With song structures similar to
Mahavishnu Orchestra and electric-era
Return to Forever, Michal Urbaniak's Fusion III appealed to the same fusion-buying clientele. What most distinguishes this music from that of its contemporaries was the unique vocalizing of Urbaniak's wife, Ursula Dudziak. She could sound at times like a Polish
Flora Purim, at other times like a synthesized presence from another world. On this recording, Urbaniak's playing is fresh and engaging, and his compositions occasionally sound like Frank Zappa's instrumental work from this same era.
John Abercrombie and
Larry Coryell turn in blistering guitar passages, and bassist
Anthony Jackson and drummer
Steve Gadd provide a funkified rhythmic foundation.