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With the growth of rock and roll in the 1960s, came the hybrid form jazz-rock fusion, again involving Miles Davis, who recorded the fusion albums In a Silent Way and Bitches Brew in 1968 and 1969 respectively. Jazz was by this time no longer center stage in popular music, but was still breaking new ground and combining and recombining in different forms. Notable artists of the 1960s and 1970s jazz and fusion scene include: Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and his Headhunters band, John McLaughlin and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Frank Zappa, Al Di Meola, Jean-Luc Ponty, Sun Ra, Soft Machine, Narada Michael Walden (who would later enjoy huge success as a music producer), Wayne Shorter, Jaco Pastorius, the Pat Metheny Group and Weather Report. Some of these have continued to develop the genre into the 2000s.

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or what developed out of it...I hope I am more specific now then in my last thread...

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not sure if i agree totally with the above mentioned artist all being smooth jazz.. but i do see what you mean about some smooth jazz possibly having grown out of it..

gonna answer the emerson question separately..

bitches brew by miles davis and herbies headhunters among many of the others for sure they are fusion classics i would say.....

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ELP was an interesting band, but i would hesitate to call their music "Fusion." I think you could call it "Progressive Rock" instead. However, Keith Emerson went on to become an amazingly versatile keyboardist and is one of my favourites today.

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