Thank You Scientist

Thank You Scientist
Montclair, New Jersey, United States
Progressive rock, progressive metal, jazz fusion

The Perils of Time Travel (2011) EP
Maps of Non-Existent Places (2012)
Cream Day Jingle (2016) Single
Stranger Heads Prevail (2016)
Terraformer (2019)

Lucifer's Friend

Lucifer's Friend
Hamburg, Germany
Progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion

Lucifer's Friend is a German hard rock band, formed in Hamburg in 1970 by guitarist Peter Hesslein, singer John Lawton, bassist Dieter Horns, keyboardist Peter Hecht, and drummer Joachim Reitenbach. The group was noted as early practitioners of heavy metal and progressive rock, they also incorporated elements of jazz and fusion into their music, especially in their fourth album Banquet of 1974. Furthermore heavy metal, the band has been cited, too, as one of the pioneers of doom metal, helping to define both genres due to their heavy sound and dark oriented lyrics of their acclaimed debut Lucifer's Friend of 1970, and returning to their roots in 1981 with Mean Machine, although more influenced by speed metal.

Lucifer's Friend (1970)
Where the Groupies Killed the Blues (1972)
Banquet (1973)
I'm Just a Rock 'n' Roll Singer (1974)
Mind Exploding (1976)
Good Time Warrior (1978)
Sneak Me in (1980)
Mean Machine (1981)
Sumogrip (1994) as Lucifer's Friend II
Awakening (2015)
Live @ Sweden Rock 2015 (2016)
Too Late to Hate (2016)
Black Moon (2019)

Shining

Shining
Oslo, Norway
Avant-garde, avant-garde metal, progressive rock, experimental rock, jazz fusion, free jazz

Where the Ragged People Go (2001)
Sweet Shanghai Devil (2003)
In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster (2005)
Grindstone (2007)
Blackjazz (2010)
Live Blackjazz (2011)
One One One (2013)
International Blackjazz Society (2015)
Animal (2018)

Animals as Leaders

Animals as Leaders
Washington, D.C, United States
Progressive metal, djent, jazz fusion, instrumental rock

Animals as Leaders (2009) 2015 Reis.
Weightless (2011)
The Joy of Motion (2014)
The Madness of Many (2016)
Live 2017 (2018)

Don Airey

Don Airey
Sunderland, England
Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion

Donald Smith "Don" Airey (born 21 June 1948 in Sunderland, England) has been the keyboardist in the rock band Deep Purple since 2002, after the retirement of Jon Lord. He has had a long and productive career, playing with such acts as Gary Moore, Ozzy Osbourne, Judas Priest, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Whitesnake, Saxon, Wishbone Ash, Steve Vai, Colosseum II, Ten, Sinner, Michael Schenker, Rainbow, Empire, Thin Lizzy, Brian May, Divlje jagode and Living Loud. He has also worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Tales of Triumph and Tragedy (1988)
Light in the Sky (2008)
All Out (2011)
Keyed Up (2014)
One of a Kind (2018)

appeared on:
Celebrating Jon Lord (2014) Live

Steve Howe

Steve Howe
Holloway, London, England
Progressive rock, art rock, instrumental rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock, jazz fusion

Stephen James "Steve" Howe (born 8 April 1947) is an English musician, songwriter and producer, best known as the guitarist in the rock band Yes across three stints since 1970. Born in Holloway, North London, Howe developed an interest in the guitar and began to learn the instrument himself at age 12. He embarked on a music career in 1964, first playing in several London-based blues, covers, and psychedelic rock bands for six years, including The Syndicats, Tomorrow, and Bodast.

Beginnings (1975)
The Steve Howe Album (1979)
The Early Years (1988) with BodastSeraphim (1989) with Paul Sutin
Turbulence (1991)
The Grand Scheme of Things (1993)
Mothballs (1994)
Not Necessarily Acoustic (1994)
Voyagers (1995) with Paul Sutin
Homebrew (1996)
Masterpiece Guitars (1996) with Martin Taylor
Quantum Guitar (1998)
Portraits of Bob Dylan (1999)
Homebrew 2 (2000)
Natural Timbre (2001)
The 3 Ages of Magick (2001) with Oliver Wakeman
Skyline (2002)
Elements (2003) Steve Howe's Remedy
Homebrew 3 (2005)
Spectrum (2005)
Motif Volume 1 (2008)
The Haunted Melody (2008)
Homebrew 4 (2009)
Travelling (2010)
Time (2011)
Homebrew 5 (2013)
Homebrew 6 (2016)
Nexus (2017) with Virgil Howe

Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (with Jon Anderson, Bill Bruford and Rick Wakeman):
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (1989) 2014 Rem.
An Evening of Yes Music Plus (1993) Live, Rem.

appeared on:
Light My Fire: A Classic Rock Salute to The Doors (2014)

Vlatko Stefanovski

Vlatko Stefanovski
Prilep, Macedonia
Ethno jazz, Instrumental rock, Jazz fusion

Vladimir "Vlatko" Stefanovski (Macedonian: Влатко Стефановски) is a Macedonian ethno-rock jazz fusion guitar player, best known for being a founding member of Macedonian progressive rock band Leb i sol.

Среќна Нова Година (1989) single, Влатко и Бодан
Zodiac (1990) with Bodan Arsovski
Cowboys & Indians (1994)
Krushevo (1998) with Miroslav Tadić
Trio (1998)
Günese Yolculuk (2000) OST
Live in Belgrade (2000) with Miroslav Tadić
Kino Kultura: Music for Films (2002)
Kula od karti (2003)
Treta majka (2004) with Miroslav Tadić
Thunder from the Blue Sky (2008) Vlatko Stefanovski Trio
Live in Zagreb (2009) with Miroslav Tadić
Fire & Ice (2014) with Vasko Atanasovski
Seir (2014)
Kongresni Trg, Ljubljana, 20. Junij 2015 (2016) Big Band Orkestra Slovenske Vojske feat. Vlatko Stefanovski
Mother Tongue (2017)

Chon

Chon
San Diego, California
Progressive rock, math rock, progressive metal, jazz fusion

Chon (2009) Demo
Newborn Sun (2013) EP
Woohoo! (2014) EP
Grow (2015)
Homey (2017)

Richie Kotzen

Richie Kotzen
Reading, Pennsylvania United States
Hard rock, blues rock, funk rock, instrumental rock, pop rock, heavy metal, jazz fusion, blue-eyed soul

Richard Dale "Richie" Kotzen, Jr. (born February 3, 1970) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer. Richie has a prolific solo career but, since 2012, he is also part of the band The Winery Dogs.

Richie Kotzen (1989)
Fever Dream (1990)
Electric Joy (1991) Jap.Ed.
Mother Head's Family Reunion (1994) Jap.Ed.
The Inner Galactic Fusion Experience (1995)
Tilt (1995) with Greg Howe
Times Gonna Tell / Stoned (1996) EP
Wave of Emotion (1996)
Project (1997) with Greg Howe
Something to Say (1997)
What Is... (1998)
Bi-Polar Blues (1999)
Break It All Down (1999)
Slow (2001)
Change (2003)
Acoustic Cuts (2004)
Get Up (2004)
Ai Senshi Soldiers of Sorrow Z×R (2006)
Into the Black (2006)
Return of the Mother Head's Family Reunion (2007)
Live in Sao Paulo (2008)
Peace Sign (2009)
24 Hours (2011)
The Essential (2014)
Cannibals (2015)
Salting Earth (2017)

appeared on:
L.A. Blues Authority (1992)
Smoke on the Water: A Tribute to Deep Purple (1994)
Bat Head Soup: Tribute to Ozzy (2000)
Numbers from the Beast: An All Stars Salute to Iron Maiden (2005)
The House Is Rockin': A Tribute to Stevie Ray Vaughan (2015)

Phil Collins

Phil Collins
Chiswick, London, England
Pop, soft rock, progressive rock, art rock, jazz fusion

Philip David Charles Collins LVO (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. He is lead singer of the rock band Genesis and is also a solo artist. Between 1983 and 1990, Collins scored three UK and seven US number-one singles in his solo career. When his work with Genesis, his work with other artists, as well as his solo career is totalled, Collins has more US Top 40 singles than any other artist during the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "One More Night", "Sussudio" and "Another Day in Paradise".

