The Supernova that Was Jazz-Rock Fusion

1. Shankar / violin, 10-string double violin / Shakti 2. David Darling / cello, 8-string cello / Paul Winter/The Paul Winter Consort, Ronnie Hawkins, self/solo 3. Jean-Luc Ponty / violin for Stefan Grappelli, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Frank Zappa, self/solo 4. Alan Stivell / Celtic harp 5. Giovanni Vigliar / violin, vocals, percussion / Arti E Mestieri 6. Jerry Goodman / violin & electric violin / Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dixie Dregs 7. Michał Urbaniak / violin, electric violin, vitar, violectra, violin synthesizer / self/solo 8. Zbigniew Siefert / violin 9. Didier Lockwood / violin / Magma, Gong, self/solo 10. Eddie Jobson / violin / UK 11. Stéphane Grappelli 12. Alice Coltrane / harp 13. Darryl Way / violin for Curved Air, Gong 14. Don "Sugarcane" Harris / violin 15. Steve Kindler / violin, 9-string violin / Mahvishnu Orchestra, Oregon, Jan Hammer, Jeff Beck Also considered: - Patrick Ball / harpist - Kim Robertson / harpist

  Percussionists: - Zakir Hussein / tablas /  Shakti,  John Handy,  Mickey Hart - Bill Summers / Eddie Henderson, Herbie Hancock, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Summers Heat - Airto Moreira / percussion for Hermeto Pascal, Joe Zawinul, Mile Davis, Weather Report, Return to Forever, Deodato, Mickey Hart - Armando Peraza / George Shearing, Cal Tjader, Santana - Jose 'Chepito'  Areas / Santana,  Herbie Hancock - Don Alias / Nina Simone, Miles Davis, Jeremy Steig, Joni Mitchell, Weather Report, Jaco Pastorius -  Trilok Gurtu  / tablas, drums, percussion / Charlie Mariano, Terje Rypdal, Don Cherry, John Tchacai -  Nana Vasconcelos  / Milton Nascimento, Gato Barbieri, Don Cherry, CoDoNa, Jon Hassell, Egberto Gismonti, Pat Metheny - Ralph MacDonald / Roberta Flack, Peter Allen, Bette Midler, Hubert Laws, Gabor Szabo, Grover Washington Jr., Ron Carter, Margie Joseph, Garland Jeffreys, Bob James, Average White Band, Aretha Franklin, Herbie Mann, ...

These are my favorite Jazz-Rock Fusion horn players from 1966 through 1980  (In the order of my preference and esteem as  Jazz-Rock Fusion performers ) : 1.  Freddy Hubbard  / trumpet, flugelhorn 2. Jeremy Steig / flutes 3. Didier Malherbe / saxophones, flutes for Gong, self/solo 4.  Hubert Laws / flutist for Prelude , Freddy Hubbard, Bob James, Joe Sample, self/solo 5.  Charlie Mariano  / saxophones & flutes 6.  Eddie Henderson / trumpet: Mwandishi-era albums, band leader from then on. 7.  Don Ellis  / trumpeter for the Glenn Miller Band, Maynard Ferguson, George Russell, The Hindustani Jazz Sextet, The Don Ellis Orchestra 8.  Ron Moss / trombonist for Chick Corea 9.  Zbigniew Namysłowski / Saxophones:  Michał Urbaniak, Krzisztof Sadowski, Czesław Niemen, Krzysztof Ścierański, Skaldowie, Pop Workshop 10.  Joe Farrell / flutes, saxophones: self/solo,  Chick Corea,  many, many others 11.  Lee M...

These are my favorite Jazz-Rock Fusion keyboard players from 1966 through 1980  (In the order of my preference and esteem as  Jazz-Rock Fusion performers ) : 1.  Chick Corea / Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, Blue Mitchell, Herbie Mann, Hubert Laws, Cal Tjader, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Gary Burton, Return to Forever, self/solo 2. Jozef Skrzek / Niemen, SBB 3. Tomás Berka / Fermáta, Pavol Hammel 4. Joachim Kühn / Rolf Kühn, self/solo, Association P.C., Toto Blanke, Jan Akkerman 5. Mike Ratledge / The Soft Machine 6. Karl Jenkins / Nucleus, The Soft Machine, Adiemus 7. Larry Young (Khalid Yasin) / organist on Emergency! Love Devotion Surrender , Venusian Summer , Lawrence of Newark and Spaceballs 8. Lonnie Liston Smith 9. Brain Auger 10 .  Herbie Hancock  11. Dave Stewart / Egg, Kahn, Hatfield And The North, National Health, Bruford 12.  Alain Mion  / Cortex 13.  Martin Kratochvíl  / self, Jazz Q 14.   Eduardo Del Barrio / Caldera...

