Biography: Alain Caron, Alain Joule, Alan Barnes, Alan Broadbent, Alan Cohen, Alan Dawson, Alan King, Alan Palmer, Alan Pasqua, Alan Shorter,

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Becoming a professional musician at a very early age, Alain Caron is a considerably accomplished bass player He attended the Berklee College of Music One of his first excursions into jazz was playing with the Vic Vogel Big Band during the 1970s

While typesetters provide important services for performers in many different artistic disciplines, the French Alain Joule is a former professional typesetter who has become involved in music, dance, theatre, poetry, performance art and sound installations

Alan Barnes was born in Cheshire in 1959 He studied at Leeds College of Music and became proficient on alto and baritone saxophones and clarinet Following graduation in 1980, Barnes led several groups, including Pizza Express Modern Jazz Sextet, and recorded with Dave Newton, Tony Coe, Ken Peplowski, and Warren Vache

Alan Broadbent Biography, Photos, Pictures

An unsung hero of the acoustic piano, Alan Broadbent is a highly lyrical and melodic bebopper/post-bopper who has cited Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Tommy Flanagan, Nat “King” Cole, and Red Garland as some of his favorite pianists

Arranger, composer, soprano, tenor sax A trained composer, Alan Cohen has written songs and done arrangements for many musicians and groups in his homeland of England These include Humphrey Littleton, Chris Barber, the radio station orchestras of Germany, Denmark and England, plus Bing Crosby

A musician’s musician if ever there was one, drummer Alan Dawson was one of those solid, highly professional mainstream jazz musicians who seemingly played with everyone, yet never attained widespread notoriety among the jazz public at large

Photography credits under the name Alan King include a pair of sides by mainstream jazz bassist Ron McClure ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide

It’s been a bumpy road for the 28-year-old Salt Lake City, Utah native who has racked up numerous achievements, the latest being a self-produced CD, Boy Next Door, a portion of whose proceeds he is donating to Broadway Cares Equity Fights AIDS

Keyboardist Alan Pasqua’s gritty organ riffs and synth textures can be heard on hits by Eddie Money and Giant He’s done sides with Bob Dylan (Live at Budokan and Street Legal), Carlos Santana (Zebop and Marathon), Rick Springfield, Pat Benetar, Sammy Hagar, and Whitesnake

Alan Shorter Biography, Photos, Pictures

Wayne Shorter’s trumpet playing older brother had neither the talent nor the success of his legendary sibling Alan Shorter was a somewhat limited trumpeter player whose work could nevertheless be affecting

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