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Eric Ungar
Eric Ungar is an American saxophonist, flautist and guitarist. He is perhaps best recognized as a founding member of the jazz fusion ensemble Alter Natives as well as his contributions to the group Hotel X. Ungar left the Alter Natives after the release of their second album ''Group Therapy'', causing the band to embrace a more progressive rock style. Discography ;Alter Natives *'' Hold Your Tongue'' ( SST, 1986) *''Group Therapy'' (SST, 1988) ;Appears on * Lawndale: '' Sasquatch Rock'' (SST, 1987) *Hotel X Hotel X is a world music/jazz group founded in 1992 in Richmond, Virginia, by Tim Harding and Ron T. Curry as a setting to explore electric bass duets. Hotel X was quickly joined by a host of Richmond underground music scene veterans and releas ...: '' Uncommon Grounds'' (SST, 1996) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Ungar, Eric Living people Alter Natives members American jazz saxophonists American male saxophonists American punk rock saxophonists 21st-century Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz Fusion
Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, amplifiers, and keyboards that were popular in rock and roll started to be used by jazz musicians, particularly those who had grown up listening to rock and roll. Jazz fusion arrangements vary in complexity. Some employ groove-based vamps fixed to a single key or a single chord with a simple, repeated melody. Others use elaborate chord progressions, unconventional time signatures, or melodies with counter-melodies. These arrangements, whether simple or complex, typically include improvised sections that can vary in length, much like in other forms of jazz. As with jazz, jazz fusion can employ brass and woodwind instruments such as trumpet and saxophone, but other instruments often substitute for these. A jazz fusion band is less likely to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uncommon Grounds (album)
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