Herbert Jeffrey Hancock (born April 12 1940 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award and multiple Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and composer. Hancock is one of jazz music's most important and influential pianists and composers. He embraced elements of rock, funk, and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz. As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet", Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section, …

Tony Williams (December 12, 1945 - February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer.

John Francis "Jaco" Pastorius III (December 1, 1951 - September 21, 1987) was a bassist and songwriter widely acknowledged for his virtuosity of the fretless bass, as well as his command of varied musical styles and his many compositions. His playing style was noteworthy for containing "dazzling solos in the higher register" and "fluid machine-gun-like passages that demanded attention," often featuring his instrument in lead rather than rhythm section.

Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910, New York, New York - December 30, 2004, Thousand Oaks, California) is considered to be one of the best jazz musicians of his time jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader; he is also the author of both fiction and non-fiction writings.

Phillip Chapman Lesh (born March 15, 1940 in Berkeley, California) is a musician and founding member of the rock band, Grateful Dead; he played bass guitar in that group throughout their entire 30-year career. Lesh started out as a trumpet player with a keen interest in avant-garde classical music and free jazz; he also studied under the Italian modernist Luciano Berio at Mills College (classmates included minimalist composer Steve Reich, …

Claude Hudson "Butch" Trucks (born May 11, 1947 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American drummer who is one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band. One of Trucks' first bands was local Jacksonville band The Vikings, who made one 7" record in 1964. Another early band was The 31st of February which formed and broke-up in 1968. This group's lineup eventually included both Duane Allman and Gregg Allman.

Billy Cox is a bassist, best known for playing with guitarist Jimi Hendrix. He was born in West Virginia. Billy first met Hendrix in the early part of the 1960s, when they were both in the United States Army, stationed at Fort Campbell. Cox teamed with Hendrix in an R&B band called the King Kasuals. The two performed at clubs in Nashville, Tennessee. While in England, Hendrix invited Cox to join him in a new band; Cox declined, preferring to work in various backing bands.

Doug Wimbish (born September 22, 1956) is a bass player, primarily known for his studio work for the rap/hip hop label Sugarhill Records and his membership of the band Living Colour. He has played for a vast range of artists, among which Jeff Beck, Mick Jagger, Madonna, George Clinton, Depeche Mode, and Mos Def. Wimbish is considered to be a pioneer in hip hop bass playing and in the use of effects with bass playing.

Tony Maimone is a bass guitarist. He was a member of Pere Ubu from the mid-1970s to the early 1990's, often playing with drummer Scott Krauss; the duo were dubbed by a critic: "one of the great unheralded rhythm sections in all of rock." Maimone also worked with Bob Mould, Frank Black, and They Might Be Giants. Maimone currently resides in Brooklyn, New York, where owns and operates Studio G, a recording studio and rehearsal space.

Dennis Davis is a American drummer and session musician best known for his work with David Bowie. He was born and raised in Manhattan, New York City and studies with drummers Max Roach and Elvin Jones. He was hired by David Bowie in 1974. With guitarist Carlos Alomar and bassist George Murray, Davis formed the rhythm section on a number of Bowie's albums released in the 1970s.

Tony Markellis is a bassist and record producer from Helena, Montana, now residing in Saratoga Springs, New York. His career spans over thirty-five years, playing blues, folk, jazz, rock and country music with such diverse artists as Trey Anastasio, Paul Butterfield, Johnny Shines, David Bromberg, David Amram, The Unknown Blues Band featuring Big Joe Burrell, Paul Siebel, Rosalie Sorrels, Eric Von Schmidt, Ellen McIlwaine, Esther Satterfield, Mary McCaslin, Michael Jerling, …

Bill Legend (born William Fifield in Barking, Essex, May 8 1944) was the drummer for glam rock band T. Rex during their most successful period. One of three children, Legend worked as a commercial artist after leaving school while playing the drums for a variety of bands. He was drumming under his real name for a group called Legend when Marc Bolan, the man behind the new-found success of T. Rex, spotted him and asked producer Tony Visconti to approach him.

Eric Haydock (born 3 February 1942, in Burnley, Lancashire) was the original bass guitarist with The Hollies from December 1962 until 1966. Originally Haydock played bass guitar with The Dolphins, where he played alongside future Hollies guitarist Tony Hicks and drummer Bobby Elliott. He became a founder member of The Hollies. Haydock became one of the most admired of the Merseybeat bassists, coupling the Merseybeat style of root note in fourths and fifths, …

Michael Hossack (born october 17, 1946, in Paterson, New Jersey) is a drummer in the band, The Doobie Brothers. "Big Mike" learned his craft drumming in the Boy Scouts and later served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam war. His musical career began in a short-lived band called Mourning Reign, but upon their break-up he was invited to join the Doobies in 1971.

C.F (Fred) Turner (born Charles Frederick Turner, 16 October 1943 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) was a member of the 1970s rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive. C. F. (Fred) Turner played in a number of bands during his early adult years, and was asked by Randy Bachman to join his band, Brave Belt, in 1972. Brave Belt was a country / rock band, but Turner's influence started making itself felt. His contributions on bass, Randy Bachman's guitar and writing talents, …

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