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Interview: Multi-Instrumentalist Paul Stafford
Q: You received your first drum kit at the age of five. Did your family already know you had an interest in music? A: I would say yes. The drum kit was purchased based on the constant beating on shoe boxes. My mindset was drumming as one would do in a school marching band. Although not ...
The Cellar and Point: Ambit
by Vic Albani
Due chitarre, violino, violoncello, vibrafono e ritmica. Curiosa line-up per uno dei gruppi più interessanti del momento, capace forse di rispondere alla domanda dove sta andando la musica?." Molti recensori e critici festeggiano la strada di The Cellar and Point chiedendosi che razza di musica proponga questa formazione. New jazz o new pop? ...
Gonzo Multimedia To Release Rare CDs By UK Prog-fusion Legends Brand X And Bass Icon Percy Jones
London, UK - Although typically considered an off-shoot band for Genesis legend Phil Collins, UK prog-fusion group Brand X was much more than that. Featuring several virtuosic musicians (as well as Collins), Brand X took the genre of fusion to a whole new level of expertise. Along with Collins on drums, the band featured Percy Jones ...
Ligro: Dictionary 2
by Dave Wayne
Another great fusion band from Indonesia, Ligro is a co-operative trio comprised of guitarist Agam Hamzah, bassist Adi Darmawan, and drummer Gusti Hendi. Compared to the other Indonesian jazz and fusion artists on the MoonJune roster (Dewa Budjana, Tohpati Ario Hutomo, and the group SimakDialog) Ligro's sound is appreciably more aggressive and, dare I say, more ...
Roberta Piket: Making a Difference
by Victor L. Schermer
Roberta Piket is a jazz pianist, composer, and arranger with an exceptional range of expression. In the same tune or performance, she moves fluidly between bebop, hard bop, blues, soft and mellow, up-tempo, contrapuntal, and advanced harmonic motifs, making it all come together in meaningful, coherent statements of ideas and emotions. She thinks hard when she ...
Anil Prasad: Inner Views, Borderless Perspectives
by Joe Lang
He may not be a household name and you likely won't hear him mentioned in music journalism classes alongside Robert Christgau, Lester Bangs and Anthony DeCurtis. But for those familiar with his work, Anil Prasad is considered among the most knowledgeable, provocative and forward-thinking music journalists in the world today. In 1994, Prasad ...
Brand X: Timeline
by Glenn Astarita
Timeline is a 2 disc set featuring live material culled from performances that represent two contrasting eras of a band who have been assaulting the world of fusion and progressive rock for over twenty years. “Brand X” have gone through their share of personnel changes yet guitarist John Goodsall and bassist Percy Jones have remained through ...
Brand X: Manifest Destiny
by John W. Patterson
Oh baby, this is why I love band reunions or should I say band revivals. For this is one on-fire, cranked-up, slammin’ and funkified fusion fest. John Goodsall, Percy Jones, and the gang whirl you around by your heels until your brain pops. Being a dormant entity for most of the ‘80s, Brand X is obviously ...