Cal Tjader, Mongo Santamaria Willie Bobo | fr

There are at least two artists with this name: a Japanese jazz-rock fusion band, and a male solo artist. The Japanese quartet (keyboards, guitars, bass, drums) offers a loud and intense style of jazz-rock fusion. MONGOL created only one album and it is a masterpiece of the genre. Here they try an energetic, symphonic-ornamented fusion style rather similar to KENSO and AIN SOPH. "Doppler 444" has been released in 1997 and it is today not easy to find it. This band is almost unknown and this should not be. The compositions by the keyboardist are finally powered by a dynamic...

There are a number of artists scrobbled as Mongo: Mongo Santamaria dj mongo M.O.N.G.O (shouldn't there be another "." after that?) Band 1 mongo the Bristol band were formed in the early 1990's. Kennedy, acoustic guitar playing singer songwriter, and his friends Hughes and Brock approached Sab about forming a band. Kennedy played acoustic guitar and sang, Hughes played lead guitar, Sab played bass and sang and Brock played a djembe. With the addition of Surge (an RX7 drum machine) and later Junior (Hugh's Roland drum machine, can't remember the model) they performed at a number of small gigs around...

Willie Bobo, de son vrai nom Willie Correa, était un percussionniste de jazz américain, né le 28 février 1934 et mort le 15 septembre 1983. Il est le père d'Eric Bobo (Eric Correa), lui-même percussionniste dans le groupe de rap Cypress Hill. .

Willie Ninja (April 12, 1961 – September 2, 2006) was an American dancer and choreographer best known for his appearance in the documentary film Paris is Burning. Ninja, who was gay, was a fixture of ball culture at Harlem's drag balls who took inspiration from sources as far-flung as Fred Astaire and the world of haute couture to develop a unique style of dance and movement. He caught the attention of Paris is Burning director Jennie Livingston, who featured Ninja prominently in the film. The film, a critical and box office success, served as a springboard for Ninja. He parlayed...

Blind Willie McTell était l'un des meilleurs guitaristes et chanteurs de blues. Il est d'abord devenu célèbre à Atlanta dans les années 20 et s'est peu a peu fait un nom dans tout le sud des USA. Dans les années 30 il a sorti quelques disques sous divers noms tels que Blind Willie, Blind Sammie, Hot Shot Willie, et Georgia Bill. Une des choses qui l'ont rendu unique est sa façon particulière de jouer de la guitare à 12 cordes. Immensément doué, deux problèmes ont cependant incommodé sa carrière, la grande Dépression et la seconde guerre mondiale. Une grande partie...