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Vijay Iyer Trio

Pianist Vijay Iyer's jazz trio, with Stephen Crump on bass and Marcus Gilmore on drums. The trio released their album 'Historicity' to glowing reviews in 2009. The album includes jazz interpretations of Stevie Wonder's 'Big Brother' and M.I.A's 'Galang' alongside original compositions.

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Ambrose Akinmusire

Akinmusire was born in Oakland CA, raised in Oakland, California. Before he was eighteen, Ambrose had already performed with such famed musicians as saxophonists Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman, Steve Coleman, and drummer Billy Higgins. After graduating from Berkeley High School in 2000, he moved to New York to begin a full scholarship at the Manhattan School of Music, studying with Vincent Pinzerella from the New York Philharmonic, Dick Oatts, Lew Soloff, and Laurie Frink,[1] and obtaining a Bachelor's Degree in 2005.

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Rusconi

Drei Mannen aus Zürich fabrizieren Jazz mit Spannkraft. Musik die federt, niemals hampelt oder luftig hübsch verpufft, sondern vielmehr kerzengerade auf dem Wellenspitz des Alpenfoehns hinunter in die Talkessel surft und dort die Äcker und Scheitel neu bestellt mit kantiger Rhythmik und seeltiefen Sounds. Das Rusconi Trio ist DIE Alternative zu Kernkraft und Fernwärme, ein musikalischer Hochofen, ein Hochdruckgebiet auf dem Weg zu DIR. (David Hesse, Quelle: www.rusconi-music.com)

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Yellowjackets

In 1977, Robben Ford assembled a group of veteran session musicians to record his album The Inside Story. The trio of musicians, which included keyboardist Russell Ferrante, bassist Jimmy Haslip and drummer Ricky Lawson, soon discovered a certain "chemistry" and musical affinity that led to their formation of Yellowjackets. The Inside Story being mainly instrumental, Robben Ford's record label wanted him to record another album that was more pop and vocal oriented. The group, known as the Robben Ford Group, preferred to pursue the instrumental route, and a "band within a band" was formed.

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