Emergency!

Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the birth of jazz fusion, a combustive 1969 album led by a prodigious drummer striking it out on his own.

Tony Williams' Emergency was one of the first and most influential albums in late-'60s fusion, a double-LP set that shattered the boundaries between jazz and rock.

Tony Williams Lifetime - Emergency! review: Occasionally overlooked, but undeniably one of the most significant efforts that helped take Jazz music to the next level.