P O R T F O L I O

LEOND E S I G N

Graphic DesignIllustration

DrawingsPhotography

Publication

4

6

8

10

12

Portfolio

Graphic Design

4

5

Illustrations

6

7

Drawings

8

9

Photography

10

11

Featured insideSAM ASH

VSGUITAR

CENTERWhich store has the

best price?RIVALS

FACE OFFfuture of

cellphonescell phones

advancing

LEONMAGAZINE

Tips on becoming a better musician

0 6 8 92100 9

SEPTEMBER 2011

THE HISTORY

OF jazz Fusion

Publication

12

Features

GUITAR CENTER VS

SAM ASH

FUTURE OF CELL PHONES

HOW TO BECOMEA BETTER MUSICIAN

5

8

12

14

THE HISTORY

OF

jazz Fusion

Jazz Fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and elec-tronic effects of rock, complex time signa-tures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental composi-tions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations, often using wind and brass and displaying a high level of instrumental technique. The term "jazz rock" is often used as a synonym for "jazz fusion" as well as for music performed by late 1960s and 1970s era rock bands that added jazz elements to their music. Some progressive rock is also labelled "fusion". After a decade of popularity during the 1970s, fusion ex-panded its improvisatory and experimental approaches through the 1980s and 1990s. Fusion albums, even those that are made by the same group or artist, may include a variety of styles. Rather than being a codi-fied musical style, fusion can be viewed as a musical tradition or approach. The term “jazz rock” is often used as a synonym for the term “jazz fusion”. However, some make a distinction between the two terms.

However, some make a distinction between the two terms. The Free Spirits have sometimes been cited as the earliest jazz rock band. During the late 1960s, at the same time that jazz musicians were experimenting with rock rhythms and electric instruments, rock groups such as Cream and the Grateful Dead were "beginning to incorporate elements of jazz into their music" by "experimenting with extended free-form improvisation". Other "groups such as Blood, Sweat and Tears directly borrowed harmonic, melodic, rhythmic and instrumentational elements from the jazz tradition". Scaruffi notes that the rock groups that drew on jazz ideas (Soft Machine, Colosseum, Caravan, Nucleus, Chicago, and Frank Zappa) turned the blend of the two styles "upside down and instead of focusing on sound, rockers focused on dynamics" that could be obtained with amplified electric instruments. Scaruffi contrasts "Davis' fusion jazz was slick, smooth and elegant, while "progressive-rock" was typically convoluted and abrasive."Frank Zappa released two LPs in 1972 which were very jazz-oriented called

Miles dewey davis IIIan Ameritcan jazz musician, trumpeter,

bandleader, and composer

5

THE HISTORY

OF jazz Fusion

13