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Although he became associated for a while using the M-Base musicians, Lonnie Plaxico is a extremely flexible bassist throughout his career. In early stages he used Chet Baker, Sonny Stitt, and Junior Make. After hanging out in Wynton Marsalis’ music group (1982), Plaxico caused Dexter Gordon and Hank Jones before …

Pianist/keyboardist Andy Milne is among the most talented music artists to emerge from the M-Base Collective. Along with his music group Cosmic Dapp Theory, Milne mixes extremely advanced jazz sensibilities with streetwise funk and a considerable dose of cultural and religious commentary. His ambitious, high-energy music strives to attain well …

A prolific, constantly in-demand drummer whose private, yet authoritative using continues to be heard on a large number of periods, Marvin “Smitty” Smith appears to reside in the studio room. A onetime Berklee pupil, he used Jon Hendricks’ music group in NY through the early ’80s, after that caused John …

b. 5 Feb 1964, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. Gilmore was created right into a musical family members, his father being truly a traditional percussionist. Initially, he adopted his father however in his early teenagers the guitar started to supersede drums, the second option instrument being adopted by his sibling, Marque Gilmore. …

Although her documenting career continues to be somewhat erratic, Cassandra Wilson became among the top jazz singers from the ’90s, a vocalist blessed with a unique and flexible voice who’s not afraid to take risks. She started playing piano and electric guitar when she was nine and was functioning being …

The son of drummer Roy Haynes, Graham Haynes was raised around jazz musicians; his Hollis, Queens, community was also house to Roy Eldridge, Milt Jackson, and Jaki Byard. Younger Haynes played within the same high-school music group as bassist Marcus Miller. In 1982, he started a link with saxophonist Steve …

Although they arrived having a CD in 1993 beneath the title of “M-Base Collective,” this specific “band” was usually a loose grouping of like-minded music artists intent to find a new method to improvise. M-Base (which means Macro-Basic Selection of Organised Extemporizations) utilizes funky (but amazingly unstable) rhythms, uncommon interval …

Post-bop saxophonist Greg Osby was created Apr 3, 1960 in St. Louis, playing in some R&B, funk, and blues systems throughout his teenager years before participating in Howard School. Upon graduating from the Berklee College of Music, he resolved in NEW YORK and continued to try out behind Jack port …

M-Base creator, composer, and alto saxophonist Steve Coleman comes from Chicago. His first years had been spent playing in R&B and funk rings in emulation of his 1st hero, Maceo Parker. Coleman got heard all of the greats in his hometown and transformed his concentrate from R&B to jazz precipitating …