Chris Lesso's MODUS FACTOR is:
:: Brownman Ali - electric trumpet
:: Ian De Souza - bass & effects
:: Chris Lesso - drumset & Korg wave drum
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Three of Toronto's busiest studio musicians step back into the club circuit with MODUS FACTOR, all bringing their own considerable experience from from 3 different musical circles to the table to form a truly unique new electric jazz/groove/world music outfit.  Influenced heavily by Frank Zappa drummers, Chris Lesso spent years touring the world with Tony "Wild T" Springer & The Spirit and is now a highly acclaimed figure in the country's rock and drumset community (endorsed by both Sonar Drums & Sabian cymbals he has toured the country as a drumset clincian); the Trinidadian born Brownman Ali is known as Canada's multi-award winning jazz trumpet icon heralded as "Canada's pre-eminent jazz trumpet player" by New York's Village Voice magazine; and Ian De Souza is an extremely sought after bassist in Toronto's busy electronic & World music scenes and a founding member & bassist for Kevin Breit's Sisters Euclid.  All 3 of these artists are heavy users of modern electronics to colour their sounds.  Modus Factor, Lesso's brainchild, brings all 3 of these musicians and their one-of-a-kind sounds on stage together performing uniquely exploratory improvisations, setting the table for an engaging expedition into modern music that will resonate with sounds ranging from Miles Davis to Frank Zappa to Antonio Carlos Jobim.

Snaggle is a 6 piece jazz fusion ensemble made entirely of graduates of the Humber College School of Contemporary Music. Heavily influenced by Snarky Puppy as well as a number of the great jazz fusion players, Snaggle features a repertoire of exciting, dynamic and entirely original material. This all-star line up of players, including the fastest drummer in the entire world, have all studied with many of Canada's greatest jazz masters and represent the next generation of Canadian talent.

           As well as being a riveting live band, Snaggle has been recording at Humber Studios, one of Canada's top recording facilities. The band will be releasing their debut album September 27th, 2013. This album is going to feature compositions by band leader Nick Maclean and bassist Doug Moore.

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