Tag Archives: Fusion

As both bandleader and collaborator, Uk saxophonist and flutist Barbara Thompson has for many years been an integral contributor to cutting-edge jazz and jazz-rock ensembles located in her house country in addition to continental Europe. Using a traditional music education on the Royal University of Music, Thompson was however drawn …

Jazz pianist/organist Neal Creque, the youngest of eight siblings, was created in 1940 in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. His dad taught traditional piano and published poetry. At five, Creque began acquiring piano lessons; at nine he was operating a live radio gig along with his dad known as Creque and …

Jazz-rock combo Ocean Level was created in 1976 by keyboardist Chuck Leavell, bassist Lamar Williams, and drummer Jai Johanny “Jaimoe” Johanson subsequent their exit from your Allman Brothers Music group; guitarist Jimmy Nalls finished the initial lineup, which in 1977 released its self-titled debut LP within the Capricorn label. Honing …

Formerly referred to as PortoLatino, below which name they recorded their self-titled 1996 debut, the all-female Puerto Rican vocal group Velas was the brainchild of NY producer Sergio George. Under their fresh moniker, they resurfaced in 1998 without Stoppin.

A significant figure in Sweden’s rock history, guitarist/singer/composer Roine Stolt led two of his country’s most effective progressive rock bands: Kaipa in the 1970s as well as the Rose Kings in the 1990s onward. His distinct guitar style mixed David Gilmour’s debonair mid-tempo, Steve Howe’s sharpened sides, and Frank Zappa’s …

Delivered in 1947 in Wales, Percy Jones is a genuine innovator in the fretless electric powered bass, using a nimble, liquid, and harmonic-rich trend that is uniquely his very own. An autodidact, Jones performed fretted bass for several years before switching to fretless, and his inimitable strategy helped to create …

Engineer/manufacturer/remixer Scott Harding, aka Scotty Hard, was a Canadian indigenous (from Vancouver, Uk Columbia) who produced his name in NY within the burgeoning hip-hop picture. Working in the backdrop on several projects using the superstars of hiphop, including Kool Keith, Cypress Hill, Boogie Down Productions, Wu-Tang Clan, and Biz Markie, …

Rick Laird was the noiseless person in the Mahavishnu Orchestra — even though John McLaughlin, Jan Hammer, Jerry Goodman, and Billy Cobham each regularly tried to outdo his bandmates in swiftness and quantity, Laird provided the anchor towards the group’s audio. Not really that he didn’t sometimes get the opportunity …

Composer, maker, and musician Bernhard “Potsch” Potschka offers played many devices during his very long career, like the guitar, piano, mandolin, keyboards, and cello. He was created in Germany in 1952, where he was raised in a house filled up with the daily strum of beautiful traditional music. When he …

Jazz pianist/composer Uri Caine brings an eclectic selection of disciplines and affects to his music. His personal Jewish history, his traditional and jazz teaching, and his fascination with consumer electronics combine in ambitious hybrids which are frequently challenging but constantly inventive. Caine was raised within an intellectual, open-minded family members …