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Artist: CTI All-Stars
A gathering of many musical minds for a jazz concert recorded live. All musicians hold their own. ~ Paul Kohler, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: C.T.I. Allstars
Artist: DJ Gadson
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Artist: Chris & Cosey
After the pioneer industrial rock combo Throbbing Gristle broke up in 1981, Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti (b. Christine Newby) decided to keep working together. Working under the names Chris and Cosey and CTI (Creative Technology Institute), the duo expanded the dense rhythmic ideas of their former band, adding more accessible synthesized... [+] Read More
Artist: Dave Matthews
Dave Matthews was the rhythm guitarist in the Jimmy Johnson band the night that blues bandleader took a musical drive down what would become the 1978 Tobacco Road album. He is not the same Dave Matthews of jam band and/or CTI jazz fame. More importantly for this Dave Matthews, he was not killed alongside several other bandmembers one night in... [+] Read More
Artist: Joe Beck
Studio and session guitarist Joe Beck is best known for hits when backing vocalist Esther Phillips on Kudu in the '70s. During the '80s he made a series of competent fusion and pop/jazz recordings for DMP and had a big hit recording with Dave Sanborn on CTI in 1975. His career continued into the '90s and beyond with albums like 1991's Relaxin',... [+] Read More
Artist: Chronomanic
Industrial rockers Chronomanic (also known as CTI, as well as Chris and Cosey) is comprised of former Throbbing Gristle members Chris Carter and Cosey Fanni Tutti. The duo has been issuing albums on a regular basis since their formation in the early '80s, and in the '90s they began an ongoing set of recordings called the Library of Sound series... [+] Read More
Artist: Creed Taylor
Creed Taylor is best known for his CTI label of the 1970s, but he has been important in the jazz recording industry for quite some time. He played trumpet early on before becoming the head of A&R at Bethlehem Records in 1954. Taylor was at Bethlehem during its two most significant years, recording such artists as Chris Connor, Oscar Pettiford,... [+] Read More
Artist: Eric Gale
A guitarist who was used for many R&B-oriented dates and occasionally played jazz, Eric Gale had an appealing sound and was best while performing lazy melodic blues. He was most significant to the jazz world in the early '70s, when he recorded often as a sideman for CTI, later on with the group Stuff, and on isolated tracks on his own sessions.... [+] Read More
Artist: Hubert Laws
A talented flutist whose musical interest was never exclusively straight-ahead jazz, Hubert Laws exceeded Herbie Mann in popularity in the 1970s when he recorded for CTI. He was a member of the early Jazz Crusaders while in Texas (1954-1960) and he also played classical music during those years. In the 1960s, Laws made his first recordings as a... [+] Read More
Artist: Charles Fambrough
Best-known for his stint with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, bassist Charles Fambrough has led three very effective all-star dates for CTI that were filled with his stimulating originals. He originally studied classical piano but switched to bass when he was 13. In 1968, Fambrough began playing with local pit bands for musicals and after some... [+] Read More
Artist: Joe Farrell
Joe Farrell's CTI albums of 1970-1976, which combined together his hard bop style with some pop and fusion elements, made him briefly popular among listeners not familiar with his earlier work. He began playing clarinet when he was 11 and, after graduating from the University of Illinois in 1959, Farrell moved to New York where he worked with... [+] Read More
Artist: Jack Wilkins
A superior, slightly underrated improviser, Jack Wilkins has proven on his infrequent recordings as a leader that he ranks near the top. Wilkins, who studied with John Mehegan early on, learned vibes, piano, and classical guitar, but has stuck to jazz guitar throughout his career. He gained a strong reputation during his long association with... [+] Read More
Artist: Donald Harrison
