The Fusion Reactor #228 - Fusion By Numbers

Well we're back to a theme this week. I did a bit of a prog and fusion connect-the-dots this week, counting up to 20. I would have liked to have lingered on some of those numbers, so perhaps one day I will. But I still think it turned out to be a great show as is, so enjoy these fine selections:

One for the Road	CAB	7:01
Fantasia Suite for Two Guitars	DiMeola, Al	5:12
Running Of Three	Brand X	4:30
Four Levels Of Joy	DeJohnette, Jack	3:12
Five G	Bruford, Bill	4:46
You Are Number Six	Behold The Arctopus	8:51
Sevens	Govan, Guthrie	5:57
Hard Eights	Mays, Lyle	7:35
Nine	Keneally, Mike	4:52
The Tenth Dimension	Palace Terrace	9:16
Eleven	Ten Point Ten	3:19
Day Twelve: Trauma	Ayreon	9:24
Thirteen Winds	XII Alfonso	5:06
Fourteen	Combination Head	3:52
September Fifteenth (dedicated to Bill Evans)	Metheny, Pat	7:45
The Sixteen Men of Tain	Holdsworth, Allan	6:28
Seventeen	Aerial View	4:06
9/18/02	Bozzio, Terry	8:16
Nineteen Strong	Little King	4:01
Mach 20	Anderson, Laurie	2:48

The Fusion Reactor #227 - Stories

Not a whole bunch of story songs, although that would be a fun theme. I was always into folks like Bob Dylan and Neil Young who could tell stories in their songs. But that wouldn't be very fusiony, would it?

Instead, I decided to pick some songs and tell stories or anecdotes about the artists. So musically, there's no theme. Just a bunch of fusion with a little bit of "other" mixed in. If you like it, maybe I'll do this type of show more often.

Discontinuous Spiral	KBB	7:17
Eloquence	Passport	5:05
Duel of the Jester and the Tyrant	Return To Forever	11:27
Birds of Fire	Mahavishnu Orchestra	5:48
Man Of Leo/Stellar/Space Theme	Yamashta, Stomu	7:53
Monday Mourning	Loureiro, Kiko	4:22
Wild & Lonely	Bourelly, Jean-Paul	4:29
Raymond	CAB	6:30
Yellow Pages	Machacek, Alex	6:16
Vicky Samba	Berlin, Jeff	5:14
30 Seconds Over Your Land	MCM	4:23
Your Good Thing	Cold Blood	5:19
Paradisio	DiMeola, Al	7:20
Drum Ddu	Brand X	5:51
Love And Laughter	Hiromi	9:03
Hazy	Moraz and Bruford	6:33
Rumble	Corea, Chick	13:23

The Fusion Reactor #226 - No Theme

Again, no theme. Just music.

Weekend Overdrive	Morse, Steve	4:07
Sunlight	Belew, Adrian	4:26
The Unmaking	Golden Death Music	5:02
Knew You When	Lake Trout	5:14
Sahara	Passport	5:32
Let There Be More Light	Pink Floyd	5:38
Armor and Sword	Rush	6:36
So Long	McCrite, Mark	6:50
Presidents	King Crimson	7:04
Better Man	America Gomorrah	7:13
Unbreakable	Seventh Wonder	7:19
Jessica	Dixie Dregs	7:19
Sense of Doubt	Glass, Philip	7:23
Silently	Vanden Plas	8:31
Faith Hope Love	King's X	9:22
Real Love	Yes	8:49
(Got My) Rock Pants On	Turing Machine	9:42

The Fusion Reactor #225 - In The Moment

This show is a compilation of semi-randomly selected songs, carefully placed in the order you'll hear them. There's no theme to them.

In The Moment	Baker, Ginger Trio	4:31
Expecting Fulfillment	Smokin' Granny	2:25
Wili (Part 2)	Davis, Miles	10:44
Eventually	Coleman, Ornette	4:23
What You Know	Gong	3:41
Fly Away	Ten Point Ten	4:04
Shop Talk	Cold Blood	7:18
Continuum	Pastorius, Jaco	4:32
House of Marc	Tunnels	7:40
Inside Game	Katché, Manu	5:11
The Hammer Song	Beegle, Dave	4:52
Morning Sickness	Coryell, Larry	5:23
Pale Glider	Berlin, Jeff	5:15
Sweet Child	Livgren, Kerry	4:45
As The World 2000	Echolyn	4:38
Vulcan Princess	Clarke, Stanley	4:01
Coconut Boogaloo	Medeski Martin & Wood	3:57
On the Beach	Schon & Hammer	5:21
Trane to Conamarra	Fleck, Béla & the Flecktones	6:49
Istanbul	DiMeola, Al	8:01
Sorrow & Promise - IX. Make Me More Like You	Divine In Sight	9:31

The Fusion Reactor #224 - Everything New Is Old Again

This week we're exploring newness.

New Worlds Discovered	Bellas, George	7:41
The New American	Foster, Jack III	7:22
New Morning Improv	Jordan, Stanley	7:07
New Dawn	Afromantra	7:28
New Arabia	Bozzio, Terry	4:47
The Emperior's New Clothes	Bruford, Bill	5:31
New Meeting	Garaj Mahal	8:05
A New Song	Mike Duncan Project	5:18
New Throb	Plastic Crimewave Sound	3:48
Brave New World	Hammer, Jan	3:37
New Laws	Don Caballero	5:54
The Beginning Of A New Era	Fiorletta, Simone	5:06
New Horizons	Moody Blues	5:10
Hoy Es Un Nuevo Dia (Today Is A New Day)	Planeta Imaginario	4:23
New Day	Sun Ra	5:51
There's a New Sheriff in Town	Machacek, Alex	6:27
New Funk (Re-visited)	Rosco Il Est Content	9:10
New Marimba	Fripp, Robert & Andy Summers	3:39
New City	Combination Head	5:08
Song for a New York Rainmaker	Eleventh House	4:42