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Under the management of bassist Gordon Edwards, some of the most prolific studio room players around teamed together to create an all-star tempo section that on the part-time basis operated as an unbiased group. Back again around 1967, Edwards come up with the Encyclopedia of Spirit and through the following …

Clean jazz keyboardist Dan Siegel continues to be assisting to shape the genre since his recording debut in 1980. Created in Seattle and elevated in Eugene, OR, Siegel began acquiring piano lessons at age group eight and was fronting a rock-band at 12. After going to the Berklee University of …

Classically trained Detroit arranger Dale Warren got his focus on the famed Motown label and, in the late ’60s through the entire early ’70s, composed nearly all string scores for soul artists in Stax Records (arranging for such artists simply because Billy Eckstine, Eddie Floyd, Isaac Hayes, Albert King, as …

“The Conference” was formed in 1983 when manufacturers George Wein and Darelen Chean come up with “The Playboy Superstars from the 80’s” for your year’s Playboy Jazz Celebration; the all-star group contains keyboardist Patrice Rushen, drummer Ndugu Chancler, electrical bassist Alphonso Johnson and tenor-saxophonist Ernie W. Because the four music …

A 1987 concept work, with a number of name jazz music artists getting together to get a good-natured blowing session. Mike Brecker, Lew Soloff, and Nelson Rangell had been featured stars. The discharge did sufficiently to merit a follow-up in 1989, People Only…. As well. Rangell was up to speed …

Merging a Philadelphia spirit sound with a solid appreciation of Marvin Gaye, Maze offering Frankie Beverly was among the very best R&B acts from the late ’70s and ’80s. The unique Maze and its own charismatic lead vocalist, founder, maker, and songwriter Beverly didn’t possess many pop strikes, but they …

Fusion guitarist with neo-bop features. Also has latin jazz.

Bassist Cedric Napoleon, drummer Curtis Harmon, and keyboardist James Lloyd founded crossover jazz group Bits of a Dream in Philadelphia, Pa. They were teens during their 1976 development. Though jazz-based, the group also emphasized R&B and integrated funk, quiet surprise, hip-hop, new jack port swing, and soft jazz to their …

Scotland’s Runrig were formed in 1973 like a trio by Rory MacDonald, Calum MacDonald, and Blair Douglas, adding Donnie Munro another year. Douglas stop and was changed by Robert MacDonald, who passed away of tumor in 1986. The music group went through several lineup adjustments before buying the MacDonalds, Munro, …

b. Autry DeWalt II, 14 June 1931, Blytheville, Arkansas, USA, d. 23 November 1995, Fight Creek, Michigan, USA. Walker’s record label, Motown Information, mentioned that he was created in 1942. He was motivated to consider up the saxophone with the leap blues and R&B rings he noticed in the first …