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Dick Heath
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Topic: Violin Database Reminder Posted: November 01 2006 at 13:18 |
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Reminded myself of the rock/jazz violinists data base many PA contributors have added to in the past (but surely it's time for additions) and is reproduced below - especially for newcomers unaware of its existence. I was reminded of it having spotted and bought Ed Alleyne Johnson's new album Reflections this lunchtime.
Alleyne-Johnson was discovered busking with violin and a heap of effects on a public street by members of the New Model Army. EA-J appeared on a couple of NMA's albums. However, since and over the last decade he had released a handful of solo albums demonstrating his violin playing abilities and an album featuring his now-wife. One of his eary albums was literally a solo recording of his violin rock concerto, the movements named after the colours of the spectrum - it is worthy of inclusion herer. However, until I listened to Reflections in the last few hours, I would have considered Alleyne-Johnson output distinctly non-prog. It is not as if Reflections is completely prog, rather it is a covers album of his interpretations of a number of well known rock tunes. There are distinctly non-prog titles (e.g. Without You, Freebird, Parienne Walkways, Like A Hurricane). However, Shine On You Crazy Diamond, Kashmir, and Child In Time as the longest tracks, do give A-J the chance to expand out. Evenso Kashmir is over-extended and mantra like, while Child InTIme is taken slow as Deep's original opening , compared with Its A Beautiful Day's violin mad-rush of the same Bach theme.
Reflections is a a pretty good album, although in the company of New Model Army, Alleyne Johnson sounded much tighter being permitted just the right amount of space for his solos. Here on a couple of tunes I felt the soloing was overextended to the point of become boring.
Data Base of Rock/Jazz Violinists:
Updated at 6.00pm BST 7th October 2005 , with thanks to everybody who has contributed – but there is space for more; (in alphabetical surname): Ed Alleyne Johnson, solo, New Model Army (e.g. Thunder & Consolation) Laurie Anderson, (e.g. Big Science) Darol Anger, solo, Turtle Island String Quartet (e.g. Sky Life) Dave Arbus, e.g. East Of Eden, (guest on "Who’s Next") Billy Bang Georgina Biddle (aka George Biddle), Skyclad Luca Boggi, The Slowmovies (e.g. An Unconventional Italian Guide To King Crimson) Andreas Brandt, Ålgarnas Trædgård (e.g. Delayed) Karen Briggs, solo, Vertu Hollis Brown, Ozone Quartet (e.g. Fresh Blood) Paul Bunker: Hands Siegfried Carver, Pavlov's Dog Duncan Chisholm, Wolfstone, guested with Runrig Rod Clements, Lindisfarne Vassar Clements, Jazz Is Dead (e.g. “Laughing Water”) Richard Coff, Third Ear Band. Sharon Corr, Corrs Papa John Crech, solo, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship (e.g. Red Octopus) David Cross:, King Crimson, solo (e.g. Closer Than Skin) Charlie Daniels Yvette Devereux, K2 (e.g. Book Of The Dead) Rod Dorothy, New Celeste Michael Evans, Stackridge (e.g. Stackridge) Lucio Fabbri, PFM Mark Feldman, solo, John Abercrombie Group, Tunnels (e.g. Progressivity) Faith Fraoli, Flying Island Fred Frith, solo, Henry Cow (e.g. Legend) Ronnie Gerrard: New Celeste Ninfa Giannuzzi, Aria Palea (e.g. An Unconventional Italian Guide To King Crimson) Wilf Gibson, ELO Claudio Gilice, Quella Vecchia Locanda Jerry Goodman, solo, Flock, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dregs, Force Majeure Stuart Gordon, Pater Hammill Stephane Grapelli, solo, Hot Club De Paris, e.g. guest on Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here Joachim Gustafsson, Isildurs Bane (e.g. Mind Volume 4: Pass) Rick Grech, Family, KGB (Blind Faith) Patrick Hanappier, Univers Zero Sugarcane Harris, solo, John Mayall, Frank Zappa Greg Hiser, Boud Deum (e.g. Astronomy Made Easy) Allan Holdsworth, solo, Tempest Gerard Hourbette, Art Zoyd Simon House, High Tide, Hawkwind, solo Cath Howell, Skyclad Fritha Jenkins, Skyclad Eddie Jobson, solo, Curved Air, Zappa Band, UK, (Roxy Music) Michal Jelonek, Anhk (e.g. Expected Unexpected) Helena Kallander, guest with Anekdoten (ex. Nucleus) Mik Kaminski, Violinski, ELO Micael Karoli, Can Chris Karrer, Amon Duul II (e.g. Wolf City) Nigel Kennedy, solo, Kate Bush, Kennedy Experience (ex. Stone Free- A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix) Carla Kihlstedt, Sleepy Time Gorilla Museum Steve Kindler, Mahavishnu, Jan Hammer Group (e.g. Melodies) Elektra Kurtis Peter Knight, Steeleye Span David