It’s not just fusion. It’s not just shredding. It’s not even meant to be taken seriously at times. It’s just the sound of a new band, consisting of three guys who did a NAMM show gig and discovered they had something musically deep going on together… The Aristocrats Band featuring guitarist Guthrie Govan, an underground internet guitar hero with a highly acclaimed solo instrumental album under his belt, 2006′s Erotic Cakes. bassist Bryan Beller, a respected touring vet with Steve Vai, Dethklok, and Mike Keneally and drummer Marco Minnemann, veritable superstar drummer/clinician. Their self-titled album was released worldwide in September 2011 and had played one concert at the Reading 3 venue in Tel Aviv on March 23th, 2012.
Canadian bassist Alain Caron’s musical career began at the early age of 11 when he won an amateur contest, he soon joined some top 40 bands performing American, south-American and French standards. AT the age of 14 he discovered the music which would become his life’s passion - jazz. Opportunity knocked in 1977 when he met the Michel Cusson Group. they emerged in the early 1980s with super fusion group UZEB. To this day, Alain has released more than 20 records, solo or with UZEB and in collaboration or as a guest artist on more than 25 recordings. Winners of numerous prices including, 10 Felix, 1 Gemeaux, 1 Oscar-Peterson award. Alain Caron's group had played one concert at the Reading 3 venue in Tel Aviv on March 3, 2012.
Born in 1954, Scott Henderson grew up in an era where blues-rock was at it's peak. His formative musical years took place in South Florida where he played the clubs with all kinds of bands playing everything from Led Zepplin to James Brown. Even though Henderson claims to be more of a blues-rock player, it was the influence of jazz that led him to the style of playing and composing that he is now famous for. In 1991, he was named by Guitar World as the #1 Jazz Guitarist, and in January 1992, he was named #1 Jazz Guitarist in Guitar Player's Annual Reader's Poll. Scott Henderson's trio featuring Dennis Chambers on drums & Jeff Berlin on bass played at the Reading 3 venue in Tel Aviv on October 29th 2011.
Greg Howe's self-titled debut album was released in 1988 during the popular shred era and became his highest-selling album. Guitar World magazine ranked it tenth in the all-time list of shred albums. Greg’s second solo album "Introspection" set the tone for a series of eight fresh forays in to the mosaic of fusion, rock, funk, blues, and jazz. Stu Hamm has performed and recorded with Steve Vai, Frank Gambale, Joe Satriani and many other well-respected guitarists. Subsequent recordings with Satriani along with the release of his own solo recordings solidified his reputation as a bassist and performer. Dennis Chambers began drumming at the age of 4 and was gigging in Baltimore-area nightclubs by the age of 6. In the early 90s he joined the John Scofield band. Since then he has played with most of the major figures in jazz fusion music.
The fusion super-grope of Howe, Hamm and Chambers preformed on August 6th, 2011 at the Reading 3 venue in Tel Aviv.
Known for his solo recordings and tours, and as a member of the Grammy winning super group, Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, Victor Wooten has won most every major award given to a bass guitarist. He was voted Bassist of the year by Bass Player Magazine three times in a row and is the first person to have won the award more than once. Victor’s uncanny skills and growing popularity lead to recordings and performances with artists such as Marcus Miller, Branford Marsalis, Mike Stern, Bruce Hornsby, Chick Corea, Dave Matthews, Prince, Keb Mo and the Jaco Pastorius Word Of Mouth Big Band. Victor came to Israel with drummer JD Blair for one concert at the Reading 3 venue in Tel-Aviv on May 16th, 2011.
John Lee Hooker Jr. As the son of the great John Lee Hooker, JLHJ was exposed to the life of the blues as some children are exposed to a parent who practices carpentry, bricklaying or farming. At only eight years old Jr. performed on Detroit's WJBK radio and knew from that moment that he wanted to follow the path of his father and become a world-class musician. His first album, Blues with a Vengeance certainly lived up to its name by wrapping up 2004 with a Grammy nomination in the Traditional Blues Album category and a nomination for a distinguished W.C. Handy Award as Best New Artist Debut. since then JLHJ had relist three more records and got his second Grammy nomination in 2008. JLHJ performed at the Reading 3 venue in Tel-Aviv on November 22, 2010.
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