Name	Chick Corea
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Armando Anthony Corea
Born	June 12, 1941
Origin	Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S.
Instrument	Piano, keyboards, Synthesizers, organ, Vibraphone, drums
Genre	JazzJazz fusionPost bopLatin jazzClassical Music
Occupation	PianistKeyboardistComposerBandleader
Years active	1966–present
Label	ECM, Polydor, Stretch, Warner Bros.
Associated acts	Return to Forever, Five Peace Band, Chaka Khan
Url	http://www.chickcorea.com

Armando Anthony "Chick" Corea (born June 12, 1941) is an American jazz pianist, keyboardist and composer.

Many of his compositions are considered jazz standards. As a member of Miles Davis' band in the 1960s, he participated in the birth of the electric jazz fusion movement. In the 1970s he formed Return to Forever.

Life and career

Youth

Corea was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts. He is of Sicilian and Spanish descent. Armando's father, a jazz trumpet player who had led a Dixieland band in the Boston area in the 1930s and 1940s, introduced him to the piano at the age of four. Growing up surrounded by jazz music, he was influenced at an early age by bebop stars such as Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, Horace Silver, and Lester Young. At eight Corea also took up drums, which would later influence his use of the piano as a percussion instrument.

Corea developed his piano skills by exploring music on his own. A notable influence was concert pianist Salvatore Sullo from whom Corea started taking lessons at age eight, who introduced him to classical music, helping spark his interest in musical composition. He also spent several years as a performer and soloist for The Knights of St. Rose, a Drum & Bugle Corp based in Chelsea.

Given a black tuxedo by his father, he started doing gigs when in high school. He enjoyed listening to Herb Pomeroy's band at the time, and had a trio which would play Horace Silver's music at a local jazz club.

He eventually decided to move to New York where he studied musical education for one month at Columbia University and six months at The Juilliard School. He quit after finding both disappointing, but liked the atmosphere of New York where the musical scene became the starting point for his professional career.

Early career

Chicks' first major proessional gig was with Cab Calloway. Corea started his professional career in the 1960s playing with trumpeter Blue Mitchell and Latin greats such as Herbie Mann, Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaría. One of the earliest recordings of his playing is with Blue Mitchell's quintet on The Thing To Do. This album features his composition "Chick's Tune", a clever retooling of "You Stepped Out of a Dream" that demonstrates the angular melodies and Latin-and-swing rhythms that characterize, in part, Corea's personal style. (Incidentally, the same tune features a drum solo by a very young Al Foster.)

His first album as a leader was Tones for Joan's Bones in 1966, two years before the release of his album Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, with Roy Haynes on drums and Miroslav Vitouš on bass.

Jazz fusion

and Chick Corea, New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in 2008]]

In the early 1970s Corea took a profound stylistic turn from avant garde playing to a crossover jazz fusion style that incorporated Latin jazz elements. He founded Return to Forever in 1971. This band had a fusion sound and even though it relied on electronic instrumentation it drew more on Brazilian and Spanish-American musical styles than on rock music. On its first two records, Return to Forever featured Flora Purim's vocals, the Fender Rhodes electric piano, and Joe Farrell's flute and soprano saxophone. Airto Moreira played drums. Corea's compositions for this group often had a Brazilian tinge. In 1972 Corea played many of the early Return to Forever songs in a group he put together for Stan Getz. This group, with Stanley Clarke on bass and Tony Williams on drums, recorded the Columbia label album Captain Marvel under Getz's name.

In the following year the band moved more in the direction of rock music influenced by the Mahavishnu Orchestra. Only Clarke remained from the group's first lineup; Bill Connors played electric guitar and Lenny White played drums. No one replaced vocalist Purim. (Briefly, in 1977, Corea's wife, Gayle Moran, served as vocalist in the band.) In 1974 Al Di Meola joined the band, replacing Connors. In this second version of Return to Forever, Corea extended the use of synthesizers, particularly Moogs. The group released its final studio record in 1977. Thereafter, Corea focused on solo projects. Fleck and Corea toured extensively behind the album in 2007. Fleck was nominated in the Best Instrumental Composition category at the 49th Grammy Awards for the track "Spectacle."

In 2008 Corea collaborated with Japanese pianist Hiromi Uehara on the live album Duet (Chick Corea and Hiromi). The duo played a concert at Tokyo's Budokan arena on April 30.

Later work

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Corea's other bands include the Elektric Band, the Akoustic Band, and Origin.

The Akoustic Band released a self-titled album in 1989, and featured John Patitucci on bass and Dave Weckl on drums. It marked a turn back toward traditional jazz in Corea's career, and the bulk of his subsequent recordings have been acoustic ones. The Akoustic Band also provided the music for the 1986 Pixar short Luxo Jr. with their song The Game Maker.

In 1992 Corea started his own record label, Stretch Records. Most of the group's studio recordings were re-released on the compilation Return to Forever: The Anthology to coincide with the tour. A concert DVD recorded during their performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival was released in May 2009. He is recently working on a collaboration CD with the Grammy Award winning jazz vocal group The Manhattan Transfer, due to be released in August 2009.

A new group, the 5 Peace Band, which features Corea and guitarist John McLaughlin began a world tour in October 2008. Corea previously worked with McLaughlin in Miles Davis' late-1960s bands, including the group that recorded Davis' album Bitches Brew. Joining Corea and McLaughlin in the 5 Peace Band are saxophonist Kenny Garrett, and bassist Christian McBride. Drummer Vinnie Colaiuta played with the band in Europe and on select North American dates; Brian Blade played all dates in Asia and Australia, and most dates in North America.

Scientology

Under the "special thanks" notes, found in all of his later albums, Corea mentions that L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology, has been a continual source of inspiration. In 1968 Corea discovered Dianetics, Hubbard's principal work, and in the early 1970s developed an interest in Hubbard's science fiction novels. The two exchanged letters until Hubbard's death in 1986, and Corea even had three guest appearances on Hubbard's 1982 album Space Jazz: The Soundtrack of the Book Battlefield Earth, noting, "[Hubbard] was a great composer and keyboard player as well. He did many, many things. He was a true Renaissance Man."

In 1998 Chick Corea and fellow entertainers Anne Archer, Isaac Hayes, and Haywood Nelson attended the 30th anniversary of Freedom Magazine, the Church of Scientology's investigative news journal, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to honor 11 human rights activists.

Other Beliefs

In a recent interview with jazz journalist C.B.Liddell, Corea also emphasized the importance of The Golden Rule, which he defined as, "you treat others well and you will be treated well back."

"I find that if I treat others well, the kindness is returned to me." he added.

Discography

Awards

Over the years, he has been nominated for 51 Grammy Awards out of which he has won 15:

His 1968 album Now He Sings, Now He Sobs was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

In 2010, he was named doctor honoris causa at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

See also

Jazz fusion

Miles Davis

Bitches Brew

Analog synthesizer

Chelsea, Massachusetts

References

External links

Official site

Official discography

Jazzreview.com biography

An Interview with Chick Corea by Bob Rosenbaum, July 1974 (PDF file) 'You put these notes together and you come out with that sound, and isn’t it beautiful. So what? What does it do to another person? What does it do to your neighborhood?'

Category:1941 births Category:Living people Category:Post-bop pianists Category:Jazz fusion pianists Category:American jazz pianists Category:American Scientologists Category:Crossover (music) Category:American jazz musicians of Sicilian descent Category:American jazz composers Category:Miles Davis Category:People from Suffolk County, Massachusetts Category:Grammy Award winners Category:Latin Grammy Award winners Category:American people of Spanish descent Category:Return to Forever members Category:Keytarists Category:GRP Records artists Category:ECM artists

Name	Bobby McFerrin
Background	solo_singer
Birth name	Robert McFerrin, Jr.
Born	March 11, 1950 Manhattan, New York
Instrument	Vocals, piano, bass guitar, clarinet
Genre	Jazz, Reggae, World Music, Classical Music
Occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician, conductor, producer
Years active	1977–present
Label	Manhattan RecordsBlue Note RecordsElektra RecordsSony Classical
Associated acts	Chick CoreaHerbie Hancock
Url	http://www.bobbymcferrin.com

Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy". He is a ten-time Grammy Award winner.

Life

Bobby McFerrin was born in Manhattan, New York, the son of the late operatic baritone Robert McFerrin, and singer Sara Copper. Robert, Sr. was the first African American to be a regular with New York's Metropolitan Opera. Sara is a former soloist with regional opera companies, and in Broadway shows, and is a professor emeritus of music at Fullerton College in Fullerton, California.

Bobby McFerrin was married to Debbie Green in 1975. They have three children.

McFerrin's song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" was a No. 1 U.S. pop hit in 1988 and won Song of the Year and Record of the Year honors. McFerrin has also worked in collaboration with instrumental performers including pianists Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Joe Zawinul, drummer Tony Williams, and cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Vocal technique

As a vocalist, McFerrin often switches rapidly between modal and falsetto registers to create polyphonic effects, performing both the main melody and the accompanying parts of songs. He makes use of percussive effects created both with his mouth and by tapping on his chest. McFerrin is also capable of multiphonic singing; as observed in his song "Drive" from the 2005 DVD Live in Montreal.

A notable document of McFerrin's approach to singing is his 1984 album The Voice, the first solo vocal jazz album recorded with no accompaniment or overdubbing.

Career

In the late 1970s, while working as a piano accompanist for the University of Utah Modern Dance Department, McFerrin auditioned to play in a local piano bar -- Room at the Top in the Salt Lake Hilton. Hired after auditioning with his entire repertoire of five songs, he learned a song a day for a month before starting.

In 1986, McFerrin was the voice of Santa Bear in "Santa Bear's First Christmas," and in 1987 he was the voice of Santa Bear/Bully Bear in the sequel "Santa Bear's High Flying Adventure." That same year, he performed the theme song for the opening credits of Season 4 of The Cosby Show, as well as the music for a Cadburys chocolate commercial.

