Mahavishnu Orchestra

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The Mahavishnu Orchestra was a jazz-rock fusion group that debuted in 1970 and dissolved in 1976, only to reunite briefly from 1984 to 1987.

Weather Report

1,072,428 plays (123,310 listeners)

Weather Report was an influential jazz fusion band of the 1970s and 1980s, one of the bands that helped define the genre.

Chick Corea

1,060,049 plays (120,653 listeners)

Chick Corea is best known for his work during the 1970s in the genre of jazz fusion, although his contributions to straight-ahead jazz have been tremendous.

Chick Corea Elektric Band

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Chick Corea Elektric Band, led by renowned pianist Chick Corea, is one of the most critically acclaimed jazz fusion bands of the past two decades. Following the demise of Return to Forever, Corea established the musical ensemble in 1986.

Billy Cobham

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Billy Cobham, born May 16, 1944 in Panama, is one of the world's most influential drummers, best known for his jazz fusion in the 1970s, with John McLaughlin's Mahavishnu Orchestra, where he pioneered a powerful style of drumming with jazz, rock and funk influences.

John McLaughlin

369,132 plays (56,772 listeners)

There are two entries with the name John McLaughlin: a guitarist and a TV personality. 1. John McLaughlin (born January 4, 1942), also known as Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, is a jazz fusion guitarist and composer from Doncaster, Yorkshire in England. He played with Tony Williams Lifetime and then with Miles Davis on his landmark electric jazz-fusion albums In A Silent Way and Bitches Brew.

Jean-Luc Ponty

243,382 plays (25,250 listeners)

Jean-Luc Ponty (born September 29, 1942) is a virtuoso French violinist and jazz composer. Born in Avranches, France, he was trained as a professional classical violinist at the Paris Conservatory. His attraction to jazz was propelled by Miles Davis's and John Coltrane's music.

Al Di Meola

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Al Di Meola holds the most prestigious guitar awards (of any guitarist in the world) from the highest rated guitar poll in the world, Guitar Player Magazine. He has been known throughout the world for the past two and a half decades as one of the most prominent virtuosos in the contemporary instrumental jazz field.