Progressive Music (Fusion) and Violin

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

Glauco Fernandes

His debut album is completely knockout... does he have more?

[Shadow]

His debut album is completely knockout... does he have more?

That's the only one I have and can't find anything else listed in his discography.

[Rarebird]

No-one mentioning Hoelderlin? If viola is close enough, but Christoph Noppeney also played violin on their debut

If you want cello how about Station? No guitar, but cello and a trio with violin, viola and a second cello in addition. Sebastian Oberg, who played the cello, also played with Fläsket Brinner

[Gizmotron]

Steve Kindler! A very tasty musician!
I forgot to mention him earlier. His Global Pacific label CDs are marvelous and his brother Bob is an excellent musician too. (I caught wind of them through my interest in Joaquin Lievano.)

[markinottawa]

Yer Right Greg, The violin added so much to the sound

Here's some Cdn stuff including local Ottawa band The Night Watch performing live



Here something way better on the eyes the deVah Quartet from TO, who play here in Ottawa quite often



and here's something from the 70's Quebec scene Aquarelle

[gearHed289]

I'm looking for a violinist for an original band in the Chicago area. Nash the Slash, Ben Mink, Jobson style.

[alanterrill]

Violins have featured prominently in bands I've loved throughout my life -here are a few not mentioned so far:
East of Eden in 1969:

And more recently, SkeletonBreath from 2008:

and very recently, Stop Motion Orchestra:

[mozo-pg]

Mark - the Quartet from T.O. is really cool, including the one with the upright electric Cello. I'll check out the Ottawa (hometown) band. I'm sure Night Watch continues to play live. Aquarelle sounds really nice (my favourite of the three).
Gearhed - good luck finding a violin player - post your stuff here when you find one.
I have an East of Eden CD and like it a lot.

[mozo-pg]

Nice!

[NogbadTheBad]

and very recently, Stop Motion Orchestra:

That's a great release, very reminiscent of Calle Debauche which isn't surprising with Mohaved on guitar in both bands.

[mozo-pg]

Here's a relatively recent David Cross (2007), playing my favourite Crim song with him on it:



Interesting reinterpretation of the Crim classic.

Next, off of David's best solo offering (Exiles again):

[mozo-pg]

The master, Pagani:




Another, with PFM:

[musicislife]

This is some funny shiz! If I were born yesterday and just happened upon this thread today, I'd think that the violin was invented in 1972

[Yaman Aksu]

Sorry but the performance in that deVah Quartet video is so awful I'm surprised I tolerated it for a full minute -- I guess I was waiting for it to improve and it didn't. Here's something with much more pleasant sounds from the violin:

[chalkpie]

Jack O' The Clock are one of a handful of my favorite modern prog bands.

What album(s)?

[NogbadTheBad]

What album(s)?

I have the last two, All My Friends & Night Loops. Both are great

[Nashorn]

Rabbit Rabbit are edgy Folky.

Thank you, that is just wonderful. And very inspiring, too, as a violinist I'm always looking for interesting ways to play the violin in a band context.

[Scrotum Scissor]

I suppose they are both very important instruments in RIO?

RIO was never a musical "style" as with "symph rock", where a certain sound was nailed by means of given instrumentation etc. RIO is a creative ethos within particular approaches to various experimental rock/pop/folk/contemporary/classical/jazz concoctions.

I think Carla Kihlstedt (SGM, Rabbit, Tin Hat, Charming Hostess, Uz Jsme Doma, PAK, Book of Knots, Cheer-Accident etc.) is by far the most interesting violinist working in contemporary rock terrain nowadays.

[Zeuhlmate]

Iva Bittova

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kx5RPHoR0A4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBz63_1eJx0

[Scrotum Scissor]

Iva Bittova

She's just so damn much more than a "violinist", though. I don't think I've ever personally experienced an artist this comfortable at moving across and in between rock/pop, folk, farce, opera (per se), gypsy jazz etc. - and with such profound ease. She remains one of the finest and most musically talented and charismatic performers I ever saw.

And to think that on top of that she's a lyricist and award-winning actress as well!

[walt]

Any(every) admirer of Iva Bittova's music should hear "Bile Inferno", her duo cd with Vladimir Vaclavek.I'm playing it now and its been too long between listens for me.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Any(every) admirer of Iva Bittova's music should hear "Bile Inferno", her duo cd with Vladimir Vaclavek.

This and the Pustit Musis release with Dunaj are my faves of hers.

[Mikhael]

Not really prog, but Steve Vai has always hovered on the edges. So there's a live DVD "Where the Wild Things Are", and two violinists feature prominently: Ann Marie Calhoun and Alex DePue. Alex constantly uses a solidbody electric violin, while Ann Marie uses a standard one. I honestly preferred her tone, but they both played up a storm. Lots of three-part harmonies with Steve as well. Bryan Beller was the bassist, and although just a supporting role mostly in this case, did a very good job.

[Rarebird]

Not really prog, but Steve Vai has always hovered on the edges. So there's a live DVD "Where the Wild Things Are", and two violinists feature prominently: Ann Marie Calhoun and Alex DePue. Alex constantly uses a solidbody electric violin, while Ann Marie uses a standard one. I honestly preferred her tone, but they both played up a storm. Lots of three-part harmonies with Steve as well. Bryan Beller was the bassist, and although just a supporting role mostly in this case, did a very good job.

Considering some think prog is anything that has more than 3 different chords, Steve Vai is prog.

[Jay G]

Top for me would be Mark O'Connor. One of the greatest violinist/fiddle players in modern music. Did a brief stint with the Dregs and has done a ton of progressive music mixing traditional country, bluegrass, jazz and classical.