The four piece ensemble, Mr. Gone, explores early groove-based jazz fusion - focusing primarily on the music of the longest running jazz fusion outfit “Weather Report” (1970 - 1986), and Herbie Hancock's Headhunters - with a keen ear for composition and improvisation.
Peter Furlan
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Saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator, Peter Furlan, demonstrates striking originality on his Twinz Records release “Spy Glass Hill”. He has performed and recorded with Terumasa Hino, Dizzy Gillespie, Thomas Chapin, Don Alias, Frank Foster, Brian Lynch, David Budway, John Hart, Mike Richmond, Terry Silverlight, Cameron Brown, Vinnie Cutro, Steven Bernstein, Mahavishnu Project, The Temptations and 10,000 Maniacs. ...
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The four piece ensemble, Mr. Gone, explores early groove-based jazz fusion - focusing primarily on the music of the longest running jazz fusion outfit “Weather Report” (1970 - 1986), and Herbie Hancock's Headhunters - with a keen ear for composition and improvisation.
Peter Furlan
http://www.peterfurlan.com/peterfurlan/Welcome.html
Saxophonist, composer, arranger and educator, Peter Furlan, demonstrates striking originality on his Twinz Records release “Spy Glass Hill”. He has performed and recorded with Terumasa Hino, Dizzy Gillespie, Thomas Chapin, Don Alias, Frank Foster, Brian Lynch, David Budway, John Hart, Mike Richmond, Terry Silverlight, Cameron Brown, Vinnie Cutro, Steven Bernstein, Mahavishnu Project, The Temptations and 10,000 Maniacs.
Peter is the founder, artistic director and conductor of the Rockland Youth Jazz Ensemble in Rockland, NY, an adjunct music professor at Bergen Community College Paramus NJ, and vice-president of the Rockland County Jazz and Blues Society.
He leads The Peter Furlan Project, Peter Furlan Trio & Quintet, and with keyboardist, Neil Alexander, co-leads Le Jazz Electronique and Mr. Gone.
Neil Alexander
http://nailmusic.com/
Keyboardist/composer, Neil Alexander, is involved in the multiple facets of production, live sound, musical theater, modern dance and film. He recently released his first solo piano CD “Darn That Dream: Solo Piano Vol. 1” to critical acclaim, and completed a two-year solo piano tour performing his transcription of Stravinsky’s “Rite Of Spring”, celebrating its 100th anniversary.
Neil led his own electric jazz ensemble “Neil Alexander & NAIL”, releasing three CD’s and touring extensively. He has recorded and/or performed with Gunther Hampel, Tal Ross (P-Funk), Erik Lawrence, The Adaptors Movement Theater, and held the keyboard chairs in the Pink Floyd Tribute ensemble "The Machine" and in Gregg Bendian's “Mahavishnu Project”, a repertory ensemble exploring the incendiary early works of guitarist John McLaughlin.
Neil teaches Master Classes in Synthesizer Programming and Music Performance Technology and is currently a staff accompanist/composer for the Conservatory of Dance SUNY Purchase.
Terry Silverlight
http://www.terrysilverlight.com/
Terry Silverlight has contributed his talents as a leader, composer, producer, arranger, drummer, author and educator to projects in nearly every music genre. Terry began his recording career at 14 when he played drums on his brother Barry Miles's album, “White Heat”, an innovative harbinger of the fusion movement. Since, he has performed worldwide, recorded four solo CDs, played drums on recordings for George Benson, Natalie Merchant, Freddie Jackson, Tom Jones, Laura Nyro, Phil Woods, and toured extensively with Roberta Flack and the award-winning, all-star, Manhattan Jazz Orchestra. Terry has written, produced and arranged numerous pieces for network TV, including a song in an Emmy award-winning episode of the Sopranos.
Ratzo Harris
http://www.jazz.com/encyclopedia/harris-ratzo-b-harold-branson
Bassist/composer, Ratzo Harris, is a 1995 Thelonious Monk Competition semi-finalist and past contributing columnist for Bass Player Magazine. He has been a major force on the international jazz scene since 1974, working with some of the greatest musicians of our time - Joey Lovano, Jon Hendricks, Betty Carter, Les Paul, Joe Henderson, Betty Buckley, the Kenny Werner Trio and Mose Allison, among others.
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