Herbie Hancock

Herbie Hancock

male, 69 years old
jazz, Buddhist, soul, soul music, post-bop, rhythm section…American funk musician, Dance musician, jazz pianist, Chicago musician, Jazzfusionmusician
Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer....
Bruce Fowler

Bruce Fowler

male, 61 years old
Neo-bop jazz musician, bass guitar, frank zappa, Jazzfusionmusician, American jazz trombonist, William L. Fowler…Jazz trombonist
Bruce Lambourne Fowler is a prominent American trombone player and composer. He notably played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as...
Jaco Pastorius

Jaco Pastorius

male, deceased (1987)
bassist, fretless bass, John Francis "Jaco" Pastorius III, murdered, weather report, multi-instrumentalist…Post-bop jazz musician, Jazzfusionmusician, Jazz bass guitarist, musician, jazz musician
John Francis "Jaco" Pastorius III (December 1, 1951 - September 21, 1987) was a bassist and songwriter widely acknowledged for his virtuosity of...
John Zorn

John Zorn

male, 56 years old
Jazzfusionmusician, Avant-garde jazz musician, arranger, American, Postmodern composer, orchestration…jazz, musician, Jazz saxophonist, Jazz composer
John Zorn (born September 2 1953 in Queens, USA) is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and...
Carl Craig

Carl Craig

male, 40 years old
Alton Miller, Jazzfusionmusician, Moodymann, Detroit Electronic Music Festival, Detroit Music Award winner, Drum and Bass…jazz, Techno musician, Electronic musician
Carl Craig is a Detroit-based producer of techno music, and is considered to be one of the most important names in the Detroit second generation of...
Jeff Berlin

Jeff Berlin

male, 56 years old
Jazzfusionmusician, Jazz educator, Bass guitarist, prog rock, Jazz fusion, electric bass
Jeff Berlin (born January 17, 1953) is an American electric bass player. Since the mid-1970s, he has been known for his virtuosic jazz fusion and...
Greg Howe

Greg Howe

male, 45 years old
Jazzfusionmusician, shred, guitarist, Shrapnel Records, *NSYNC, Marty Friedman…Jazz fusion, jazz guitarist
Greg Howe (born December 8, 1963) is an American guitarist, originally from Easton, Pennsylvania. He began his career on Mike Varney's Shrapnel...
Dave Weckl

Dave Weckl

male, 49 years old
Jazzfusionmusician, Jazz fusion, Francis Howell High School, Manhattan Jazz Quintet, university of bridgeport, fusion…jazz, jazz drummer, jazz musician
Dave Weckl (born January 8, 1960) is a highly acclaimed jazz fusion drummer. Weckl attended Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, MO and...
Jim Pepper

Jim Pepper

male, deceased (1992)
Jazzfusionmusician, Avant-garde jazz musician, cancer death, Oregon musician, timbre, Native American Church…Jazz tenor saxophonist, Jazz soprano saxophonist, fusion jazz, musician, jazz musician
Jim Pepper (b. Salem, Oregon, June 18 1941; d. Portland, Oregon, February 10 1992) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and singer of Native...
Trilok Gurtu

Trilok Gurtu

male, 58 years old
Usfret, Apo-Calypso, Jazzfusionmusician, Performer of Hindu music, overdubbing, embryo…Jazz composer, jazz drummer, jazz musician, musician
Trilok Gurtu (born in Bombay on 30 October 1951) is an Indian percussionist and composer who has also "crossed over" into jazz-rock fusion and...