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<title>Miles Davis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Arguably, no single artist has changed the face of modern music so profoundly, and so many times, as Miles Davis. As Charlie "Yardbird" Parker was busy revolutionizing the jazz world with his stripped-down, freewheeling style called Bop, he invited the young Davis to join him in the mid-1940s. Miles played with Bird for three years before going on to wage his own Cool Jazz revolution, fronting a nine-piece ensemble and creating lush, orchestral arrangements for <I>Birth of the Cool</I>. Due to drug addiction, a fallow period ensued in the early '50s, but Davis returned to the fore with renewed vigor and a new quintet in 1954. The Miles Davis Quintet, including John Coltrane on tenor sax, set new standards for what jazz could represent, achieving a popularity previously thought unattainable in the eclectic realm of jazz. Further milestones lay ahead for Davis -- his groundbreaking orchestral work with his musical soul mate Gil Evans, the recording of the most popular jazz album ever (<I>Kind of Blue</I>), further endeavors with another pivotal quintet in the '60s and finally, the fathering of the Free Improvisation and Funk-tinged riffs and grooves of the Fusion age with <I>Bitches Brew</I>. Through it all, Davis was the consummate professional and master innovator, never pausing to look back while constantly building upon his notoriously irrepressible momentum.
- Noah Enelow]]></description>
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<title>Pat Metheny</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:12:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Pat Metheny is one of the most bipolar of modern musicians, jumping from gentle Crossover Jazz with smooth synthesizers to wild Free Jazz explorations. Metheny is unafraid of taking chances. After a string of Latin-influenced, synth-heavy hits that filled concert halls, he released <i>Zero Tolerance for Silence</i>, an album featuring forty minutes of feedback noise. As a soloist, Metheny is among the top modern guitarists, using his lightly chorused electric guitar to play startlingly original chromatic lines with exceptionally tasteful phrasing. He has worked with countless artists, but collaborations with Jaco Pastorius, Herbie Hancock, Gary Burton and Ornette Coleman stand out as noteworthy. Metheny may also be responsible for fusing Heavy Metal and jazz -- at least in terms of his hairstyle decisions.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Herbie Hancock</title>
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<category>Jazz Piano</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:14:09 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Just out of knee-pants, Hancock hit the jazz world after performing Mozart with the Chicago Symphony at age eleven. Hancock's piano became a fixture of the New York club and studio scene after he graduated with degrees in music and electrical engineering. His first solo albums at age twenty-one embraced Soul, gospel-infused Hard Bop, and cerebral Post Bop (Hancock is the kind of artist who can pen the groovy club hit "Watermelon Man" and turn around and record the sweeping album <i>Maiden Voyage</i> without seeming to break a sweat). He joined Eric Dolphy and Miles Davis, released groundbreaking soundtrack work like <i>Blow Up</i>, established the Electro-Funk template with <i>Head Hunters</i>, and won an Academy Award for his work on <i>Round Midnight</i>. Today, Hancock continues to look to the future while celebrating music from several centuries and cultures.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Bela Fleck</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:31:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, Fleck formed the Flecktones in the early '90s and then proceeded to smash any preconceived notion about what a banjo could or couldn't do. Fleck began playing banjo in high school in New York City. From the beginning he attempted to apply the theories and principles of Bebop to the instrument, blending them in with his already formidable Bluegrass talents. He spent the '80s as part of the Newgrass Revival, a group of virtuoso string band musicians intent on freeing themselves from the limitations of the genre. In the Flecktones he's supported by electric drums, electric bass and a number of keyboard instruments, and the music is really closer to Fusion jazz than anything else. The band is a major concert attraction and their records have -- surprisingly enough -- appeared on the charts and sold in impressive numbers.
- Tom Heyman]]></description>
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<title>Keith Jarrett</title>
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<category>Post Bop</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:20:15 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jarrett is one of the most influential pianists of the last thirty-five years. With an expressive chordal style and deft stylistic versatility, Jarrett's early stint with Charles Lloyd put his name in the jazz spotlight. His awe-inspiring solos -- including shimmering Post Bop work -- and textural mastery ranged in sound from bellowed grunts to percussive solos where Jarrett struck the inside of the piano. His move to Miles Davis' band in the late 1960s (following Herbie Hancock's departure) took him into the electric age, with notably remarkable results on <I>Live/Evil</I> (1970) and other recordings opposite Chick Corea. After swearing off the electric piano and organ, Jarrett proceeded to set the jazz world on its ear with his melodically masterful straight-ahead jazz dates and solo performances. In the legendary <I>The Koln Concert</I> (1975), he set the stage for a new breed of jazz that organically developed outside the realm of Bop -- though unfortunately a great number of new age pianists have butchered Jarrett's entrancing, rhythmic style. These days he tours sporadically, performing both classical and jazz music when not suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome.