In 1988, McFerrin recorded the hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy," which brought him widespread recognition across the world. However, the song's success "ended McFerrin's musical life as he had known it," and he began to pursue other musical possibilities -- on stage and in recording studios. The song was used in George H. W. Bush's 1988 U.S. presidential election as Bush's 1988 official presidential campaign song, without Bobby McFerrin's permission or endorsement. In reaction, Bobby McFerrin publicly protested that particular use of his song, including stating that he was going to vote against Bush, and completely dropped the song from his own performance repertoire, to make the point even clearer.

In 1989, he composed and performed the music for the Pixar short film Knick Knack. The rough cut to which McFerrin recorded his vocals had the words "blah blah blah" in place of the end credits (meant to indicate that he should improvise). McFerrin spontaneously decided to sing "blah blah blah" as lyrics, and the final version of the short film includes these lyrics during the end credits. Also in 1989, he formed a ten-person 'Voicestra' which he featured on both his 1990 album Medicine Music and in the score to the 1989 Oscar-winning documentary . The song 'Common Threads' has frequently reappeared in some public service advertisements for AIDS. McFerrin also performed with the Vocal Summit.

As early as 1992, widespread rumors circulated that falsely claimed McFerrin committed suicide. The rumors intentionally made light of the distinctly positive nature of his popular song "Don't Worry, Be Happy" by claiming McFerrin ironically took his own life.

In 1993 McFerrin sang Henry Mancini's "Pink Panther" theme for the movie Son of the Pink Panther.

In addition to his vocal performing career, in 1994, Mr. McFerrin was appointed as creative chair of the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. He makes regular tours as a guest conductor for symphony orchestras throughout the United States and Canada, including the San Francisco Symphony (on his 40th birthday), the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the London Philharmonic and many others. In McFerrin's concert appearances, he combines serious conducting of classical pieces with his own unique vocal improvisations, often with participation from the audience and the orchestra. For example, the concerts often end with McFerrin conducting the orchestra in an a cappella rendition of the "William Tell Overture," in which the orchestra members sing their musical parts in McFerrin's vocal style instead of playing their parts on their instruments.

For a few years in the late 1990s, he toured a concert version of Porgy and Bess, partly in honor of his father, who sang the role for Sidney Poitier in the 1959 film version, and partly "to preserve the score's jazziness" in the face of "largely white orchestras" who tend not "to play around the bar lines, to stretch and bend". McFerrin says that because of his father's work in the movie, "This music has been in my body for 40 years, probably longer than any other music".

McFerrin also participates in various music education programs, and makes volunteer appearances as a guest music teacher and lecturer at public schools throughout the U.S. McFerrin has a son, Taylor, and father and son have collaborated on various musical ventures. Taylor has recently been singing, rapping, and playing minimal keyboard accompaniment with Vernon Reid (leader-guitarist of Living Colour) in the eclectic metal-fusion-funk-etc. group Yohimbe Brothers.

In 2009, McFerrin and musician-scientist Daniel Levitin served as co-hosts of "The Music Instinct", a 2 hour award-winning documentary produced by PBS and based on Levitin's best-selling book This Is Your Brain On Music. Later that year, the two appeared together on a panel at the World Science Festival where McFerrin demonstrated audience participation with the ubiquitous nature of human understanding of the pentatonic scale by singing and dancing, and having the audience sing while following his movements.

In October 2010, Bobby McFerrin appeared on NPR's news quiz show Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me.

Discography

As leader

Bobby McFerrin (1982)

The Voice (1984)

Spontaneous Inventions (1987)

Elephant's Child (1987)

Simple Pleasures (1988)

Don't Worry, Be Happy (1988)

How the Rhino Got His Skin/How the Camel Got His Hump (1990)

Medicine Music (1990)

Play, with Chick Corea, 1992

Hush, with Yo-Yo Ma, 1992

Many Faces of Bird (1991)

Sorrow Is Not Forever (1994)

Paper Music (1995, with the St. Paul Chamber orchestra)

Bang! Zoom (1996)

The Mozart Sessions, with Chick Corea, 1996

Circlesongs (1997)

Mouth Music (2001)

Beyond Words (2002) - featuring Chick Corea, Cyro Baptista and Richard Bona

VOCAbuLarieS (2010)

As sideman

Pharoah Sanders, Journey to the One, 1980

Grover Washington, Jr., The Best Is Yet to Come, 1982

Various Artists, The Young Lions, 1983

Charles Lloyd Quartet, A Night in Copenhagen, 1984

Various Artists, A Tribute to Thelonius Monk, 1984

Chico Freeman, Tangents, 1984

Michael Hedges, Watching My Life Go By, 1985

The Manhattan Transfer, Vocalese, 1985

Joe Zawinul, Di•a•lects, 1986

Weather Report, Sportin' Life, 1985

Al Jarreau, Heart’s Horizon, 1988

Quincy Jones, Back on the Block, 1989

Laurie Anderson, Strange Angels, 1989

Gal Costa, The Laziest Gal in Town, 1991

Dizzy Gillespie, "To Bird With Love", 1992

Jack DeJohnette, Extra Special Edition, 1994

Yellowjackets, Dreamland, 1995

George Martin, In My Life, 1998 - on Come Together with Robin Williams

En Vogue, Masterpiece Theatre, 2000

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Little Worlds, 2003

Chick Corea, Rendezvous in New York, 2003

Wynton Marsalis, The Magic Hour, 2004

size2shoes, 2006 (free track)

Grammys

1985, Best Jazz Vocal Performance, male, "Another Night In Tunisia" with Jon Hendricks

1985, Best Vocal Arrangement for two or more voices, "Another Night In Tunisia" with Cheryl Bentyne

1986, Best Jazz Vocal Performance, male, "Round Midnight"

1987, Best Jazz Vocal Performance, male, "What Is This Thing Called Love"

1987, Best Recording for Children, "The Elephant's Child" with Jack Nicholson

1988, Song of the year, Best Pop Vocal Performance, male, Record of the year, "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

1988, Best Jazz Vocal Performance, male, "Brothers"

1992, Best Jazz Vocal Performance, "Round Midnight"

References

External links

Official website

Snopes.com on the suicide rumour

Demonstration of the pentatonic scale, World Science Festival 2009

Category:1950 births Category:Living people Category:African American musicians Category:American conductors (music) Category:American jazz singers Category:California State University, Sacramento alumni Category:Musicians from New York City Category:Grammy Award winners

Name	Vinnie Colaiuta
Landscape	Yes
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Vincent Colaiuta
Born	February 05, 1956Brownsville, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Instrument	Drums
Genre	Jazz, Fusion, Rock, Funk, Post bop, Pop
Occupation	Musician
Years active	1978–present
Associated acts	Frank Zappa, Sting, Chick Corea, Jeff Beck, Herbie Hancock, Tal Wilkenfeld, Five Peace Band, Megadeth
Url	Official website
Notable instruments	Gretsch Drum kit

Vincent Colaiuta (born February 5, 1956) is an American drummer based in Los Angeles. Originally from Republic, Pennsylvania, he began playing drums as a child and received his first full drum kit from his parents at the age of 14. He is notable for his technical skill and his musical versatility, having played with many artists from a wide variety of genres.

Career

After attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston for a year, Colaiuta had his first big break as a member of the Christopher Morris Band in 1976-1977. Playing and recording with the Christopher Morris Band (MCA 2282) in 1977, Vince relocated with the band to Los Angeles. After leaving the Christopher Morris Band, Vince made a mediocre living playing with lounge bands. His next break came in April 1978 at the age of 22, when he auditioned for Frank Zappa, an audition that involved performing the notoriously difficult piece entitled "The Black Page". The audition was successful and Colaiuta went on to work with Zappa as his principal drummer for studio and live performances. Colaiuta played on the successful Zappa albums Tinsel Town Rebellion, Joe's Garage, and Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar. Joe's Garage was named one of the top-25 drumming performances of all time in a 1993 Modern Drummer Magazine article.

About Colaiuta's ability to play Zappa's notoriously complex music and the complex style of polyrhythms, guitarist Steve Vai told the following story:

Colaiuta is mentioned in Frank Zappa's song, "Catholic Girls" by the character Mary.

Session work

After leaving Zappa, Colaiuta went on to work with a long list of notable rock and pop artists, including Gino Vannelli, Joni Mitchell, Barbra Streisand, Sandy & Junior, Clannad, Wang Chung, Chaka Khan, Megadeth, The Beach Boys, Leonard Cohen and Jeff Beck. He has also appeared with many notable jazz musicians, including Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Haslip, Quincy Jones, the Buddy Rich Big Band and Buell Neidlinger. He has also played with Chuck Loeb, David Goldblatt, David Sancious, Dean Brown, Jeff Porcaro, Jim Beard, John Patitucci, Mark Egan, Robben Ford, and Tim Landers.

1990s

Photo: Pierre Corbucci]] In 1990, Colaiuta successfully auditioned as drummer in Sting's touring band in support of his album The Soul Cages. Colaiuta remained as a member of Sting's band for the next seven years. He declined the offer to go out on the road for the Brand New Day tour in 1999 due to the unusually grueling amount of time that Sting prefers to cover the globe. Colaiuta's studio work with Sting can be heard on Ten Summoner's Tales (1993), Mercury Falling (1996), three songs on Brand New Day (1999) and two songs on Sacred Love (2003). In September 2003, Vinnie returned to Sting's touring lineup in a brief promotional tour of Sacred Love, but once again declined the offer to participate in the world tour.

Colaiuta released a self-titled solo recording in 1994, and still remains one of the most in demand studio musicians playing on countless albums, film soundtracks, TV and radio jingles. His dedication to self-improvement is legendary: Dom Famularo, a famous drum educator and Colaiuta's friend, once told a story about Colaiuta opening his door while practising on a drum pad; after a few minutes of a chat on the door step, Colaiuta said: "I'm such a bad host, I haven't offered you anything! Do you want a pad?"

