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1. The jazz group "Fourplay" scored a hit in 1991 with El Debarge singing lead on a cover of Marvin Gaye's song "After the Dance". With Nathan East on bass, Harvey Mason Jr. on drums and Lee Ritenour on guitar, who was the keyboardist that makes up the final piece of the group? Here's a clue: He scored a hit with a song named "Angela" also known as the theme to the T.V. show "Taxi".
2. Keyboardist Joe Sample and guitarist Larry Carlton were members of:
3. Joe Zawinul and Wayne Shorter were the leader and co leader of Weather Report which they formed in 1970. They are also alums of this jazz great who was one of the first to play Jazz Fusion.
4. "Lifetime" was group led by this former Miles Davis drummer who played with Miles from 1965 until 1968. Who is it?
5. The Mahavishnu Orchestra featured this guitarist who played on Miles Davis' ground breaking album, "On the Corner" in 1972.
6. Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Al Di Meola and Lenny White are members of the super fusion group, Return to Forever. However, one of its members joined up with another jazz/funk master to collaborate on "three" efforts in the early eighties and one effort in the nineties. That person is?
7. Russ Freeman is the leader and featured guitarist of the
8. Bob James and this jazz artist collaborated on an album, "Double Vision" in 1986. Who is he?
9. The classic jazz staple "Birdland" was released by which group?
10. The Manhattan Transfer put words to this Spyro Gyra song:
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