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Dave
Liebman
David Liebman (born 4 September 1946) is an American
saxophonist and flautist. In June 2010, he received a
NEA Jazz Masters lifetime achievement award from the
National Endowment for the Arts.
Some CDs, on which he is heard:
Marcus Miller
Marcus Miller (born William Henry Marcus Miller, Jr.;
June 14, 1959) is an American jazz composer, producer
and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a bass
guitarist. Throughout his career, Miller worked with
trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, singer
Luther Vandross, and saxophonist David Sanborn, as well
as maintaining a successful solo career. Miller is
classically trained as a clarinetist and also plays
keyboards, saxophone and guitar.
Some CDs, on which he is heard:
Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is a Grammy
Award-winning American post bop jazz saxophonist and
flautist who gained fame in his youth as a member of the
Duke Ellington Orchestra and of Miles Davis's band. He
has since pursued a successful solo career and has been
described as "...The most important alto saxophonist of
his generation" by Washington City Paper and "...One of
the most admired alto saxophonists in jazz after Charlie
Parker" by The New York Times.
Some CDs, on which he is heard:
Foley
Joseph McCreary, Jr., known professionally as Foley,
is an American composer, musician, and photographer who
is best known as the "lead bassist" with trumpeter Miles
Davis from 1987 until 1991. With his custom-made Blue
Marble bass, tuned nearly an octave higher than a
standard bass guitar and processed through various
effects, Foley was able to create the illusion of a lead
guitarist.
Some CDs, on which he is heard:
John Scofield John Scofield (born December
26, 1951, Dayton, Ohio, United States), often referred
to as "Sco", is an American jazz-rock guitarist and
composer, who has played and collaborated with Miles
Davis, Dave Liebman, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Joey
DeFrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Pat Metheny, Bill Frisell,
Pat Martino, Mavis Staples, Phil Lesh, Billy Cobham,
Medeski Martin & Wood, George Duke, Jaco Pastorius, John
Mayer, and many other well-known artists. At ease in the
bebop idiom, Scofield is also well versed in jazz
fusion, funk, blues, soul, rock and other forms of
modern American music.
Some CDs, on which he is heard:
Al
Foster
Al Foster (born January 18, 1943) is an American jazz
drummer. Foster played with Miles Davis during the
1970s, and was one of the few people to have contact
with Davis during his retirement from 1975-1981. Foster
also played on Davis's 1981 comeback album The Man with
the Horn in 1981. He was the only musician to play in
Davis's band both before and after his retirement.
Foster has toured extensively with Herbie Hancock, Sonny
Rollins, and Joe Henderson. He is a versatile drummer
who has played in musical styles ranging from bebop to
free form to jazz/rock.
Some CDs, on which he is heard:
Robert Irving III
Robert Irving III (born 27 October 1953) is an
American pianist, composer, arranger and music educator.
A native of Chicago, Irving was one of a group of
young Chicago musicians that in the late '70s and early
'80s formed the nucleus of Miles Davis' recording and
touring bands. Irving left the Davis band in 1989, and
has gone on to a prolific career as touring musician,
composer, arranger, producer, educator and
interdisciplinary artist. Irving has recently (with the
2007 release of New Momentum) resumed his career as a
recording artist under his own name.
Some CDs, on which he is heard:
Kei
Akagi
Kei Akagi (born March 16, 1953) is a Japanese
American jazz pianist. In particular, he is known for
his work with the Airto Moreira/Flora Purim group and in
Miles Davis's band in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He
was born in Japan, but lived in Cleveland, Ohio, for
part of his childhood, until he moved back to Japan at
the age of 12. He later returned to the United States at
22. He is associated with the Californian jazz scene at
present. He is the Chancellor Professor of Music at the
University of California, Irvine.
Some CDs, on which he is heard:
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