Slydini’s super-hooky music is alive with creativity, humor, groove, and areas of boundary expansion. Named after famed magician and guru of slight-of-hand tricks, Tony Slydini, this quartet from Oakland, California composes using favorite elements of funk, jazz, pop, avant-garde and new music. Members are: Vicky the Bassplayer Grossi, John Ingle – saxophones, Bill Wolter - electric guitar, and Jan Jackson – drums.
Slydini mesmerizes, rocks, and funks up in-the-pocket odd meters that feel great. After years of playing strange and exciting rhythms, they naturally establish their grooves, inspiring audiences to spontaneously dance in new ways. Slydini encompasses a wide realm of feels, while keeping a funk influence as a fundamental component to many songs (they are from Oakland after all). Greatly influenced by jazz in terms of harmony and improvisation, they are interested in expanding the formalities of traditional jazz, and subtly paying tribute to the masters of all genres. Slydini explores the feel, shuffle, swing, and indescribable elements that make music magical.
Slydini's members have experience performing with such musical luminaries as Stevie Wonder, Chuck Berry, Wadada Leo Smith, Fred Frith, Will Bernard, Vince Wallace, Bishop Norman Williams, Mitch Marcus, Alex Skolnick, Andre Bush, Carl Lockett, PC Munoz, many old school Oakland funk legends, and so many other great people.
In 2001-2002, Vicky, John and Jan were in a group that played music in the vein of Miles Davis 70's funky stuff. Soon they formed their own group called FryPan. After a few gigs and tossed recordings, the group shrunk and morphed into a four-piece with Bill Wolter picking up guitar duties. The name, FryPan, was cursed with sizzlin' cliches and smokin', hot antidotes; a bio couldn't be written. In 2004, Vicky came up with the name Slydini after learning about the famed magician Tony Slydini, and contemplating all of the fun correlations between music and magic.
Don't for get to check out:
slydini.net, vickythebassplayer.com
Thanks for the add! Cool! Great vibe, tight grooves, killer chops. Out on the edge, always push the limits. I dig it! From the southland USA. Stan/Faith2Fist
Thanx For The Add!! Really Dig Your Sound!! Check Out The New Tunage "THE GRITS" Only @ www.myspace.com/ahatfullofrabbits Drop Some Feedback The ep Is Comin Soon!! Blah Blah Bleh Blah Blah Blah...
I just stopped by to say hi, I hope you are happy and well; enjoying a great weekend and a wonderful start to summer!
Thanks for your friendship; it is a blessing and encouragement to me and I am happy and honored to call you friend! Having your friendship brings me hope, happiness, and inspiration; and I hope that do same for you. If you get a moment stop by; I would love to hear from you sometime!
Be well,
Tim
Hello Slydini!
I like you guys new album jacket a lot! It's really impressively morden and intense.
Hopefully, see you guys gig soon.
Have a nice day and good luck on your new album. ^^
Wanted to wish you a successful new year now in 2007.
And, in case you didn't get the event invite, I wanted to take the chance to proudly announce that Music in Chronological Order is now available at CD Baby AND iTunes! Just click the linked text in this paragraph: CD Baby or this button .
Hi Slydini, just a quick hello from the Jazz Pistols - hope you are doing fine and have a nice christmas season. Thanks for being our friend and good luck for the things you do. Best regards - Christoph
Our Live-DVD will be released on the 1st of February 2007!
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I'm sleep deprived and the music here still sounds great (yawn). I'm currently enamored with softmachine. Ya all dig them or what? ... they have punchy analog drum sound, with some sweet distorted syths with long ass jams, where alan holdswroth can rock out for an extended shredding solo. Back in the early 70's he sounded much better. Somewhat like if coltrane picked up a guitar. But then he got cheesy and played too many notes. Early 70's prog rock is the best.
As your lawyer I advise you to rock it to russia. My easy listening phase consists of the following musical diet: Harry Parch, G. Ligiti, Earl Hines, Bill Evans and Jim Hall, Egg, Zombie etc... on and on into prog rock nightmare alley.
