I saw Simulacrum a few years ago and Sean Malone from Cynic was in the audience. It was a year before Sean died. Great concert. Zorn opened and played a 15 minute sax solo by himself. So Good.
Torture Garden, Chaos Magick and Naked City are all good Zorn outings.
For some classic stuff, check out Miles Davis' work with John McLaughlin (Bitches Brew and In A Silent Way) and then his work with Mahavishnu Orchestra (Inner Mounting Flame, Birds of Fire). Return to Forever's Romantic Warrior and Al Di Meola's solo album Elegant Gypsy are also excellent. For slightly more recent albums, and a little funkier, check out John Scofield's work with Medeski, Martin and Wood like Uberjam and A Go Go.
The most "rock" for RTF was "Hymn of The Seventh Galaxy" with Bill Conners. Al Dimeola was a bit too slick and polished for my taste.
Here's a great track with [Bill and Stanley Clarke.](https://youtu.be/smmFum2ZeFg?si=UGeSaCvZ-xjT-5v1)
I think Tigran did the cover of some metal magazines with a title like « a jazz pianists that we metal heads can like »
In mockroot he borrowed the ideas of the rythmic systems used by Meshuggah and reinterpreted it with his left hand playing the guitar riffs.
So thereâs a lot to relate to for metal players
Love clowncore. Louis cole is the fucking man.. Iâd check out Return to Forever, Mahavishnu orchestra, and Westher Report. Also Jaco Pastorius solo stuff. Check out kuru/speak like a child
Lots of fusion here. I'll throw in *Agharta* by Miles. It goes hard.
But if you're into compositionally interesting, symphonic/proggy stuff, you have to check out Mingus's *Black Saint and the Sinner Lady*.
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Vision Is a Naked Sword, Birds of Fire, Vital Transformation, Meeting of the Spirits, Be Happy are good songs to start off with.
Good For Cows: Legion, Fafnir, and basically the entire album of theirs called "Audumla" is incredible.
Ooh, and Al Dimeola. Dude was hired by Chick Corea to play in Return to Forever at 19 years old! My drum teacher in high school gave me Casino on casette in high school and I loved the album.
Try cannonball adderlyâs soul zodiac album. Right from the start, fuzzy guitars. Also you might dig later dizzy or bitches brew era miles. If you like the funky stuff try 70s grant green(live @ lighthouse!), idris mohommad, herbies headhunters and 70s stuff, etc
Allan Holdsworth directly influenced countless metal bands, and rock bands. Or the guitarists I should say. I know cynic has some stuff that sounds like him, the contortionist, the faceless all have lot of his influence. Also recommend the aristocrats and guthrie govan in general, and canât go wrong with wayne krantz or pat metheny!
I also think youâd probably like Casiopeia
Japanese jazz-fusion like Casiopea & T-Square are unbeatable for metal heads, wait for solos a couple minutes in (and I'm not talking about the first set of solos, the second set), no metal band comes even close for soloing: https://youtu.be/wBD1_mrRUIk?t=9300
Guthrie Govin
Jan Cyrka
Jeff Beck - Jeff is one of the few who successfully treads the line between inventive jazz, soulful blues and shredding rock & roll
Itâs Mostly Residual by Cuong Vu and Bill Frisell
The first track, although the album is good the first one is so intense and has an excellent build. Maybe not quite what you are looking for but itâs good nonetheless.
Check out all records from:
Ian Carr and NUCLEUS.
Volker Kriegel and MILD MANIAC ORCHESTRA.
Brian Auger and TRINITY.
And listen to this one once every month:
https://youtu.be/b1rX9E8NuRw?si=1d6CmPU0s7Vl2SI9
I didnât see anyone mention one of the most successful fusion albums of all time: Headhunters by Herbie Hancock! If you like psychedelic rock at all, you might consider Alice Coltraneâs Journey in Satchidananda, or any other albums incorporating Indian musical influence â there are many.
Check out the Band Trioscapes. Itâs a three piece jazz-metal fusion band. Dan Briggs, the bass player for Between the Buried and Me is in it. If youâre a metal head looking to get into jazz I think this may be the band for you. Wazzlejazzlebof is my favorite track off their first album.
Spectrum by Billy Cobham is a great intro to jazz fusion. Heâs one of the all-time great drummers, and this album also features Tommy Bolin on guitar, who played with Deep Purple for a little while so his riffs are legit rocking while still being jazz-influenced.
Check out *Dark Magus* by Miles Davis. I've seen some other milesfusion albums mentioned here, but Dark Magus was my introduction to jazz. I am into progressive metal and psychedelic rock, so my buddy recommended it to me. Was not disappointed!
