This page features music for by jazz fusion keyboardist/composer Tom Alexander, as well as the Fusion/World/Funk band he co-founded, Earth Code. 

Tom Alexander is veteran radio personality/voice over actor/sceeenwriter/musician. He recently co-wrote the motion picture "Stonerville" which was shot in Southern California and features Patrick Cavanaugh, Pauly Shore and Leslie Neilson (in his final screen appearance). The film was released in January of 2011.

For the past eight years, he’s served as Executive Editor of the Sportsman’s Daily, a sports satire website. The site's radio arm produces the funny and poignant radio essay "From the Bleachers" heard nationally on Yahoo! Sports Radio. He is also the voice of "Blog," the neurotic caveman, in the animated series,"The Darwinners" which is now in its second season. 

In 2005 and 2006 he was the piano playing sidekick to a wisecracking talking bottle in a popular series of nationally broadcast commercials for Mike’s Hard Lemonade. Tom co-composed the songs on many of the ads. 

In March of 2005 he released the global-jazz fusion inspired "Flying Against the Time Zones," on the Gatsby Music label. South Florida Sun-Sentinel music critic Nick Tate described the recording as “a globe-trotting musical travelogue,” adding “From start to finish, Alexander builds his solos and melodies with the deft skill of a storyteller.”  Tom’s solo piano CD, "What’s Ahead?" garnered similar accolades and was featured on a nation-wide Weekend Edition Sunday interview with Liane Hansen on NPR in June of 2001.

In 1996, Tom moved his family to South Florida and took a job as Head Writer/Musical Director of the nationally syndicated radio show, "The Drive" which originated from CBS Sportsline. 

Since then, he’s continued to focus on music, radio, and script writing. He’s penned seven screenplays to date. He is also an accomplished, in-demand voice actor appearing in several cartoons each year.

Growing up in his parent’s classic, art-deco movie theater in Northeastern Pennsylvania, its easy to see how this early exposure to movies and music clearly had a lasting impact on his life. 

Tom lives in South Florida with his wife and son and continues to perform music live throughout the region with the fusion/world/funk trio, Earth Code.
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Earth Code

Earth Code is a world fusion/funk trio featuring Tom Alexander on keyboards, Tommy G. Lee on drums, and Shawn Saul on bass.

The group performs original compositions drawing on musical influences from around the globe with a tip of the hat to fusion heroes like Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Jeff Beck, Miles Davis and others. 

Earth Code Lineup: 

Tom Alexander - Keyboards. 

Alexander is a 25+year veteran of music, in particular fusion jazz/world/funk. His solo piano CD "What's Ahead?" was released in 2001 and was featured in a 20 minute profile piece on NPR's Weekend Edition Sunday with Liane Hansen in June of that year. He has also scored for two motion pictures as well as TV shows and commercials.

Tommy G. Lee - Drums 

Lee is one of the most sought after drummers in South Florida. He toured extensively with Blood, Sweat and Tears for two years in the early 1980's, as well as many other nationally known acts. About Lee, Alexander says "He's a powerhouse drummer, but can be super sensitive when the music requires it. He's always thinking way outside and drives the music differently each time out. I swear he can read my mind. I love playing with him." 

Shawn Saul - Bass

Saul is a graduate of the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Only in his mid -20′s, Saul plays with the fluidity and finesse of a seasoned jazz veteran. laying down rock solid grooves, and soloing with innovative twists and turns.

