Kevin O'Connell - Keyboards, Inderjeet Sidhu - Drums/Tabla, Dave Rush - Drums/Percussion Maurice Houston-Bass/Vocals, Steve Doyle-Guitar, Michael Levin - Sax/Clarinet/Flute, Sarah Alexander- Cello
Influences
Jean-Luc Ponty, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jimi Hendrix, Mark O'Connor, J.S. Bach, The Allman Brothers, Charlie Parker, L. Shankar, Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Frank Zappa, Michael Schenker, John Coltrane,The Beatles, Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler, Pablo de Sarasate, Nicolo Paganini, Lenny White, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Stevie Ray Vaughan, John Corigliano, Henryk Szeryng, Stephane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Vassar Clements, W.A. Mozart, Bela Bartock and much more....
Sounds Like
From heavy metal to jazz-fusion, to gypsy jazz, to straight ahead be-bob and even baroque music. This band is a chameleon. The music industry may want to put a group into one box, but audiences love this mix of eclectic music. Here are some reviews of students at Harper College from StringFusion's April 14th concert:
- "This was a very unique performance that I enjoyed a lot. The great thing about this concert was the variety of music they played. The audience really liked when they played the rock music. I thought it was interesting how Gabriel used an electric violin to play the guitar parts.
I really liked how StringFusion was able to combine a variety of musical styles into one great show."
- "This concert was right up my alley. Each member played equal but seperate parts. Aside from the Hendrix and Allman Brothers tune I really enjoyed the piece that was written for his wedding. That was one of the coollest and most unique bands that I have seen in a long time. I liked it so much I bought a cd after the show."
- "I'm really glad I went to this concert. I liked t a lot. I have never bee to a concert like this, and thought I wouldn't like it. I was wrong. I really liked the mix between jazz and classical music."
Edgar Gabriel's StringFusion is an exciting jazz fusion ensemble from Chicago. With former Cirque du Soleil electric violinist Edgar Gabriel at the helm, this group fuses elements of rock, classical and world music into its intelligent entertaining character.
Their New Cd "Not Radio Material" is now available at: www.stringfusion.com, CDBaby.com (www.cdbaby.com/cd/edgargabriel2) iTunes, Digstation.com
Edgar Gabriel's StringFusion's Friend Space (Randomized)
Edgar, Hi back and thanx for checking this out! Like it? CD review at www. metalmonthly. com/5StarVio7. html and 5 live Audio Interviews about everything Metal and ... Violins... and bow ... and NO GUITARS on our MySpace page under 'Blogs' and the beginning of our rock journal at www. metalmonthly. com/RockJournal. html ;) - Armand
I'll be in Evanston/Wilmette for LilFest (myspace. com/lilfest) in a couple of weeks. I start the whole thing off with a show at Bills Blues on 9/11. Chicago's Michi will be my violin. Hope to see you and your friends there.
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