Trombonist Wayne Wallace has released the second installment in his trilogy, making each disc a compact microcosm of Latin-jazz, funk, R&B, soul, and tribal music and forming harmonious unions on each. This second disc in this series entitled The Nature Of The Beat, features Melecio Magdaluyo and Ron Stallings on saxophones, Frank Martin on piano and synthesizer, and Louis Fasman on trumpet to mention only a few musicians that give Wa …

Born on November 12, 1955, Richard Hart began pursuing his destiny of becoming a contemporary fusion guitarist while growing up in the balmy ambiance of Southern California. Raised by his mother and grandmother, Hart’s upbringing was cultivated by their tutelage and encouragement which nourished his imagination and channeled his creative energies into making music. His mother was a soprano singer in the church choir and played the piano while his grandmother was a retired school teacher. They …

Jeff Golub was born on April 15, 1955 in Copley, Ohio just outside of Akron. It was growing up in Ohio where he first started listening to the blues rock artists of that time like Cream and Led Zeppelin and deeply affected by jazz improvisational players like Wes Montgomery. These musical influences would greatly impact his ideals and impressions about what music should be like. His fan worshipping inspired him to want to play the guitar and he began his ascension into becoming an axeman whil …

Born and raised in San Francisco, California, Frank Macchia started on the clarinet at the age of 10 years old. Soon afterwards he began taking lessons to play the bassoon, saxophone, and flute. By the age of 14, he took his playing a step further by studying composition, thereby enabling him to write jazz and classic pieces for his high school band, plus he composed scores for orchestras and local jazz ensembles. He referred to these jazz ensembles as "casual" bands that he rehearsed with at …

Despite his long-standing identification with Christmas, Bing Crosby was a jazz performer at his core. Brought into a high school jazz-dance band because he was a drummer, his vocal stylings quickly emerged as the best in the group. When the group disbanded, Crosby continued singing. His earliest experience was singing in a duo in his hometown of Spokane, WA, and then later as part of a trio with The Rhythm Boys and with "The King Of Jazz," the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, which allowed Bing to s …