Ollie Usiskin - Trio Zone - Music & Performance - CD

Leader Ollie Usiskin is originally from London, UK. He studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston & The Drummers Collective in New York. He recently has been on recordings with Mike Stern, Bob Franceschini, John Etheridge (Softmachine), Bassist Antoine Fafard & Paul Wertico. His past credits include Actor Sir Christopher Lee, Supertramp Saxman John Helliwell, ELO Cellist Hugh McDowell, Singer Ian Shaw. He has toured with Jack Bruce Son Malcolm Bruce & 80's Band The Woodentops in Europe & the UK. Other Artists he's worked with include Producer Trevor Horn, Singer LuLu & members of Alice Cooper, Uriah Heep, Sting, Judas Priest & YES. His Duo Album release With Cellist Max Oliver was given 3.5 stars in Jazz Journal & was assisted by Executive Producer Jimmy Haslip. Ollie and The Trio have been influenced by John Scofield, Bill Frisell, Jaco Pastorius, Jack DeJohnette and Tony Williams. From this, they have created original Modern Jazz and have performed around the London Jazz Circuit.Carl Orr is an Australian jazz guitarist and composer. He has been based in London since the 1990s, recording and performing with Billy Cobham, George Duke, Bennie Maupin, Eric Bibb, Ernie Watts, Nigel Kennedy, Eric Krasno, T. M. Stevens, Randy Brecker, Gary Husband, Ettienne M'Bappe, Marcus Miller, Mike Stern, Larry Coryell, Ric Fierabracci and Don Grusin. He also performed with Sting on the UK tour of "THE LAST SHIP".Rob teaches bass at BIMM Institute London. For over 25 years, Rob has recorded and performed with Mike Stern, John Etheridge, Jim Mullen, Keith Emerson, Ian Carr's Nucleus, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Mojo Buford, Ruby Turner, and Dana Gillespie. He has been a member of John Etheridge tribute to Frank Zappa " Zappatistas".

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