Colaiuta has won a total of 18 Drummer of the Year awards from Modern Drummer Magazine's annual reader polls. These include 10 awards in the "Best Overall" category. Colaiuta was inducted into the Modern Drummer Hall of Fame in 1996. The publication also cited Colaiuta as being the most important drummer of our time.

2000 to present

(Chick Corea not pictured) Photo: Pierre Corbucci]]

In 2006 to 2007, Colaiuta toured with Jeff Beck and Tal Wilkenfeld on bass, with Jason Rebello playing keyboards, in Eric Clapton's Crossroads Guitar Festival.

Colaiuta recorded and toured with Faith Hill, recorded with the thrash metal outfit Megadeth on their album The System Has Failed, and toured with Jeff Beck and Herbie Hancock.

From October 22 to November 23, 2008, Colaiuta toured Europe with John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett and Christian McBride in the Five Peace Band.

2009 was the release of the Zappa alumni all star band The Mar Vista Philharmonic, featuring Tommy Mars, Bruce Fowler, Walt Fowler, Arthur Barrow, among others, on Jon Larsens Zonic Entertainment label.

Equipment

In 1990, Colaiuta teamed up with the Avedis Zildjian Cymbal company to create the A Custom line of cymbals, based on the A Zildjian cymbals. Colaiuta endorses Gretsch Drums and has his own signature kit. He often uses USA Custom drums in Europe and his signature drums in the US and the Far East, but recently used the New Classic line of drums when touring with Herbie Hancock and the Renown Maple series live with Jeff Beck. Colaiuta used a Renown Maple series drum-set in the Five Peace Band tour, but he was seen using his signature drums in Cork, Ireland.

Discography

With Frank Zappa

Joe's Garage (1979)

Saarbrucken (1979)

Tinseltown Rebellion (1981)

Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar (1981)

Guitar (1988)

Any Way the Wind Blows (1991)

The Man From Utopia (1983)

Halloween (2003)

Strictly Commercial (1995)

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1 (1995)

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 4 (1995)

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 6 (1995)

The Lost Episodes (1996)

(1996)

Have I Offended Someone? (1997)

Son of Cheep Thrills (1999)

Halloween (2003)

Trance-Fusion (2006)

Buffalo (2007)

With Sting

''Acoustic Live in Newcastle" (1992)

Ten Summoner's Tales (1993)

Mercury Falling (1996)

Brand New Day (1999)

Sacred Love (2003)

With Joni Mitchell

Wild Things Run Fast (1982)

Dog Eat Dog (1985)

Night Ride Home (1991)

Hits (1996)

Misses (1996)

Songs of a Prairie Girl (2005)

