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The band led by pianist Andy Milne, Dapp Theory, has been described as: "Weather Report for the New Millennium". Bobby Colomby
"The band Miles would have, were he alive today." Phil Upchurch
Were an uninitiated, curious listener to pose the question, "What is the essence of smooth jazz?" the appropriate response could be to simply hand over the Fattburger catalog in its entirety. One of contemporary instrumental music's most popular mainstays since the dawn of what radio termed New Adult Contemporary in the late 1980's, the San Diego-based band's melodic and funky, blues and Latin spiced rhythm and jazz sound has helped both create and define the genre.
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Many smooth jazz fans were taken by surprise in early 1999, when Jeff Kashiwa left the Rippingtons after ten years to devote more time to develop his career as a solo artist, but in truth, the popular saxophonist has always had his eye on striking out on his own.
www adres: www.jeffkashiwa.com
Pat was born in Kansas City on August 12, 1954 into a musical family. Starting on trumpet at the age of 8, Metheny switched to guitar at age 12. By the age of 15, he was working regularly with the best jazz musicians in Kansas City, receiving valuable on-the-bandstand experience at an unusually young age.
www adres: www.patmethenygroup.com
Take six veteran Los Angeles musicians with diverse musical backgrounds yet common influences; gather them each Monday for about a year and a half to jam and have some fun, just playing for the sheer joy of it. Over time, a unique ensemble sound evolves which reflects the influences of this eclectic bunch. The result is Shapes, a new breed of jazz group that has one foot rooted in the tradition of acoustic, mainstream jazz or bop and one foot in the present, and all the while striving to push the envelope a little further. Even as the music industry leans in recent years towards pigeonholing artists and bands into simple categories, Shapes is that rarest of groups which realizes that truly great music shouldn't be limited to labels or preconceived definitions of what is or isn't "authentic."
www adres: www.shapesmusic.com