- Noah Enelow]]></description>
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<title>Spyro Gyra</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:41:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Chick Corea</title>
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<category>Jazz Piano</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:30:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Chick Corea's career path mirrors the history of jazz since the 1960s and has had a huge impact on his peers. Working Latin-tinged and straight-ahead jazz dates, Corea's piano style began as a rich mixture of his influences (Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner). After joining Miles Davis's group in the late '60s as Hancock's gradual replacement, Corea began to utilize synthesizers and electric keyboards, becoming a critical practitioner on these instruments. In the early '70s, Corea formed Return to Forever, merging rock, jazz, and Brazilian sounds into what became one of the most influential Jazz Fusion groups ever. Later work with his Elektric and Akoustik bands, as well as Post Bop and modern classical experimentations, has set a high precedent for modern pianists.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>John Scofield</title>
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<category>Jazz-Funk</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:53:34 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Throughout his days as a guitarist with Jazz-Funk pioneer Billy Cobham, his 1980s Fusion classics with Miles Davis, and his later solo career, John Scofield has developed an extremely individual sound, bolstered by many top-notch sidemen. He's simplified his style over the years, opting for a bluesy, funkier vibe compared to his earlier, more complex songwriting. While many guitarists express themselves with endless streams of eighth notes, Scofield makes his mark by expertly finding the notes that carry over from chord to chord -- though to be fair, Scofield can blaze a fast Bebop run with unbelievable ease. His distinct, behind-the-beat rhythmic phrasing, trademark chorus, and semi-hollowbody sound have influenced thousands of guitarists.]]></description>
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<title>Freddie Hubbard</title>
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<category>Post Bop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:54:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Graduate of the Hard Bop school, trumpet master Freddie Hubbard possesses a quicksilver playing style that's always masterfully phrased, like that of a balladeer. In the late '50s, he played with Wes Montgomery and Sonny Rollins to little public acclaim, but his career took off in the early part of the following decade when both Quincy Jones featured him often in his orchestra and Oliver Nelson tapped him for the stunning <I>The Blues and the Abstract Truth</I>. Following mid-'60s sessions with Art Blakey, John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock, Hubbard caught the Fusion bug, later adding Funk and soul to his mix. Hubbard ultimately returned to his straight Hard Bop roots in the 1980s.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Larry Coryell</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:31:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In many ways, Coryell and fellow guitarist John McLaughlin have had parallel careers, helping to found the Jazz Rock and Fusion genres in the late '60s and early '70s, before moving on to straight-ahead jazz and World Fusion collaborations. Coryell has proven his versatility on distorted electric, hollowbody, acoustic, and even twelve-string guitar, playing with fiery technique and a raw, cutting tone. Perhaps it was the musicians with whom he worked that helped drive his experimental improvisations. McLaughlin, Miroslav Vitous, John Scofield, Bernard Purdie, Billy Cobham, Chick Corea and Jack DeJohnette all brought intense rhythmic and/or harmonic ideas to the table, but Coryell's pioneering ideas surely symbiotically influenced them as well. The albums <I>Spaces</I> and <I>Larry Coryell's 11th House</I> are seminal Fusion albums on which Coryell experiments with new sounds and ways of breaking down jazz's boundaries.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Larry Carlton</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:00:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Carlton is the quintessential studio guitarist, adding tasty solos to hundreds of albums by major stars including Michael Jackson, Steely Dan and Joni Mitchell. His solo on Steely Dan's "Kid Charlemagne" is still analyzed and memorized by ravenous Berklee students eager to learn how Carlton pieces together complex harmonic ideas, jazz chops and bluesy Soul into a perfectly phrased improvisation. He's released many solo albums featuring slick solos over laid-back Smooth Jazz beats. You've heard him play on television and movies whether you know it or not -- on the <I>Hill Street Blues</I> theme, for example. Regular touring since the 1970s with classic bands like the Crusaders and Fourplay has showcased his live abilities. In the late 1980s Carlton was wounded in the neck in a purposeless shooting, but has since recovered and continues to grace easygoing jazz tracks with his inimitable playing.
