Fusion H

Artist Title (Label) Cover / Record / Co. Released Price CHF
Chico Hamilton Chico Hamilton And The Players (Blue Note) EX / EX U.S.'1976 SOLD
(tension-packed Fusion bag w/shaky rhythms, funky, latin-fevered runs on some tracks; Rodney Jones on guitar, Arthur Blyte on saxes;)
Jan Hammer Group Melodies (Epic) EX / EX NL'1977 SOLD
(orig. dutch print of self-produced, solid Jazz-Rock/ Fusion thing by ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboarder; Tony Smith on drums, Steve Kindler plays violin 'n sings, Fernando Saunders on e-basses, acoustic guitars & sings lead; album design by Richard Greenberg;)
Melodies (Epic) EX / EX / Co. NL'1977 SOLD
(orig. dutch print of self-produced, solid Jazz-Rock/Fusion thing by ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboarder; Tony Smith on drums, Steve Kindler plays violin 'n sings, Fernando Saunders on e-basses, acoustic guitars & sings lead; album design by Richard Greenberg;)
Oh,Yeah? (Nemperor) M- / M- U.S.'1976 SOLD
(orig. U.S. print of self-produced, solid Jazz-Rock/Fusion thing by ex-Mahavishnu Orchestra keyboarder; Tony Smith on drums, Steve Kindler plays violin 'n sings, Fernando Saunders on e-basses, acoustic guitars & sings lead;)
Herbie Hancock Magic Windows (CBS) M- / M NL'1981 SOLD
(early 80's dutch print of funky Fusion-Lounge project w/a definite Disco edge; Wah Wah Watson plays guitar, Michael Brecker's also in the cockpit...;)
Monster (CBS) M- / EX U.S.'1980 SOLD
(1980 U.S. print of funky Fusion-Lounge project w/a definite Disco edge; Wah Wah Watson plays guitar and so does Santana(oh, Devadip...sorry!) and Randy Hansen, Bill Champlin sings;)
Sextant (CBS) VG+ / VG++ NL'1973 SOLD
(dutch orig. print of early/mid-70's release of funky Fusion-Lounge project; w/band accompaniment feat. Billy Hart on drums, Buster Williams, Julian Priester, Bennie Maupin on saxes, clarinet 'n flute;)
Sunlight (CBS) M / M NL'1978 SOLD
(late 70's dutch print of one-man-band Fusion-Lounge project; w/inner-sleeve;)
You Bet Your Love/Knee Deep (CBS) EX / EX NL'1979 SOLD
(late 70's orig. dutch 12" E.P. release w/two tracks from his "feets don'w fail me now" album; same cover art as album;)
John Handy Carnival (Abc/Impulse!) M- / EX / Cc. U.S.'1977 SOLD
(orig. U.S. print of post- "Hard Work" album takin' more of a relaxed, loungy bend; w/Larry Carlton & Lee Ritenour...;)
Projections (Columbia) M- / M- U.S.'1968 42.00
(360-label orig. print of another electrifying 60's proto-Fusion/Jazz-Rock piece impressive violin-leads by Michael White, piano, bass 'n drums; ...flashing w/Avant-Free-Form Chamber moves... no gimmix such as echo chamber, supersonic engeneering or electronic tricks... the whole thing's animated by challenging improvisations, technical skill, round tones and solid togetherness; a splendid John Hammond production! ...Vinyl plays NICE EX to Near Mint with in-audible surface marks; Cover (un-cut) is close to Near Mint with LIGHT bump in bottom right corner; MINIMAL to zero traces of storage-wear(rubbing) on front & back; clean 360-labels; in run-out (Side 1, stamped) : o XSM37017-1A p ^ 4)
Where Go The Boats (Software Music) M / M D'198 SOLD
