My Highest-Rated Jazz-Rock Fusion Albums of the 21st Century

The Masterpieces:

1. OIAPOK OisoLün (2023) - 95.0

2. GREGG KOFI BROWN Together As One (2005) - 94.89

3. MONOBODY Raytracing (2018) - 94.6875

4. UZVA Uoma (2006) - 94.61

5. MONOBODY Monobody (2014) - 94.61

6. BONEY JAMES & RICK BRAUN Shake It Up! (2000) - 94.375

7. ANTOINE FAFARD Ad Perpetuum (2014) - 94.0

8. I KNOW YOU WELL MISS CLARA Chapter One (2013) - 93.70

9. AMOEBA SPLIT Quiet Euphoria (2023) - 93.697

10. ACCORDO DEI CONTRARI Ur- (2021) - 93.53

11. HIROMI'S SONICWONDER Out There (2025) - 93.33

12. UTOPIANISTI The Third Frontier (2016) - 93.33

13. JAGA JAZZIST Sunfire (2015) - 93.33

14. GADADU The Weatherman Is Wrong (2022) - 92.79

15. KBB Lost and Found (2000) - 92.59

16. iNFiNiEN Beyond the Veil (2021) - 92.50

The Minor Masterpieces:

17. CAMEMBERT Negative Toe (2017) - 92.27

18. HIROMI’S SONICBLOOM (HIROMI UEHARA) Time Control (2007) - 92.222

19. IKARUS Plasma (2022) - 92.1785

20. BILLY COBHAM Drum 'n' Voice - All That Groove (2001)  - 92.10

21. BILLY COBHAM Drum 'n' Voice, Vol. 4 (2016) - 91.875

22. ONE SHOT Ewaz Vader (2006) - 91.79 

23. BILL BRUFORD'S EARTHWORKS The Sound of Surprise (2001) - 91.667

24. KAMASI WASHINGTON The Epic (2015) - 91.58

25. MONOBODY Comma (2021) - 91.43

26. ACCORDO DEI CONTRARI Violato intatto (2017) - 91.43

27. CAMEMBERT Schnörgl Attahk (2011) - 91.30

28. BILLY COBHAM Drum 'n' Voice 2 (2006) - 91.29

29. KNOWER Life (2016) - 91.02

30. BIG BAD WOLF Pond Life (2017) - 91.0

31. MANNA / MIRAGE Man Out of Time (2021) - 90.94

32. DOMINA CATRINA LEE Songs from the Breastbone Drum (2010) - 90.90

33. GUTHRIE GOVAN Erotic Cakes (2006) - 90.87

34. ME'SHELL NDEGÉOCELLO The Omnichord Real Book (2023) - 90.81

35. BILLY COBHAM Drum 'n' Bass 3 (2010) - 90.80

36. DEWA BUDJANA Mahandini (2018) - 90.79

37. STARVING DAUGHTERS Strange Valleys (2019) - 90.71

38. JAGA JAZZIST What We Must (90.69)

39. MANNA/MIRAGE Autobiographie (2023) - 90.26

40. HIROMI UEHARA Brain (2004) - 90.21

41. KOOP Waltz for Koop (2001) - 90.0

42. SYRINX Qualia (2008) - 90.0

43. JAM IT! Following the Unknown (2015) - 90.0 

44. CABEZAS DE CERA Cabezas de Cera (2000) - 90.0

45. PEKKA POHJOLA Views (2001) - 90.0 

The Near-Masterpieces:

46. PAT METHENY GROUP Speaking of Now (2002) - 89.65

47. FARMERS MARKET Surfin' USSR (2008) - 89.34

Other Notable Albums:

JUPU GROUP Umpeen Kasvoivat Polut (2022) - 88.80

UTOPIANISTI Reason in Motion (2024) - 88.65

JAGA JAZZIST A Livingroom Hush (2002) - 88.25

HIROMI UEHARA Another Mind (2003) - 88.15

ONE SHOT Dark Shot (2008) - 87.45

KVAZAR A Giant's Lullaby (2005) - 87.40

PAT METHENY The Way Up (2005) - 86.25

As-yet unreviewed:

KENSO Fabulis Mirabilibus de Bombycosi Scriptis (2002) 

STANLEY CLARKE The Stanley Clarke Band (2010)

HERBIE HANCOCK River - The Joni Letters (2007)

AL DI MEOLA Flesh on Flesh (2002)

CAB CAB (2000)

CAB CAB 2 (2001)

CAB CAB 4 (2004)

CAB Theatre of Marionnettes (2009)

BILLY PRESTON with NOVECENTO You and I (2004 edition of 1997 recordings)

EUMIR DEODATO The Crossing (2010)