Mike Gibbs is a composer, arranger and trombonist. A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, Boston, he has worked with many of the leading lights of the music world including Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, John Scofield, Michael Mantler, Mike Stern, Joni Mitchell, Whitney Houston and Peter Gabriel.
Andy Sheppard, born Warminster UK, January 20. 1957, is a British jazz saxophonist and composer.
John Taylor was born in Manchester (25th September 1942) and first came to the attention of the jazz audience in 1969 when he partnered saxophonists Alan Skidmore and John Surman. He was later reunited with John Surman in the short-lived group Morning Glory and in the 1980’s with Miroslav Vitous’s quartet.
Ralph Towner is an American acoustic guitarist. He also plays piano, synthesizer, and trumpet.Towner lives in Rome, Italy.
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Meredith Monk (born November 20, 1942, in Lima, Peru) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer. Since the 1960s, Meredith Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which dwell in the spaces between music, theatre, and dance.
Maria Pia De Vito, John Taylor and Ralph Towner Verso PVC 1023 UK release date: June 26th 2000 Verso, brings together for the first time the exceptional talents of three outstanding musicians. The result is an exquisite work that radiates beauty through the care and commitment that each invests in the composing, arranging and performing of the music. The international line up of Italian singer Maria Pia De Vito, English jazz pianist John Taylor and legendary American guitarist Ralph Towner is a truly sparkling combination - on Provocateur Records
Julian ArgĂĽelles began his career as a musician at the age of fourteen touring throughout Europe with the European Community Big Band. Quickly he gained recognition as an original musician and joined the much acclaimed 21 piece UK big band “Loose Tubes”. He stayed with them for four years and recorded two albums. Since their demise Julian ArgĂĽelles has collaborated with fellow Tubes member Django Bates who appears on Julian’s album “Escapade” - on Provocateur Records
“Zappa was a master of irony and parody, he used any musical form he wished. Everything was possible. Through harmony, rhythm and theatre, he reached every corner of the globe employing some of the world’s most amazing musicians. His whole philosophy is sadly missing in today’s world”.Colin Towns
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