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Bassist Anthony Jackson stands among the masters from the device. The ubiquitous sideman’s exhaustive discography spans many styles’ of music. An academician,his tenacious study into the roots from the bass resulted in the invention from the six-string contrabass,several years before five-string basses became well-known. He also offers the variation of …

Pianist/composer Mike Catalano is a jazz designer having a bent toward melodic soft jazz and a specific fascination with Brazilian music. Created in NEW YORK, Catalano studied traditional piano developing up and finally went to the Five Cities University of Music. During this time period he began composing and carrying …

A thrilling and high-powered virtuoso pianist, Michel Camilo is a Grammy Award-winning performer known for his cross-pollinated mixture of Latin, jazz, and classical designs. Blessed in 1954 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Camilo originated from an extremely musical family members (all nine of his uncles had been music artists). Originally …

Fusion bandleader Jim Beard assembled a lot of major-level skill for his 1990 recording Song of sunlight, notably Wayne Shorter, Michael Brecker, and Toots Thielemans.

To pop music fans, keyboardist Jan Hammer is most beneficial known for his focus on the soundtrack of the trendy ’80s cop series Miami Vice. But Hammer also accomplished considerable achievement in the jazz fusion globe, both by himself so that as a charter person in John McLaughlin’s famous Mahavishnu …

A longtime fixture in the LA area, Don Randi is most beneficial referred to as the proprietor from the North Hollywood golf club Baked Potato as well as for his longtime management of a favorite fusion/crossover group, Mission. Elevated in the Catskill Mountains of NY, Don Randi experienced traditional music …

Created in Buenos Aires in 1972, Fernando Ortero grew up by his mom, classical vocalist Elsa Marval, following a loss of life of his dad. Playing piano and performing from child years, he quickly extended his skills by firmly taking up acoustic guitar, accordion, melodica, and percussion. Quickly, he founded …

Although not however an innovator himself, Benny Green has were able to combine the varieties of Bobby Timmons, Wynton Kelly, Gene Harris, and specifically Oscar Peterson in his using; his fast octave operates tend to be wondrous. He was raised in Berkeley and performed as an adolescent with Joe Henderson …

Cleveland keyboardist in multi-directional format. Monkish post-bop stronger than funk or fusion. Great composer.

Jazz multi-instrumentalist Cliff Sarde began his saving profession in 1983 using the release of each Little bit Better, which established his simple audio: accessible, saxophone-led jazz fusion. Waiting around followed 3 years afterwards. Sarde then agreed upon to Passport Jazz and released Dreams ALOUD in 1987. Another label change saw …