What is the best jazz fusion album of all time?

Jazz fusion electrified the genre by blending jazz improvisation with rock energy and electric instruments. From Miles Davis's Bitches Brew to Weather Report's Heavy Weather, these albums created an entirely new sound.

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis's 1970 double-LP that invented jazz fusion as we know it.

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Heavy Weather

Weather Report's 1977 masterpiece featuring 'Birdland' — fusion's biggest crossover hit.

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Head Hunters

Herbie Hancock's 1973 funk-fusion landmark that outsold every jazz album at the time.

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The Inner Mounting Flame

Mahavishnu Orchestra's 1971 debut — the loudest, fastest jazz fusion ever made.

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In a Silent Way

Miles Davis's 1969 album — the quiet electric revolution that preceded Bitches Brew.

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Romantic Warrior

Return to Forever's 1976 progressive-fusion masterwork with Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke.

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Bright Size Life

Pat Metheny's 1976 ECM debut with Jaco Pastorius — lyrical fusion redefined.

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Return to Forever

Chick Corea's 1972 ECM quartet album — the gentle, melodic face of fusion.

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Shakti

John McLaughlin's 1976 Indian-jazz fusion with Zakir Hussain and L. Shankar.

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Winelight

Grover Washington Jr.'s 1980 smooth-jazz classic featuring 'Just the Two of Us'.

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Agharta

Miles Davis's 1975 live-in-Japan double album — electric funk-jazz at its darkest.

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