Ryo Kawasaki
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Ryo Kawasaki was a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, composer and band leader, best known as one of the first musicians to develop and popularise the fusion genre and for helping to develop the guitar s
Ryo Kawasaki performing at The Garden Brewery, Zagreb Croatia Dec 15, 2018 — photography by Luka Antunac
Ryo Kawasaki with Gil Evans at Sweet Basil in New York City, 1982
David Williams, Elvin Jones and Kawasaki in Rochester, N.Y. 1976
Jazz fusion
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Jazz fusion is a popular music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars and basses, a
Ryo Kawasaki
…Ryo Kawasaki (川崎 燎, Kawasaki Ryō; February 25, 1947 – April 13, 2020) was a Japanese jazz fusion guitarist, composer and band leader, best known as one of the first musicians to develop and popularise the fusion genre and for helping to develop the…
Guitarist Larry Coryell
Trumpet player Miles Davis was a key figure in the development of fusion.
John McLaughlin performs during his Mahavishnu Orchestra period
Spyro Gyra combines jazz with R&B, funk and pop.