- Eric Shea]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:49 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Hiroshima</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Hiroshima incorporate Japanese instrumentation, such as shakuhachi, into a fusion of jazz, R&B, and world music.
- Mike Cloward]]></description>
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<title>Dave Weckl</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:51:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Some would call him a drummer's drummer, but Dave Weckl is probably more appropriately a drummer's drummer's drummer -- capable of mind-blowing beats and fills that have to be captured on video to be believed. Weckl often does exactly that, and peddles theses videos to the type of people who hang around music stores spending their parent's money rather than going home and practicing, as Weckl obviously did for many years. He's played with all kinds of people, including pop stars such as Madonna, but most notably he spent years as a seminal member of Chick Corea's Elektric Band, dusting Berklee grads around the country with his upper-tier Fusion licks. Weckl often performs with guitarist Mike Stern, delivering performances that have been likened to a rainstorm of drumsticks falling on a land made of drums. His solo releases find him searching around the Jazz-Funk and Fusion territories of the '70s, surrounding himself with a bevy of chop-shop musicians who duke it out over slick (but not overly slick), funky grooves.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Al DiMeola</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:30:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Boosting metronome sales everywhere, DiMeola sent thousands of guitarists to the woodshed in the '70s to practice their muted speed picking and otherwise hone their chops. Though his early success was largely due to his faster than light plectrum skills, DiMeola has proven over the years to be quite an improviser in many genres. In Chick Corea's <i>Return to Forever</i> he lit up the Fusion world, racing through changes with a rock star's ego and distortion alongside a jazz musician's technique and improvisational skills. Picking up the acoustic guitar more often proved to be artistically beneficial, especially in his blazing neo-Flamenco trio with John McLaughlin and Paco De Lucia. The past decade or so has found DiMeola de-emphasizing his string-slinging for a more compositional approach, drawing on South American, Middle Eastern, and Spanish flavors.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Weather Report</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:30:58 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>John McLaughlin</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:56:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Not many people have a Miles Davis track named after them, but guitarist John McLaughlin earned that honor for his raw jazz-based soloing which held together Davis' monumental <I>Bitches Brew</I>. McLaughlin's versatility and stylistic mastery is unmatched; he's worn many hats through the years, helping to invent Fusion with his combination of jazz virtuosity and blistering rock 'n' roll aggression. His playing is layered and tasteful, floating from full speed improvisation to open-sounding chords and chameleon-like variations. He began as a session player in England, jamming with Clapton, Hendrix and Jimmy Page, and worked his way up to a brilliant Post Bop debut <I>Extrapolation</I>. McLaughlin moved on to join Tony Williams' Lifetime and Miles Davis' bands, before founding the Mahavishnu Orchestra in the early '70s. Dissatisfied with the limitations of playing a single genre, McLaughlin joined tabla master Zakir Hussain to form Shakti, an innovative and exceptional combination of Indian classical music and jazz. His intense, fruitful collaborations are also numerous: over the years McLaughlin has recorded outstanding albums with Carlos Santana, Buddy Miles, Billy Cobham, Paco De Lucia and Al Dimeola, and many more.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Stanley Clarke</title>
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<category>Jazz-Funk</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:07:26 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Wayne Shorter</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:54:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It's hard to overstate Wayne Shorter's influence as a saxophonist and composer -- he has rightfully earned a place as a jazz legend. His tenor playing draws on the enhanced Bebop virtuosity of John Coltrane, minus the brittle edge; Shorter's playing has such a flowing feel that he almost seems to be composing heads to a tune in real-time when he improvises. He was groomed to be perfect in any setting. As a featured soloist and music director in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, he mastered the raw, bluesy feel of Hard Bop, moving on to Post Bop in 1964 after joining Miles Davis's influential late '60s quintet. He then helped to pioneer jazz-rock Fusion when he formed Weather Report in 1970. Many of his songs are required learning for aspiring jazz musicians, such as the bluesy "Footprints." But it doesn't take a musician to understand the expansive beauty of a ballad like "Fall." Both songs exhibit his innovations: with one foot in the blues, Shorter expanded the scope of a jazz composition and added complexity to its chords -- but he did it with such melodic perfection that he didn't leave listeners behind, as many of his contemporaries in the '60s did.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>The Mahavishnu Orchestra</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:30:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Lonnie Liston Smith</title>