Selected discography

2010 Lee Ritenour, Six String Theory

2010 Herbie Hancock, The Imagine Project

2010 Jeff Beck, Emotion & Commotion

2010 Mark Egan, Truth Be Told

2009 The Mar Vista Philharmonic, No Forest Fire

2009 Souza, Luciana Tide

2009 Ramazzotti, Eros Ali e Radici

2009 Various Artists '80s Metal: A Double Dose

2009 Gardot, Melody My One & Only Thrill

2009 Five Peace Band Five Peace Band (Live)

2009 Soup From 8 To Infinite

2009 Howard, James Newton Duplicity (Soundtrack)

2009 Mariano, Torcuato So Far from Home

2009 Peyroux, Madeleine Bare Bones

2008 Asia Progressive Rock Friends

2009 Jeff Beck Performing This Week: Live at Ronnie Scott's'' (Blu-ray DVD)

2008 Jeff Beck Performing This Week...Live At Ronnie Scott's

2008 Rios, Luz Aire

2008 Culbertson, Brian Christmas & Hits Duos

2008 Megadeth Anthology: Set the World AFire

2008 Various Artists Les Paul and Friends: Tribute to a Legend

2008 Borghi, Simone On Line

2008 with Herbie Hancock

2008 Hancock, Herbie Then & Now: The Definitive Herbie Hancock

2008 Koz, Dave Greatest Hits

2008 Duke, George Dukey Treats

2008 L.A. Chillharmonic The L.A. Chillharmonic

2008 Campbell, Glen Meet Glen Campbell

2008 Vibes Alive After Hours

2008 Los Temerarios Si Tu Te Vas

2008 Cohen, Leonard The Collection

2008 Moore, Chanté Love The Woman

2008 Various Artists The Ultimate Tribute to Led Zeppelin

2008 Rimes, LeAnn Leann Rimes Collector's Edition Tin

2008 Francis, Julia Lucky Penny

2008 Boyz II Men Motown Hitsville Usa (Tour Edition) (W/DVD)

2008 Bocelli, Andrea Vivere: Best Of Andrea Bocelli (Bonus Track)

2008 Backstreet Boys Unbreakable: Tour Edition (Bonus Dvd)

2008 Jackson, Randy Randy Jackson's Music Club

2008 McDonald, Michael Soul Peak

2008 Dion, Celine X2

2008 Ilona Alla en el Sur

2007 Megadeth Warchest

2007 Hill, Faith Hits

2007 Medley, Bill Damn Near Righteous

2007 Sabler, Les Sweet Drive

2007 Botti, Chris Italia

2007 Monahan, Pat The Last of Seven

2007 Noy, Oz Fuzzy

2007 Kovac, Kristina U nebranom grožđu

2007 Tritt, Travis The Storm

2007 Martin, Dean Forever Cool

2007 Cyrus, Billy Ray Home At Last

2007 Various Artists Freeway Jam: To Beck and Back

2007 Isaacs, Mark Resurgence

2007 Bublé, Michael Call Me Irresponsible

2007 Buckley, Brian For Her

2007 Babko, Jeff Mondo Trio

2007 Lorber, Jeff He Had a Hat

2007 Martin, Daniel Lee On My Way to You

2007 Various Artists We All Love Ennio Morricone

2007 Bromberg, Brian Downright Upright

2007 Scott, Jill Jill Scott Collaborations

2007 Bergeron, Wayne Plays Well With Others

2006 Various Artists Legends Of Jazz With Ramsey Lewis Box Set

2006 Pausini, Laura Yo Canto

2006 Tumes, Michelle Michelle Tumes

2006 Groban, Josh Awake

2006 Culbertson, Brian Soulful Christmas

2006 Benson, George Givin' It Up

2006 Kinsey, Scott Kinesthetics

2006 Midler, Bette Cool Yule

2006 Taylor, James James Taylor At Christmas

2006 The Kazu Matsui Project Pioneer

2006 Berlin, Jeff Aneurythms

2006 The Ten Tenors Here's to the Heroes

2006 Moore, Sam Overnight Sensational

2006 Bona, Richard Tiki

2006 Ritenour, Lee Smoke 'n' Mirrors

2006 Joanna This Crazy Life

2006 Adams, Greg Cool To The Touch

2006 Various Artists Summer Jam Session

2006 Siegel, Dan Departure

2006 Various Artists '80s Metal Tribute to Van Halen

2006 Rimes, LeAnn Whatever We Wanna

2006 Franks, Michael Rendezvous in Rio

2006 Dusk, Matt Back in Town

2006 McPhee, Katharine My Destiny / Somewhere Over the Rainbow CD-SINGLE

2006 Rolie, Gregg Gringo

2006 McLaughlin, John Industrial Zen

2006 Scott, Marilyn Innocent of Nothing

2006 Various Artists Return to the Dark Side of the Moon: A Tribute to Pink Floyd

2006 Various Artists The Royal Dan: A Tribute

2006 Sky, Amy Life Lessons: The Best of Amy Sky

2006 Beck, Jeff Official Bootleg USA '06

2006 Various Artists Legends of Jazz Showcase

2006 Whitlock, Rob Sketchin' 2

2006 Boheme, Erin What Love Is

2006 Scott, Tom The Very Best of Tom Scott

2006 Various Artists Pink Floyd's The Wall Revisited

2006 Bromberg, Brian Wood II

2006 Various Artists Flying High Again: The World's Greatest Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

2006 Various Artists Funk Academy

2006 Macchia, Frank Mo' Animals

2006 Corea, Chick The Ultimate Adventure

2006 Brunel, Bunny Dedication

2006 Bocelli, Andrea Amore

2006 Various Artists More or Less Jazz Two

2006 Berlin, Jeff Ace of Bass

2005 Maher, Ashley Flying Over Bridges

2005 Arjona, Ricardo Adentro

2005 Anastacia Pieces of a Dream

2005 Ramazzotti, Eros Calma Apparente

2005 Bacharach, Burt At This Time

2005 Destiny's Child #1's

2005 Various Artists Revolution Of The Spirit

2005 Botti, Chris To Love Again

2005 Various Artists 40 Years: A Charlie Brown Christmas

2005 Olsson, P.J. Beautifully Insane

2005 Garfield, David The State Of Things

2005 Eastwood, Kyle Paris Blue

2005 Cantarelli, Beppe Blues, Rock & Soul

2005 Pussycat Dolls PCD

2005 Evans, Bill Soulgrass

2005 Pack, David The Secret Of Movin' On

2005 Various Artists The Loner - A Tribute To Jeff Beck

2005 Scott, Marilyn Handpicked

2005 Hill, Faith Fireflies

2005 Various Guitarists Fusion For Miles

2005 Whitlock, Amber The Colours Of Life

2005 Various Artists Visions of an Inner Mounting Apocalypse

2005 Benet, Eric Hurricane

2005 Bennett, Bob Lord of the Past

2005 Backstreet Boys Never Gone

2005 Anka, Paul Rock Swings

2005 Holdsworth, Allan Against the Clock: The Best of Allan Holdsworth

2005 Magnusson, Jakob Time Zone

2005 Various Artists Welcome to the Nightmare: An All-Star Salute to Alice Cooper

2005 Sanchez, Marta Lo Mejor de Marta Sanchez

2005 Bublé, Michael It's Time

2005 Whitlock, Rob Sketchin'

2005 Rimes, LeAnn This Woman

2005 Fordham, Julia That's Live

2004 Macchia, Frank Animals

2004 Lohan, Lindsay Speak

2004 Rezza, Vito Drums of Avila

2004 Aiken, Clay Merry Christmas with Love

2004 Solís, Marco Antonio Razon De Sobra

2004 Taylor, James A Christmas Album

2004 McDonald, Michael Motown Two

2004 Jaffe Something To Fall Back On

2004 Cocker, Joe Heart and Soul

2004 Various Artists Shall We Dance? (Soundtrack)

2004 Various Artists American Drummers Achievement Awards Honoring Steve Gadd

2004 Botti, Chris When I Fall In Love

2004 Duff, Hilary Hilary Duff

2004 Queen Latifah Dana Owens Album

2004 Megadeth The System Has Failed

2004 Scott, Marilyn Nightcap

2004 Mathieson, Greg West Coast Groove

2004 Original Score Bourne Supremacy

2004 Jing Chi 3D

2004 Benoit, David Benoit/Freeman Project 2

2004 Schuur, Dianne Rediscovery On GRP

2004 Various Artists Smooth Jazz: Cruisin

2004 Karizma Lost and Found

2004 Olstead, Renee Renee Olstead

2004 Brickman, Jim Greatest Hits

2004 Various Artists Tribute To Jimi Hendrix: Power Of Soul

2004 Various Artists Spin The Bottle: Tribute To Kiss

2004 Rossi, Vasco Buoni O Cattivi

2004 Rosa, Robi Draco Mad Love

2004 Williams, Kimo Kimotion Live 2002 - With My Friend Vinnie

2004 Harding, John Wesley Adam's Apple

2004 Various Artists Tribute To Aerosmith

2004 Laboriel, Abe Live in Switzerland

2004 Stern, Mike These Times

2003 Aiken, Clay Measure of a Man

2003 Delange, Ilse Clean Up

2003 Bona, Richard Munia: The Tale

2003 Sanz, Alejandro No Es Lo Mismo

2003 Witt, Marcos Vivencias

2003 Sallie, Nate Inside Out

2003 Waldman, Randy Timing Is Everything

2003 Jing Chi Jing Chi Live at Yoshi's

2003 Cave Men Cave Men

2003 Garfield, David Giving Back

2003 Various Artists (Sting) The Very Best of MTV Unplugged 2

2003 Bublé, Michael Michael Bublé

2003 Evans, Bill Big Fun

2003 Richman, Jeff One Two

2003 Clarke, Stanley 1 2 to the Bass

2003 Summers, Andy Earth + Sky

2002 Pausini, Laura From The Inside

2002 Hill, Faith Cry

2002 Glover, Dana Testimony

2002 Rimes, LeAnn Twisted Angel

2002 James, Bob Morning Noon & Night

2002 Russell, Jack For You

2002 Various Artists - Pop (Sting) The Very Best of MTV Unplugged

2002 Various Artists Let's Roll: Together in Unity, Faith and Hope

2002 Ford, Robben Blue Moon

2002 Original Soundtrack Queen of the Damned

2002 Take 6 Beautiful World

2002 Various Artists An All Star Lineup Performing The Songs Of Pink Floyd

2002 Jing Chi Jing Chi

2002 Ritenour, Lee Rit's House

2001 Botti, Chris Night Sessions

2001 Sanz, Alejandro MTV Unplugged

2001 Arden, Jann Greatest Hurts: The Best of Jann Arden

2001 Streisand, Barbra Christmas Memories

2001 The Martins Glorify Edify Testify

2001 Williams, Kimo Tracking

2001 SHeDAISY Whole SHeBANG: All Mixed Up

2001 Bona, Richard Reverence

2001 Dyno Four Live at the Baked Potato 2000

2001 Stern, Mike Voices

2001 Various Artists Live at the Baked Potato - Vol. Two

2001 Branch, Michelle Spirit Room

2001 Waldman, Randy UnReel

2001 Matsutoya, Yumi Acacia

2001 Asia Aura

2001 Various Modern Drummer Festival 2000

2001 Miller, Marcus M2 (M Squared)

2001 Various Artists Live at the Baked Potato - Vol. One

2001 Nicks, Stevie Trouble In Shangri-La

2001 Ruttenberg, Rich Angora Station

2001 Karizma Document

2001 Esen, Aydin Living

2001 Rossi, Vasco Stupido Hotel

2001 Sky, Amy Phenomenal Woman

2001 Beasley, John Surfacing

2000 Aguilera, Christina My Kind of Christmas

2000 T-Square Friendship

2000 Khan, Chaka The Jazz Channel Presents Chaka Khan

2000 Quincy Jones & Sammy Nestico Basie and Beyond

2000 Lins, Ivan A Love Affair: The Music of Ivan Lins

2000 Morandi, Gianni Come Fa Bene l'Amore

2000 Davis, Melvin Lee Tomorrow's Yesterday

2000 Various Artists Bat Head Soup: A Tribute to Ozzy

2000 Russell, Brenda Paris Rain

2000 Lewis, Crystal Fearless

2000 Los Lobotomys Los Lobotomys

2000 Figgis, Mike Time Code Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

2000 Ferrick, Melissa Freedom

2000 Kosse, Lothar Rainmaker

2000 Carlton, Larry Fingerprints

2000 Jason Miles / Various Artists Celebrating the Music of Weather Report

2000 Steely Dan Two Against Nature

1999 Benoit, David Professional Dreamer

1999 Kenoly, Ron We Offer Praises

1999 Iglesias, Enrique Enrique Iglesias

1999 Pore, Kenny Sessions, Vol. 2

1999 Pore, Kenny Sessions, Vol. 1

1999 Miguel, Luis Amarte Es Un Placer

1999 Various Artists Not the Same Old Song & Dance: Aerosmith Tribute

1999 Ford, Robben Supernatural

1999 BAL Sometime Soon

1999 Evans, Bill Touch

1999 Scott, Tom Smokin' Section

1999 Quintero, Frank Bien

1998 Morandi, Gianni Celeste Azzurro E Blue

1998 Jewel Spirit

1998 Haenning, Gitte My Favorite Songs

1998 Rossi, Vasco Canzoni Per Me

1998 Various Artists Outlandos D'Americas: A Rock En Espanol Tribute To The Police

1998 Hernandez, Myriam Todo el Amor

1998 Finnerty, Barry Space Age Blues

1998 Darren, Tony Sun Song

1998 Waldman, Randy Wigged Out

1997 Lee, Rita Santa Rita De Sampa

1997 Dion, Celine Let's Talk About Love

1997 Feldman, Victor Fiesta & More

1997 Garfield, David Tribute to Jeff

1997 Joel, Billy Greatest Hits Vol. 3

1997 Horner, James Cocoon Soundtrack

1997 Cohen, Leonard More Best of Leonard Cohen

1997 Evans, Bill Starfish And The Moon

1997 Corea, Chick Live From Blue Note Tokyo

1997 Various Artists Carnival: Rainforest Foundation Concert

1997 Tavaglione, Steve Blue Tav

1997 New Spirits in Jazz New Spirits in Jazz - Vol. 3

1996 Landau, Michael Tales From the Bulge

1996 Rossi, Vasco Nessun Pericolo...Per Te

1996 Mendes, Sergio Oceano

1996 Shepard, Vonda It's Good Eve

1996 Various Artists Sanctuary: 20 Years of Windham Hill

