Everyman Band
Encyclopedia
Everyman Band was an American
jazz fusion
group active in the early 1980s and featuring Marty Fogel on saxophones, Bruce Yaw on bass, Michael Suchorsky on drums and David Torn
on guitar. The band's origins lay in Lou Reed
's backing band in the late 1970s with various members (with the exception of Torn) appearing on Coney Island Baby
(1975), Rock and Roll Heart (1976), Street Hassle
(1978), and The Bells
(1979) and the live album Live: Take No Prisoners
(1978).
United States
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jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
group active in the early 1980s and featuring Marty Fogel on saxophones, Bruce Yaw on bass, Michael Suchorsky on drums and David Torn
David Torn
David Torn is an American composer and guitarist.He is known for the organic blending/manipulation of electronic and acoustic instruments and performance techniques that have an atmospheric or textural quality and effect, along with a particular harmonic richness...
on guitar. The band's origins lay in Lou Reed
Lou Reed
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...
's backing band in the late 1970s with various members (with the exception of Torn) appearing on Coney Island Baby
Coney Island Baby
Coney Island Baby is the sixth solo album by Lou Reed, released in 1975. It is also the title of a song on that album. The name presumably refers to the Excellents' 1962 doo wop song of the same name, and/or a 1924 Les Appleton barbershop music song of the same name...
(1975), Rock and Roll Heart (1976), Street Hassle
Street Hassle
Street Hassle is the eighth solo album by Lou Reed, originally released by Arista Records. The album is notable as the first commercially released pop album to employ binaural recording technology. Street Hassle combines live concert tapings and studio recordings.The album is also notable for...
(1978), and The Bells
The Bells (album)
The Bells is the ninth album by Lou Reed, released through Arista Records in 1979. It is recorded in binaural sound. "City Lights" is a tribute to Charlie Chaplin. "Disco Mystic" is indeed played in a disco style, and the lyrics consist of those two words repeated...
(1979) and the live album Live: Take No Prisoners
Live: Take No Prisoners
Live: Take No Prisoners is Lou Reed's third live album. Released in 1978, it was Reed's contribution to the double live album era. It was recorded at the Bottom Line in New York, and there is no overdubbing...
(1978).
Discography
- 1982: Everyman Band (ECM)
- 1985: Without WarningWithout Warning (Everyman Band album)Without Warning is the second and final album by the Everyman Band featuring guitarist David Torn, saxophonist Marty Fogel, bassist Bruce Yaw and drummer Michael Suchorsky recorded in 1984 and released on the ECM label.-Reception:...
(ECM)