Yuriko Mukoujima

MUKOUJIMA Yuriko e.violin, piano, percussion and guitar. She also plays accordion, viola, and the accordion. She composes and arranges music, and sometimes sings. Since she was a teenager, she has been playing music and has worked with many bands like Machinegun Tango (KUDO Tori), PUNGO(KUGE Yoshio, SHINODA Masami and IMAI Jiro), BETSUNI NAMO KLEZMER (UMEZU … Read more

Mrs. Fun

Mrs. Fun is an acid/free jazz duo consisting of Kim Zick and Connie Grauer, the keyboard player. Grauer and Zick hail from Waukesha in Wisconsin. However, they recorded Mrs. Fun’s debut album in Nashville where they met the Indigo girls. The couple then moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their most recent album, Funsville and their 1999 … Read more

Maria Muldaur

Maria Muldaur is best known for her sultry ’70s pop song “Midnight at the Oasis.” She has since been a renowned interpreter of American roots music, including blues, gospel, folk and country. These influences were evident on her pop-oriented 70s recordings, as was her Greenwich Village folkie background. However, Muldaur became a true roots music … Read more

Bheki Mseleku

Bheki Mseleku fused elements of African township music with American bebop to become the most prominent South African jazz pianist of his time. He was born Bhekumuzi Hseleku in Durban on March 3, 1955. His father was a teacher of music. The elder Mseleku, a deeply religious man, was afraid that any of his seven … Read more

Mtume

James Mtume has demonstrated that a musician’s reputation can reflect more than their music. He has maintained a balance between his music, and his sociopolitical awareness for decades. He is a master at pushing the boundaries, whether as a composer or producer, songwriter, activist, and has made an indelible impression on the world since the … Read more

Bob Mover

Bob Mover was a well-known musician in the late 1970s. He played in a style similar to Lee Konitz, with whom he recorded in 1977. When he was 16, Mover played with Ira Sullivan. He then moved to New York in 1969 and began freelance work on the local scene. Mover briefly played with Charles … Read more

Moving Gelatine Plates

French progressive rock and fusion group from the 1970’s. They are often compared with the Dutch Supersister, as they were heavily influenced by Canterbury bands Soft Machine and Caravan. The band was renamed Moving later, but after a long hiatus in activity, it was reformed in 2006.

Famoudou Don Moye

While he has played with many other notable free jazz musicians, Don Moye’s most prominent work is with the Art Ensemble of Chicago, which was the most acclaimed avant-garde group of the 1970s and 1980s. Moye instantly added a more rhythmic sense to the group that had been without a drummer. His presence greatly improved … Read more

Leszek Możdżer

Leszek Mozdzer (pronounced Mozhdzher), is one of the most prominent keyboard talents in the Polish music scene. He was born in 1971 and has been playing piano since he could play it at age five. After developing his jazz interest at the age 18 in high school, he graduated from Stanislaw Moniuszko Conservatory of Gdansk … Read more

Francis Moze

Francis Moze, a French bass player, is best known for his work with Pierre Moerlen’s Gong, Magma and Gong. Moze was part of an early Magma line-up. Giorgio Gomelsky introduced Moze to Gong when he quit the group. He was a part of the 1973 album Flying Teapot. He rejoined the Gong for Pierre Moerlen, … Read more