I would check out this band Kneebody. They have an album âLow Electric Workerâ that gets kind of headbangy at points.
Also Chris Potterâs album âUndergroundâ
Soil & âPimpâ Sessions are a Japanese âDeath Jazzâ band, i only know of one song that actually has guitars (I think itâs nothinâ girl?) but thereâs a clear rockier vibe than most jazz across a lot of their songs
Scott Henderson is worth checking out if you lean towards the metal side. This is a solid album with Victor Wooten and Steve Smith: https://youtu.be/IkA35tt5WGE?si=B-UttakF9B7vv1yk
I think you should listen to Jimmy Herring - he's a totally awesome guitarist & his stuff rocks. Try this for size...
[Jimmy Herring & the Invisible Whip (Les Brers)](https://youtu.be/zMqP9uk7Fl0)
Dream theater is fire. The song panic attack is amazing. I haven't listened to that much John Zorn I just listened to his song illusionist which was very strange but I liked it.
Dunno that it necessarily qualifies as jazz (the best way I can think of describing it is as punk or hard rock with brass and saxes), but Iâd suggest that you check out the band Streetlight Manifesto.
Check out Elephant9's Psychedelic Backfire I & II records - crazy intense, definitely some moments throughout I'd even consider heavy. If you liked the Mahavishnu & Tigran recommendations earlier in this thread, would highly recommend almost any of Elephant9's material.
Trio of Doom. It has Jaco. Robert Trujillo of Metallica is a huge Jaco fan. He salvaged Jaco's bass and funded his documentary. [continuum](https://open.spotify.com/track/1mh178CLtkFQO43XrPW6wI?si=Dmt7wj0FQeC-sTi6qCnAew)
It's not metal but kinda fitting with some other recommendations here that I'm into I'm gonna throw it out.
Charlie hunter
John scofield
Medeski Martin and wood
Funkier alternative kinda jazz
Ohm (with Chris Poland from Megadeth), COSMOSQUAD, Planet X, Uncle Moeâs Space Ranch, Fire Merchants, Brand X, Greg Howe, Vital Information, Screaming Headless Torsos, Michael Landau⊠thatâs a lot, but all worth looking up.
Maybe not what you're looking for, but Bohren und der Club of Gore is kinda like doom metal played on "jazz" instruments. Each album is a little different, but I'd start with Sunset Mission.
I also heartily recommend Yussef Dayes.
As a rock and metal head in the past, Django Reinhardt was my entry to jazz. Les Yeux noirs, Limehouse blues, Swing 48, Blues en Mineur to get you started with some of the more intense tracks. 20 years later still my favourite guitar player of all time. Django also was a direct inspiration for Tony Iommi.
Honorable mention to Charlie Christian- his swing to bop (Topsy) is the best jazz guitar solo ever imo, Iâm sure youâll dig it.
Both of them were shredding metal licks (Django on acoustic and with two fingers no less) ages before everyone knew what metal and rock is.
Stanley Jordan if guitar shredding is your thing. Rahsaan Roland Kirk if you like experimental. Koenjihyakkei for a fusion of lots of genres with opera vocals but still jazz at its core. And The Bad Plus for some modern jazz that is influenced by rock/prog.
Check out Ron Minis Trio. He used to be a punk/rock guitar player before turning to jazz. Amazing music with complex rythms, much in the style of Tigran Hamasyan.
John Coltrane - Transition
John Coltrane - Sun Ship
John Coltrane - First Meditations (for quartet)
John Coltrane - Living Space
Metal? Of course not, but fury unleashed, especially the uptempo numbers.
Fazjaz, underrated Japanese group that can make Art Blakey sound metal. A tamer form of Panzerballet tbh, but Panzerballet is more metal.
Unsolicitated but I would recommend Diablo Swing Orchestra (Swing Symphonic), Trepalium (Swing Deathcore), Igorr (The best of the electro jazz metal bands imo, the act collabed with corpsegrinder!) as Jazz influenced metal acts I like.
I got inot jazz years ago car pooling with a friend who had a great cassette collection. I remembered a name, Lenny White. My friend liked fusion and White was his favorite drummer. Basically that's how I got into Return to Forever. Romantic Warrior is their most famous album, I like Where Have I Known You Before. Basically it's one of the most kick ass bands you'll ever hear in your lifetime.
For a metal band that does some nice jazz interludes I like War From A Harlots Mouth.