1996 Cuccurullo, Warren Thanks to Frank

1996 Ramazzotti, Eros Donde Hay Musica

1996 Elio E Le Storie Tese Eat The Phikis

1996 Ramazzotti, Eros Dove C' E Musica

1996 Clannad Lore

1995 SMAP 007 Gold Singer

1995 Umberto, Fiorentino Ulisse

1995 Simple Minds Good News from the Next World

1995 Henley, Don Actual Miles: Henley's Greatest Hits

1995 Sanborn, David Love Songs

1995 Manchester, Melissa If My Heart Had Wings

1995 Stigers, Curtis Time Was

1995 Fogelberg, Dan No Resemblance Whatsoever

1995 Caldwell, Bobby Soul Survivor

1995 McLaughlin, John The Promise

1995 Drupi Voglio Una Donna

1994 Schuur, Diane Heart to Heart

1994 Cristian El Camino del Alma

1994 Martinez, Rosco Aqui Estoy

1994 4Him Ride

1994 Colaiuta, Vinnie Vinnie Colaiuta

1994 Temptations Emperors of Soul

1994 Third Matinee Meanwhile

1994 Carlos, Roberto Voce E Minha

1994 Fields, Brandon Brandon Fields

1993 Jason, Sonya Tigress

1993 Steele, Jevetta Here It Is

1993 Buell Neidlinger Quartet Big Drum

1993 Air Supply Vanishing Race

1993 Beal, Jeff Three Graces

1993 Charles, Ray My World

1993 Yutaka Another Sun

1993 Duran Duran The Wedding Album

1993 Weston, Tim Providence

1993 David, Kal Double Tuff

1992 Various Artists GRP 10th Anniversary Collection

1992 Cohen, Leonard The Future

1992 Colvin, Shawn Fat City

1992 Holdsworth, Allan Wardenclyffe Tower

1992 Lellis, Tom Taken to Heart

1992 Brunel, Bunny Dedication

1992 Trevi, Gloria Me Siento Tan Sola

1992 Russell, Brenda Greatest Hits

1992 Kelley, Pat High Heels

1992 Warnes, Jennifer The Hunter

1992 Crowell, Rodney Life Is Messy

1992 Banks, Tony Still

1992 Hoffner, Helen Wild About Nothing

1992 Fields, Brandon Other Places

1992 Fowler, Tom Heartscapes

1992 Go West Indian Summer

1991 Various Artists For The Boys: Music From The Motion Picture

1991 Marienthal, Eric Crossroads

1991 Fordham, Julia Swept

1991 Everything But the Girl Worldwide

1991 Peterson, Ricky Smile Blue

1991 Windham Hill Records Sampler Windham Hill Sampler '92

1991 Malach, Bob Mood Swing

1991 Childs, Toni House of Hope

1991 Lins, Ivan Awa Yi

1991 Cameron, Doug Journey to You

1991 Ogerman, Claus Claus Ogerman Featuring Michael Brecker

1991 Siegel, Dan Going Home

1991 Astley, Rick Free

1991 Daniels, Eddie This Is Now

1990 Red Hot AIDS Benefit Series Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute to Cole Porter

1990 Silveira, Ricardo Amazon Secrets

1990 Baerwald, David Bedtime Stories

1990 Brown, Vernell A Total Eclipse

1990 Peterson, Ricky Night Watch

1990 Benoit, David Inner Motion

1990 Maher, Ashley Hi

1990 Williams, Kimo War Stories

1990 Everything But the Girl The Language of Life

1990 Meyers, Bill The Colour Of The Truth

1990 Higbie, Barbara Signs of Life

1990 Franks, Michael Blue Pacific

1990 Bach, Steve Nice Moves

1990 Chapman, Beth Nielsen Beth Nielsen Chapman

1990 Manilow, Barry Because It's Christmas

1990 Young, Paul Other Voices

1990 Love, Darlene Paint Another Picture

1990 Bell, Monna Monna Bell Ahora

1990 Rippingtons Welcome to the St. James' Club

1990 Patitucci, John Sketchbook

1989 Philip Aaberg, Upright

1989 Gambale, Frank Thunder from Down Under

1989 Dreamstreet II No Limit

1989 Watanabe, Sadao Selected

1989 Wang Chung The Warmer Side of Cool

1989 Manilow, Barry Barry Manilow

1989 Matsui, Keiko Drop of Water

1989 Kershaw, Nik The Works

1989 Patitucci, John On the Corner

1989 Indio Big Harvest

1989 The Beach Boys Still Cruisin'

1989 Holdsworth, Allan Secrets

1989 Lennon, Julian Mr. Jordan

1989 Feldman, Victor The Best of Feldman and the Generation Band

1989 Matsui, Keiko No Borders

1989 Matsui, Keiko Under Northern Lights

1989 Cameron, Doug Mil Amores

1989 Siegel, Dan Late One Night

1988 Ford, Robben Talk to Your Daughter

1988 Sanborn, David Close-Up

1988 Rippingtons Kilimanjaro

1988 Bryson, Peabo Positive

1988 Dean, Suzanne Dreams Come True

1988 Richman, Jeff The Way In

1988 Yutaka Yutaka

1988 Amos, Tori Y KANT TORI READ

1988 Russell, Brenda Get Here

1988 McCann, Les Butterfly

1988 Patitucci, John John Patitucci

1988 Various Artists GRP Christmas Collection

1988 Matsui, Kazu Time No Longer

1988 Austin, Patti The Real Me

1988 Perri Flight

1988 Stewart, Al Last Days of the Century

1988 The Fowler Brothers Breakfast for Dinosaurs

1988 Djavan Bird of Paradise

1988 Ogerman, Claus Claus Ogerman Featuring Michael Brecker

1988 Riney, Sam At Last

1988 Riney, Sam Lay It on the Line

1988 Scott, Tom Flashpoint

1988 Fields, Brandon Traveler

1988 Cohen, Leonard I'm Your Man

1987 Marienthal, Eric Voices of the Heart

1987 Ferry, Bryan Bête Noire

1987 GRP All Stars GRP Super Live in Concert

1987 Brown, Julie Trapped in Body of a White Girl

1987 Fischer, Clare Memento

1987 Scott, Tom Streamlines

1987 Benson, George Collaboration

1987 Quintero, Frank Buscando Soles

1987 Joyride Joyride

1987 Davis, Martha Policy

1987 Martin, Eric I'm Only Fooling Myself

1987 Wagner, Jack Don't Give Up Your Day Job

1987 Cameron, Doug Passion Suite

1987 Five Star Between The Lines

1987 Rolie, Gregg Gringo

1987 Kelley, Pat Views of the Future

1987 Watanabe, Sadao Birds of Passage

1987 Ritenour, Lee Portrait

1987 Siegel, Dan Northern Nights

1987 Warnes, Jennifer Famous Blue Raincoat

1987 Watanabe, Sadao Birds of Passage

1987 Malta My Ballads

1987 Manilow, Barry Swing Street

1986 Joel, Billy The Bridge

1986 Magnusson, Jakob Time Zone

1986 Lesmana, Indra For Earth and Heaven

1986 Finch, Barnaby Digital Madness

1986 Meyers, Bill Images

1986 Temptations To Be Continued...

1986 Stone Fury Let Them Talk

1985 Newton-John, Olivia Soul Kiss

1985 Cameron, Doug Freeway Mentality

1985 The Commodores Night Shift

1985 Richman, Jeff Himalaya

1985 Finnerty, Barry Lights On Broadway

1985 Sembello, Michael Without Walls

1985 White, Maurice Maurice White

1985 Lamont, Joe Secret You Keep

1984 Pore, Kenny Inner City Dreams

1984 The Kazu Project Standing in the Wings

1984 Kazu Matsui Project Is That The Way To Your Heart?

1984 Pastiche That's R & B-Bop

1984 Feldman, Victor Fiesta

1984 Wilder, Matthew Bouncin' off the Walls

1984 Poco Inamorata

1984 Streisand, Barbra Emotion

1983 Mendes, Sergio Sergio Mendes

1983 Reddy, Helen Imagination

1983 Kazu Matsui Project Standing On The Outside

1983 Anka, Paul Walk A Fine Line

1983 Allen, Peter Not The Boy Next Door

1983 Nielson/Pearson Band Blind Luck

1983 Newton, Juice Dirty Looks

1983 Sembello, Michael Bossa Nova Hotel

1982 Scott, Tom Desire

1982 Heller, Andre Verwunschen

1982 Manilow, Barry I Wanna Do It With You

1982 Okoshi, Tiger Mudd Cake

1982 Logic System Venus

1982 Finnerty, Barry New York City

1982 Williams, Patrick Dreams And Themes

1982 Kazu The Direction West

1982 Fischer, Clare Blues Trilogy

1982 Collins, Judy Time Of Our Lives

1982 Newton, Juice Juice/Quiet Lies

1982 Medley, Bill Right Here And Now

1982 Kooper, Al Championship Wrestling

1981 Pages Pages

1981 Perry, Richard Swing

1981 Okoshi, Tiger Tiger's Baku

1980 Vannelli, Gino Nightwalker

1979 Ritenour, Lee Collection

1977 Christopher Morris Band, Christopher Morris Band

References

External links

Official site

Interview With Colaiuta in Modern Drummer

Drummerworld

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John Patitucci (born December 22, 1959) is an American Grammy-winning jazz double bass and jazz fusion electric bass player.

Career

Early years

Patitucci is of Italian descent and born in Brooklyn, New York where he began playing the electric bass at age ten, composing and performing at age 12, as well as the acoustic bass at 15, and the piano one year later. After moving west, he studied classical bass at San Francisco State University and Long Beach State University.

Performances and recordings

with the Wayne Shorter quartet at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milano, 2010]]

Patitucci has released twelve albums as a leader. In addition to his solo work, Patitucci has played on albums by B.B. King, Chick Corea, Joanne Brackeen, Harvest (a little-known Christian music group popular in the 1970s and 1980s), Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, John Abercrombie, George Benson, Dizzy Gillespie, Was Not Was, Roby Duke, Dave Grusin, Natalie Cole, Bon Jovi, Queen Latifah, Sting, The Manhattan Transfer, Aziza Mustafa Zadeh and Carly Simon.

As a performer, he has played with his own band, and with Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Stan Getz, Wynton Marsalis, Joshua Redman, Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker, Freddie Hubbard, McCoy Tyner, and Tony Williams. He was selected to be the bassist for the GRP All-Star Big Band. Some of the many pop and Brazilian artists he has played with include Sting, Natalie Cole, Carole King, Astrud and João Gilberto, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim. Patitucci has worked with film composers such as Jerry Goldsmith, Ry Cooder, Henry Mancini, and John Williams.

Patitucci has led several projects of his own, in addition to playing with Chick Corea's Elektric Band and Akoustic Band and on projects with Stan Getz, Freddie Hubbard, Danilo Pérez, and Roger Waters, among others. He now is active in Wayne Shorter's popular quartet. The group won the Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Album for the album Beyond the Sound Barrier in 2006.

Awards

In 1986, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences voted Patitucci the MVP (Most Valuable Player) on acoustic bass. He has won two Grammy Awards (one for playing and one for composing). In addition, his first solo recording, John Patitucci, was number one on the Billboard Jazz charts. He has released five albums with the Concord Jazz label: One More Angel, Now, Imprint, Communion and Songs, Stories and Spirituals. Patitucci has won polls including: Best Jazz Bassist in Guitar Player Magazine's 1992, 1994 and 1995 Readers' Poll and Best Jazz Bassist in Bass Player Magazine's 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 Readers' Poll.

Patitucci was also a judge for the 8th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists.

Teaching experience

He has taught at music schools in several countries, and he was the Artistic Director of the Bass Collective, a school for bassists in New York City, and he is involved with The Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz and the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program. In 2003, he was appointed Associate Professor of Jazz Studies at City College of New York.

Endorsements

He currently endorses Yamaha basses and has had two signature models bearing his name, the TRB-JP and the TRB-JP2. The TRB-JP2 features a solid maple neck with a 26-fret ebony fingerboard with custom abalone and mother-of-pearl position markers and a 35"-scale length. Other refinements include a sleek sandwiched body made of multiple layers of figured maple, alder and ash, a "slap" cut-out near the lower bout, gold hardware, die-cast tuners with pearloid buttons, a solid brass bridge and a pair of Alnico V double-coil humbucking pickups with an active 3-band EQ tuned to John's specifications. The original TRB-JP sports the same features and specifications as the TRB-JP2, except it has a 24-fret neck with a standard 34"-scale length.

