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personnel: Greg Lyons, Julian Chan, Cheryl Mah - saxophones/flutes
Eddie Wen, Damon Brown - trumpets/flugelhorns
Francois Godere - trombone
Mac Chew - piano
Andy Peterson - bass
Lewis Pragasam - drums.
between the small and large group thing. With the ensemble textures but with the
quartet's freedom....
Based around a format of 3 woodwind, 3 brass and 3 rhythm, it features a wide
variety of textural nuances and incorporates the multi-instrumental abilities of it's
members. It treads a fine balance of dense orchestrated passages with open
improvisational sections.
The writing is Lyons' own, purpose written for this ensemble, utilising more of his
beloved odd-meters and incorporating more Asian elements into the mix than with
previous outings.
The ensemble was recorded earlier this year and a CD should be available soon.
Greg Lyons - saxes
Mei Sheum - keyboards
Christy Smith - bass
Lewis Pragasam - drums
Steve Thornton - percussion.
personalities currently active in the Asian region.
The music is all lyons-penned, with hard-grooving latin jazz undercurrents but with contemporary improvisation at it's
core giving it enormous flexibility and spontaneity.
Greg Lyons - saxes
Justin Lim - piano/keyboards
Andy Peterson - acoustic/electric bass
Lewis Pragasam - drums/percussion
South East Asia. The awareness of each member to the overall group sound and the
stunning interplay have put them in a class of their own.
Whether doing originals, or re-arranged standards or even contemporary world-music
songs, the unifying factor is a strong sense of groove, melodic directness and above all, fun.
Savolainen.
A versatile composer and player, Jarmo has recorded a substantial portfolio of small to large
groups enlivened by a resource of musicians from Helsinki to New York including such
luminaries as Dave Liebman, Wallace Roney, Tim Hagens, Rick Margitza, Billy Hart and Ron
Mclure.
Jarmo's dark brooding style of composition contrasts beautifully with the effusive Lyons style to
result in a delicately balanced musical Yin-Yang.
The group is rounded out by the substantial playing talents of Malaysian super-percussionist Lewis
Pragasam and the American bassist Christy Smith, whose rock-solid bass-lines provide the
perfect counterfoil to Pragasam's incessant polyrhythms.
who have the occasional need to just FUNK OUT and get those dance grooves thumping.
Featuring acid-jazz favourites as well as 70's jazz-funk re-visits from the likes of Incognito, Brand New Heavies, Tower of Power,
The Brecker Brothers, The Average White band, Groove Collective, The Meters and Earth, Wind and Fire, Biophonics are the
perfect band to bring any festival crowd to it's feet.
Their first performances in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore provoked some frenzied responses as they offer an entirely new
experience and extremely broad accessibity, featuring awesome vocal talents, punchy horn arrangements and blistering soloists.
Guaranteed to set the standard for combined sensual and intellectual stimulation.