I Riaffiora nascono nel 2002 con l'attuale line up a Cittadella, paesino situato nella profonda provincia veneta. Fin dai primi tempi si dedicano alla composizione di brani propri, cercando di trovare una propria dimensione stilistica, consci del fatto che questo risulta essere uno degli obiettivi più difficili per un gruppo, ma anche uno dei più importanti. Le canzoni dei Riaffiora possono collocarsi, per chi ama etichettare, all'interno di quel movimento alternative rock italiano di matrice melodica, e forse è quest'ultimo uno degli elementi più caratterizzanti del gruppo, essendo sempre presente. Amano Baustelle, Smiths, Six By Seven(veri loosers),Northpole, i testi di Federico Fiumani, quindi Diaframma, Placebo,la vecchia e la nuova new wave,i Pulp, e non disdegnano affatto gruppi più noise quali i Sonic Youth o Marlene Kuntz. Hanno partecipato a numerose manifestazioni e concorsi, come Marockstica, Greenrock contest, Monfalcone Pop & Rock, Roxy Bar, Miti della Musica, Marradi Music Context, Today I'm Rock. Qualcuno ha speso buone parole, altri meno. Nel 2005 autoproducono assieme a Max Trisotto (già produttore artistico di Estra,Northpole, ValentinaDorme, Kappa..) "Come D'Inverno Ep", integralmente scaricabile sul loro sito,assieme ad una piccola rassegna stampa. Hanno avuto la fortuna di aprire concerti di gruppi quali Yuppie Flu, Diaframma, Punto G, Nomadi, Le Mani, Fabrizio Coppola,Meg,Tying Tiffany. Nel 2006 firmano un contratto discografico con la "Nopop" di Guido Elmi, grazie all'interessamento del produttore artistico Danilo Tomasetta.Nel Gennaio 2007 esce "Bands-a new adventure in Rock", una compilation di 7 gruppi, ognuno presente con 2 brani, prima fatica dell'etichetta, e viene prodotto il video di"Alla Fine", diretto da Swan.Nel 2008 si mettono al lavoro per la produzione del primo ep, targato Nopop,"French Kiss", con al timone Max Trisotto e Guido Elmi, coadiuvati dal fido e valoroso Danilo Tomasetta. Il videoclip di "French Kiss"-regia di Saverio Luzzo- va in rotazione nella categoria "Osservati Speciali" su AllMusic,su"Italians Do It Better"(RockTv) e su MusicBox,inoltre in home page su myspaceitalia e su youtube.it.Vince inoltre nel Novembre del 2009 il premio PIVI come miglior videoclip indipendente dell'anno all'interno della rassegna del MEI. Nel Settembre del 2008 entra a far parte della band l'istrionico Alessio Montagna,al piano,organo e synth. Nel Giugno del 2009 i nostri cari si buttano in un progetto completamente prodotto da Soviet Studio,da un'idea di Matteo Marenduzzo:la realizzazione di un particolare singolo,"Antonio P",corredato di video animato realizzato da Cristian Guerreschi e da un racconto "collettivo",arricchito da una b-side. Il tutto è la risposta-nostra-alla domanda "chi è Antonio P"?
 
2011 - "La Marsigliese"

Disco d'esordio dei Riaffiora, realizzato a cavallo tra la fine del 2010 e inizio 2011 per l'etichetta Dischi Soviet Studio. Si avvale dell'eccezionale produzione (per tutta la fase del lavoro), di Ronan Chris Murphy, già al lavoro con artisti del calibro di King Crimson, Jamie Walters, Tony Levin e molti altri. La band, nelle 11 tracce de "La Marsigliese", affronta, con piglio surreale e cinematografico, storie di personaggi minori, solitamente ai margini del racconto, storie spesso di perdenti, ma portatori di un ideale,di un guizzo romantico che attraversa l'intera loro vita. Tra il drammatico e il macchiettistico, emergono l'amore saffico finito tra le lamiere di una Giulietta Alfa Romeo di due Thelma e Louise della valsugana, le peripezie di un incauto alchimista alle prese con la trasmutazione del piombo in oro, il funerale di un killer della mafia nella Palermo di inizio Autunno, un trittico amoroso sotta la canicola estiva e, infine, la solitudine di Andreij, cocchiere di San Pietroburgo, in attesa sotto la tempesta di neve del dissoluto padrone, ospite del ballo dell'aristocrazia, a lui precluso.
 
In Ottobre esce il video di "Alla Fine", ancora una volta per la regia di Saverio Luzzo, e subito entra in rotazione nei canali tematici più importanti, compresi Deejay Tv, Rock Tv, Rai tv.it e viene selezionato come video della settimana da Mtv, sezione Mtv New Generation.
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I grew up in Maine with a voracious appetite for reading, and have always loved great stories in whatever form, from novels to movies to campfire tales. I started writing stories as a teen, but got sidetracked into a computer programming career. Now an independent software consultant, I’ve turned back to writing with a passion.

I write all types of fantasy, with seven novels completed to-date. My first indie published novella, Saving Face, is a sci-fi/fantasy thriller. A related free short story is available for download from the Saving Face page here, under Books.

I am currently gearing up for a concentrated publishing blitz in 2015, with novels from three separate series. The first two novels of my epic fantasy series, starting with The Sentinel’s Call; My alternate history fantasy trilogy – the Facetakers – that pick up where Saving Face left off; and the first three novels of my exciting YA fantasy series, starting with Set In Stone. More details will be coming soon.

I live in Oregon with my wife Jenny and our four children. In our home, storytelling is a cherished family tradition that keeps magic alive.

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La Cucina was an English roots style band of the 1990s, that went under the tagline of "accordion-driven funky neapolitan rockers". Although they were based in the south of England, their music was an amalgam of Southern Italian folk songs and disco and salsa beats. They were famed at the time for their wild concerts, and lack of wild living - on arrival in a new town, two members of the band would head for the local library. (The Bass-Player would go to the dressing room and drink the whole rider).