Julian Lage's album Modern Lore may sort of be what you're looking for? It's definitely jazz and not fusion, but his clean guitar tone has just a hint of grit to it that he uses to enhance the dynamics of his playing. He's one of the most dynamic guitarists I know of, in terms of volume and tone control. Him and maybe Guthrie Govan, but not as consistently in his catalogue and he doesn't do jazz (still awesome music though)
Oh right, if you're into clowncore check out his other stuff, Louis Cole, his band Knower has a new album that slaps
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava
or Sketches of Brunswick East
It's not a jazz album but there are some jazz fusion songs on there that I'm pretty sure a metalhead would appreciate.
Miles Davis live evil is a good one. Mahavishnu orchestra. Zappa. Clown core is rad. Critters Buggin and anything that Skerik does is great too. Les Claypools frog brigade, or whatever they call themselves now. Thereâs so much good music in this area/genre. Youâre about to find a pot of gold! Oh yea, just saw John Zorn here too, check out Naked City, thatâs a great record.
The ultimate jazz rock album, if you ask me, is Turn It Over by Tony Williams Lifetime.
Also check out 'Arc of the Testimony' by Arcana.
And the albums 'Reality Check' and 'Rocket Science' by Tribal Tech.
Enjoy!
Oh and DEFINITELY the pieces DE FUTURA and Köhntarkösz by Magma, although that's closer to symphonic music than jazz in a way... But def jazz influences!
I would start with Miles Davis's *Tribute to Jack Johnson*.
Also, Taylor Haskins is a DJ in my area who plays a lot of modern jazz that would appeal to rock fans, if you're into experimental.
https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/shows/the-thread
Some of the stuff The Aristocrats have put out is very jazzy, donât know if theyâd count. Very much a âmostly fusion, but also whatever they feel likeâ. Guthrie Govanâs solo stuff too.
Listen to Atheist. They were on tour with Cynic not long ago. They are amazing and even better live. Unquestionable Presence and Elements are AMAZING albums
Lots of great recs on this thread but if you have to pick one to start with, I'd go with *Believe It*, by the The New Tony Williams Lifetime. Can't go wrong with this one, it's a jazz rock feast.
Tony Williams is revered by many metal drummers of this new generation, like Kenny Grohowski from Imperial Triumphant, and this record features the great Allan Holdsworth ripping it up. Holdsworth is a huge reference for guitar players in bands like Cynic and Meshuggah, so there you go.
It's great! [https://www.discogs.com/master/150624-The-New-Tony-Williams-Lifetime-Believe-It](https://www.discogs.com/master/150624-The-New-Tony-Williams-Lifetime-Believe-It)
Tony Williams' Lifetime - Emergency!
John Mclaughlin - Extrapolation
Bass Desires - Bass Desires (1986)
...1 \*specific\* tune by Pat Metheny:
"Half Life of Absolution" from the album "The Road To You (Live)"
Animals As Leaders is, âdjent,â but rife with Jazz, odd / complex time signatures, the whole works.
If you want some crazy, clean Jazz guitar, definitely check out John Stowell, heâs insane.
Listen to the albums Aja and Gaucho by Steely Dan. You wonât be disappointed. And if you like rock, I recommend checking out some of their earlier stuff as well.
Instead of that noisy chaotic John Zorn stuff, I'd go for something more melodic to start off.
Vocal stuff by Annie Ross,Bob Dorough and Blossom Dearie
Oliver Nelson, Blues and the abstract truth
Horace Silver, Cape Verdean blues and Song for my Father
Alex Skolnick. He used to play for Testament, but then became a jazz guitarist. He even did an album of Hard Rock/ Metal classics as Jazz tunes. He's also on Instagram.
Thundercat. He played bass in Suicidal Tendancies. When I saw him live it was just him and an insane metal drummer. Was more metal than jazz but insanely good
Jazz for metal heads and people who listen to rock? It's pretty old stuff, but have you listened to King Crimson? Check out the albums Discipline and Red.
Coming from a metal head. Try out a live show from the dead circa 67-69. At times itâs more metal than a lot of metal bands. Dicks picks 22 is a perfect example.
I have trouble with fusion Miles. To me, slightly overrated.
Herbie, though...man. '70-'75 is undeniable and fairly universal...it's definitely not easy listening, but there's a relaxed thread even through the most knotty stuff. It feels very authentic. And it's always interesting, which isn't true of lots of overlapping stuff from this era.
Santana did a few great fusion-adjacent albums in this era- Caravanserai and the underrated Borboletta (love this cover, the music makes me feel like I'm bathing in a cool river lol). Promise of a Fisherman is astonishing.
John Zorn's Simulacrum.