(early 80's small-label german print of Funky-Lounge/Fusion-Jazz moves feat. Lee Ritenour on guitar, Handy plays saxes and sings and co-arranged the horns & strings;)
Bo Hansson Ur Trollkarlens Hatt (Silence) EX / EX S'197 SOLD
(swedish orig. press in nice fairy/wizard-Art-sleeve of conceptual piece w/theme on a wizard's hat; the music-ticket is drifty Fusion-Lounge w/spacey progressions;)
Eddie Harris Bad Luck Is All I Have (Atlantic) M / M U.S.'1975 SOLD
(feat. Willie Bobo on percussion! incl. "abstractions" (10:24), "get on up and dance"; top shape;)
Bad Luck Is All I Have (Atlantic) M- / EX U.S.'1975 SOLD
(feat. Willie Bobo on percussion! incl. "abstractions" (10:24) "get on up and dance"; top shape;)
Bad Luck Is All I Have (Atlantic) EX / M- U.S.'1975 SOLD
(feat. Willie Bobo on percussion! incl."abstractions" (10:24) "get on up and dance";)
Bad Luck Is All I Have (Atlantic) M- / EX / Co. U.S.'1975 SOLD
(feat. Willie Bobo on percussion! incl. "abstractions" (10:24), "get on up and dance"; top shape;)
High Voltage (Atlantic) EX / EX U.S.'1969 Sold
(late 60's LIVE release (recorded at The Village Gate in New York) feat. Melvin Jackson, Billy Hart, Jodie Christian on piano... Eddie himself plays electric/ echo-plex tenor sax; incl. "funky doo" (7:56)
In The U.K. (Atlantic) M- / M- U.S.'1974 SOLD
(the Eddie Harris London Sessions feat. Jeff Beck & Albert Lee on guitars, Stevie Winwood on electric piano, Chris Squire and Rick Grech on bass...; incl. the 15:54 "conversations of everything and nothing;)
In The U.K. (Atlantic) EX / EX D'1974 Sold
(the Eddie Harris London Sessions feat. Jeff Beck & Albert Lee on guitars, Stevie Winwood on electric piano, Chris Squire and Rick Grech on bass...; incl. the 15:54 "conversations of everything and nothing; german orig. print;)
Playin' With Myself (RCA) M- / EX U.S.'1979 SOLD
(late 70's orig. U.S. print of one-man-band effort;)
Silver Cycles (Atlantic) EX / EX / Co. U.S.'1969 SOLD
(late 60's release feat. Melvin Jackson, Joe Newman, Joe Zawinul, Monk Montgomery... Eddie himself plays electric sax; incl. "Coltrane's view"; nice silvery cover;)
Sings The Blues (Atlantic) M / EX U.S.'1972 SOLD
(incl. Coltrane's "giant steps" and title track rattles forth for 12 minutes plus...;)
The Versatile (Atlantic) M- / M- U.S.'1981 SOLD
(early 80's U.S. release;)
Sugarcane Harris Fiddler On The Rock (BASF) M- / M- D'1972 SOLD
(early 70's german release of hi-tension Fusion groover (w/Blues-rockin' temper) driven by amplified violin; boss line-up feat. Harvey Mandel, Paul Lagos, Larry Taylor; ...opening track is a 9 minutes plus version of "Eleanor Rigby" (Fab Four) has a nice, laminated FOC; J. E. Berendt  produced and wrote the liner-notes;)
I'm On Your Case (BASF) EX / EX D'1974 SOLD
(mid-70's german release of hi-tension Fusion grooves driven by amplified violin; boss line-up feat. Paul Lagos, Larry Taylor, Dewey Terry...w/ femme back-up vocs;)
Sugar Cane's Got The Blues (MPS) EX / EX F'1971 SOLD
(early 70's french release of hi-tension Fusion-Blues-Rock grooves driven by Don "Sugar Cane's" amplified violin; recorded live at The Berlin Jazz Festival; ace line-up feat. Wolfgang Dauner, Volker Kriegel, Terje Rypdal (on one track only) Robert Wyatt(!) and Neville Whitehead on bass; cover of Horace Silver's "song for my father" (10:23) FOC;)