Discography

John Patitucci (1988)

On the Corner (1989)

Sketchbook (1990)

Heart of the Bass (1992)

Another World (1993)

Mistura Fina (1995)

One More Angel (1997)

Now (1998)

Imprint (2000)

Communion (2001)

Songs, Stories & Spirituals (2003)

Line by Line (2006)

Remembrance (2009) (Trio album with Joe Lovano and Brian Blade)

CD reviews

John Patitucci | "Line By Line"

References

External links

Official John Patitucci Website

John Patitucci's Official Myspace

Conversation With John Patitucci, 10/01/2009

Category:1959 births Category:American jazz bass guitarists Category:American jazz double-bassists Category:California State University, Long Beach alumni Category:City College of New York faculty Category:Jazz fusion bass guitarists Category:Living people Category:Post-bop bass guitarists Category:American jazz musicians of Sicilian descent Category:American musicians of Italian descent Category:People from Brooklyn

Name	Hiromi
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Hiromi Uehara
Born	March 26, 1979
Origin	Shizuoka,
Instrument	Piano and keyboards
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion, post-bop
Occupation	Jazz composer, Pianist
Years active	1996 - present
Label	Telarc International
Url	Official website

Hiromi Uehara (上原ひろみ, born 26 March 1979) is a jazz composer and pianist born in Hamamatsu, Japan. She is known for her virtuosic technique, energetic live performances and blend of musical genres such as jazz, progressive rock, classical and fusion in her compositions.

History

Hiromi started learning classical piano at age 5. She was introduced to jazz by her piano teacher Noriko Hakita when she was 8. At age 14, she played with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. When she was 17, she met Chick Corea by chance in Tokyo, and was invited to play with him at his concert the next day. After being a jingle writer for a few years for Japanese companies such as Nissan, she enrolled to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. There, she was mentored by Ahmad Jamal and had already signed with jazz label Telarc before her graduation.

Since her debut in 2003, Hiromi has toured the world and appeared in numerous jazz festivals. She performed live at the Newport Jazz Festival on August 8, 2009, and at the Paris Olympia in Paris on April 13, 2010 and toured in the summer of 2010 with the Stanley Clarke Band.

Hiromi's Trio

Hiromi's trio initially consisted of bassist Mitch Cohn and drummer Dave DiCenso. In 2004, she recorded her second album Brain with fellow Berklee alums bassist Tony Grey and drummer Martin Valihora and has been recording and touring with them ever since. Bassist Anthony Jackson was guest artist on two "Brain" tracks.

Hiromi's Sonicbloom

On October 19, 2006, the trio added guitarist David Fiuczynski in a performance at the Jazz Factory in Louisville KY. He is also featured in the albums Time Control and Beyond Standard, and is currently touring with the group. Due to Fiuczynski's teaching commitments at Berklee College of Music, guitarist John Shannon performs with the group when Fiuczynski is unavailable.

Drummer Mauricio Zottarelli joined Hiromi's Sonicbloom for the 2009 tour.

Instruments

Hiromi plays the Yamaha CFIII-S concert grand piano, Nord Lead 2, Clavia Nord Electro 2 and Korg R3.

Discography

Studio albums (as "Hiromi")

Another Mind (2003)

Brain (2004)

Spiral (2006)

Place to Be (2009) (solo piano with guest Akiko Yano on a bonus track)

Studio albums (as "Hiromi's Sonicbloom")

Time Control (2007)

Beyond Standard (2008)

DVDs

Hiromi Live in Concert (2005)

Hiromi’s Sonicbloom Live in Concert (2007)

Other appearances

Chick & Hiromi - Duet (2008 (Japan), 2009 (international)) (live album recorded with Chick Corea at the Tokyo Blue Note)

The Stanley Clarke Trio (featuring Hiromi and Lenny White) - Jazz in the Garden (2009)

Flashback - Triangle Soundtrack (2009)

Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra - Goldfingers (2010)

References

External links

Official web

Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz interview

Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Berklee College of Music alumni Category:Japanese jazz pianists Category:People from Hamamatsu Category:Jazz fusion pianists Category:Women in jazz

Gonzalo Rubalcaba (born May 27, 1963 in Havana, Cuba) is a Grammy Award-winning Cuban jazz pianist and composer.

Gonzalo Julio Gonzalez Fonseca was born in Havana, Cuba, May 27, 1963, into a musical family rich in the traditions of the country’s artistic past. During his childhood, in addition to the standard fare of elementary schools, Gonzalo was absorbing his Cuban musical heritage through personal contacts within his family, notably his father, pianist Guillermo Rubalcaba, and leading musicians who were frequent houseguests: Frank Emilio, Peruchin, Felipe Dulzaides and others. He also assimilated through scarce and treasured recordings the tunes and styles of 40’s – 70’s US jazz masters: Thelonius Monk, Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson among pianists; and instrumentalists Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Art Blakey.

Initially he studied both piano and drums. He began his classical musical training at Manuel Saumell Conservatory at age 9, where he had to choose piano; he moved up to “middle-school” at Amadeo Roldan Conservatory, and finally earned his degree in music composition from Havana’s Institute of Fine Arts in 1983. By that time he was already playing in clubs and music halls in Havana.

Gonzalo Rubalcaba has received 14 Grammy nominations (wining 2 Grammys for Nocturne and Land of the Sun, and 2 Latin Grammys for Solo and Supernova) including four for Jazz Album of the Year (Rapsodia in 1995, Antiguo and Inner Voyage in 1999, and Supernova in 2002). He received the Palm d'Or from the Music Academy in Paris in 1991. He also received 2 "Best Performer" awards for "Suite 4y20" and "Rapsodia" in 1992 and 1993 respectively. In 2008, Gonzalo was awarded the "Vanguard Award" by The ASCAP Foundation for "charting new directions in Jazz".

Egrem Studios of Havana was the first to record his music during the early and mid ‘80’s, and these discs are still being released (recently Inicio, an album of piano solos, and Concierto Negro.) With Orquesta Aragon he toured France and Africa in 1980. He introduced his own Grupo Projecto to the North Sea and Berlin Festivals in l985. Beginning in 1986 Gonzalo began recording for Messidor of Frandfurt, Germany, and put out three albums for that label with his Cuban Quartet, Mi Gran Pasion, Live in Havana, and Giraldilla.

In 1986 he had a chance meeting in Havana with bassist Charlie Haden. Through Charlie Haden he came to the attention of Bruce Lundvall president of Blue Note Records, and thus began an association, first with Toshiba/EMI of Japan, and later with Blue Note in the US, which has resulted in the release of eleven discs. In July 1990 he appeared as a surprise guest with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian at the Montreux Festival, Switzerland, released on the CD titled 'Discovery'). In June 2001 Gonzalo received the SFJAZZ Leaders Circle Laureate Award, and in 2002 he performed as Artist in Residence at Montreal Jazz Festival together with Chucho Valdez.

In 2002, these collaborations brought him both a Latin Grammy for Jazz Album of the Year, Supernova, as well as a joint-Grammy with Charlie Haden for co-production of Nocturne, a Verve release of Cuban and Mexican boleros and ballads.

In 2010, Gonzalo founded his own record label entitled 5Passion with music enthusiast Gary Galimidi. He released his first independent offering on the label entitled "Fé" in November of 2010. Gonzalo continues to tour the world as a solo pianist, and as band leader.

Gonzalo married in November 1986, and he and Maria now have three children, ages 14, 17 and 20. The family moved to Santo Domingo in 1992, and then to the US in November 1996. All members of his family are U.S. Citizens, Gonzalo and Maria becoming citizens in December of 2003.

Discography

Concierto Negro (1987)

Mi Grand Pasion (1987)

Live in Havana (1989)

Giraldilla (1990)

Discovery: Live at Montreux (1990)

The Blessing (1991)

Images: Live at Mt. Fuji (1991)

Suite 4 y 20 (1992)

Rapsodia (1992)

Imagine (1993)

Diz (1993)

Concatenacion (1995)

Flying Colors (1997) with Joe Lovano

Antiguo (1998)

Inner Voyage (1999) with Michael Brecker

Supernova (2001)

Inicio (2001)

Nocturne (2001) with Charlie Haden

Paseo (2004)

Land Of The Sun (2004) with Charlie Haden

Solo (2006)

Avatar (2008)

Fé (2010)

Appears on

Habana Vive (Tony Martinez)

Mafarefun (Tony Martinez)

Rendezvous in New York (Chick Corea)

Think Tank (Pat Martino)

Codes (Ignacio Berroa)

Flesh On Flesh (Al Di Meola)

References

External links

Gonzalo Rubalcaba Official Website

5Passion Official Label Website

Category:Cuban jazz (genre) pianists Category:Post-bop pianists Category:Latin jazz pianists Category:Cuban jazz pianists Category:Jazz pianists Category:Famous pianists Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:People from Havana Category:Grammy Award winners

Name	Gary Burton
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born	January 23, 1943Anderson, IndianaUnited States
Instrument	Vibraphone, Marimba
Occupation	Musician, ComposerEducator
Genre	Jazz, Jazz Fusion
Associated acts	Stan GetzChick CoreaPat Metheny
Label	ECM, Concord Records
Notable instruments	Musser M-48 Vibraphone
Years active	since 1960
Url	www.garyburton.com

Gary Burton (born January 23, 1943, Anderson, Indiana) is an American jazz vibraphonist.

A true original on the vibraphone, Burton developed a pianistic style of four-mallet technique as an alternative to the usual two-mallets. This approach caused Burton to be heralded as an innovator and his sound and technique are widely imitated. He is also known for pioneering fusion jazz and popularizing the duet format in jazz, as well as being a major figure in jazz education.