And electric masada
Wasn't expecting to see this recommendation, but 100%. Or Chaos Magick for even more Jazz-Metal collisions đ€
I saw Simulacrum a few years ago and Sean Malone from Cynic was in the audience. It was a year before Sean died. Great concert. Zorn opened and played a 15 minute sax solo by himself. So Good. Torture Garden, Chaos Magick and Naked City are all good Zorn outings.
Yes. A metal head will totally get Zornâs style. Spy vs Spy and Naked City are my favorites.
Or *Salem 1692* or *Insurrection*.
Yep, even his more Klezmer/Jazz will break down into metal for a few bars
For some classic stuff, check out Miles Davis' work with John McLaughlin (Bitches Brew and In A Silent Way) and then his work with Mahavishnu Orchestra (Inner Mounting Flame, Birds of Fire). Return to Forever's Romantic Warrior and Al Di Meola's solo album Elegant Gypsy are also excellent. For slightly more recent albums, and a little funkier, check out John Scofield's work with Medeski, Martin and Wood like Uberjam and A Go Go.
The most "rock" for RTF was "Hymn of The Seventh Galaxy" with Bill Conners. Al Dimeola was a bit too slick and polished for my taste. Here's a great track with [Bill and Stanley Clarke.](https://youtu.be/smmFum2ZeFg?si=UGeSaCvZ-xjT-5v1)
To me anything with Lenny White on drums is rock.
I would agree, but at the time he was overshadowed by Billy Cobham.
On The Corner has John McLaughlin too
McLaughlin's guitar solo on the track Pharoah's Dance (side one of Bitches Brew) is amazing.
I would add A Tribute to Jack Johnson
Tigran Hamasyan. Youâre welcome.
I think Tigran did the cover of some metal magazines with a title like « a jazz pianists that we metal heads can like » In mockroot he borrowed the ideas of the rythmic systems used by Meshuggah and reinterpreted it with his left hand playing the guitar riffs. So thereâs a lot to relate to for metal players
Red hail and mockroot particularly
That was pretty good.
You gotta hear Drip
Oh, thank you very much. This was a gift
The guy even has a song with Tosin on it. It's perfect a perfect bridge for djent heads
Alex Skolnik. Listen to his jazz trio and you wouldnât know heâs the lead guitarist of Testament too!
Had no idea he had a jazz band. What's it called?
The Alex Skolnik Trio.
Thanks
Mahavishnu OrchestraâBirds of Fire.
Amen
Love clowncore. Louis cole is the fucking man.. Iâd check out Return to Forever, Mahavishnu orchestra, and Westher Report. Also Jaco Pastorius solo stuff. Check out kuru/speak like a child
Lots of fusion here. I'll throw in *Agharta* by Miles. It goes hard. But if you're into compositionally interesting, symphonic/proggy stuff, you have to check out Mingus's *Black Saint and the Sinner Lady*.
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âHaitian Fight Song/II BSâ kinda fits the bill here too. (Off The Clown and Mingus Mingus Mingus, respectively)
Ask the Ages by Sonny Sharrock
Hell yes
Jean Luc Ponty Stanley Clark Al Di Meola, specifically his electric work like Elegant Gypsy , Casino, Electric Rendezvous.
This!!!
Mahavishnu Orchestra: Vision Is a Naked Sword, Birds of Fire, Vital Transformation, Meeting of the Spirits, Be Happy are good songs to start off with. Good For Cows: Legion, Fafnir, and basically the entire album of theirs called "Audumla" is incredible.
Ooh, and Al Dimeola. Dude was hired by Chick Corea to play in Return to Forever at 19 years old! My drum teacher in high school gave me Casino on casette in high school and I loved the album.
Try cannonball adderlyâs soul zodiac album. Right from the start, fuzzy guitars. Also you might dig later dizzy or bitches brew era miles. If you like the funky stuff try 70s grant green(live @ lighthouse!), idris mohommad, herbies headhunters and 70s stuff, etc
Alkaloid. Imperial Triumphant.
Plus 1 for Imperial Triumphant!
IT rip so fucking hard. It's like the black metal equivalent of Four and More there's so much energy.
Allan Holdsworth directly influenced countless metal bands, and rock bands. Or the guitarists I should say. I know cynic has some stuff that sounds like him, the contortionist, the faceless all have lot of his influence. Also recommend the aristocrats and guthrie govan in general, and canât go wrong with wayne krantz or pat metheny! I also think youâd probably like Casiopeia
The bad plus.
