- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
Much maligned in the 70s by jazz purists, Fusion was still the music that sold to black audiences at the same time as it fuelled the feet of UK clubbers and finally inspired a host of Nu House 20 years later.
Track listing:LOVE SAMBA -McCOY TYNER • BRAZILIAN SKIES -BILL SUMMERS • VISIONS -LUIS GASCA • ROLL WITH THE PUNCHES -PATRICE RUSHEN • BLACKBYRDS’ THEME -BLACKBYRDS • SHIFTING GEARS JOHNNY HAMMOND • FRIDAY NIGHT FUNK FOR SATURDAY NIGHT BROTHERS -RUSTY BRYANT • UNICORN -DIZZY GILLESPIE • MOONDREAMS -FLORA PURIM • VERA CRUZ -PETE and SHEILA ESCOVEDO • AFRICAN BIRD -OPA
