And now for the final installment of my first-ever, mid-year assessment of what are the best records we’ve covered here on SER. This time, we survey that murky hybrid world called “fusion jazz.” You May Also Like: Jeff Lorber Fusion – ‘The Drop’ (2023)

Welcome back to our weekly rundown of notable upcoming music projects — both new and reissue. You May Also Like: Jeff Lorber: The Albums That Shaped My Career

Keyboardist, composer, producer, arranger and bandleader Jeff Lorber has been propagating fusion jazz for so long, the term “Jeff Lorber Fusion” seems almost redundant. You May Also Like: Jeff Lorber Fusion – Prototype (2017) Jeff Lorber Fusion – Impact (2018)

A look at five jazz albums with grooves in the pocket – even if they weren’t much in the press.

Last year I put funk fusioneer Jeff Lorber on a short list of guilty pleasures of mine. Sometimes I wonder if that was justified giving him such a back-handed compliment. I mean, Lorber’s got chops to spare and his music makes me feel good most every time I listen toRead More

by S. Victor Aaron Guilty pleasures. Admit it, we’ve all got ’em when it comes to music. For some time, now, I’ve been meaning to put a list together for everyone’s amusement. I was reminded of that half-serious promise I made to myself when I came across Rolling Stone Magazine’sRead More

This time we look at albums with grooves in the pocket even if they weren’t much in the press: 1) Herbie Hancock, Mr. Hands (1980)The seventies began very creatively for HH, first with the space funk Mwandishi albums followed by the better-known Head Hunters period that firmly eastablished Herbie’s pre-eminanceRead More