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<category>Jazz-Funk</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:55:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Combining the romantic stylings of Barry White and the psychedelic tendancies of Jimi Hendrix, Lonnie Liston Smith's lush keyboard playing is ideal for an evening of hash-fuelled sexual discovery. He started his career in the 1960s, playing jazz piano alongside such luminaries as Pharoah Sanders and Rashaan Roland Kirk before going solo in the early 1970s. Supported by his exceptional backing band the Cosmic Echos, his distinct style consists of trippy, multi-dimensional fusion overflowing with exotic percussion, breezy flutes, and blissful melodies. The group played songs mostly about love, peace, and space traveling, though they also had many lengthy instrumental jams. Lonnie and company recorded a dozen LPs during the seventies, some of them on boutique labels such as Doctor Jazz and Flying Dutchman. He continued to record as a solo artist throughout the '80s and '90s, and found new fans who discovered him through rap samples. Popular amongst hip-hop producers thanks to his use of extended instrumental grooves, he was also featured on Guru's 1993 fusion project <i>Jazzmatazz Vol. 1</i>. Hugely influential, Lonnie Liston Smith is a master musician with devoted fans around the world. His most recent album <i>Transformation</i> was released in 1998.
- Brolin Winning]]></description>
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<title>John Patitucci</title>
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<category>Post Bop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 1 Aug 2009 10:41:55 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ever since his days with Chick Corea's Elektric Band, John Patitucci has been one of the most sought-after and respected modern bass players. His earlier work features his astounding electric bass playing, while his more recent albums focus on his equally impressive acoustic work, drawing on the assistance of jazz heavyweights such as John Scofield, Michael Brecker and Bill Bruford.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Return to Forever</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:31:01 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Jaco Pastorius</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:30:55 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[No other bassist lived such a controversial life or elicited such a bipolar response as Jaco Pastorius. Listeners love him or hate him, alternately calling him the greatest bass player who ever lived (as Jaco often called himself) or claiming that he was not really a jazz player at all. Regardless of how he is categorized, one fact is indisputable -- Jaco changed the way fretless electric bass is performed. He brought the instrument to the forefront, setting new standards for technique and range of tone on the instrument. As a sideman, Pastorius displayed a deft sense of melody and taste, recording classic albums with a range of artists including Joni Mitchell, Pat Metheny and Herbie Hancock. He also served as an integral member of bands including Weather Report and Word of Mouth. His self-titled debut (1976) sent many aspiring bassists home to regroup; the album starts with a blistering version of Charlie Parker's "Donna Lee" and never lets up. Unfortunately, Jaco's partying ways and trash-talking proved to be his demise -- he was beaten to death after trying to force his way into a nightclub in 1987.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Jean-Luc Ponty</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:31:02 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jazz violin isn't exactly electric guitar, but don't tell Jean-Luc Ponty that. He never saw any reason not to pair wa-wa pedals and Echoplexes with the violin, and as a result he's done more for the stringed instrument than anyone since Stephane Grappelli. A classically trained musician who also played clarinet and tenor sax, Ponty developed a love for jazz that finally forced him to choose between jazz and classical. He chose jazz, and his work on the violin was groundbreaking  he mastered the bebop style and played his instrument as if it were a horn. No one had ever heard anything quite like it. As the 1960s wore on, Ponty branched out into experimental rock and free jazz. He has played with Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and his restless quest for novelty has led him from jazz into country, world music and more.
- Sarah Bardeen]]></description>
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<title>Brian Bromberg</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:16:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Lyle Mays</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:52 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lyle Mays has long been an important collaborator of Pat Metheny, and it's not hard to see why: his subtly shaded keyboard playing fits right in with the guitarist's pastel-colored Fusion esthetic. His own recordings range from the chilly, ECM-style electric folk-jazz of his self-titled debut to the more straight-ahead, Bill Evans-inspired Post Bop of <I>Fictionary</I> (1992). <I>Solo Improvisations for Expanded Piano</I> (2000) moves in even different directions, with a mix of grandly rolling piano arpeggios, pastoral harmonies and atmospheric synth washes. The album adds up to a novel hybrid bridging the worlds of new age and classical, with only the slightest hints of jazz in evidence.