Sugar Cane's Got The Blues (BASF) EX / EX D'1971 SOLD
(early 70's german release of hi-tension Fusion-Blues-Rock grooves driven by Don "Sugar Cane's" amplified violin; recorded live at The Berlin Jazz Festival; ace line-up feat. Wolfgang Dauner, Volker Kriegel, Terje Rypdal (on one track only) Robert Wyatt(!) and Neville Whitehead on bass; cover of Horace Silver's "song for my father" (10:23) FOC;)
Hans Hartmann Swindia (Pläne) M / M D'1984 SOLD
(mid-80's german print of percussion/ bass driven Latin-Fusion-Lounge w/brass, guitar, accordeon...,)
Head,Heart & Hands Same (Metronome) EX / EX D'1978 SOLD
(orig. print of tension-packed & funky Fusion-Lounge/Jazz-Rock bag by Germany-based band;)
Eddie Henderson Sunburst (Blue Note) EX / EX / Cc. U.S.'1975 SOLD
(mid-70's U.S. release of FUNKY Fusion-Lounge bag fronted by black trumpeter! Alphonso Johnson on bass 'n effects, Harvey Mason and/or Billy Hart on drums, George Duke on keyboards, Bennie Maupin on saxes 'n bass clarinet; Bobby Hutcherson plays marimbas;)
The Hi Lo's! Now (MPS) M / M D'1981 SOLD
(early 80's german release of tasty Latin-Jazz-Lounge moods w/ace vocal-harmonies! rhodes e-piano by Clare Fischer, Gary Foster on flute, Tommy Tedesco on guitar... bass 'n percussion plus the voices of the white Hi-Lo's vocal-quartet arranged by member Gene Puerling;)
Daniel Himmelberger Piano (Audio System) M- / M- CH'1984 SOLD
(mid-80's swiss small-label direct-from-master-press of solo-piano compositions (w/many an improvised part) by swiss pianist; solemnly performed lines stretching from Classic-influenced patterns to Jazz-Samba flavoured maps; ...an introspective air reigns most of the pieces; the sound-quality of the Bösendorfer grand-piano (model 225) has been captured in the most natural and unaltered way due to a direct-from-master recording;)
Terumasa Hino Taro's Mood (Enja) M- / M- D'1973 SOLD
(orig. german print of Free-Form-Jazz spiked sounds by all japanese quintet led by Hino on trumpet; incl. the sidelong "predawn" (25:30) recorded in 1973; fine shape on this rarity;)
Chris Hinze Baroque By Candlelight (Keytone) EX / EX NL'1981 SOLD
(early 80's orig. dutch print of Chamber-Jazz renditions of classical pieces w/flutes, bass (by John Clayton) Sigi Schwab plays guitars, cello...; works by Händel, Bach, Vivaldi...;)
The Baroque Collection (CBS) EX / EX NL'1976 SOLD
(mid-70's dutch 2nd-print (?) of double-set sub-titled "sketches on Telemann & Vivaldi" ...Chamber-Jazz renditions of classical pieces w/flutes, percussion, hammond-organ, bass...; FOC;)
Chris Hinze And Friends Impressies (CBS) EX / EX NL'1979 SOLD
(early 80's orig. dutch print of classical renditions (works by Bach, Mozart, Vivaldi...) plus "blackbird" (Lennon/McCartney) ...flutes, fender-piano, guitars, drums, bass...;)
The Chris Hinze Combination Bamboo Magic (Atlantic) M- / M- NL'1978 SOLD
(orig. holland print of Fusion Lounge sounds w/occasional femme vocs and string orchestra; line-up is quite a bunch of well-known studio/ session cats!!)
