Cindy Blackman

At the same time that Miles Davis was pioneering a spacious, hypnotic type of jazz-rock fusion , his recently departed drummer Tony Williams was inventing a more explosive, intense variety of fusion borne of hard-nosed jamming originally with guitarist John McLaughlin and organist Larry Young. Read More

Vernon Reid has a busy 2012 on tap, with a new jazz-rock collaboration as a part of Spectrum Road to be issued next month and then a reunion project planned with Living Colour. Read More

Founding Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid is playing a different tune these days – a hard-driving jazz-rock tune alongside an all-star cast of Jack Bruce, John Medeski and Cindy Blackman-Santana. Read More

In addition to Reid, the band includes former Cream bassist-singer Jack Bruce, Medeski Martin and Wood keyboardist John Medeski and ex-Lenny Kravitz drummer (and Carlos Santana's wife) Cindy Blackman Santana. Read More