Biography

Beginning music at six years old, Burton for the most part taught himself to play marimba and vibraphone. He also began studying piano at age sixteen as he finished high school in Princeton, Indiana (56-60). Burton has cited jazz pianist Bill Evans as a main inspiration for his approach toward the vibraphone.

Burton attended the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1963, Burton went on to play with saxophonist Stan Getz from 1964-1966. It was during this time with the Stan Getz Quartet that Burton appeared with the band in a feature film, "Get Yourself a College Girl", playing "Girl From Ipanema" with Astrud Gilberto. In 1967 he formed the Gary Burton Quartet along with guitarist Larry Coryell, drummer Roy Haynes, and bassist Steve Swallow. Predating the jazz-rock fusion recognized for popularizing the format of jazz duet performance. Their half dozen recordings won the pair Grammy awards in years 1979, 1981, 1997, 1999, and most recently in 2009, for The New Crystal Silence.

Burton has played with a variety of jazz musicians, including Carla Bley, Gato Barbieri, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Steve Lacy, Pat Metheny, Makoto Ozone, Adam Nussbaum, Tiger Okoshi, Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, B.B. King, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Tommy Smith, Eberhard Weber, Stephane Grappelli and tango legend Ástor Piazzolla.

From 2004-2008 Burton hosted a weekly jazz radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio. From September 2006 - April 2008, Burton toured worldwide with Chick Corea celebrating 35 years of working together. Most recently Burton has toured and recorded with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, and Antonio Sanchez (The Gary Burton Quartet Revisited), reprising music from the Burton's 1970s group.

Burton's available recordings, as of 2010, are mainly those from Atlantic Records, ECM Records, GRP Records and the Concord Jazz label, his current record company.

Private life

Following an early marriage in his 20's, Burton married for a second time in 1975 to Catherine Goldwyn, granddaughter of film producer Samuel Goldwyn (1879–1974). Together for nearly a decade, the couple had two children, a daughter Stephanie (born 1978), and a son, Sam, (born 1980). In 1985, Burton publicly declared himself as a gay man, making him one of only a few openly gay jazz musicians. His longtime partner is Jonathan Chong.

Selected discography

After the Riot at Newport (1960)

New Vibe Man in Town (RCA, 1961)

Who Is Gary Burton? (RCA, 1962)

Bob Brookmeyer and Friends (1962)

3 in Jazz (RCA, 1963)

Something's Coming (RCA, 1963)

The Groovy Sound of Music (RCA, 1964)

The Time Machine (RCA, 1966)

Tennessee Firebird (RCA, 1966)

Duster (RCA, 1967)

Lofty Fake Anagram (RCA, 1967)

A Genuine Tong Funeral (RCA, 1968) with compositions by Carla Bley

Gary Burton Quartet in Concert Live (RCA, 1968)

Country Roads and Other Places (RCA, 1968)

Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett (Atlantic, 1969) with Sam Brown session-member

Throb (Atlantic, 1969)

Good Vibes (Atlantic, 1970)

Paris Encounter (Atlantic, 1970) with Stephane Grappelli

Live in Tokyo (Atlantic, 1971)

Alone at Last (Atlantic, 1971)

Crystal Silence (ECM, 1972) with Chick Corea

The New Quartet (ECM, 1973)

Seven Songs For Quartet And Chamber Orchestra (ECM, 1974) featuring music by Mike Gibbs

Hotel Hello (ECM, 1974) with Steve Swallow

Matchbook (ECM, 1974) with Ralph Towner

Ring (ECM, 1974) with Eberhard Weber

Dreams So Real (1975) featuring music by Carla Bley (ECM)

Passengers (ECM, 1976) with Eberhard Weber

Times Square (ECM, 1978)

Duet (ECM, 1979) with Chick Corea

Easy as pie (ECM, 1980)

In Concert, Zurich, October 28, 1979 with Chick Corea (ECM, 1980)

Picture This (ECM, 1982)

Real life hits (ECM, 1984)

Gary Burton and the Berklee All-Stars (JVC, 1985)

Whiz kids (ECM, 1986)

Slide Show (ECM, 1986) with Ralph Towner

Times Like These (GRP, 1988)

The New Tango (1988) with Ástor Piazzolla

Reunion (GRP, 1989) with Pat Metheny, Will Lee, Peter Erskine, Mitchel Forman

Right Time, Right Place (GNP Crescendo, 1990)

Cool Nights (GRP, 1991)

Six Pack (GRP, 1992)

It's Another Day (GRP, 1993)

Face to Face (GRP, 1994)

Live in Cannes (Jazz World, 1996)

Ástor Piazzolla Reunion: A Tango Excursion (Concord Jazz, 1996)

Departure (Concord Jazz, 1997)

Native Sense with Chick Corea (1997)

Like Minds with Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Roy Haynes, and Dave Holland (1998)

Alone At Last (solo album/CD) Live- cuts 1-3 @ Montreaux Jazz Festival 1971-, Studio- cuts 4-7. (32jazz, 1999)

Libertango: The Music of Ástor Piazzolla (Concord Jazz, 2000)

For Hamp, Red, Bags, and Cal (Concord Jazz, 2001)

Virtuosi (Concord, 2002)

Music of Duke Ellington (LRC Ltd, 2003)

Generations (Concord Jazz, 2004)

Simple Complex 2004 with pianist Jon Weber

Next Generation (Concord, 2005)

Live in Montreux 2002 (Eagle Eye, 2006)

L'Hymne a l'Amour (2007) with Richard Galliano

"The New Crystal Silence" (Concord Jazz 2008) with Chick Corea

"Quartet Live" (Concord Jazz 2009) with Pat Metheny, Steve Swallow, Antonio Sanchez

Awards

Over the years, Gary Burton has been nominated for 15 Grammy Awards and he has won 6:

See also

Vibraphone

List of vibraphonists

:Category:Gary Burton albums

References

External links

Gary Burton official site

Gary Burton's discography from Music City

Gary Burton on ECM Records

BBC's profile on Gary Burton

interview on Jazzwax (2010)

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Friedrich Gulda (16 May 193027 January 2000) was an Austrian pianist who performed in both the classical and jazz fields.

Born in Vienna as the son of a teacher, Gulda began learning to play the piano from Felix Pazofsky at the Wiener Volkskonservatorium, aged 7; in 1942, he entered the Vienna Music Academy, where he studied piano and musical theory under Bruno Seidlhofer and Joseph Marx.

He won first prize at the International Competition in Geneva in 1946. Initially the jury preferred the Belgian pianist Lode Backx (b. 1922), but when the final vote was taken, Gulda was the winner. One of the jurors, Eileen Joyce, who favoured Backx, stormed out and created a minor international incident by claiming the other jurors were "nobbled" by Gulda's supporters. Gulda began going on concert tours throughout the world. Together with Jörg Demus and Paul Badura-Skoda, Gulda formed what became known as the "Viennese troika".

Although most famous for his Mozart and Beethoven interpretations, Gulda also performed the music of J. S. Bach (often on clavichord), Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Debussy and Ravel.

From the 1950s on he cultivated an interest in jazz, performing with many Viennese musicians like Alexander Jenner, writing several songs and instrumental pieces himself and combining jazz and classical music in his concerts at times. Gulda wrote a Prelude and Fugue with a theme suggesting swing. Keith Emerson performed it on Emerson, Lake & Palmer's The Return of the Manticore. In addition, Gulda composed "Variations on The Doors' 'Light My Fire'". Another version can be found on As You Like It (1970), an album with standards such as "'Round Midnight" and "What Is This Thing Called Love?"

In 1982, Gulda teamed up with jazz pianist Chick Corea, who found himself in between the breakup of Return to Forever and the formation of his Elektric Band. Issued on The Meeting (Philips, 1984), Gulda and Corea communicate in lengthy improvisations mixing jazz ("Some Day My Prince Will Come" and the lesser known Miles Davis song "Put Your Foot Out") and classical music (Brahms' "Wiegenlied" ["Cradle song"]). In the late 1990s, Gulda organised rave parties, where he performed with the support of several DJs and Go-Go dancers.

It was this unorthodox practice that, among other things like his refusal to follow clothing conventions or scheduled concert programmes, earned him the nickname "terrorist pianist"; Gulda had a strong dislike of authorities like his alma mater, the Vienna Music Academy, the Beethoven Ring of which he was offered in recognition of his performances but which he refused. He even faked his own death followed by a resurrection party at the Vienna Konzerthaus in 1999, cementing his status as the enfant terrible among pianists. Nevertheless, Gulda is widely regarded as one of the most outstanding piano players of the 20th century. His piano students included Martha Argerich and the conductor Claudio Abbado.

He expressed a wish to die on the birthday of the composer he most adored, Mozart, and in fact did so, on 27 January 2000, at the age of 69, following heart failure. Gulda is buried in the cemetery of Steinbach am Attersee, Austria.

He was married twice, first to Paola Loew and then to Yuko Wakiyama. Two of his three sons, Paul and Rico Gulda (one from each of his marriages) are also accomplished pianists.

References

External links

Gulda-Werkstatt Official Homepage with a complete work list

Youngrok Lee's Gulda appreciation pages

* Life and important recordings

* Recordings and discography

A documentary on Friedrich Gulda entitled "So What!?"

Eight Friedrich Gulda performances (ClassicalTV)

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Name	David Weckl
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Born	January 08, 1960
Instrument	Drums
Genre	jazz, jazz fusion, latin jazz, bebop
Label	GRP Records, Stretch Records
Url	http://www.daveweckl.com/

at the Blue Note in New York in December 2007]]

Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960) is a highly acclaimed jazz fusion drummer. Weckl attended Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, MO and graduated in 1978. He majored in jazz studies at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. Starting out on the New York fusion scene in the early 1980s, Weckl soon found himself working with artists such as Paul Simon, Madonna, George Benson, Michel Camilo, Robert Plant and Anthony Jackson. His most famous early work though, where his popularity blossomed, was with the Chick Corea Elektric Band from 1985 to 1991.

