I suppose Weather Report could fit into your "nice and pretty" catagory. I've only listened to Heavy Weather which was released in 1977 and contained their biggest hit "Birdland". A pretty good tune really but the rest of that album didn't do anything for me. I would like to check out their earlier releases though, primarily the first one.

HEAVY WEATHER has some nice stuff ("Birdland" was one of the first "jazz" songs I ever played in jazz band in high school).. and.. shhhh.. I also have a few Spyro Gyra albums, and I love Pat Metheny's 80's albums.. So, I do like the melodic stuff too.. with those, it's more of a nostalgia thing too.. though FIRST CIRCLE is one of my all time favorite albums period. Not sure if he's even considered "fusion".. With any genre, you have to find the gems or you just get lost and confused, because they all end up sounding the same. I have the Chick Corea Elektric Band album.. I pull that out once every 5 years or so.. besides the fact that it sounds completely dated, I just have to laugh a little because it all sounds like background music for some episode of MIAMI VICE.. but yea, I don't have much of a fusion collection.. yes, a lot of it sounds the same to these ears.. I remember when I was young arguing with my Neil Young and Moody Blues-listening uncle about how Judas Priest and Iron Maiden were completely different..because he just laughed and said it all sounded the same to him..

-jar