These are my favorite Jazz-Rock Fusion drummers from 1966 through 1980  (In the order of my preference and esteem as Jazz-Rock Fusion performers ) : 1.  Billy Cobham  / Dreams, Miroslav Vitous, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Kenny Burrell, Johnny Hammond, Hubert Laws, Ron Carter, Stanley Turrentine, Freddy Hubbard, Paul Winter Consort, Love Devotion Surrender, Deodato, Larry Coryell, self/solo/bandleader 2.  Jon Hiseman / Colosseum, Colosseum II 3.  Lenny White  / Bitches Brew , Freddy Hubbard, Eddie Henderson's Realization , Return To Forever, solo/self, Azteca 4.  John Marshall  / Nucleus, The Soft Machine, Volker Kriegel, Eberhard Weber 5. Giulio Capiozzo / Area 6.  Steve Gadd / Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Jan Hammer, so many, many others 7.  Jack DeJohnette   8.  Gerry Brown  / Chris Hinze, Toto Blanke, John Lee/Medusa, Urbaniak/Dudziak, Eleventh House, Return To Forever 9.  Pierre Moerlen  / Gong, Pierre Moerlin's ...

These are my favorite Jazz-Rock Fusion bass players from 1966 through 1980  (In some semblance of order of my personal preferences) : 1.  Anthony Jackson / Billy Paul, MFSB, Buddy Rich, The O'Jays, Funk Factory, Norman Connors, Roberta Flack, Chick Corea, Al Di Meola, Lalo Schifrin, Harvey Mason, Lee Ritenour, Joe Farrell, Michal Urbaniak, Steve Khan, Jun Fukamachi, David Spinozza, Earl Klugh, Eric Gale, Chaka Khan, Teo Macero, Steely Dan, Donald Fagen, Terumasa Hino, Sadao Watanabe, Grover Washington, Jr., Gato Barbieri, Masaru Imada, George Benson, Tania Maria, Peabo Bryson, Hiromi Uehara 2.  Chuck Rainey / King Curtis, The Rascals, Hubert Laws, Yusef Lateef, Aretha Franklin, Gene Ammons, Larry Coryell, Roberta Flack, Quincy Jones, Gato Barbieri, The Voices Of East Harlem, Steely Dan 3.  Carole Kaye (The Wrecking Crew) 4.  James Jamerson / Motown's Funk Brothers 5.  Eberhard Weber  / Wolfgang Dauner, Gorge Gruntz, Michael Naurer Quartet, The Art ...

These are my favorite Jazz-Rock Fusion guitarists from 1966 through 1980: 1.  John McLaughlin  / Lifetime, Miles Davis, solo,  Mahavishnu Orchestra , Shakti 2.  Janne Schaffer 3. Jan Akkerman   / Brainbox, Focus, solo, Tony Scott, Joachim Kühn 4. Jeff Beck 5.  Jorge Strunz / Caldera, Strunz & Farah 6. Corrado Rustici   / Melos, Nova, solo 7.  Allan Holdsworth  / 'Igginbottom, Nucleus, The Soft Machine, Tempest, Tony Williams' New Lifetime, Pierre Moerlen"s Gong, John Stevens, Jean-Luc Ponty, Bruford, UK, Gordon Beck, Solo  8 .  Carlos Santana  / Santana,  Illuminations (with Alice Coltrane) , Love Devotion Surrender (with John McLaughlin) 9. Jukka Tolonen 10.  John Abercrombi e / Dreams, Barry Miles, Gato Barbieri, Friends, Billy Cobham, Jack DeJohnette, Atmospheres, Michael Urbaniak, Neiman, Rava, Collin Walcott, Ralph Towner, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Hutcherson, Peter Erskine, self and lots of trios  11. Eef Alb...