Weckl spent a total of seven years with Corea, during which he performed on numerous albums and also appeared with Corea's Akoustic Band.

Category:Jazz fusion musicians Category:American jazz drummers Category:GRP Records artists Category:University of Bridgeport alumni Category:1960 births Category:Living people

Bunny Brunel is a French-born American bass guitarist who has played with various jazz notables including Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter and numerous others. He is a founding member of the jazz fusion group CAB, and is also involved in musical instrument design and film and television scoring.

Discography

For You to Play (1994)

Touch (1979)

Momentum (1996)

Brunel's LA Zoo (1998)

LA Zoo Revisited (2005)

Cafe Au Lait (2005)

Dedication (2006)

With CAB band:

Cab 1 (2000)

Cab 2 (2001)

Cab 4 (2003)

With Pomeroy

"Cocoon Club" (2001)

See also

External links

Official Site

Youtube.com PBS footage from 1979 with Chick Corea playing Sicily

Discussion With Bunny Brunel, 12/01/2007

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Name	Béla Fleck
Background	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth name	Béla Anton Leoš Fleck
Born	July 10, 1958New York City, New York, U.S.
Origin	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Instrument	Banjo, guitar, dobro
Genre	Jazz, jazz fusion, Bluegrass, folk, classical, World music
Occupation	Musician, songwriter, composer,
Years active	1976–present
Associated acts	Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Trio!, Chick Corea, Strength in Numbers, New Grass Revival, Sparrow Quartet
Url	www.BelaFleck.com
Notable instruments	Deering Crossfire electric banjo with custom pickups and synthesizer pickup

Béla Anton Leoš Fleck (born July 10, 1958) is an American banjo player. Widely acknowledged as one of the world's most innovative and technically proficient banjo players, he is best known for his work with the bands New Grass Revival and Béla Fleck and the Flecktones.

Early life and career details

Fleck was born in New York City, New York, and is named after famous Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, Austrian composer Anton Webern, and Czech composer Leoš Janáček. He was drawn to the banjo when he first heard Earl Scruggs play the theme song for the television show Beverly Hillbillies. He received his first banjo at age fifteen from his grandfather (1973). Later, Fleck enrolled in New York City's High School of Music and Art where he studied the French horn. He was a banjo student under Tony Trischka.

Almost immediately after high school, Fleck traveled to Boston to play with Jack Tottle, Pat Enright, and Mark Schatz in Tasty Licks. During this period, Fleck released his first solo album (1979): Crossing the Tracks and made his first foray into progressive bluegrass composition.

Fleck played on the streets of Boston with bassist Mark Schatz; and the two, along with guitarist/vocalist Glen Lawson and mandolin great Jimmy Gaudreau, formed Spectrum: the Band in 1981. Fleck toured with Spectrum during 1981. That same year, Sam Bush asked Fleck to join New Grass Revival. Fleck performed with New Grass Revival for nine years. During this time, Fleck recorded another solo album, Drive. It was nominated for a Grammy Award in the then first-time category of "Best Bluegrass Album" (1988).

During the 1980s Fleck and Bush also performed live occasionally with Doc Watson and Merle Watson in various bluegrass festivals, most notably the annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival.

Béla Fleck and the Flecktones

.]] Béla Fleck and Victor Wooten formed Béla Fleck and the Flecktones in 1988, along with keyboardist and harmonica player Howard Levy and Wooten's percussionist brother Roy "Future Man" Wooten, who played synthesizer-based percussion. Levy left the group in 1992, making the band a trio until Saxophonist Jeff Coffin joined the group onstage part-time in 1997, eventually becoming a permanent member. His first studio recording with the band was their 1998 album Left of Cool. In 1996, he appeared on the tribute album to Hank Marvin, one of his influences, and The Shadows "Twang" playing a Shadows UK hit from the 1960s, "The Stranger".

With the Flecktones, Fleck has been nominated for and won several Grammy awards. (Cf. Grammy sections below.)

Other music and recordings

Fleck has shared Grammy wins with Asleep at the Wheel, Alison Brown, and Edgar Meyer. He has been nominated in more categories than any other musician, He regards Scruggs as "certainly the best" banjo player of the three-finger style. Fleck and Corea toured together throughout 2007.

As a follow-up to the Fleck/Meyer double concerto mentioned above, the two were commissioned for a trio concerto, for which they teamed up with Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain. It debuted in Nashville in 2006 and was later recorded for a CD, The Melody of Rhythm. The trio subsequently toured together in 2009 and 2010.

In July 2007 at the Winnipeg Folk Festival, he appeared and jammed with Toumani Diabaté, a kora player from Mali. He is also scheduled to play the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival with Toumani Diabaté.

Fleck has also played with Malian ngoni (ancestor of the banjo) player Cheick Hamala Diabate.

In December 2007, he performed charity concerts in Germany to help promote AIDS awareness. His largest concert was held in Grosse Halle Bern on December 1, 2007.

On June 13, 2008, he performed as part of The Bluegrass Allstars, composed of bluegrass heavyweights Sam Bush, Luke Bulla, Edgar Meyer, Bryan Sutton, and Jerry Douglas at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee.

The next day Fleck performed with Abigail Washburn and the Sparrow Quartet at the same festival.

In 2009, an independent film documentary of Fleck's visit to Uganda, Tanzania, The Gambia, and Mali, was released to limited run engagements in US cities. "Throw Down Your Heart" was directed by Sascha Paladino, Fleck's half brother. It was filmed during Fleck's year off from touring with the Flecktones.

Personal life

In August 2007 at Paladino's wedding, Fleck brought Abigail Washburn as his "girlfriend", both to play in a scratch band composed of wedding party members. In May 2009, the Bluegrass Intelligencer satirized the upcoming "strategic marriage" of Washburn and Fleck, joking that the couple promise to have a "male heir" who will be the "Holy Banjo Emperor". In February 2010, The Aspen Times reported that Washburn had become Fleck's wife in the previous year. In a July 2010 interview, Washburn said she first met her husband in Nashville at a square dance—she was dancing and he was playing.

Banjos played

Nechville Meteor Electric Banjo made by Nechville Musical Products

Nechville Nextar Banjo made by Nechville Musical Products

Deering Crossfire Banjo made by the Deering Banjo Company

Deering Tenbrooks Saratoga Star made by the Deering Banjo Company

Deering John Hartford banjo made by Deering Banjo Company

Gibson TB-75 Flathead banjo with reproduction five-string neck

Rickenbacker Banjo - Looks like a 360.

Discography

Grammy awards

1995

*Best Country Instrumental Performance, Hightower by Asleep at the Wheel with Béla Fleck and Johnny Gimble

1996

*Best Pop Instrumental Performance, The Sinister Minister by Béla Fleck And The Flecktones (with Sam Bush & Paul McCandless)

1998

*Best Instrumental Composition, Almost 12 by Béla Fleck And The Flecktones

2000

*Best Contemporary Jazz Album, Outbound by Béla Fleck And The Flecktones

*Best Country Instrumental Performance, Leaving Cottondale by Alison Brown and Béla Fleck

2001

*Best Instrumental Arrangement, Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum from Children's Corner Suite (Debussy) by Béla Fleck and Edgar Meyer

*Best Classical Crossover Album, Perpetual Motion by Béla Fleck with Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell, and others

2006

*Best Contemporary Jazz Album, The Hidden Land by Béla Fleck And The Flecktones

2009

*Best Pop Instrumental Album, Jingle All The Way by Béla Fleck And The Flecktones

2010

*Best Pop Instrumental Performance, Throw Down Your Heart by Béla Fleck

*Best Contemporary World Music Album, Throw Down Your Heart: Tales From The Acoustic Planet, Vol. 3 by Béla Fleck

Grammy nominations

Béla Fleck has been nominated in more categories than any other musician in Grammy history.

2009

*Best Contemporary World Music Album Throw Down Your Heart

*Best Pop Instrumental Performance Throw Down Your Heart

*Best Classical Crossover Album The Melody Of Rhythm

2008

*Pop Instrumental Album Jingle All The Way

*Country Instrumental Performance Sleigh Ride (from Jingle All The Way)

2006

*Pop Instrumental Subterfuge (from The Hidden Land)

2005

*Country Instrumental Who's Your Uncle (from Best Kept Secret by Jerry Douglas)

*Contemporary Jazz Album Soulgrass by Bill Evans

2002

*Country Instrumental Performance Bear Mountain Hop (from The Country Bears Soundtrack)

2000

*Pop Instrumental Zona Mona (from Outbound)

1999

*Bluegrass Bluegrass Sessions

1998

*Pop Instrumental Big Country (from Left Of Cool)

*Country Instrumental The Ride (from Restless On the Farm by Jerry Douglas)

1996

*World Music Tabula Rasa

1995

*Country Instrumental Cheeseballs In Cowtown (from )

1994

*Spoken Word For Children The Creation by Amy Grant

1992

*Jazz Instrumental Magic Fingers (from UFO Tofu)

1991

*Jazz Album Flight of the Cosmic Hippo

*Jazz Instrumental Blu-Bop

1990

*Jazz Album Bela Fleck & The Flecktones

*Jazz Instrumental

1989

*Country Instrumental Bigfoot (from Friday Night In America by New Grass Revival

1988

*Bluegrass album Drive

1987

*Country Instrumental Metric Lips (from Hold to a Dream by New Grass Revival)

1986

*Country Instrumental Seven By Seven (from New Grass Revival by New Grass Revival)

Further reading

Gray, Michael (1998). "Béla Fleck". In The Encyclopedia of Country Music. Paul Kingsbury, Editor. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 174–5.

References

External links

BelaFleck.com - Bela Fleck Official website

Flecktones.com - Flecktones Official Website

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