Tony Williams Lifetime - Ego

Early Jazz-Rock fusion. Boston-native Tony Williams started playing with Miles Davis at age 17 and 7 years later had his own group, Lifetime, which was one of the early pioneering fusion groups. This album is definately their weirdest. Combining hard-bop and psychedelic rock it showcases Williams' amazing solo skills on a few tracks, and his unfortunately pedestrian vocal skills on others. Stick with the non-vocal tracks (which really aren't too horrible) and you'll enjoy the album a lot more.

John Zorn and John Medeski's "Emergency" project is a homage to Lifetime's groundbreaking second album, "Emergency", which was a pioneering fusion album.