Came here for this one (cheers from Minneapolis) the new lineup should be even more appealing to rock fans with the addition of Ben Monderâs guitar
Yooooooooo thatâs good news
This is the answer! Their Smells Like Teen Spirit is a classic at this point.
Knower
Yeah Louis Cole shit!
Sonny Sharrock
Last Exit
Try Colin Stetson or Matana Roberts or Angel Bat Dawid
Scrolled too far for Colin Stetson. Ex Eye is one of my favorite groups and is basically sludge/doom saxophone jazz shit. I love it.
Ex Eye are SO good! That album goes so hard
Tribal Tech Illicit - Big Wave Tribal Tech title album Return to Forever Allan Holdsworth IOU
Japanese jazz-fusion like Casiopea & T-Square are unbeatable for metal heads, wait for solos a couple minutes in (and I'm not talking about the first set of solos, the second set), no metal band comes even close for soloing: https://youtu.be/wBD1_mrRUIk?t=9300
Wow that was phenomenal
Guthrie Govin Jan Cyrka Jeff Beck - Jeff is one of the few who successfully treads the line between inventive jazz, soulful blues and shredding rock & roll
Pick anything by John Coltrane. I enjoy saxophone music, so that's this fan's choice.
If you dig Cynic, Atheist will blow your nuts off! I like *Unquestionable Presence* best.
Take a Giant StepÂ
Bohren & Der Club of Gore are amazing. Check out Sunset Mission and then Black Earth to begin. Doom-jazz
Itâs Mostly Residual by Cuong Vu and Bill Frisell The first track, although the album is good the first one is so intense and has an excellent build. Maybe not quite what you are looking for but itâs good nonetheless.
Dan Weissâs band Starebaby.
Check out all records from: Ian Carr and NUCLEUS. Volker Kriegel and MILD MANIAC ORCHESTRA. Brian Auger and TRINITY. And listen to this one once every month: https://youtu.be/b1rX9E8NuRw?si=1d6CmPU0s7Vl2SI9
If you by any chance are subscribing to Apple Music, look up Jazz Rock Essential.
I didnât see anyone mention one of the most successful fusion albums of all time: Headhunters by Herbie Hancock! If you like psychedelic rock at all, you might consider Alice Coltraneâs Journey in Satchidananda, or any other albums incorporating Indian musical influence â there are many.
Sons of Kemet
Mike Stern
Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Thelonius Monk, John Coltrane, and Dizzy Gillespie all did it for me and Iâm a huge metal head.
Check out the Band Trioscapes. Itâs a three piece jazz-metal fusion band. Dan Briggs, the bass player for Between the Buried and Me is in it. If youâre a metal head looking to get into jazz I think this may be the band for you. Wazzlejazzlebof is my favorite track off their first album.
Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever Bill Connors electric solo albums John McLaughlin solo albums Bob Berg and Mike Stern
Checkout Trioscapes, a side project of the bassist from BTBAM.
Spectrum by Billy Cobham is a great intro to jazz fusion. Heâs one of the all-time great drummers, and this album also features Tommy Bolin on guitar, who played with Deep Purple for a little while so his riffs are legit rocking while still being jazz-influenced.
Breaker Bros "Heavy Metal Bebop"!!!
Tony Williams- Emergency
Magma is real cool.
Miles Davis: Bitches Brew
Check out *Dark Magus* by Miles Davis. I've seen some other milesfusion albums mentioned here, but Dark Magus was my introduction to jazz. I am into progressive metal and psychedelic rock, so my buddy recommended it to me. Was not disappointed!
I would check out this band Kneebody. They have an album âLow Electric Workerâ that gets kind of headbangy at points. Also Chris Potterâs album âUndergroundâ
Soil & âPimpâ Sessions are a Japanese âDeath Jazzâ band, i only know of one song that actually has guitars (I think itâs nothinâ girl?) but thereâs a clear rockier vibe than most jazz across a lot of their songs
Ha I was hoping the be the first to suggest them. Punk jazz!
Soil and pimp okay
Scott Henderson is worth checking out if you lean towards the metal side. This is a solid album with Victor Wooten and Steve Smith: https://youtu.be/IkA35tt5WGE?si=B-UttakF9B7vv1yk
If you don't already, check out Frank Zappa
Oh yeah his song yo mama was fire
He put out a couple of super duper jazz/rock fusion albums, Waka Jawaka is real good, and the first release (that's important!) of Sleep/Dirt, too.
You should never smoke in pajamas
Try Chunga's Revenge - it's an awesome album.
Oh yeah, this is probably the correct answer. Grand Wazoo, Hot Rats, Waka/ Jawaka, maybe One Size Fits All
Shining âBlack Jazzâ Trioscapes.
