Results for "Instrumental"

Finely Tuned Elephant

Active since: 2019

Finely Tuned Elephant is an instrumental jazz-rock fusion quartet from Ottawa, Ontario: Jordan Robinson (guitar), Cyrus Robertson Orkish (bass), Alex Lugli (keyboards) and Kyle Iveglia (drums). Guitarist Jordan Robinson formed the band in 2019 as a trio with Kyle Iveglia and bassist Félix Labrosse, who played on the debut, Perfect Coincidence (2020). The Fast Life (2022) followed, with Robinson on guitar and bass. Cyrus Robertson Orkish joined in 2022 and Alex Lugli in 2025.

No Goats (March 27, 2026), the first album recorded by the full quartet playing together, is a concept album about four goats in disguise trying to sneak into an elephants-only club

Jordan Robinson

Jordan Robinson is an Ottawa guitarist, composer and producer, and the founder of the instrumental jazz-rock fusion band Finely Tuned Elephant, which he started in 2019. He has writing credits on all three of the band's albums, Perfect Coincidence (2020), The Fast Life (2022) and No Goats (2026), and produced all three at Finely Tuned Studios, the Ottawa studio he has run since 2014. No Goats, the band's first album recorded as a full quartet with Cyrus Robertson Orkish (bass), Alex Lugli (keyboards) and Kyle Iveglia (drums), was produced, engineered, mixed and mastered by Robinson.

Bill Howland

Bill Howland grew up in the Greater Boston area, studying with classical pianist Allen Barker of Wayland, Massachusetts. Bill continued his education in music theory at Northeastern University and later studied with jazz pianist Dick Odgren of Worcester, whose faculty appointments include Berklee College of Music and Clark University.

Bill formerly resided in Brewster, Massachusetts and played at many fine venues on Cape Cod, including Chatham Bars Inn, Christian’s Restaurant, The Roadhouse Café, Oysters Too, Old Sea Pines Inn and many others.

Bill also formerly resided in Charleston, South Carolina where he played regularly at the Swamp Fox Restaurant and Bar at The Francis Marion Hotel.

The Seven Ups

Australian instrumental combo The Seven Ups exist between groove and atmosphere. Expansive guitar and warm synth layers stretch outward, grounded by bass and percussion, with horns shifting between restraint and impact.

Led by multi-instrumentalist Trent Sterling, the group has carved out its own space across five studio albums, developing a sound that balances locked-in rhythm with immersive texture and long-form explorations. Their latest release, Fight Night (2024), leans further into analogue synth territory, layering lush pads and rolling arpeggiators over the band’s signature brass and driving rhythm section.

Frionis

Frionis is a Toronto-based instrumental project by Dave Freeman and Ian Walker Findlay. Together, they composed and performed all the music on their debut album, Coastal Nights, released in August 2026.

The Frionis sound centres on nylon-string guitar, melodic bass, B3 organ, dynamic drums, and organic percussion, bringing melody, rhythm, and atmosphere together across the album’s 12 tracks.

Ayumi Kobayashi

Estefano Rodrigo

Born: July 24, 1985

Artist, composer, singer, instrumentalist, music producer, and dancer, Estéfano Rodrigo develops a body of work guided by an intimate perception of music, shaped with discipline and responsibility. His approach is not driven by market logic, but by a personal sense of time and truth, respecting the pace of each creation and the relationships that emerge throughout the process.

Between vocal and instrumental expression, he sustains aesthetic unity and authorial coherence, treating each element with intention — from arrangement to execution. His work is built through consistency, without haste, remaining faithful to what is essential in each piece.

Big Space

Active since: 2013

Canadian trio Big Space blends modern jazz and instrumental rock, combining progressive compositions with collective improvisation. Their upcoming album The Pendulum Effect, out June 5 2026, moves between high-energy fusion, lyrical ballads, and more atmospheric passages. 

The band's 2021 debut In Relation To won ECMA Jazz Recording of the Year, recognizing the best jazz album in Atlantic Canada, and earned praise from both indie rock and jazz media in Canada and abroad for its alternative-jazz crossover approach.

Formed in 2013, Big Space features guitarist Grant King, drummer Ashley Chalmers and bassist Ian Murphy. Members bring diverse backgrounds to the project, blending formal jazz training with years of experience in independent and alternative music communities. After more than a decade playing together, the band has developed its own shared musical vocabulary, influenced by forward-thinking jazz fusion artists and branching out into broader cross-genre sounds. 

Aiskander

Born: September 12, 1973

Aiskander is a Polish jazz composer, arranger, reharmonizer, guitarist, improviser, and music producer. He is the founder of the Wrocław-based vocal and instrumental ensemble Mistrz Allegro and the creator and owner of the independent Polish record label illumination Music. His artistic activity focuses primarily on instrumental jazz-funk, jazz fusion, and world music.

Driven by a constant desire to refine and expand his creative process, Aiskander began developing original material early in his career. In mid-2009, he released his debut solo album Tysięczna część radości. The opening tracks—Róża wiatrów, Fantazja, along with twelve other compositions built around the melodic sound of the classical guitar—outlined a musical direction he would continue to explore in subsequent releases.

Fog Light

Active since: 2016

Fog Light is an instrumental rock trio from Finland. The band draws its influences from the surrounding world and strives to experiment with their instruments. Musical inspirations include vast array of bands and artists including 70’s proge greats like Yes, Rush and King Crimson. Also fusion jazz style is clearly present in their music. One can hear Allan Holdsworth, Tony MacAlpine, Tony Williams and such in Fog Light’s music.

The newest effort ”Abstract” features keyboards. This brings some new level for the overall sound and songs. Plenty of solos are present for each instrument while keeping the attention to song structures. Eight different tracks of fusion rock is now released and there are plans for the live activity too.