Results for "Multi-instrumentalist"

Albert Marcoeur

Born: December 12, 1947

Born on the 12th of December 1947, in Dijon (Cote-d'Or)

1958 to 1966: Studied clarinet at the National Music and Drama School of Dijon (teacher: Roger Desoomer)

“I'm glad I did it. I must have learnt a thing or two…"

1963: "First band, first gig. The clarinet on the rack of the push bike, I pedalled with my knees wide apart, to avoid getting grease on the bottom of my suit pants. And flower pots around the stage."

1965: "Numerous contests were organised in the area. Rock bands would compete and the best one won… oh, something like 150 euros in today's money. Each band played two pieces. Equipment changes between two bands had to be done in a matter of minutes. There was no sound system facing the audience. The voice and saxophone microphones were plugged into the guitar amplifiers. What took longest were the drums: a snare drum, a cymbal, a bass drum and two nails, but it was fast enough. Sometimes we couldn't drive the nails in, if the stage was concrete or sloping. All the bands knew each other, spied on each other, were aware of their own worth. We knew that the guitarist of the Bristol's Boys had joined the Crews. We also knew that, if the Cherokees were at the next contest in Chalon-sur-Sa�'ne, we'd be defeated yet again!"

Dreaming In Colour

Mario Rechtern

Born: December 28, 1942

Born in Berlin 1942, he began playing the saxophone as a teenager. At that time he claims he had a lot of sounds to penetrate and questions to ask. While officially playing clarinet and violin he had to hide his first saxophone from his parents. Regarding clarinet Mr. Rechtern says, “it was nice of them to concede to that reed but I had to practice saxophone in the forests at night, yet at 28 I was playing in jazz bands that were very quickly ended by police intervention - of course because of loudness, but all musicians agreed - that was not the reason - there was something else". Throughout his career he has shown a deep interest in philosophical and historical texts and as with most artists this has influenced his views on art and its politics

James Henry Smith

Born: September 28, 1946

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The Recliners

The Recliners, hailing from Austin, TX and now also based in Richmond, VA take the traditional "lounge sound" and zoom-off into galaxies never explored by Sinatra, Jones, or even Humperdinck. In over 15 plus years of existence, The Recliners have entertained them all: young and old, tuxedo-ed or tongue-pierced, in taffeta or tattooed, debutantes and dirt-bikers. A Recliner's Recipe: Take traditional standards from the 20's to the 60's, add in newer songs from the 70's, 80's and 90's, swing them across the dance floor, then mix in a generous shot of sultry bossa nova and cha-cha rhythms, blend until smoother than a James Bond come-on line, add tasty original songs (shaken...not stirred) and you're in martini heaven, baby.

Sepha

[SEPHA Bio in abbreviated version]

SEPHA - Multi-Artist : Composer/ Singer Songwriter/ Improvisationalist/ Multi-Instrumentalist/ Walking Art/ Planet XG

Her own unique sound and music style beyond music categories like crossover music mainly come not only from many year’s accumulated her own experiences through various kinds of her art activities as an Multi- Artist, but also from the elements of improvisation and freestyle of her own a lot.

With moving from place to place, this independent multi-artist SEPHA (also called as "SEPHA from Outer Space via Tokyo") has been doing her various kinds of music/art activities for Love, Aesthetics of diversity, and harmony, nearly for two decades through the world, including joining and supporting other artists’ projects, and working with wonderfuｌ professional musicians she greatly respects like Lonnie Plaxico (a great Jazz Bassist known also as Cassandra Wilson’s music director, worked also with Art Blakey, and many greats and more), Gary Fritz (a great Percussionist working/ worked also with George Benson, Roberta Flack, The Brand New Heavies, and many greats and more), Marvin J.Sewell (a great Guitarist working/ worked with Jack Dejohnette, Cassandra Wilson, and many greats and more) etc.

Alan Parsons

Kit Watkins

Born: 1953

BORN TO CLASSICAL PIANO TEACHERS in 1953 in Virginia, Kit Watkins studied piano at home from ages 5 through 13. During his teen years, Kit was drawn to rock music and became a driving force behind a series of local bands, playing organ, synthesizer, and flute, as well as singing lead. By age 18, he was discovering his own writing abilities. He soon joined up with the band Happy The Man (HTM) which was forming at the local university. It was with HTM that Kit honed his skills in composing, performing, arranging, and producing. During its original six years, the band recorded five albums, including two produced by Ken Scott and released on Arista Records

Ras Moshe

Born: March 22, 1968

1.What brought you to music?

I always loved music.Jazz especially,but many kinds ofmusic. Its hard to describe why. It was just always there..itsstill like that!

I heard Jazz everyday in the house..that's not too uniquebecause lots of young black children grew up around Jazz,butmaybe they didn't like it for themselves even though they knowabout it.

2. Describe your role models, muses and mentors.

Hmmm...one good model for me was/is John Coltrane. Heovercame certain personal issues and because he devoted somuch time to the music he was able to make a living fromit...and playing some very creative music as you knowalready!Politically some of my role models are Malcolm X and AmiriBaraka..they had/have the ability to move forward andrecognize that Things Have Got To Change.

Gina Leishman

Composer and multi-instrumentalist Gina Leishman was born in England, studied music at the Vienna Conservatory and Edinburgh University (B.Mus.Hons.), and made her home in the U.S., first on the west coast and since the early ‘90s in New York City. She has written for theater, opera, dance, film, TV and the concert stage. She is co-founder of the septet Kamikaze Ground Crew. Together for over 30 years, their recordings, on New World, Koch Jazz and Busmeat Records, include Postcards from the Highwire (2007), Covers (2000), Madam Marie’s Temple of Knowledge (1993) and The Scenic Route (1990)