Summer Dance (Keytone) M- / M- NL'1978 SOLD
(orig. holland print of vol. II of Live recordings at The Montreux Jazz Festival in '78; drifty West-Coast/ Fusion Lounge w/femme vocs, Kevin Eubanks on electric guitars...;)
Who Can See The Shadow Of The Sun (CBS) VG++ / VG++ NL'1972 SOLD
(orig. holland print of early 70's effort in nice FOC w/picture of Hinze & Herbie Hancock (who provided the album-title) on back-cover;)
Hiroshima Same (Arista) M- / M- U.S.'1979 SOLD
(orig. U.S. print of late 70's  Fusion-Lounge moods w/ a  'xotik Pop appeal by all japanese male/femme band; w/ inner-sleeve;)
Joji Hirota The Wheel Of Fortune (Jupiter) M / M D'1981 SOLD
(early 80's german release of tension-packed Fusion/Jazz-Rock thing by japanese artist; Nick Heiman produced;)
Derwyn Holder's Astral Vision
Time Open (Neen) M- / M- U.S.'1977 SOLD
(rare 70's U.S. privat-press (out of Washington, D.C.) of elevated, drifty Fusion-Jazz-Lounge striking w/a clearing simplicity... images just like tryin' to get lost in space... while tryin' out various aspects of the mothership's embrace; w/femme lead-voice and led by bassist/ composer Holder; ...guitars, keyboards, drums; covert-art by Bill Ray Jr.)
Allan Holdsworth Atavachron (Enigma) M- / M NL'1986 SOLD
(mid-80's dutch print of Sympho-Prog-Rock release by in-demand session/studio guitarist; Tony Williams helps out on drums;)
I.o.u. (Enigma) M- / M NL'1985 SOLD
(mid-80's dutch print of Jazz-Rock/Fusion release by in-demand session/studio guitarist w/vocals by Paul Williams; this album was previously released in '82 w/different cover;)
Takehiro Honda Another Departure (Flying Disk) M / M J'1977 SOLD
(rare 70's japanese print of extra-tasty piano-led (Honda) Jazz-Lounge grooves w/Ron Caerter on bass and Tony Williams on drums; w/insert-sheet (in japanese only, sorry)
Paul Horn A Special Edition (Island) EX / EX U.S.'1976 SOLD
(mid-70's U.K. 2nd print of 1974-released double-set on Mushroom; LIVE recorded in Vancouver w/small combo feat. Lynn Blessing on vibes, Art Johnson on electric guitar, Dave Parlato (e-bass) Bart Hall(drums 'n percussion) Horn plays flutes, saxes, clarinet and e-piano on the sidelong "dusk" (18:40) and on "dawn" (8:27) ...covers include "summertime", "freedom jazz dance", "willow weep for me", "tribute to Jobim" (in 3 parts) FOC and comes w/huge booklet-insert that documents the the rich doings of eastern-navigator Horn w/plenty of photos!!)
Freddie Hubbard & Ilhan Mimaroglu
Sing Me A Song Of Songmy (Atlantic) EX / VG++ D'1976 SOLD
(mid-70's german 2nd print of 1971 recordings feat. this renowned trumpeter... "a fantasy for electromagnetic tape" (for sub-title) Hubbard's quintet (feat. Kenny Barron, Louis Hayes...) with reciters(poems by turkish poet Fazil Hüsnü Daglarca and other texts) ...chorus, string orchestra, hammond organ, synthesized & processed sounds composed & realized by Ilhan Mimaroglu! ...some rather expressive, haunting soundscapes contained here; the FOC is a die-cut gimmix-sleeve w/a painting by Picasso peepin' thru';)
Hummingbird Diamond Nights (A&M) M- / EX U.S.'1977 SOLD
(70's U.S. release of funky Fusion-Lounge feat. Max Middleton & Bernard Purdie; Airto Moreira as guest-percussionist;)
Same (A&M) EX / EX / Co. U.S.'1975 SOLD
(mid-70's U.S. release of funky Fusion-Lounge feat. Max Middleton & Bernie Holland;)
Bobbi Humphrey Satin Doll (Blue Note) EX / EX / Cc. U.S.'1974 SOLD
(mid-70's U.S. release of funky Fusion-Lounge sounds feat. Chuck Rainey on bass, Harvey Mason, "Wah Wah" Regin on guitar ...title track is composed by Duke Ellington, "you are the sunshine of my life" (Stevie Wonder)
Satin Doll (Blue Note) EX / VG++ / Cc. U.S.'1974 SOLD
(mid-70's U.S. release of funky Fusion-Lounge sounds feat. Chuck Rainey on bass, Harvey Mason, "Wah Wah" Regin on guitar... title track is composed by Duke Ellington, "you are the sunshine of my life" (Stevie Wonder)

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