Ernest Loring “Red” Nichols was an American jazz composer and cornetist. He lived from May 8, 1905 to June 28, 1965. Nichols recorded over his long career in many musical styles. Steve Leggett, a critic, describes him as an “expert cornet player”, a solid improviser and apparently a workaholic. He is believed to have been … Read more
Jose Luis Cortes, NG La Banda (NG stands to “Nueva Generation” or “New Generation”) were the new stars of Cuban popular music. NG La Banda, a Cuban rythm that combines complex Cuban rythms like son, songo, and rumba with jazz, rock, and funk, created a new type of music known as timba. NG La Banda, … Read more
Andrew Boscardin, Tom Varner, (guitar), Ben Thomas, (vibraphone), Chris Stover, (trombone), Clark Gibson, (saxophone), Brad Gibson, (drums), Jon Hamar, (bass), from discogs. The songs on this CD are dedicated and take inspiration form artists and writers from comic books of the 1960’s and 70’s. The characters and ideas created during this time are still beloved … Read more
Keith Rowe, Emmanuel Leduc and Formanex’ Anthony Taylor were the founding members of The NG4 Quartet. These four electronic musicians and guitarists debuted with A Quartet For Guitars (December 2013, 2013).
Clovis Nicolas, a bassist, was born in Abidjan (Ivory Coast), and grew up in Provence, France. He studied Philosophy at the University of Aix-en-Provence. In 1996, he graduated from the Conservatory of Music of Marseilles. He then settled in Paris. Clovis quickly earned a reputation for his precise and refined bass playing. He performed with … Read more
Zim Ngqawana, 25 December 1959 – 10 Mai 2011, was a South African flautist/saxophonist. Later, he was known as Zimology. Ngqawana, the youngest of five siblings, began playing flute at 21 years old. He dropped out of high school before he could meet university admission requirements, but he was accepted to Rhodes University. Later, he … Read more
Massimo Discepoli is a drummer, multi-instrumentalist and composer. He founded the Nheap Project in 2007. He composes and performs his own music under this name. It is a mixture of electronic, post-rock and avantgarde. The Musicaoltranza label releases the first complete album, “Realight”, in Settembre 2008. Some compilations include different tracks, which are also released … Read more
Members or co-founders from different jazz, progressive rock, and electronic music formations (Cosmik Connection Laurent, Magma. One Shot. collectif MU). The musicians of NHX today seek to face the joys of improvisation using acoustic instruments as well as electronic sonorities. Their music is warm and powerful, with a mix of beats, furious rhythms and sounds … Read more
Dennis Chambers, John Novello, Billy Sheehan are all Niacin. Now is the time to relax, slip into Niacin and experience one of the most important lost artifacts of rock history: the Hammond B-3 sound or, more broadly, the steamy boiler room magic that can be produced from a three-piece of keyboards, bass, and drums. Even … Read more
Klaus Weiss is the leader of the Munich supergroup. Klaus was fascinated by the idea of creating a drum ensemble from the many Munich jazz and rock drummers. Thus, Niagara was created. It features percussionists of all backgrounds. From discogs