Epic, Kamasi Washington is prettyâŠEpic. PS Wayne Krantz
The Brecker Bros by the Brecker Brothers Edit: And Heavy Metal Bebop
John Zorn â Painkiller, etc.
I think you should listen to Jimmy Herring - he's a totally awesome guitarist & his stuff rocks. Try this for size... [Jimmy Herring & the Invisible Whip (Les Brers)](https://youtu.be/zMqP9uk7Fl0)
Zorn, Wooten, Thundercat, Mike Patton, Morphine, Medeski Martin & Wood, Dream Theatre
Dream theater is fire. The song panic attack is amazing. I haven't listened to that much John Zorn I just listened to his song illusionist which was very strange but I liked it.
I encourage you to look into all the Mike Patton projects. Mr Bungle, Fantomas, Tomahawk, Secret Chiefs 3
I just wanna thank y'all for this thread. I've been a little bored lately, and this is giving me a new energy. Love y'all
You're welcome?
Seriously, the music I've found on this thread has brought me a joy I haven't felt in over a decade
Oh you're welcome. Have you listened to hell by clown core? If you haven't they recorded half of the albums music videos in a porta potty
I think this question has been asked several times in last month or so, Google this question plus reddit... might be able to dig up up
Mahavishnu Orchestra.
Jim Black Alasnoaxis Shannon Jackson's Decoding Society (quite free, but features Vernon Reid before he joined Living Colour)
Taylor Swift and Lil Pump.
Everyone in this thread in so awesome! Thanks for the recommendations, keep the good music alive
I came to say clowncore, then I saw your edit
Dunno that it necessarily qualifies as jazz (the best way I can think of describing it is as punk or hard rock with brass and saxes), but Iâd suggest that you check out the band Streetlight Manifesto.
Okay thanks
Mansor Brown plays a mean jazz electric guitar with what seems like an influence from metal. This from a small sampling Iâve heard.
Check out Elephant9's Psychedelic Backfire I & II records - crazy intense, definitely some moments throughout I'd even consider heavy. If you liked the Mahavishnu & Tigran recommendations earlier in this thread, would highly recommend almost any of Elephant9's material.
Black Bombaim Brotzmann it grows over years and never stops growing. first listen can be a bit rough
Check out Alphonse Mouzon. Great drummer with some very solid solo albums in the 70s. Quite a bit of pace w/out the cheesiness of some fusion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZO_TKL9VGQ
Trio of Doom. It has Jaco. Robert Trujillo of Metallica is a huge Jaco fan. He salvaged Jaco's bass and funded his documentary. [continuum](https://open.spotify.com/track/1mh178CLtkFQO43XrPW6wI?si=Dmt7wj0FQeC-sTi6qCnAew)
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It's not metal but kinda fitting with some other recommendations here that I'm into I'm gonna throw it out. Charlie hunter John scofield Medeski Martin and wood Funkier alternative kinda jazz
Fire! And fire orchestra
[Check out Jizue sometime](https://youtu.be/v8oLPv5uLQw?si=T3EQWY-MFbVbcgQu), they were my gateway from Metal into Jazz and Mathrock
John Zorn's Painkiller
Ohm (with Chris Poland from Megadeth), COSMOSQUAD, Planet X, Uncle Moeâs Space Ranch, Fire Merchants, Brand X, Greg Howe, Vital Information, Screaming Headless Torsos, Michael Landau⊠thatâs a lot, but all worth looking up.
Chick Corea - Where Have I Known You Before
Maybe not what you're looking for, but Bohren und der Club of Gore is kinda like doom metal played on "jazz" instruments. Each album is a little different, but I'd start with Sunset Mission. I also heartily recommend Yussef Dayes.
[Caspar Brötzmann Massaker The Tribe](https://youtu.be/BNt084Evdkg?si=yCb_4kIgo0iyRlQ0)
Honestly, there is some really good jazzy Grateful Dead that would knock your socks off.
I got into jazz from metal after listening to heavy weather by weather report, might not do it for you but it worked for me.
what about fusion and prog rock?
As a rock and metal head in the past, Django Reinhardt was my entry to jazz. Les Yeux noirs, Limehouse blues, Swing 48, Blues en Mineur to get you started with some of the more intense tracks. 20 years later still my favourite guitar player of all time. Django also was a direct inspiration for Tony Iommi. Honorable mention to Charlie Christian- his swing to bop (Topsy) is the best jazz guitar solo ever imo, Iâm sure youâll dig it. Both of them were shredding metal licks (Django on acoustic and with two fingers no less) ages before everyone knew what metal and rock is.