LaFlamme, Its A Beautiful Day Rod Lambert, Glass Hammer (e.g. Journey Of the Dunadan) Donald Lax, Quella Vecchia Locanda David Lindley, solo, Jackson Browne (e.g. Running On Empty) Caryn Lin, solo (e.g. Tolerance For Ambiguity) Didier Lockwood: solo, (e.g. Phoenix 90), Magma Henry Lowther, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (e.g. Bare Wires) Vanessa Mae, solo Charlie McKerron, Capercaillie Ben Mink, guest on Rush’s "Losing it" Nash The Slash, solo, FM Mark O'Connor, guesting with Dregs, (e.g. Industry standard), Steve Morse Band: e.g. "Pick your position") Mauro Pagani, PFM Sarah Neufeld, The Arcade Fire Charles O'Connor, Horslips Helen O'Hara, Dexy's Midnight Runners. Noel Pointer Jean Luc Ponty, solo, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Zappa Band ,etc. David Ragsdale, Kansas - Salem Hill Todd Reynolds, Mahavishnu Project (e.g. Live Bootleg) Geoffrey Richardson, Pengiun Cafe Orchestra, Caravan Scarlet Rivera, Bob Dylan (e.g. “Hurricane” (ex. Desire)) Mary Rowell, e.g. Joe Jackson's "Symphony n°1 Geoffrey Salmon, Esperanto Ric Sanders, solo, Soft Machine, Fairport Convention Sanders-Etheridge Zbigniew Seifert, solo Igor Semenoff, Univers Zero (e.g. Implosion) L. Shankar, solo, Shakti, Peter Gabriel etc. Ray Shulman, Gentle Giant (e.g. In A Glass House) Allen Sloan, Dixie Dregs Rob Spall: guested on Soft Machine’s Third Graham Smith, String Driven Thing, Van der Graaf (e.g. Second Generation) Robby Steinhardt, Kansas Dave Swarbrick solo, Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention Jamii Szmadzinski, Shadowfax Boyd Tinsley, Dave Matthews Band Sophie Trudeau, Godspeed You Black Emperor, A Silver Mt. Zion, Valley of the Giants Petar Ugrin, September (e.g. Zadnja avantura) Michal Urbaniak, solo, Urbanator Joe Venuti Marcus Viana, Sagrado Coraçao da Terra Raymond Vincent, Esperanto Kleber Vogel, Quaterna Requiem (e.g. Velha Gravura), Kaizen. Darryl Way, solo, Wolf, guest with Gong, Curved Air Michael White, (ex. The X-Factor) Lucy Wilkins, Roxy Music Mark Wood, Jordan Rudess, (e.g. Feeding the wheel ex. Encores Legends and Paradox. tribute to ELP) Gavyn Wright, Penguin Cafe Orchestra |
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santiagomo87
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Posted: November 01 2006 at 13:32 | |
thanks a lot for this information!! I am a violin player and I was dissapointed believing that there was almost no violin in prog. Now I know where to look thanks man
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Fassbinder
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Posted: November 01 2006 at 14:55 | |
Julian Cusack (not in the list) did some great job in Spirogyra (Folk Prog).
...btw, not a bad (unintended, I think) pun with Hammill...
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zabriskiepoint
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Posted: November 01 2006 at 15:35 | |
Really? On which song? Where did you get that info from? |
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baldy flapstick
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Posted: November 01 2006 at 18:22 | |
Where's Akihisa Tsuboy of KBB? Seriously brilliant prog violinist.
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Here Comes The Supernatural Anaesthetist
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Dick Heath
Special Collaborator Jazz-Rock Specialist Joined: April 19 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 12794 |
Posted: November 01 2006 at 18:26 | |
Contributions have come from a lot of folks through 2005, after I originally listed about 40 violinists (I guess around 18 months ago), so maybe whoever contributed that might like to fill in the details or we drop that fact off the "data base" for not being correct. |
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Fassbinder
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Posted: November 01 2006 at 19:41 | |
Also, there's Colin Pearson of Comus (Prog Folk).
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rileydog22
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Posted: November 01 2006 at 20:19 | |
The title track. However, the band drowns out the violin to the point of it being almost entirely inaudible. |
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akiko
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Posted: November 01 2006 at 23:03 | |
There's also Frank Van Essen drummer/violinist with IONA, prog folk.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
Posted: November 01 2006 at 23:36 | |
Henry Lowther was also in Keef Hartley Band, where he also played trumpet.