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<title>Frank Gambale</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:00:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Gambale is a gifted guitarist who isn't against showing restraint, tastefulness and indulging his listeners in a strong melody. The other instruments merely serve to support Gambale's playing -- given his ability and rich tone, that's all they really need to do.
- Will Lerner]]></description>
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<title>The Cat Empire</title>
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<category>Post-Modern Pop</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 09:11:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[In the eight years since forming in 1999, these incorrigible genre-hoppers from Melbourne, Australia, have doubled in size and expanded their Empire. The Cat Empire started as a trio when keyboardist Oliver McGill, double bassist Ryan Monro, and percussionist Felix Riebl (who specializes in timbales) started playing their jazz-meets-ska-meets-Latin fusion at gigs in jazz clubs and all-night parties at the tender age of nineteen. Gradually, they added trumpeter Harry James Angus, drummer Will Hull-Brown, and DJ Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwala to the mix of musicians and hip-hop to the musical recipe. Bigger group plus bigger sound turned out to equal bigger bookings for the band, which started playing sold-out shows in Australia, touring around the world, and recording their first album. Record labels came a-knockin', and after weighing their options, the band signed with Virgin, which released their 2003 self-titled debut. <i>Two Shoes</i> and <i>Cities</i> followed in 2005 and 2006, respectively.
- Rachel Devitt]]></description>
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<title>Allan Holdsworth</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:05:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Holdsworth had quite an apprenticeship before recording a string of successful solo albums including the wicked <I>Metal Fatigue</I> and <I>I.O.U.</I>. He worked in pioneering Fusion and Progressive Rock bands, blazing away with slinky complexity on albums by Soft Machine, Gong and Tony Williams' second version of Lifetime. His unorthodox choice of guitars -- including the oft-maligned headless Steinberger, the cheesy-keyboard-like SynthAxe and a deep-toned baritone guitar -- all have contributed to a sound that is unlike that of any other guitarist. His extremely dexterous, spider-like fingers work their way over instruments that sustain and bend with a sound that seems to come from a saxophone. That combined with some of the most unique, individualistic and complicated phrasing, Holdsworth's style has often been compared to John Coltrane. But let's not get carried away -- as a pure guitarist, Holdsworth is intensely talented, playing with purer technique and originality than just about any other electric guitarist. However, his choices of lousy backing and completely-on-or-completely-off songwriting often undermine his immense talent -- it's the glimmers of brilliance that make waiting through a lousy song worthwhile.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Deodato</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:21:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Mtume</title>
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<category>Funk</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:47:19 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Rufus &amp; Chaka Khan</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:47:19 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Mike Stern</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 10:43:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Terumasa Hino</title>
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<category>Hard Bop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:23:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>John Klemmer</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:17:59 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Billy Cobham</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 10:30:59 -0800</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Seminal Fusion drummer Billy Cobham has built his career battering through jagged, off-kilter Jazz Rock beats interspersed with mind-blowing fills. His work on classic albums -- such as Miles Davis' <I>Bitches Brew</I>, Mahavishnu Orchestra's <I>Birds of Fire</I>, and his own <I>Spectrum</I> -- helped define the new style of drumming that was to dominate Fusion from the 1970s onward. On his solo albums, he brought together astounding, fresh talent (the Brecker brothers and a young John Scofield, for example) to work their way through complex odd-time signatures and furious improvisations laced with dizzying keyboards and crisply executed ensemble work. Cobham has recently returned from playing pared-down Jazz-Funk with his own groups and on projects such as Jazz is Dead. In addition to the numerous drummers slaving to figure out his mind-numbingly fast fills, Cobham's playing has had a strong influence on modern artists who have sampled his beats, including trip-hoppers Massive Attack and countless hip-hop artists.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Michael Brecker</title>
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<category>Post Bop</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:44:57 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael Brecker is one of the premier tenor saxophone players of our day, and his credits list like a who's who of modern jazz and Fusion. Brecker is one of the most recorded studio musicians of all time, having played on albums with Pat Metheny, Herbie Hancock, Charlie Haden, Jack DeJohnette, Jaco Pastorius, Billy Cobham and Jimi Hendrix (on <i>South Saturn Delta</i>) among others. His work in the seminal Jazz-Fusion bands Steps Ahead and the Brecker Brothers showcased his talents as one of the most all encompassing and versatile of current tenor saxophone players.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Steve Morse</title>
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<category>Instrumental Guitar Rock</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:43:02 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Brecker Brothers</title>
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<category>Crossover Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:33:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Bobbi Humphrey</title>
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<category>Pop-Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 10:49:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Andy Summers</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:33:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[You may remember Andy Summers from such bands as the Police -- three blonde-haired guys who had a hit or two in the '80s. But enough about them. Summers is an extraordinary guitar player, and can come up with stunning guitar lines whether playing "Bring on the Night" or "Opus 3," a Mingus composition. Just don't expect much pop, as he mostly treads jazzy terrain these days; his 1999 and 2000 releases find him interpreting the works of Thelonious Monk and the aforementioned Mingus.
