Maynard Ferguson-"Dayride"

This is an object lesson in how to execute a fusion piece without losing your artistic integrity. Yes, fusion led to Kenny G(orelick) and his irksome peers. But, for a time (ending around 1980), there was a lot of good music done under this rubric-Weather Report, Mahavishnu... and Chick Corea's Return to Forever, whose tune (written by uber-bassist Stanley Clarke) Maynard and the gang perform here. This is circa 1979.

Clarke, not that anyone cares, is yet another jazz great from Philadelphia, The City of Brotherly Swing.

Stanley's website.