RMS is an English

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, ...

band formed in 1982. It consisted of three well known and acclaimed British

session musician Session musicians, studio musicians, or backing musicians are musicians hired to perform in recording sessions or live performances. The term sideman is also used in the case of live performances, such as accompanying a recording artist on a ...

s. Guitarist, Ray Russell, bass player, Mo Foster and drummer Simon Phillips. As of mid-2007, RMS have started touring the UK. Due to his commitments with Toto, Simon Phillips has been replaced by

Gary Husband Gary Husband (born 14 June 1960) is an English jazz and rock drummer, pianist, keyboard player and bandleader. He is also a composer, arranger and producer. Husband is a member of John McLaughlin's group The 4th Dimension, he also regularly pe ...

. They have performed a few small shows in the south of England with further shows planned throughout the UK in 2008.

Discography

* ''Centennial Park'' (1984, 2004) * ''RMS Live at the Venue 1982'' (2005) * ''RMS Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1983'' (with

Gil Evans Ian Ernest Gilmore Evans (né Green; May 13, 1912 – March 20, 1988) was a Canadian–American jazz pianist, arranger, composer and bandleader. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest orchestrators in jazz, playing an important role ...

) (DVD, 2006)

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Angel Air Records
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