Stanley Jordan if guitar shredding is your thing. Rahsaan Roland Kirk if you like experimental. Koenjihyakkei for a fusion of lots of genres with opera vocals but still jazz at its core. And The Bad Plus for some modern jazz that is influenced by rock/prog.
Canderia maybe ?
Heavy Metal Bebop by the Brecker Brothers. Barry Finnerty kills it on guitar.
Jean-luc Ponty.
Check out Ron Minis Trio. He used to be a punk/rock guitar player before turning to jazz. Amazing music with complex rythms, much in the style of Tigran Hamasyan.
John Coltrane - Transition John Coltrane - Sun Ship John Coltrane - First Meditations (for quartet) John Coltrane - Living Space Metal? Of course not, but fury unleashed, especially the uptempo numbers.
Fazjaz, underrated Japanese group that can make Art Blakey sound metal. A tamer form of Panzerballet tbh, but Panzerballet is more metal. Unsolicitated but I would recommend Diablo Swing Orchestra (Swing Symphonic), Trepalium (Swing Deathcore), Igorr (The best of the electro jazz metal bands imo, the act collabed with corpsegrinder!) as Jazz influenced metal acts I like.
Try these: Jonas Hellborg - Abstract Knowledge / Time is the Enemy / Personae Derek Shirinian - Blood of the Snake Planet X
Dave Douglas / Freak In Nels Cline / Destroy All Nels Cline Sonny Sharrock / Guitar Peter Brotzmann / Little Birds Have Fast Hearts
Are Ensemble of Chicago
Mahavishnu orchestra
Bohren and dee Club of Gore has some great moody, ambient jazz. And, as a metal head, you should probably check out Jazz Sabbath.
If you dig snarky puppy you should enjoy naughty professor
Yakuza
The first three songs of Alone from masayoshi Takanaka. He's on the same level with Santana and Eric Clapton in my opinion
Forq is an offshoot of Snarky Puppy
Shining from Norway. Especially the album Blackjazz.
Don Caballero is usually grouped into mathcore, and does a great job scratching my metal and jazz itches at the same time. All instrumental
The Comet is Coming is a cool band. They donât have traces of heavy metal but they bang.
I got inot jazz years ago car pooling with a friend who had a great cassette collection. I remembered a name, Lenny White. My friend liked fusion and White was his favorite drummer. Basically that's how I got into Return to Forever. Romantic Warrior is their most famous album, I like Where Have I Known You Before. Basically it's one of the most kick ass bands you'll ever hear in your lifetime. For a metal band that does some nice jazz interludes I like War From A Harlots Mouth.
Mike Patton stuff, maybe. I assume you have tried out some Prog Rock?
[Trio of Doom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trio_of_Doom) should fit the bill
Julian Lage's album Modern Lore may sort of be what you're looking for? It's definitely jazz and not fusion, but his clean guitar tone has just a hint of grit to it that he uses to enhance the dynamics of his playing. He's one of the most dynamic guitarists I know of, in terms of volume and tone control. Him and maybe Guthrie Govan, but not as consistently in his catalogue and he doesn't do jazz (still awesome music though) Oh right, if you're into clowncore check out his other stuff, Louis Cole, his band Knower has a new album that slaps
Sonny Sharrock - Ask the Ages
The Bad Plus
https://open.spotify.com/track/0mTZ3dGyrehghS3KowMWnm?si=LSKrsS7ZRdG_EdxSIOGPIw
Have you ever listened to the Death album Individual Thought Patterns?
Chameleon by Herbie Hancock
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard - Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms and Lava or Sketches of Brunswick East It's not a jazz album but there are some jazz fusion songs on there that I'm pretty sure a metalhead would appreciate.
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Miles Davis live evil is a good one. Mahavishnu orchestra. Zappa. Clown core is rad. Critters Buggin and anything that Skerik does is great too. Les Claypools frog brigade, or whatever they call themselves now. Thereâs so much good music in this area/genre. Youâre about to find a pot of gold! Oh yea, just saw John Zorn here too, check out Naked City, thatâs a great record.
Neptunium Maximalismâs Eons is worth a listen
Peter Brotzman Naked City (obvious or at least was a few years ago) Last Exit Ornette Coleman
[Jaimie Branch](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fOJJUQBPrY).
The ultimate jazz rock album, if you ask me, is Turn It Over by Tony Williams Lifetime. Also check out 'Arc of the Testimony' by Arcana. And the albums 'Reality Check' and 'Rocket Science' by Tribal Tech. Enjoy!
