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An excellent bassist whose budding profession was cut short by his premature death at 24, Curtis Clark studied bass with Wilbur Ware and turned professional in 1963. He became a member of Muhal Richard Abrams’ Experimental Music group and was a founding person in the Association for the Advancement of …

A short-lived spinoff group formed by onetime Detroit Emeralds associates Adam Mitchell and Marvin Willis, Floaters scored lots one R&B and number 2 pop hit using their debut, “Float On,” for ABC. It had been neither a lyrical nor vocal triumph, but was still among the biggest-selling R&B singles of …

The people of Glasgow-based Astrid were still within their teens when their debut album, 1999’s Strange Weather Lately, premiered, making them the state start of third generation of ’60s-obsessed jangly Glasgow guitar rings, pursuing Primal Scream (before their dance music obsession) as well as the Pastels in the middle-’80s and …