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https://lisapulsatillavivianli.bandcamp.com/album/the-unseen-society-of-microcreatures

George Gruntz was a Swiss pianist, composer and bandleader (1932-2013). On this recording, he is playing jazz on the pipe organ at the Abbey of St. Peter im Schwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Originally issued in 1968. He is joined by Eberhard Weber on bass and Daniel Humair on drums.

International fusion band fronted by German guitarist Toto Blanke (1939-2013).

Ralph Towner (guitars) is joined by Kenny Wheeler (trumpet & flugelhorn), David Darling (cello), Eddie Gomez (bass) and Michael Di Pasqua (drums).

Brooklyn Raga Massive is a nonprofit musicians' collective that creates cross-cultural understanding through the lens of South Asian classical music.

https://brooklynragamassive.bandcamp.com/

Exploit were a little known 3 piece band from Rome that only released one ultra-rare album, Crisi, on the small label CGO. The A side contains a long three-part prog suite, while the B side contains six commercial pop songs.

Like so many other RPI bands during Italy's explosively creative period of the early 70s, they issued one LP and promptly disappeared. Of the three members, only Carlo Crivelli continued musically, and became a respected contemporary composer.

Formed in 1974 by the Idà family from Palmi, Calabria, the southernmost part of Italy. One of the few RPI bands to feature a female vocalist, Sylvana Idà. Her 14-year old brother Massimo is on keyboards, and brother Frederico is on bass. (Originally issued in 1975.)

The introduction of a person into the rank of the Gods is called an apotheosis. Prima realtà = first reality

Utopianisti is Finnish composer / multi-instrumentalist / producer Markus Pajakkala's brainchild, started in 2010. It's a studio project where the line-up changes for every song. Pajakkala plays the drums, woodwinds and some keyboards himself and composes and engineers all the material.

https://utopianisti.bandcamp.com/album/reason-in-motion

uKanDanZ is an unusual meeting between an electric quartet from France and Asnake Guebreyes, charismatic lead singer from Addis Abeba. Their music is inspired by traditional and popular Ethiopian songs.

https://ukandanz.bandcamp.com/album/yeketelale-2

Swift Technique is Philadelphia’s funk/soul musical collective. https://swifttechnique.bandcamp.com/album/you-boys-be-aight

Pioneering jazz-rock, progressive, psychedelic band from Britain, led by Ian Carr. The band existed from 1969 to 1989. Karl Jenkins and John Marshall would join Soft Machine soon after this release.

https://vruumm.bandcamp.com/

Along with Mahavishnu Orchestra and Return to Forever, Weather Report was a pioneering jazz fusion group. While other fusion acts relied heavily on the presence of the ever popular electric guitar, Weather Report forged ahead without one.

Weather Report traces its origins to Miles Davis' late 1960's line up and breakthrough recordings "In A Silent Way" and "Bitches Brew". Cofounders Wayne Shorter and Joe Zawinul had played together briefly in 1959 with Maynard Ferguson's band, and kept in touch, finally forming their own band in 1970.

"TAP" is a neo-progressive rock band from Munich Germany. https://theancestryprogram.bandcamp.com/

Swedish rock band, formed in 1999, based in Stockholm. Often classified as prog or psychedelic rock. The band is fronted by singer/composer Gustav Ejstes, who writes all music and plays some of the instruments on the band's records.

Rock band formed in Okinawa Japan in 2008.

Experimental project led by Arrigo Barnabé, a Brazilian multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, arranger and actor.

Chromb! is a French quartet with strings, reeds, 88 keys and drums, making avant-rock with no guitar. Their music is distorted jazz mixed with chamber music without adherence to any particular style. https://chromb.bandcamp.com/album/1000

Amazingly prolific, he has over 150 studio albums, and has collaborated with dozens of other artists.

Founded in France, Cartel Carnage blends rock, metal and experimental jazz. https://cartelcarnage.bandcamp.com/album/incorporated

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The Kurws formed in 2008 in Poland, and merge RIO prog with post punk ("pronk"), funk, and new wave. https://kurws.bandcamp.com/

Birdsongs of the Mesozoic started out as a side project of Roger Miller and Martin Swope from Mission Of Burma. Eventually it became a full-time project, since Mission of Burma broke up in 1983.

Bill Bruford (drums, keyboards), Tony Levin (bass), David Torn (guitar, loops), Chris Botti (trumpet).

Happy Family is an instrumental progressive rock/fusion/Zeuhl band from Tokyo, formed in 1987.

The Zãþþã Éårlý Rênáissánçê Ørçhêstrå is based in the Seattle area and was formed in 2012 as a result of a joke and a challenge between two old Squirrels.

(ZERO's response to Zappa's title "We're Only In It For The Money")