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Alexander von Schlippenbach

Alexander von Schlippenbach (* 1938 in Berlin) is a German jazz pianist and composer.
Schlippenbach started to play piano from the age of 8 and went on to study composition at Cologne under Bernd Alois Zimmermann. While studying he started to play with Manfred Schoof. At the age of 28 he founded the Globe Unity Orchestra.
He produced various recordings and worked for German radio channels. He played with many essential players of the European free jazz community, most notably in the "Alexander von Schlippenbach Trio" with drummer Paul Lovens and saxophonist Evan Parker.

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Gregg Bissonette

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Family and music go hand in hand for Gregg, growing up in Detroit, Michigan with his bassist brother Matt & band leader Dad. Gregg went on to study at North Texas State where he was featured in the famed "One O'clock Jazz Band." After college he soon joined Matt in the Maynard Ferguson Big Band. By the early `80's Gregg had relocated to Los Angeles where his ability to seamlessly fit into a wide variety of musical situations rapidly established him as a session legend.

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Dave Weckl

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, January 8th, 1960, to a mother who loved music and a father who played the piano as a hobby, Dave started playing drums around the age of 8. During his high school years he received many awards from the NAJE (National Association of Jazz Educators) for his outstanding performances in his high school's competition winning jazz band, and was involved with numerous local groups from a very early age while studying with St.

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Matt Wilson

There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Matt Wilson is an American jazz drummer (born Sep 27, 1964 in Knoxville, IL), who made several avant-garde jazzrecords as a leader since 1996. His website is www.mattwilsonjazz.com. 2) Matt Wilson is the name of the creator of a popular webtoon, Bonus Stage, who produces music (but with FL Studio) for the toon. He has recently started to make chiptunes once again under the stage name "SAVESTATES", and has posted some recent songs at 8bitcollective.

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Martin Brandlmayr

Martin Brandlmayr is an Austrian percussionist, drummer, composer and electronic artist. He studied classical percussion at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. He is widely recognized for his work in bands: Radian, Trapist, Autistic Daughters, Kapital Band 1 and Polwechsel.

Among others, Brandlmayr has collaborated with Siegrun Appelt, Burkhard Beins, Tony Buck, John Butcher, Peter Brandlmayr, dieb13, Axel Dörner, Christian Fennesz, Franz Hautzinger, Gina Hell...

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Lenny White

A versatile drummer, Lenny White is still best-known for being part of Chick Corea's Return To Forever in the 1970's. White was self-taught on drums and he largely started his career on top, playing regularly with Jackie McLean (1968) and recording "Bitches Brew" with Miles Davis in 1969. White was soon working with some of the who's who of jazz including Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Woody Shaw, Gato Barbieri, Gil Evans, Stanley Clarke and Stan Getz among others.

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Te Vaka

Te Vaka is a unique group of ten musicians and dancers from Tokelau, Tuvalu, Samoa, Cook Islands, and New Zealand brought together under the inspired leadership of Opetaia Foa'i. They have been wowing international audiences since 1997, presenting a rich, luscious mix of Polynesia's ancient culture, to the modern world and in 2008 won the

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Paul Cook & The Chronicles

"Flawless" The 405
“Sheer bliss” Mojophenia
“Instantly catchy and brilliantly laid back” Blokely.com
“Timeless songwriting” Sounds XP
“Stunning” Zoe Ball
“...insanely catchy” Gill Mills, Best of MySpace Tipping its hat to contemporary acts like Cass McCombs and Shins and the melodic
hit of early 70s Paul Simon, Paul Cook & The Chronicles was inspired in part by the tin pan alley song poems of the 1950s.

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