But soon she realised that people wanted to follow her because she was offering something that mainstream fashion brands were not: a fusion of modesty and style that increasingly resonates with young Muslim women.
And Mr. Corea presented a new band, the Vigil, which finds a middle way between electric fusion and mainstream acoustic jazz; it involves the drummer Marcus Gilmore (Mr. Haynes's grandson), the bassist Christian McBride, the saxophonist Tim Garland and Charles Altura, who is perfect for this music, a young guitar hero who can play faster than you can think.
With a busy summer that included an independent record release and a high-budget music video for an international chart-topper, the singer's career embodies an interesting fusion of mainstream and underground.
Seven years and 20-odd vinyl releases on, HudMo and affiliates such as Rustie, S-Type and Cashmere Cat have gone from club producers to injecting their deranged fusions into mainstream rap, from Kanye and Drake down.
But the styling influence of the CLS is also apparent in mainstream sedans like the Kia Optima, Ford Fusion and Toyota Avalon.
However, jazz fusion had gained mainstream notice for its stylistic adoption of rock and funk music, despite being the subject of controversy in jazz purist circles.
The mainstream treatments for knee arthritis included fusion, replacement with a metallic hinged prosthesis, or implantation of a metallic tibial resurfacing component.
Fusion should remain a mainstream English-language beacon of advocacy for a comprehensive immigration reform in Washington that is meaningful for our undocumented friends and neighbors living in fear of deportation.
Its music – a vintage collection of Otis Redding – can certainly claim classic status, but its fusion of jazz choreography and mainstream modern dance has not aged well.
Though many of those who attend play mainstream styles, a few edge toward a fusion with pop and rock, like Eric Lewis, a pianist who does rock-inflected jazz, and Jonathan Batiste, a Louisiana pianist with an eclectic style.
