on the pro-fusion angle also i remember Nucleous and Ben on the Vertigo label, i have some tracks of them on the Vertigo Time Machine comp, they are very Miles/Soft Machine sounding for what I remember (Ian Carr, leader of Nucleus, wrote a book on Miles). nothing really exiting but a nice footnote.
Then can the Zappa of Hot Rats and the Grand Wazoo be considered progrockjazz ?, i think so, and also George Duke on those records, Geroge Duke on the '70 is very jazzprog.
Obviously Henry Cow first has a strong rockfusion taste.
What progjazz usually totally lacks is funk. Maybe THE funkjazz album is the aforementioned Blackbyrd, one of the greatest records ever. (for people interested in great jazzfunk but not willing to go bankrupt there is the really nice Pulp Fusion compilations series on Harmless, both lps and cds, that is really a pleasure).
Then can the Zappa of Hot Rats and the Grand Wazoo be considered progrockjazz ?, i think so, and also George Duke on those records, Geroge Duke on the '70 is very jazzprog.
Obviously Henry Cow first has a strong rockfusion taste.
What progjazz usually totally lacks is funk. Maybe THE funkjazz album is the aforementioned Blackbyrd, one of the greatest records ever. (for people interested in great jazzfunk but not willing to go bankrupt there is the really nice Pulp Fusion compilations series on Harmless, both lps and cds, that is really a pleasure).