MP3 Ten 27 - Mild Mannered
Not your typical jazz trio, but a fusion with classical, rock, and 70s progressive jazz to produce a fertile, entrancing sound with cello, keyboards, and drums.
9 MP3 Songs in this album (43:17) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Jazz Fusion, JAZZ: Modern Creative Jazz
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Michael Roach is turning heads as a pianist and keyboardist. He received formal training in classical and popular piano as a youngster. He has performed in many venues playing Rock, Pop, Classical, Rhythm and Blues, Jazz, and has worked in many formats. Michael has performed at The Whitney Museum of American Art, Symphony Space, Black Rock Coalition Festival, Black Expo and abroad.
Monica Wilson-Roach has been playing cello and bass for over twenty-five years. She was on faculty at the Juilliard School and has performed in the Texaco New York Jazz Festival, the Documenta X in Kessel, Germany, the Jazz and Bluesfest - Live from Wolftrap, and the Brooklyn Academy of Music performances of Donald Byrd''s Jazztrain with Grammy Award winning artist Vernon Reid. The list of venues include: the Knitting Factory, Merkin Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center out-of-doors. Currently, she conducts string ensembles and occasionally plays with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Albany Symphony Orchestra, and the Glens Falls Symphony Orchestra.
Eldon E. Simms is an accomplished versatile drummer. Eldon studied under direction of Nick Cerruto, one of music''s most accomplished percussionists. He has played with Ben E. King, Oran "Juice" Jones, The Revelators, Wally Richardson, and Hal Daniels. The list of venues include: Sweetwater''s (now known as Honeysuckle''s), the Village Gate, the Apollo, and the Cotton Club.