Definition of "jazz-fusion" []

• See fusion. (noun)

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• "But he wasn't a fan of the label and wanted to broaden his horizons with more jazz, transforming his music over the years into what he describes as a "jazz-fusion/rock type funk.""
• "He describes his first release in 1992, The Complete Rhyming Dictionary rereleased in 2008 as Pulse and Cadence, a jazz-fusion instrumental conceived as an homage to the spirit of Weather Report, as "the end of a big era of music making for me ... the closing of a chapter.""
• "Mr. Bona, 44, is best known for playing electric bass with a sure tone and uncommon fluidity—qualities that earned him early comparisons to Mr. Pastorius, who was a member of the pioneering jazz-fusion group Weather Report."