Classic French Jazz-Rock Fusion
In the 1970s, the French response to the Jazz-Rock Fusion boom was greater in the Canterbury and Zeuhlish styles than it was to the styles and sounds presented by Bitches Brew , Mwandishi , Emergency! or The Inner Mounting Flame . One can come up with quite an impressive list of the bands ascribing to the former styles while only a meager few owing their inspiration to Miles, Herbie, Tony, or The Mahavishnu. It seems that it was the increasing infiltration and adoption of elements and strains funk and R&B into American Jazz-Rock Fusion that really captured the interest and imagination of the 1970s Frenchman. In 1969, the Magma commune produced their initial response to the liberating fusion movement, but the visions of several very strong-willed individuals attempting to collaborate in a world of constant compromise for a couple of years proved too difficult. They were able to produce two exceptional albums: Magma (which is also often called, Koba...