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Percy Jones (1947-) is a Welsh bass guitarist, and was a member of jazz fusion band Brand X, from 1974 to 1980, and a reformed version which lasted from 1992 - 1997. Residing in New York City, he currently is a member of jazz fusion band, Tunnels, along with drummer Walker Adams and midivibist Marc Wagnon. Jones is best known for his unique bass sound, and his trademark use of the fretless Wal bass. Jones was also a member of the jazz fusion group Soft Machine, the Poetry Rock group The Liverpool Scene (featuring poet Adrian Henri), and has contributed...

Percy X is the alter ego of Tony Scott, the talented Glasgow DJ and producer. He has been producing electronic music since the early nineties, initially with friend Richard Miller under the moniker Havana for fellow Glasgow label Limbo. The Havana tracks ‘Shtoom’ and ‘Ethnic Prayer’ are cited as classics of this era. He has been part of the Soma family since 1994, his debut release was the highly rated ‘X-Tracks’. Since then he has consistently produced high calibre cuts including two albums ‘Gain’ and ‘Spyx’, and eight singles which includes the Andy Weatherall collaboration ‘-3’ and the highly acclaimed...

Percy Mayfield (* 12. August 1920 in Minden, Louisiana; † 11. August 1984 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Blues-Sänger und Songschreiber. Percy Mayfield begann seine musikalische Karriere in Texas, zog aber während des Zweiten Weltkriegs nach Kalifornien. 1947 macht er seine erste Aufnahme Two Years Of Torture. Einem breiten Publikum bekannt wurde Percy Mayfield 1950 durch seinen Nummer-1-Hit Please Send Me Someone To Love. 1952 hatte er einen schweren Autounfall, bei dem sein Gesicht entstellt wurde. Dennoch schrieb er weiterhin zahlreiche erfolgreiche Songs, z. B. die Klassiker Hit The Road Jack und At The Club für Ray Charles....

Percy William Whitlock (1 June 1903, Chatham, Kent – 1 May 1946, Bournemouth) was an English organist and composer. A student of Vaughan Williams at London's Royal College of Music, Whitlock quickly arrived at an idiom which combined elements of his teacher's output and that of Elgar. The result was immediately striking, particularly since his lush harmonic style also bore traces of Gershwin and other popular composers of the 1920s. Like Vaughan Williams and Delius, he often used themes that sounded like folksongs but were, in fact, original creations. From 1921 to 1930 Whitlock was assistant organist at Rochester Cathedral,...

Percy Faith (* 7. April 1908 in Toronto/Kanada; † 9. Februar 1976 in Encino, Kalifornien/USA) war ein US-amerikanischer (eingebürgert 1945) Orchesterleiter kanadischer Herkunft. Percy Faith wurde in Toronto am Konservatorium ausgebildet und studierte da bei Louis Waizman und Frank Wellman. Nachdem er sich bei einem Brand die Hände schwer verletzt hatte, konnte er nicht mehr Klavier spielen und verlegte sich auf das Dirigieren. Ab 1931 dirigierte er sein eigenes Orchester und wurde dann der Hauptarrangeur und Dirigent für die Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, für die er von 1938 bis 1940 zahlreiche Livekonzerte im Radio dirigierte. 1940 wechselte Faith in die USA...