Results for "jazz fusion"

Scott Jones

Born: May 18, 1966

My name is Scott Jones. I’ve been a full time pro musician (guitarist, composer, arranger) for about 4 decades, residing in the St. Louis area.

My contemporary jazz album “Fictional Characters” is released in association with Michael Silverman and Autumn Hill Records.

Featuring myself as composer and guitarist, along with musicians Steve Hunt, (long time keyboardist for the late guitar legend Allan Holdsworth), as well as drummer Archibald Ligonnière and bassist Romain Labaye, (both of whom have been renowned guitarist Scott Henderson’s band* on his recent tours and latest album “People Mover”, *which was just voted Best Jazz Fusion Group by Jazz Times Magazine’s 2020 Reader’s Poll)

Allen C. Paul

Born: June 1, 1974

Allen C. Paul, pianist, educator and author, began learning the piano at the age of 3, taught by his mother, an elementary music teacher. A graduate of the University of Miami School of Music in Jazz Piano, he has since performed both locally and internationally, working closely with myriad top-tier artists as a musical director and accompanist. He has worked with and appeared on stage with artists such as Miki Howard, Betty Wright, Raheem Devaughn, Jaguar Wright, Mike Phillips, Rhonda Thomas, Anthony David, Algebra Blessett, Chantae Cann and many others. He also worked in theater alongside award winning singer and actor Chestor Gregory in his hit musical “The Eve of Jackie” in 2017

Matt Richards

Born: March 15, 1959

Born and raised in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, guitarist Matt Richards grew up in the culturally fertile cross-currents of the late 1960s. His musical pathway opens in the mix of folk, rock and psychedelic music that defined that decade and eventually guides him into the hyperactive jazz-fusion of the 1970s. Initially a self-taught player, Matt began earnestly developing the technically advanced musical abilities necessary to be part of that highly-energized genre. As his musicianship developed, he discovered straight-ahead jazz and classical music and began incorporating the acoustic guitar in various projects

Ray Sandoval

RAY SANDOVAL is an award winning composer, performer, producer and educator, trained in both the Classical and Jazz genres.

Born of Japanese and Mexican-American parents, Ray’s musical career began at home in Tucson, Arizona. At the age of eight, he was playing drums in a family band with his older brother, Richard.

A family hobby turned into serious study when both became the first students selected for APEX (Academic Preparation for Excellence) at the University of Arizona.

Under the guidance of Thomas Patterson, Professor of Music, Ray began to perform solo works of classical guitar earning a number of awards and a Bachelor’s Degree in Music.

Paco Reinaldet

Paco Reinaldet was born in Campo Grande, and after living for a while in the capital of Brazil, Brasilia, he moved to São Paulo, where he studied music and worked as a gigging musician, playing from blues-jazz to the erudite, as a way of survival. At that time, he was immersed in São Paulo's bohemian music scene, participating in several music projects. ​

In 2000 he went to Rio de Janeiro in an attempt to start an authorial musical career. Been unsuccessful, persisted in his choice of music by going to live in Lima-Peru, and learning Latin music. Years later, he went to Wales-UK to study and play. Paco devoted his time to refining the instrument timbre and embracing “indeterminism” as an integral part of his songwriting process.

Confusion Project

Active since: 2013

Confusion Project is a jazz trio from Poland, established in 2013. According to critics, Confusion Project's music is considered to be a neoromantic approach to jazz fusion, with extensive compositions, strong melodies and complex rhythms.

Confusion Project has released 4 albums so far, the third being a concept album entitled "Primal". PRIMAL is a suite divided into parts describing the journey of a lonely man who finds his true nature and primality in his contact with nature.

Confusion Project has recorded its 4th album in October 2020. The album, entitled "LAST" has been released in October 2021

Vintage Astronaut

Vintage Astronaut is an experimental progressive jazz trio, creating adventurous narrative improvised music. Jonathan Greene, John Daniel Ray and Michael Kinchen are seasoned session musicians from Winston-Salem, NC

Ted Howe

Ted Howe was born in Boston, MA with a fascination for sound from the day he was born. A penchant for sound from a toddler may not always be a parent's dream. However, this love of sound grew as did that of the Red Sox from the attention he received from his Uncle Oly, who introduced him both to jazz and to baseball. Young Ted listened to every jazz album he could find, attended many jazz concerts and quickly found his favorites amongst Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Louis Armstrong, Oscar Peterson, George Shearing, Dave Brubeck and Bill Evans. Ted began studying piano in his tender teens with Harry Smith one of the legendary founders of the Berklee College Of Music

Igor Willcox

Born: January 6, 1981

Considered one of the most important Brazilian drummers, Igor Willcox has achieved great notoriety in the instrumental music scene with his group Igor Willcox Quartet, standing out and performing in the most important Jazz clubs around the world such as Blue Note, Yardbird Suite (Edmonton - Canada), Bourbon Street, The Jazz Room (Waterloo - CA), Frankie’s Jazz (Vancouver- CA), Bucking Jam Palace (Calgary - CA), The Rex (Toronto-CA), and Jazz Festivals such as,  North City Jazz Festival (Serbia), Bansko Jazz Festival (Bulgaria), Nisville Jazz Festival (Serbia), Summer Jazz Festival (Slovenia), Panama Jazz Festival, Santos Jazz Festival (Brazil), Play Jazz Festival (Brazil), MB Jazz (Souza Lima Berklee), etc.

AXIOM

Self-Evident Truth in both concept and application best describes the realization of the musical goals of brothers Peter Templer and Phil Templer. The road towards that realization has been one of many twists and turns often encountered by professional musicians striving to explore their own artistic expressions, while at the same time responding to the ever changing demands of both the national and international marketplace. ​Through AXIOM, Peter and Phil feel that they are indeed establishing their own special place on the contemporary music scene. When recently asked "What is AXIOM all about and what are you trying to say, musically speaking?" Peter responds, 'As the name implies, this is the self-evident truth in music for us! I grew up playing tunes by Jr