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Great stuff!!!! I just recently got into The Brecker Brothers when my college jazz band did a tribute to them. I got to play drums on Some Skunk Funk and developed new respect for Michael Brecker. Its too bad he died before he had a chance to really develop his own style as a sax player (he was already just about as good of a technician as you could be).
I'm kind of disappointed that you consider The Yellowjackets to be smooth-jazz and that they should be avoided. They are smoother then the other groups you mentioned (although John McLaughlin, Chick Corea and Herbie Hancock have produced some pretty smooth stuff) but don't group them with the likes of Kenny G and Dave Koz.
Just to throw in some more great fusion from the 70's check out Ian Carr and his band Nucleus.
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