Vassar Clements

<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #ccffff;">This site is an Anthology of Third Stream and is dedicated to some of the Artist we have had the pleasure of working with as our guest soloist.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #00ffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Vassar Clements&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;who died of lung cancer on August 16, 2005 at the age of 77, is considered one of the world's finest and most versatile fiddle players. His phenomenal ability to virtually play any kind of music has garnered him various awards, including five Grammy nominations.&nbsp;Vassar was recording and/or performing with Dicky Betts, Jerry Garcia, The Grateful Dead, The Allman Brothers, Linda Ronstadt, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, David Grisman, Paul McCartney, Third Stream et al. &nbsp;<span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.vassarclements.com/&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;">&nbsp;</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3366ff;"><span style="color: #00ffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">JD Walter&nbsp;</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> is a Jazz singers singer -- a purist and an innovator,&nbsp;and he has become a singular phenomenon on the music scene. Respected and&nbsp;lauded by the great musicians of the contemporary circuit, JD has shared the stage&nbsp;with many legendary artists including: saxophonist Dave Liebman, singer/songwriter&nbsp;Bob Dorough, drummer Billy Hart, trumpeter Nicholas Payton, pianist Jean-Michel&nbsp;Pilc, saxophonist Bill Evans, bassist John Benitez, singer Mark Murphy, drummer Greg&nbsp;</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Hutchinson, drummer Ari Hoenig, drummer Bill Goodwin, trumpeter Randy Brecker. Third Stream. &nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #ff6600;">&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><a href="http://www.jdwalter.com/"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">www.jdwalter.com</span></span></a></span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="color: #000000; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #00ffff;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Dave Stahl's&nbsp;</span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">professional musical career began officially following his discharge from the Army in 1973.&nbsp;Since his discharge he has performed as lead trumpet and as a soloist with many of the top bands in America: Woody Herman, Count Basie, Buddy Rich,&nbsp;Stahl has backed up notables: Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Mel Torme, Jack Jones, Sarah Vaughan, Englebert Humperdinck, Third Stream.&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.davestahl.com/</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #ff6600;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; line-height: 23px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #00ffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Mack Sanders&nbsp;</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I was born at home, in january of 1952. Within the hour, My Father, home for lunch, sat beside me on the couch&nbsp;with the body of a D-18 martin pressed against the blankets i was wrapped in... and played for me.&nbsp;Music from a guitar is quite literally the first sound in my life. By age 3, I had taken to a cheap little Gibson flat top,&nbsp;(which I eventually destroyed), tuned to E-cross tune and i used a pocket knife to bar the chords, while my fingers&nbsp;were too small. Along with the constant sounds of early chet Atkins, Merle Travis recordings and the AM radio&nbsp;blasting out the new sound of rock"n"roll, there were always wonderful guitars around,&nbsp;like a brand new 1954 Sratocaster,Really fastenated with that one.&nbsp;It sounded like sparkling diamonds...or maby it was the glitter sprinkeled into&nbsp;the light blue paint job on dad's home made amplifier. &nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">http://www.myspace.com/macksandersband</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #ff6600;">&nbsp;</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 23px;"><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Robin Church&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">&nbsp;<span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Based in Lancaster, PA, I am a freelance trumpeter and keyboard player. As a soloist, I'll be the first to admit that my plagiarism is limited only by my faulty technique. But I've been very fortunate to meet and work with so many wonderful and talented people, including Li'l Eva, Englebert Humperdink, Mark Huber, James Easton, Johnny Bravo, Dave Fenwick, Erich Cawalla, Jenifer Kinder, Omer Godinet, Lamont Bates, Mike Bitts, Ken McCoy, Paul Columbo, Tom Pontz, Dave Santana, Bobby Brewer, Johnny Bravo, Bob Fry, Robin Work, Bill Hicks, Bruce Chapman, the SilverHawks, Steve Downey, Richard Lamb, John Peiffer, Jim Miller, Tom Stroman, D.C. &amp; Co., Tony DeAngelis, Ricardo Minter, Thane Rogers, Pat Kelly, Bryan Hill, Gatortail &amp; the Skillet Lickers, and many more.&nbsp;<span style="color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: #ff6600;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #ff6600;">http://www.myspace.com/robinchurch</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: #ff6600;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;"><span style="font-size: 11px;"><span style="color: #33cccc;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #00ffff;">Ivette Torres-</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #ffffff;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #00ffff;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Alabano,</span></span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> aka EV is a Cuban-American songwriter born and raised in NY. She writes, records, mixes, and produces all original music for her Spanish and English bilingual band named "Corrientes". She has also created a Corrientes Collaborative Ning site featuring the ongoing collaboration projects she has been a part of with many artists from all around the globe!</span></span></span></span></span></span></p>