Sessionplayers
Gerald Albright is an American jazz saxophonist. Born in Los Angeles, Albright grew up in its South Central neighborhood. He began piano lessons at an early age, although he professed no interest in the instrument. His love of music picked up when he was given a saxophone that belonged to his piano teacher. It further […]
David Spinozza is an American guitarist and producer. He worked with former Beatles Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and John Lennon during the 1970s, and had a long collaboration with singer-songwriter James Taylor, producing Taylor’s album Walking Man. Spinozza worked with McCartney during sessions for McCartney’s Ram album during 1971. When the chance came to work […]
James Beck Gordon (born July 14, 1945) is an American musician, songwriter, and convicted felon. Gordon was a popular session drummer in the late 1960s and 1970s and was the drummer in the blues rock supergroup Derek and the Dominos. In 1983, in a psychotic episode associated with undiagnosed schizophrenia, Gordon murdered his mother and […]
Jerome David Marotta (born February 6, 1956, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American drummer who resides in Woodstock, New York. He is the younger brother of Rick Marotta, who is also a drummer and composer. Marotta was a member of the bands Arthur, Hurley & Gottlieb (1973–75), Orleans (1976–77 & 1982), Peter Gabriel’s band (1977–86), […]
Craig Doerge (born December 4, 1944) is an American keyboard player, session musician, songwriter, record producer, best known for his keyboard work with Crosby Stills and Nash, James Taylor, and Jackson Browne. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Doerge (rhymes with Fergie) had an R&B band through college at Hartford, Connecticut, and then […]
Ronald Ellis Tutt (March 12, 1938 – October 16, 2021) was an American drummer who played concerts and recording sessions for Elvis Presley, the Carpenters, Roy Orbison, Neil Diamond, and Jerry Garcia. Born in Dallas, Texas, United States, Tutt was a native Texan and was involved with music and performing arts for most of his […]
John Warrington Van Tongeren is an American keyboardist and composer for films and television. (http://www.johnvantongeren.net/) Van Tongeren’s career in the entertainment business began as a keyboardist, with one of his earliest projects being the band Q, featuring Jon St. James and Stacey Swain (a.k.a. Stacey Q). Q then became SSQ, which released one album, Playback, […]
Gary Lynn Coleman was born in Jeanette, PA in 1936 and moved to California in 1947. He attended H.S. in Alhambra. After graduating, Gary entered the army where, after six months of basic training at Ft. Ord, he spent a year in Germany in the 5th Infantry Division Band. After returning to Ft. Ord with that […]
Stephanie Spruill (http://www.spruillhousemusic.com/) is a singer-songwriter, percussionist, actor, author, vocal coach and entrepreneur born in Los Angeles, California, who studied at the Eddie Cantor Academy of Creative Talent and has since gone on to have a very successful career in the music industry. Starting in the early 1970s she became a much sought after session […]
Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. Throughout his career, Vandross was an in-demand background vocalist for several different artists including Todd Rundgren, Judy Collins, Chaka Khan, Bette Midler, Diana Ross, David Bowie, Ben E. King, and Donna Summer. He later became a […]