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over 40 years in Reno/Tahoe area as a drummer and percussionist I have performed with such greats as Sammy Davis, JR., Ray Charles, Tony Orlando, Charo, Susanne Somers, Bernadette Peters, Roy Clark and many other accomplished performers/artists as well as various orchestral venues. Musical education includes a Bachelor"s of Music from San... [+] Read More

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In addition to being a BMI composer/artist, Erik Jay is a writer, editor, and designer who lives in L.A. with his wife, Lydia, a certified spiritual director. His surprising blend of jazz, pop, r&b, and Latin influences has gotten him radio play in Asia, Canada, Europe, South America, and Africa, as well as on non-cartel U.S stations. He was an... [+] Read More

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Post-Bitches Brew band using dense rhythmic textures and jungle melodies. Features trumpeter Charles Moore, percussionists Adam Rudolph and Hank Drake. World music extensions with jazz background. ~ Michael G. Nastos, All Music Guide

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Jaco Pastorius was a meteor who blazed on to the scene in the 1970s, only to flame out tragically in the 1980s. With a brilliantly fleet technique and fertile melodic imagination, Pastorius made his fretless electric bass leap out from the depths of the rhythm section into the front line with fluid machine-gun-like passages that demanded... [+] Read More

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To pop music fans, keyboardist Jan Hammer is best known for his work on the soundtrack of the stylish '80s cop series Miami Vice. But Hammer also achieved considerable success in the jazz fusion world, both on his own and as a charter member of John McLaughlin's legendary Mahavishnu Orchestra. Though jazz purists often decry major portions of... [+] Read More

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Although his true passions are composing and playing electronic wind instrument, Kurt Kreimier developed musically playing jazz saxophone in and around Chicago. He has played with Bill O'Connell, Art Porter, Frank Foster, Don Scaletta, Jim Cooper, Corky Siegel, Nat Adderley, Bill Porter, Mike Mossman, Rod McGaha and Kenny Davis. Kurt has worked... [+] Read More

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Like so many other Los Angeles studio musicians, guitarist and composer Larry Carlton was faced with a choice a number of years back: whether to go solo and develop a name for himself under his own name or to continue the less risky, more lucrative existence as a session guitarist, making good money and recording with prominent musicians.... [+] Read More

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As one of the pioneers of jazz-rock -- perhaps the pioneer in the ears of some -- Larry Coryell deserves a special place in the history books. He brought what amounted to a nearly alien sensibility to jazz electric guitar playing in the 1960s, a hard-edged, cutting tone, phrasing and note-bending that owed as much to blues, rock and even... [+] Read More

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When Lonnie Liston Smith made the transition from sideman to leader in 1973, it was the beginning of a fusion/crossover/post-bop band he dubbed Lonnie Liston Smith & the Cosmic Echoes. The acoustic pianist/electric keyboardist, who was born in Richmond, VA, on December 28, 1940, should not be confused with soul-jazz/hard bop organist Lonnie... [+] Read More

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One of the premiere fusion groups, the Mahavishnu Orchestra was considered by most observers during its prime to be a rock band, but its sophisticated improvisations actually put its high-powered music between rock and jazz. Founder and leader John McLaughlin had recently played with Miles Davis and Tony Williams' Lifetime. The original lineup... [+] Read More

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Return to Forever was jazz keyboard player Chick Corea's jazz-rock fusion band of the 1970s. Like Weather Report and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, it was a group formed by an alumnus of Miles Davis' late-'60s bands with the intention of furthering the jazz-rock hybrid Davis had explored on albums like Bitches Brew. At the time, this was seen as a... [+] Read More

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STAMMER grew out of the fascination with sound. Instead of subordinating sound to harmony and melody, pure sound is treated as an extraordinary way of expression. Using synthesizers and computer programs to explore and catch 'found' sounds, serendipity plays an important role in the creation proces.



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