A talented post-bop altoist with a personal, angular style, Donald Harrison came to fame with Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers but has not become a major name in jazz despite his talent. He studied at the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts with Ellis Marsalis, went to Berklee (1979-1980), worked with Roy Haynes and Jack McDuff, and was with... [+] Read More
Artist: John Snyder
One of the most important jazz record producers of the past 30 years, John Snyder on several occasions has succeeded in recording an extensive series of non-commercial music. He worked for CTI in the early '70s, most notably on sessions by Jim Hall and Paul Desmond. In the mid-1970s, he created the Horizon subsidiary for A&M, which included a... [+] Read More
Artist: David Matthews
The keyboardist David Matthews has been, among other things, a steady source of funk, whether drinking it in from the sweat of the rhythmically innovative soul godfather James Brown or attempting to pour it over the head of the somewhat wimpier Paul Simon. Trends for better or worse that Matthews has been associated with since the '70s also... [+] Read More
Artist: Airto Moreira
The most high-profile percussionist of the 1970s and still among the most famous, Airto Moreira (often simply known by his first name) helped make percussion an essential part of many modern jazz groups; his tambourine solos can border on the amazing. Airto originally studied guitar and piano before becoming a percussionist. He played locally in... [+] Read More
Artist: Don Sebesky
Don Sebesky is best known as house arranger for many of producer Creed Taylor's Verve, A&M, and CTI productions; the man whose orchestral backgrounds helped make artists like Wes Montgomery, Paul Desmond, Freddie Hubbard, and George Benson acceptable to audiences outside of jazz. He has taken critical heat for this, but Sebesky's arrangements... [+] Read More
Artist: Freddie Hubbard
One of the great jazz trumpeters of all time, Freddie Hubbard formed his sound out of the Clifford Brown/Lee Morgan tradition, and by the early '70s was immediately distinctive and the pacesetter in jazz. However, a string of blatantly commercial albums later in the decade damaged his reputation and, just when Hubbard, in the early '90s (with... [+] Read More
Artist: Bob James
Bob James' recordings have practically defined pop/jazz and crossover during the past few decades. Very influenced by pop and movie music, James has often featured R&B-ish soloists (most notably Grover Washington, Jr.), who add a jazz touch to what is essentially an instrumental pop set. He actually started out in music going with a much... [+] Read More
Artist: Mac Ceppos
While his name might sound like the latest side order from a fast food chain, Mac Ceppos actually has much more in common with people such as Sylvan Shulman, Zelly Smirnoff, Raoul Poliakin, and Tosha Samaroff. That is, Ceppos is a studio violinist who has worked on hundreds of recordings. Furthermore, if the grandest, most historic figures from... [+] Read More
Artist: Urbie Green
A fine jazz player with a beautiful tone who has spent most of his career in the studios, Urbie Green is highly respected by his fellow trombonists. He started playing when he was 12; was with the big bands of Tommy Reynolds, Bob Strong, and Frankie Carle as a teenager; and worked with Gene Krupa during 1947-1950. Green had a stint with Woody... [+] Read More
Artist: DrugMoney
With a sound that draws on influences from the Pixies, R.E.M., and the Replacements, to Fleetwood Mac, DrugMoney takes engaging and familiar pop arrangements and plays them with a fiery intensity.
The Asheville, North Carolina band was formed as a power duo in 2001 when former solo acoustic artist Fisher Meehan joined forces with drummer Paul... [+] Read More
Artist: Ted Rosenthal
A fine modern mainstream pianist, Ted Rosenthal first gained fame when he won the 2nd annual Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition in 1988. In 1990 he recorded his debut set as a leader for Ken and has since recorded as a leader for CTI, the Jazz Alliance and Concord (including an entry in the legendary Maybeck Recital Hall series).... [+] Read More
Artist: Roy Kral
The duo of Roy Kral and Jackie Cain (1928) were particularly popular in the '40s and '50s. They mixed vocalese, humor and show business patter, with Cain also being a good ballad and interpretative vocalist. Kral met Cain in Chicago while he was playing piano in a quartet. They worked with Charlie Ventura in the late '40s, with Kral doubling as... [+] Read More
