(CUL) AMERICAN JAZZ BAND TO TAKE STAGE IN ISTANBUL.ISTANBUL, Nov 3, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- An American jazz fusion Jazz fusion (or "jazz-rock fusion" or "fusion") is a musical genre that merges elements of jazz with other styles of music, particularly pop, rock, folk, reggae, funk, metal, country, R&B, hip hop, electronic music and world music. quartet will give two concerts in the Turkish city of Istanbul. The "Yellowjackets" will take stage at the JC's-Istanbul Jazz Center on November 5 and 6. The original group, called The Robben Ford Robben Ford (born December 16, 1951) is an American blues, jazz and rock guitarist. He was born in Woodlake, California and raised in Ukiah, and began playing the saxophone at age 10, picking up the guitar at age 13. Group, was formed in 1977, and consisted of Robben Ford, Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip and Ricky Lawson. The members of the band changed since then. Current members are Russell Ferrante, Jimmy Haslip, Bob Mintzer and Marcus Baylor. In May 2008, the Yellowjackets released their 20th release, Lifecycle. The album has been nominated for the 2009 GRAMMY Awards in the category of Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Russell Ferrante has also been nominated in the category of Best Instrumental Composer for the track "Claire's Closet." (BRC-CE) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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