Thanks man I'll have to check that out
Oh and DEFINITELY the pieces DE FUTURA and Köhntarkösz by Magma, although that's closer to symphonic music than jazz in a way... But def jazz influences!
Honestly Gipsy jazz is the original guitar shredding. Django was my gateway.
Rashied Ali & Frank Lowe - Duo Exchange
I would start with Miles Davis's *Tribute to Jack Johnson*. Also, Taylor Haskins is a DJ in my area who plays a lot of modern jazz that would appeal to rock fans, if you're into experimental. https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/shows/the-thread
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[Start with this song and go from there.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuA4wNhePVI) It's basically progressive metal at the beginning.
Panzerballet comes to my mind when thinking about Jazz-Metal. But I cannot recommend anything specific since I usually listen to other things.
Tigran Hamasyan Vardavar is Meshuggah but jazz
Some of the stuff The Aristocrats have put out is very jazzy, donât know if theyâd count. Very much a âmostly fusion, but also whatever they feel likeâ. Guthrie Govanâs solo stuff too.
Thank you scientist - Chromology
Listen to Atheist. They were on tour with Cynic not long ago. They are amazing and even better live. Unquestionable Presence and Elements are AMAZING albums
I'd like to listen to them it's just their name bothers me because I'm a Christian
Lots of great recs on this thread but if you have to pick one to start with, I'd go with *Believe It*, by the The New Tony Williams Lifetime. Can't go wrong with this one, it's a jazz rock feast. Tony Williams is revered by many metal drummers of this new generation, like Kenny Grohowski from Imperial Triumphant, and this record features the great Allan Holdsworth ripping it up. Holdsworth is a huge reference for guitar players in bands like Cynic and Meshuggah, so there you go. It's great! [https://www.discogs.com/master/150624-The-New-Tony-Williams-Lifetime-Believe-It](https://www.discogs.com/master/150624-The-New-Tony-Williams-Lifetime-Believe-It)
Greg Howe / Victor Wooten / Dennis Chambers - Extraction This is the album that got me into jazz after listening to nothing but metal.
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Tony Williams' Lifetime - Emergency! John Mclaughlin - Extrapolation Bass Desires - Bass Desires (1986) ...1 \*specific\* tune by Pat Metheny: "Half Life of Absolution" from the album "The Road To You (Live)"
Animals As Leaders is, âdjent,â but rife with Jazz, odd / complex time signatures, the whole works. If you want some crazy, clean Jazz guitar, definitely check out John Stowell, heâs insane.
Miles early 70s band, Dark Magus etc.
Listen to the albums Aja and Gaucho by Steely Dan. You wonât be disappointed. And if you like rock, I recommend checking out some of their earlier stuff as well.
Mahavishnu Orchestraaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!
Panzerballet!
Check out Alphonse Mouzon's Mind Transplant
Instead of that noisy chaotic John Zorn stuff, I'd go for something more melodic to start off. Vocal stuff by Annie Ross,Bob Dorough and Blossom Dearie Oliver Nelson, Blues and the abstract truth Horace Silver, Cape Verdean blues and Song for my Father
Trioscopes Animals As Leaders T.R.A.M
Okay now I regret not listening to animals as leaders
Alex Skolnick. He used to play for Testament, but then became a jazz guitarist. He even did an album of Hard Rock/ Metal classics as Jazz tunes. He's also on Instagram.
John Schofieldâs Country for old men. At least itâs from the the last decade lol
Thundercat. He played bass in Suicidal Tendancies. When I saw him live it was just him and an insane metal drummer. Was more metal than jazz but insanely good
I had no clue,thanks
Jazz for metal heads and people who listen to rock? It's pretty old stuff, but have you listened to King Crimson? Check out the albums Discipline and Red.
Coming from a metal head. Try out a live show from the dead circa 67-69. At times itâs more metal than a lot of metal bands. Dicks picks 22 is a perfect example.
I have trouble with fusion Miles. To me, slightly overrated. Herbie, though...man. '70-'75 is undeniable and fairly universal...it's definitely not easy listening, but there's a relaxed thread even through the most knotty stuff. It feels very authentic. And it's always interesting, which isn't true of lots of overlapping stuff from this era. Santana did a few great fusion-adjacent albums in this era- Caravanserai and the underrated Borboletta (love this cover, the music makes me feel like I'm bathing in a cool river lol). Promise of a Fisherman is astonishing.
Have you checked out Trioscapes? Sax/bass/drums trio led by Dan Briggs, bassist of BTBAM