They brought out a series of cassettes, in which they explored Neapolitan music. Later, they produced 3 CDs in which the instrumentation and production is of a much more contemporary nature, with influences such as Tom Waits and Madness. They played throughout the United Kingdom, as well as France, Spain, Germany and Italy.

In 1996 they visited Jordan to play at the wedding of one of the granddaughters of King Hussein. This featured the new band members on the CD Bloom.

Their third album Bloom (CD) (1997), completed after the departure of Owain Clarke and the introduction of the songwriting partnership of Paul Goodall and Tom Hazell, contains several collaborations with Najma Akhtar of Robert Plant & Jimmy Page fame, on their MTV Special "Unplugged" performance and their No Quarter Album (2001)

Reviewed by Suzanne Abecassis

What have we got here? A Bulgarian gypsy band, a South American latin orchestra or a British pop group? The answer must be all and neither. 

The group in question is La Cucina from Great Britain and the music on their new album 'Nabúmla', released in the beginning of March, as the follow up to their debut album 'Chuchería', is a mixture of lively latin rhythms, melancholic gypsy tunes and pop-jazz fusions with a twist of roots and world music.

The lyrics are performed in British English on all the tracks except on 'Villa Laterno' and 'Naked in the Sunshine' which are in both English and Spanish. The latter is a cheerful singalong, which could easily be a holiday hit in the coming summer. All the tracks, though, have catching lyrics and are originals from the whole band (five members). 

Over the past year they've been performed on the stages of Glastonbury, Womad and Sidmouth.

The single 'Buddhas Are We' consists of two versions of the titel song, 'L'Americana' and 'Windy Windy Dance Night', and it gives a good impression of the band and their musical style. 

If you want to cheer yourself up one day, or you're going to have a party, La Cucina's music is definitely the kind to put on the CD player. It is almost impossible to keep your body still when their music comes pouring out of the loudspeakers.

This review is published on print in Djembe Magazine, no. 16, April 1996.

Discography

La Luna Spinosa (cassette) (1989)
Morte Accidentale De Musiciste (cassette) (1990)
Kemado (cassette) (1992)
Chucheria (CD) (1994)
Nabumla! (CD) (1996)
Bloom (CD) (1997)

Personnel

Eliseo D'Agostino; accordion
Owain Clarke; guitar and vocals
Dylan Clarke; double bass
Scott Tobin; Drums and percussion
Roberto Stocchiverdi; congas
Jem Mooreshead: Guitar (Sometimes)

La Cucina 1996 and the album Bloom

Eliseo D'Agostino; accordion
Dylan Clarke; double bass
Scott Tobin; Drums and percussion
Roberto Stocchiverdi; congas
Paul Goodall; vocals and guitar
Tom Hazell; guitar

Taken from Keep Media

Likened to everyone from Les Negresses Vertes to Madness, La Cucina were a fun and fundamental plank in the development of UK roots music of the early 90s. They were formed in Southampton, England, in 1988, from the ashes of indie band Who's In The Kitchen?. Originally a trio of Owain Clarke (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Dylan Clarke (bass/vocals) and Eliseo D'Agostino (accordion), they concentrated on recreating Neopolitan-styled songs. 

However, after performing as a seven piece at a Southampton pub, with Scott Tobin (drums, once a part-time member of the Levellers), Jock Tyldesley (fiddle) and a Sikh priest on tablas, they decided that the band needed to have a more eclectic musical foothold. Enthusiastic audience receptions confirmed that the more dance-orientated their sound was, the better. Tobin joined on a permanent basis, with Rob Greenstock (conga; ex-Steam Kings) completing the line-up in October 1991 (Tyldesley and Dylan Clarke also played with local friends the Flatville Aces, but Clarke opted for La Cucina because of the greater opportunities for songwriting). They side-stepped musical categorisation by employing Cajun fiddle alongside the percussive force of rave music, Latin American piano and skewed, highly original songs roughly in the spirit of Neopolitan standards. ...

Taken from Djembe.dk

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Italian-born Fabio Tedde was musically inspired from a very young age. His formative years were spent watching and learning from his father Mario Tedde, a renowned pianist and accomplished composer, on the picturesque island of Sardinia. Fabio’s appetite and passion for world music fuelled his worldwide travels and he often found himself in far-away lands completely immersed in their musical styles and culture.

His travels brought him to London in May 2001.Pianist, Musician and Composer, Fabio has led an active career as a Soloist and Musician in several bands. Also, as Composer of numerous pieces that are influenced by modern classical, easy listening, new age, oriental, romantic and melodic music. 