- Will Lerner]]></description>
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<title>Avishai Cohen (bass)</title>
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<category>Post Bop</category>
<pubDate>Tue, 7 Jul 2009 03:52:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Cohen is an engaging young bassist from Israel who's become a heavy-duty session player in New York, ably backing many jazz greats including Danilo Perez and Chick Corea. He originally concentrated on the electric bass, refocusing his talents on the upright acoustic instrument before becoming equally comfortable switching off. He's now added keyboards to his arsenal and combines eastern musical elements with challenging Post Bop compositions. An explorer who isn't above guiding the listener through the musical journey.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Victor Wooten</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:13:22 -0800</pubDate>
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<title>Steps Ahead</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:18:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Founded in the late 1970s by vibraphonist Mike Mainieri, Steps Ahead were consistently one of the most widely appealing acts in jazz due to their smooth, polished sound and warm, listener-friendly melodies. Mainieri's vibraphone work added an otherworldly, mysterious touch to the proceedings, which revolved around the touchstone of tenor saxophonist Michael Brecker's advanced Post Bop improvisations. The rhythm section, featuring bassist Eddie Gomez and drummer Peter Erskine, could either cook up slow-boiling Funk or relax into expansive swirls of sound, while pianist Eliane Elias provided the group with elegant, subtle harmonies. Many members of Steps Ahead moved on to successful solo careers, making for a constantly rotating lineup and evolving sound. The undeniable pop influence in Steps Ahead's sound paved the way for countless imitators, effectively spawning the genre of Smooth Jazz.
- Noah Enelow]]></description>
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<title>David Axelrod</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:31:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>Mike Mainieri</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:07:34 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Since the '60s, Mainieri has been an adventurous and forward-looking vibraphone player who was instrumental in forming the seminal Fusion band Steps Ahead. His music is fiery, not without a touch of Zappa, and seems to always feature the hottest New York City jazz musicians.
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<title>Richard Smith</title>
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<category>Smooth Jazz</category>
<pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 10:32:37 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Smith deserves radio airplay with his relaxed, rock-influenced, guitar work. Richard lets the band share the spotlight and achieves solid group unity.
- Nick Dedina]]></description>
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<title>Narada Michael Walden</title>
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<category>Classic R&amp;B</category>
<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 21:05:40 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Basically, Narada Michael Walden has credentials that fly in any area of the music community. He's one of Billboard magazine's top ten producers of No. 1 hits, with work on records by Aretha Franklin, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Diana Ross, Tevin Campbell and many more (he even made Eddie Murphy a music star for a brief, brief moment in the mid-1980s). But before all his high-falootin' songwriting and knob-tweaking, he was one of the '70s most intense drummers. He skillfully replaced Billy Cobham's drum barrages in the Mahavishnu Orchestra, added his skills on piano and drums to Jeff Beck's seminal <I>Wired</I>, and laid tracks for Weather Report, Herbie Hancock and countless other musicians, mostly in the Fusion and Jazz-Funk vein. The '80s saw him writing urban R&B and having a good deal of success with it when he wasn't having a great deal of success on other people's albums. Recent recordings find him going back to his roots and playing gritty blues and Funk Rock.
- Jessy Terry]]></description>
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<title>Vinnie Colaiuta</title>
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<category>Fusion</category>
<pubDate>Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:39:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Colaiuta originally made his name with Frank Zappa in the late 1970s and has since come to be worshiped by the <I>Modern Drummer</I> readership. He's spent more recent years playing with Sting and doing numerous studio sessions, as well as recording an album of sleek, muscular contemporary Fusion that often brings to mind a jazzier version of Rush.
- Will York]]></description>
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