Mezz Mezzrow and His Orchestra | fr

Mezzoforte are an Icelandic Jazz-Funk Fusion ensemble. They shot to the world's attention in 1983 with Garden Party from the Surprise Surprise LP. They are still performing in 2004 with the original lineup. The band members are: Eythor Gunnarsson - Keyboards Fridrik Karlsson - Guitars Gunnlaugur Briem - Drums Johann Asmundsson - Bass Kristinn Svavarsson - Saxophones They awoke many musicians, as well as united them in the lyrics from Garden Party that evoked images of the iconic demise of The Beatles and included bold, yet humorous sarcastic references to differentials in time/space to polarites such as Rick Nelson and...

Merrick / Mezz - aka - Dj Merrick Born in NZ then migrating to the UK with his family at a young age , Merrick always had an obsesion with anything Electronic, whilst growing up in the UK he had a large influence from the world of Electronic music which is where his drive began. Started Dj'ing at his local youth clubs in Middlesbrough UK and began to collect records. From his first experience of Dj'ing his talent of mixing and choosing quality Electronic music was clearly exceptional to all who knew him.. Migrating to Australia back in the early...

Le Yellow Magic Orchestra est un groupe japonais d'electro-pop formé en 1978. Les membres principaux du groupe sont Haruomi Hosono (basse), Yukihiro Takahashi (batterie) et Ryuichi Sakamoto (claviers). Le groupe était au départ un projet solo de Hosono, les deux autres membres ayant été recruté en tant que musiciens. L'idée était de concevoir un album fusionnant l'exotica orientaliste (voir leur reprise de Firecracker de Martin Denny) avec des instruments électroniques modernes. Le premier album devient vite très populaire. Utilisant abondamment les synthétiseurs, les samplers et la musique issue des ordinateurs qui devenaient accessible, leur influence s'étendit au delà du Japon....

Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) est un groupe de rock britannique originaire de Birmingham, animé par son leader Jeff Lynne, qui fut très populaire dans les années 1970. Influencé par les Beatles et le rock'n'roll de Chuck Berry et consorts, sa musique se voulait futuriste pour l'époque grâce à l'ajout de violons et d'effets sonores. Le groupe est formé par Jeff Lynne (auparavant leader de The Idle Race), Roy Wood et Bev Bevan (membres de The Move) en 1971 avec l'intention de créer une musique d'un genre nouveau utilisant le violon et le violoncelle dans un contexte rock. Roy Wood quitte...

Fragmentorchestra is the pairing of Italian jazz aficionados Luca Pernici & Giulio Vetrone. The result is a beautiful and up-tempo album of moods and grooves for some autumnal bliss. For Luca and Giulio, Jazz also means improvisation, which Luca Pernici explains. "A musician, in the moment at which improvisation occurs, is irrationally set free from any approach, creating a philosophy of composition without any given time or place". The goal is just this, to preserve an improvised approach through breaking down beats and notes but still achieving the variety of an orchestra or better yet, a Fragment Orchestra... Luca Pernici...