - (90)

"125th Street Congress" - Weather Report - (90)

"The Torture Never Stops" - Frank Zappa - (90)
"Snakehips Dream" - Nucleus - (90)

"Oceanus" - Ralph Towner - (90)

"Huchen 55, B" - Out Of Focus - (90)

"Khalid of Space, Part Two (Welcome)" Larry Young - (90)

"Rainbow Seven/Epilogue" - Neil Ardley - (90)

"Gypsy Queen" (11:50) - Larry Coryell - (90)

"Bumpin' On Sunset" - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express - (90)

"Flame-Sky" - Santana - (90)

"Theme 3: Rites Of Man" - Ian Carr's Nucleus - (90)

"B.M." - Moose Loose - (90)

"Clea" - Matrix - (90)

"Light as a Feather" - Return To Forever - (90)

"Lungs" (12:08) - John Abercrombie - (90)

"Space Guerilla" (10:48) - Missus Beastly - (90)

"Vento, Pioggia e Sole" - Perigeo - (90)

"Chris" (9:31) - Larry Coryell - (90)

"Spirit Level" - Nucleus - (90)

"A Huchen 55" - Out Of Focus - (90)

"Oasis" - Nucleus - (90)

"Black Cards" - Out Of Focus - (90)

"Hit The P. Tit" - Association P.C. - (90)

"Destiny's Children" - Freddie Hubbard - (90)

"One Way" - Stomu Yamash'ta - (90)

"Naxos" - Ian Carr with Nucleus - (90)

"Deliverance" - Chris Hinze Combination - (90)

"Silent Feet" (12:10) - Eberhard Weber - (90)

"Mandarine" (9:42) - Ex Vitae - (90)

"Alive And Kicking" (9:30) - Nucleus - (90)

"Percolations, Part 1 + Part 2" (10:00) - Gong - (90)

"Basic Laws" (11:46) - Miroslav Vitous -  (90)

"Càntics de la carn" (11:18) - Iceberg - (90)

"That's Very Easy" (9:04) - Out Of Focus - (90)

"Sanctuary" (10:54) - Miles Davis - (90)