Masqualero (1983–1991) was originally named "The Arild Andersen/Jon Christensen Quintet", the group soon changed its name to Masqualero,in celebration of the Wayne Shorter composition. Sort of a Norwegian jazz supergroup, featuring Arild Andersen (double bass), Jon Christensen (drums), Jon Balke (keyboards), Tore Brunborg (saxophone) and Nils Petter Molvær (trumpet).

Collin Walcott (24 April 1945 – 8 November 1984) was an American musician who worked in jazz and world music. He studied sitar under Ravi Shankar and tabla under Alla Rakha. He was part of the Paul Winter Consort, Oregon and Codona.

Nguyên Lê collaborating with Ngô Hồng Quang, and several other Vietnamese musicians. Bandcamp

Minimum Vital make a progressive rock with roots not in blues rock, but medieval music and southern European folk.

Canterbury supergroup: Dave Stewart from Egg, Phil Miller from Matching Mole, Richard Sinclair from Caravan, Pip Pyle from Delivery.

UK Progressive rock band from Canterbury, Kent. formed in January 1968. The most popular of the Canterbury scene groups.

English progressive rock group formed in 1971. "Raindances", with Richard Sinclair, is their most 'Canterbury' sounding of their otherwise symphonic prog releases.

Modern Canterbury from Japan. Combining the Soft Machine-esque atmosphere, with the crazy Zappa freak outs. They also have hints of video game soundtrack influence.

Dread Zeppelin, from California, usual play covers of Led Zeppelin music in a reggae style with an Elvis impersonator.

English progressive/space/psychedelic rock band founded in 1983. They fuse jazz rock, hard rock and acid rock with influences from world music.

Members initially coming together in 1974 as communal living. In 1977 they joined Daevid Allen and Gilli Smyth to become Planet Gong - for one year.

Delhi-based musicians, Gaurav Raina and Tapan Raj.

South Indian guitarist Prasanna has a diverse body of work, ranging from traditional Carnatic classical to jazz to rock. The concept behind "Electric Ganesha Land" is the question - what if Jimi Hendrix had been born in South India? Prasanna plays his electric guitar in a manner of Hendrix, heavily influenced by his own Indian style, over a traditional South Indian Carnatic rhythm ensemble. Although inspired by Hendrix, these are not Hendrix covers.

Praveen Sparsh is a classically trained mridangam (barrell drum) player. He is also a member of the fusion group Jatayu. On this EP, he collects ambient sounds from various locations, and finds their rhythms around which he improvises on mridangam.

"Zopp" is mainly multi-instrumentalist Ryan Stevenson from Nottingham England. Bandcamp "Dominion" is the sophomore release (from last month), and remains firmly in the "Canterbury" style.

This band's career spans over five albums released between 1974 and 1984. Often referred to as the Belgian answer to Zao, they offer a mixture of prog rock, jazz and Canterbury styles, drawing their influences mainly from Magma, King Crimson, Hatfield and The North and of course, Zao. One of the premier groups from Belgium. This is their debut LP.

In 1973, Soft Machine were Mike Ratledge, John Marshall, Roy Babbington, and Karl Jenkins. By this time, they were a jazz fusion group.

Dutch progressive rock band, existed from approx. 1970-1974. Often lumped in with the Canterbury scene, due to their similarities with Caravan.

French prog rock band, creators of their own genre: "Zeuhl".

Universal Totem Orchestra is an offshoot project from the Italian Zeuhl band Runaway Totem.

Abus Dangereux is a French jazz fusion group, founded by guitarist Pierrejean Gaucher. "Le quatrième mouvement" is their first album, and their most Zeuhl influenced.

Swift Technique is Philadelphia’s funk/soul musical collective. Bandcamp

US fusion group led by guitarist Fareed Haque.

Snarky Puppy is a fusion big band formed by bassist Michael League in 2004 with other students from the University of North Texas. Now based in Brooklyn.

Theodore Lee Croker (born 18 July 1985), is a jazz trumpeter, singer, and bandleader from Leesburg, Florida.

A math rock group from San Fransisco, led by classically trained Yvette Young. A former art teacher, she created the cover art for their CDs. Bandcamp

They will be performing in Philadelphia on Friday April 28th at Brooklyn Bowl on Canal St.

Élisabeth Tshala Muana Muidikay (13 March 1958 – 10 December 2022), known professionally as Tshala Muana, was a singer and dancer from Congo.

Trey Gunn (born December 13, 1960) is an American musician, known for his membership in King Crimson from 1994 to 2003, playing Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick. Bandcamp

Extreme tech/prog metal band founded in 2007 in Washington D.C, led by guitar virtuoso Tosin Abasi.

Caballero Reynaldo (real name: Luis Miguel González Martinez) is the founder of Hall Of Fame Records (Spain) which has issued many Spanish language covers of Zappa songs. "The Grand Kazoo (Unmatched Vol. X) " was released in 2009.

"El garage de Luisgè (Joe's Garage)"