I can't think of anymore... Joe Venuti was a great 1930s jazz violinist. The late Vassar Clements played fiddle with Dickey Betts from The Allman Brothers Band and he's dome a lot of session work as well. Edited by Geck0 - November 02 2006 at 02:47 |
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gong
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Posted: November 02 2006 at 02:39 | |
Michael Gallasso - "Scenes" ( fantastic, nocturnal solo violin album in Manfred Eicher's ECM production).
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: November 02 2006 at 02:44 | |
Nick Pickett.
He played with Peter Green in his Fleetwood Mac days and was also in the John Dummer (Blues) Band. He also released a solo album "Silversleeves" in 1972. Edited by Geck0 - November 02 2006 at 02:45 |
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pero
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Posted: November 02 2006 at 02:57 | |
Where are two of the greatest in your database:
Jerry Goodman - (Ex Flock - Mahavishnu orchestra)
Ray Shulmann - Gentle giant
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paulindigo
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Posted: November 02 2006 at 04:06 | |
Greg Bloch is missing. He played with It's a Beautiful Day, Flock and Jet Lag-era PFM.
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Dick Heath
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Posted: November 02 2006 at 05:23 | |
Under G for Goodman
and under S for Shulman????
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Dick Heath
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Posted: November 02 2006 at 05:37 | |
Rock, folk, jazz violinist data base
Updated at 10.30am 2nd November 2006 , with thanks to everybody who has contributed and continue to contribute. NOTE musicians listed alphabetically, surname: Ed Alleyne Johnson, solo, New Model Army (e.g. Thunder & Consolation) Laurie Anderson, (e.g. Big Science) Darol Anger, solo, Turtle Island String Quartet (e.g. Sky Life) Dave Arbus, e.g. East Of Eden, (guest on Who’s Next) Billy Bang Greg Bloch: It's a Beautiful Day, Flock and Jet Lag-era PFM. Luca Boggi, The Slowmovies (e.g. An Unconventional Italian Guide To King Crimson) Andreas Brandt, Ålgarnas Trædgård (e.g. Delayed) Karen Briggs, solo, Vertu Hollis Brown, Ozone Quartet (e.g. Fresh Blood) Paul Bunker: Hands Siegfried Carver, Pavlov's Dog Duncan Chisholm, Wolfstone, guested with Runrig Rod Clements, Vassar Clements, Jazz Is Dead (e.g. “Laughing Water”) Dickey Betts, session work Richard Coff, Third Ear Band. Sharon Corr, Corrs Papa John Crech, solo, Hot Tuna, Jefferson Starship (e.g. Red Octopus) David Cross:, King Crimson, solo (e.g. Closer Than Skin) Julian Cusack Spirogyra Charlie Daniels Yvette Devereux, Rod Dorothy, New Celeste Michael Evans, Stackridge (e.g. Stackridge) Lucio Fabbri, PFM Mark Feldman, solo, John Abercrombie Group, Tunnels (e.g. Progressivity) Faith Fraoli, Fred Frith, solo, Henry Cow (e.g. Legend) Michael Gallasso: solo e.g Scenes Ronnie Gerrard: New Celeste Ninfa Giannuzzi, Aria Palea (e.g. An Unconventional Italian Guide To King Crimson) Wilf Gibson, ELO Claudio Gilice, Quella Vecchia Locanda Jerry Goodman, solo, Flock, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dregs, Force Majeure Stuart Gordon, Pater Hammill Stephane Grapelli, solo, Hot Club De Paris, e.g. guest on Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here Joachim Gustafsson, Isildurs Bane (e.g. Mind Volume 4: Pass) Rick Grech, Family, KGB (Blind Faith) Patrick Hanappier, Univers Zero Sugarcane Harris, solo, John Mayall, Frank Zappa Greg Hiser, Boud Deum (e.g. Astronomy Made Easy) Allan Holdsworth, solo, Tempest Gerard Hourbette, Art Zoyd Simon House, High Tide, Hawkwind, solo Cath Howell, Skyclad Fritha Jenkins, Skyclad Eddie Jobson, solo, Curved Air, Michal Jelonek, Anhk (e.g. Expected Unexpected) Helena Kallander, guest with Anekdoten (ex. Nucleus) Mik Kaminski, Violinski, ELO Micael Karoli, Can Chris Karrer, Amon Duul II (e.g. Nigel Kennedy, solo, Kate Bush, Kennedy Experience (ex. Stone Free- A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix) Carla Kihlstedt, Sleepy Steve Kindler, Mahavishnu, Jan Hammer Group (e.g. Melodies) Elektra Kurtis Peter Knight, Steeleye Span David LaFlamme, Its A Beautiful Day Rod Lambert, Glass Hammer (e.g. Journey Of the Dunadan) Donald Lax, Quella Vecchia Locanda David Lindley, solo, Jackson Browne (e.g. Running On Empty) Caryn Lin, solo (e.g. Tolerance For Ambiguity) Didier Lockwood: solo, (e.g. Henry Lowther, John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers (e.g. Bare Wires), Keef Hartley Vanessa Mae, solo Charlie McKerron, Capercaillie Ben Mink, guest on Rush’s "Losing it" Nash The Slash, solo, FM Mark O'Connor, guesting with Dregs, (e.g. Industry standard), Steve Morse Band: e.g. "Pick your position") Mauro Pagani, PFM Sarah Neufeld, The Charles O'Connor, Horslips Helen O'Hara, Dexy's Midnight Runners. Nick Pickett: Peter Green, John Dummer (Blues) Band; a solo Silversleeves in 1972. Colin Pearson: Comus Noel Pointer Jean Luc Ponty, solo, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Zappa Band ,etc. David Ragsdale, Todd Reynolds, Mahavishnu Project (e.g. Live Bootleg) Geoffrey Richardson, Pengiun Cafe Orchestra, Caravan Scarlet Rivera, Bob Dylan (e.g. “Hurricane” (ex. Desire)) Mary Rowell, e.g. Joe Jackson's "Symphony n°1 Geoffrey Salmon, Esperanto Ric Sanders, solo, Soft Machine, Fairport Convention Sanders-Etheridge Zbigniew Seifert, solo Igor Semenoff, Univers Zero (e.g. Implosion) L. Shankar, solo, Shakti, Peter Gabriel etc. Ray Shulman, Gentle Giant (e.g. In A Glass House) Allen Sloan, Rob Spall: guested on Soft Machine’s Third Graham Smith, String Driven Thing, Van der Graaf (e.g. Second Generation) Robby Dave Swarbrick solo, Sandy Denny, Fairport Convention Jamii Szmadzinski, Shadowfax Boyd Tinsley, Dave Matthews Band Sophie Trudeau, Godspeed You Black Emperor, A Akihisa Tsuboy; KBB Petar Ugrin, September (e.g. Zadnja avantura) Michal Urbaniak, solo, Urbanator Frank Van Essen drummer/violinist with Joe Venuti Marcus Viana, Sagrado Coraçao da Terra Raymond Vincent, Esperanto Kleber Vogel, Quaterna Requiem (e.g. Velha Gravura), Kaizen. Darryl Way, solo, Wolf, guest with Gong, Curved Air Michael White, (ex. The X-Factor) Lucy Wilkins: Roxy Music Mark Wood: Jordan Rudess, (e.g. Feeding the wheel ex. Encores Legends and Paradox. tribute to ELP) Gavyn Wright, Penguin Cafe Orchestra Hisako Yamashta, Stomu Yamashta (e.g. Complete Go Sessions) And for good measure some violists: John Cale: solo, Velvet Underground, guest on Hector Zazou (e.g. Blue Sahara) Patrick Hanappier: Univers Zero. Christoph "Nops" Noppeney, Hoelderlin Mat Maneri: Geoffrey Richardson: Caravan (e.g For Girls Who Grow Plump In The Night) David Rose: Edited by Dick Heath - November 02 2006 at 05:38 |
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M. B. Zapelini
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Posted: November 02 2006 at 06:08 | |
Since you hve included Marcus Viana at your list, maybe you can include Jorge Mautner (Brazilian poet, singer/songwriter - his work dates from early 70s) there. He does not play violin very often, but he surely can play it.
Here is a link to an incomplete discography:
You'll find a complete discography (sorry, it's written in Portuguese) at this link (as you can see, he often sports his violin at the album covers):
I don't know how to describe his musical style, he has elements of rock, jazz, Brazilian folk music, classical music... The list goes on. If you find a copy of "Bomba de estrelas", listen to it carefully, because it's probably his masterpiece.
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pero
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Posted: November 02 2006 at 06:39 | |
Sorry, I did't wear my glasses
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Fassbinder
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Posted: November 02 2006 at 11:09 | |
(Almost absolutely) off topic: there are two typographical errors found --
1. Pater Hammill -- should be Peter Hammill;
2. Boud Deum -- should be Boud Deun.
Just for the sake of precision. Edited by Fassbinder - November 02 2006 at 11:10 |
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Dick Heath
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Posted: November 02 2006 at 11:48 | |
Thanks, I spotted them too (plus some inconsistent puncuation) and have corrected my personal master list but intend waiting a sensible time before "uploading" instead cluttering up the pages of PA with 3 long list within 24 hours.
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