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A creative project encompassing the finest points of the use of field recording-based electronica and inspiring visual media. 
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Ilu Axé

Homenagens aos Orixás, homenagens aos nossos irmãos e irmãs, homagens da Terra, homenagens ao tambor.

Samba-Reggae 
Afro-Samba 
Candomblé

UK based Afro-Brazilian drums, songs, dance.

Our name (pronounced Eeeloo Ashay); An 'Ilu' is a consecrated Atabaque, a specific drum used in the rituals of the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, it’s also the name of the rhythm played exclusively for the female warrior deity 'Oya', the bringer of tempests, the bringer of change.
'Axé' is the name given to the fluid life force energy present in all things animate and inanimate, as well as in all actions and ideas.
The name is an expression and a recognition of the power of positive energy, of creativity and of coming together to make and perform music and dance. It's also and importantly an homage to the culture, history, stories and people of Candomblé.

The tracks here, written and/or arranged by Musical Directors Jon Hardeman and Katherine Sowerby, are homages to the roots and culture of Samba-Reggae and Afoxé, to Candomblé and the deities known as Orixas. www.jonhardeman.com /candomblé. 

There are seven tracks, representing and named after seven Orixas from the pantheon of sixteen or so present in Afro-Brazilian Candomblé. The tracks use traditional Candomblé songs/ryhthms and original chants and are arranged for Ilu Axé (Bloco Ilu Axé and Coro Ilu Axé) by Jon. 

The tracks/Orixas are: 

1. Oxossi - Forests and all that live from there. Oxossi is a hunter, the deity of abundance and the arts, he's also the guardian of the energy of life and consciousness, known as Axé. 
2. Oxum - Waterfalls and fresh water, Oxum is sweetness and sensuality on the surface, but sheer purpose, no compromise and steely determination underneath, she is seduction, she is opposites.
3. Yemanja and Ossain - Yemanja is the Oceans, the tie between mother and child, between land and land, people and people, past and present, present and future. Ossain is the forest dwelling master of herbs and herbal/curative remedies. 
4. Nana - Birth and beginnings, 
symbolised by the mixing of water and earth. Nana is the great Mother of all things.
5. Obaluaiyé - From the heat at the centre, to the crust and all it carries and bears, this with the light of the sun, the home we know as Earth, this is Obaluaiyé. He's also the deity of disease and preventative remedies.
6. Oya - The great wind and tempest, the bringer of change, the clearer of dead things.
7. Xango - The warrior known as fire. 

Songs and rhythms in Track1 (O Caçador) traditional Candomblé de Ketu.
Songs in Track 2 (Oxum Prelude), traditional Candomblé songs.
Songs in Track 3 (Yemanja and Ossain), traditional Candomblé chants for Yemanja and Ossain, arranged by JH. 
Songs in Track 4 (Nana); Candomblé songs and original chants arranged/written by JH.
Songs in Track 5 (Obaluaiyé) written and arranged by JH, except 'Opanijé Atoto' (traditional) arranged by JH and sung by Kathryn Shaw. There's an Afoxé section in this piece, which I've included even though Obaluaiyé (Omolu) isn't celebrated in the Ijexa (Afoxé) form of Candomblé. 
Tracks 6 and 7 (Oya and Xango), songs (traditional) arranged by JH.

All instruments and lead vocal in O Caçador by JH.
All instruments and lead vocal in Oxum Prelude by JH.
All instruments in Yemanja and Ossain by JH, except electric guitar by Christian de Juan.
Ilu Axé players for Nana, Obaluaiyé, Oya and Xango: Surdos - Kathryn Sowerby, Kathy Wyatt, Liz Awad, Angelis Fiallo Montero, Emmeline Dacke, Tim Barton and Alart Henry.
Repeniques - Kathryn Shaw, Jackson Lapes and Becky Borrill.
Caixas - Dave Nicholson.
The chorus (Coro Ilu Axé) are Jenny Darwin, Kathryn Shaw, Robyn Moran, John Packer and JH.
All other drums and percussion - timbas, Atabaques, berimbau, agogo bells, Gan, guiro, chekere and other percussion, lead vocals and voice effects by JH. 

All recording, editing and mixing by JH.

More music by Jon Hardeman can be found on the soundcloud page: http://soundcloud.com/jonhardeman7
Profile photograph 'Gifts to the Ocean' by Jon Hardeman - more photographic work here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonhardeman" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonhardeman</a>/
Email: <a href="mailto:jon.hardeman@gmail.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">jon.hardeman@gmail.com</a>

Ilu Axé logo designed and created by Paul Baxter (http://www.sambasupplies.com/).

Axé.

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