Hansford Rowe is a
fusion bass guitarist.
Basically a self-taught musician, Rowe started his career in playing bass in a local
New York City band in jazz clubs until he met drummer
Pierre Moerlen. He moved to
France with Moerlen and became a member of
Gong, taking part in their transformation into
Pierre Moerlen's Gong
Pierre Moerlen's Gong was an instrumental jazz fusion band led by French drummer Pierre Moerlen which developed as an offshoot of the psychedelic progressive rock band Gong founded and led by Daevid Allen. It was notable for the prominent use ...
(PMG) in 1977, playing on their albums ''
Expresso II
''Expresso II'' is the eighth studio album released under the name Gong and the ''de facto'' second album by Pierre Moerlen's Gong. It released in February 1978.
Featuring an all-instrumental jazz-driven sound, notable for the prominent use of ...
'', ''
Downwind'', ''Live'', ''
Time is the Key'' and ''
Leave It Open''. In 1986, he appeared on a re-united PMG album ''
Breakthrough
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Arts Books
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* ''Break Through'' (play), a 2011 episodic play portraying scenes from LGBT life
* ...
'' and in 1988 on ''Second Wind'' and ''Full Circle Live '88''.
As one of the world’s leading bassists, Rowe has worked with the likes of
Mike Oldfield,
Allan Holdsworth
Allan Holdsworth (6 August 1946 – 15 April 2017) was a British jazz fusion and progressive rock guitarist and composer.
Holdsworth was known for his esoteric and idiosyncratic usage of advanced music theory concepts, especially with respe ...
,
John Martyn, Biréli Lagrène,
La Monte Young
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, David “Fuze” Fiuczynski, Gary Husband and many others. He was also responsible for the development of the Warwick “
Just Intonation
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** Partially ordered set#Intervals, its generalization from numbers to ...
” bass guitar.
In 1994, he was co-founder of
Gongzilla
Hansford Rowe is a fusion bass guitarist.
Basically a self-taught musician, Rowe started his career in playing bass in a local New York City band in jazz clubs until he met drummer Pierre Moerlen. He moved to France with Moerlen and became a mem ...
with other former PMG members and continues to work with the band.
In 1999 he released a solo album recorded in Quebec and New York City entitled ''No Other''. The album was recorded with compatriot Bon Lozaga (guitar) and other guest musicians. The tour for the album featured singer-songwriter
Happy Rhodes.
in 2001, Rowe and Lozaga played on Rhodes' album ''
Find Me'', and toured the album in 2004.
In 2013, Rowe played on Karneef's album ''Love Between Us'' (Club Roll Records).
Currently performing in HR3 trio, with guitarist Julien Sandiford and drummer Max Lazich, 2011–present. Plans are to release their debut album in 2013, which was recorded at Piccolo Studio in Montreal, and produced by Denis Savage.
References
*http://www.calyx-canterbury.fr/mus/rowe_hansford.html
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External links
*http://www.hansfordrowe.com
*http://www.myspace.com/hansfordrowe
*http://www.myspace.com/gongzilla
*https://forbassplayersonly.com/interview-hansford-rowe/
*https://bassmusicianmagazine.com/2019/06/interview-with-bassist-hansford-rowe/
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1954 births
Living people
Musicians from New York City
Canterbury scene
20th-century American bass guitarists
Gong (band) members