Face Value (1981) 2015 Del.Ed.
Hello, I Must Be Going! (1982) 2016 Del.Ed.
No Jacket Required (1985) 2016 Del.Ed.
12"ers (1987) remix
A Groovy Kind of Love (1988) Single
In the Air Tonight (1988) Single
...But Seriously (1989) 2016 Del.Ed.
Hang in Long Enough (1990) Single
I Wish it Would Rain Down (1990) Single
Serious Hits... Live! (1990)
That's Just The Way it Is (1990) Single
Both Sides (1993) 2016 Del.Ed.
Both Sides of the Story (1993) Single
Everyday (1993) Single
Hero (1994) Single
We Wait and We Wonder (1994) Single
Live from the Board: Official Bootleg (1995) EP
Dance into the Light (1996) 2016 Del.Ed.
It's in Your Eyes (1996) Single
No Matter Who... (1996) Single
Wear My Hat (1997) Single
You Ought to Know... (1997) Single
A Hot Night in Paris (1999) The Phil Collins Big Band
Son of Man (1999) Single
Strangers Like Me (1999) Single
You'll Be in My Heart (1999) Single
Testify (2002) 2016 Del.Ed.
Look Through My Eyes (2003) Single
The Least You Can Do / Wake Up Call (2003) Single
Love Songs: A Compilation... Old & New (2004)
Going Back (2010) Spec.+2016 Ed.
The Singles (2016) Del.Ed.

Candiria

Candiria
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Rap metal, alternative metal (later), metalcore, mathcore, jazz fusion, death metal (early)

Surrealistic Madness (1995)
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1997)
The Process of Self-Development (1999)
300 Percent Density (2001)
The C.O.M.A. Imprint (2002)
What Doesn't Kill You... (2004)
Kiss The Lie (2009)
Toying with the Insanities Volume I (2009)
Toying with the Insanities Volume 2 (2009)
While They Were Sleeping (2016)

WatchTower

WatchTower
Austin, Texas, United States
Progressive metal, thrash metal, jazz fusion

Energetic Disassembly (1985)
Control and Resistance (1989)
Demonstrations in Chaos (2002)
The Size of Matter (2010) Single
Concepts of Math: Book One (2016) EP

Focus

Focus
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Progressive rock, instrumental rock, jazz fusion, hard rock

In and Out of Focus (1970)
Moving Waves (1971)
Focus 3 (1972)
At the Rainbow (1973) Live
Hamburger Concerto (1974)
Mother Focus (1975)
Ship of Memories (1976) rec.'73
Focus con Proby (1978)
Focus 8 (2002)
Live in America (2003)
Live at the BBC (2004)
Focus 9 / New Skin (2006)
Focus X (2012)
Golden Oldies (2014) re-rec.
Focus 8.5 / Beyond the Horizon (2016) Focus and friends featuring Marvio Ciribelli
Live in England (2016)

Disen Gage

Disen Gage
Moscow, Russia
Progressive rock, fusion, jazz fusion, hard rock, instrumental rock, avant-rock

The Screw-Loose Entertainment (2004)
Libertage (2006)
The Reverse May Be True (2008)
Snapshots (2016)

missing:
Hybrid State (2017)
Nature (2018)

Jeff Beck

Jeff Beck
Wallington, Surrey, England
Blues rock, jazz fusion, instrumental rock, hard rock, electronic, progressive rock

Geoffrey Arnold "Jeff" Beck (born 24 June 1944) is an English rock guitarist. He is one of the three noted guitarists to have played with The Yardbirds (the other two being Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page). Beck also formed The Jeff Beck Group and Beck, Bogert & Appice.

Truth (1968) 2005 Rem.
Beck-Ola (1969) 2004 Rem., The Jeff Beck Group
Rough And Ready (1971) Jeff Beck Group
Jeff Beck Group (1972) Jeff Beck Group
Beck, Bogert & Appice (1973) Beck, Bogert & Appice
Beck, Bogert & Appice Live (1973) Beck, Bogert & Appice
Blow By Blow (1975)
Wired (1976)
Live (1977) with the Jan Hammer Group
There and Back (1980)
Flash (1985)
Jeff Beck's Guitar Shop (1989) with Terry Bozzio and Tony Hymas
Beckology (1991) Comp.
Frankies House (1992) OST, with Jed Leiber
Crazy Legs (1993) with The Big Town Playboys
UPP (1994) Upp & Jeff Beck Band
Who Else! (1999)
You Had It Coming (2001)
Jeff (2003)
Live at BB King Blues Club (2003)
Shapes of Things: 60's Group & Sessions (2003)
Official Bootleg USA '06 (2007)
Performing This Week... Live at Ronnie Scott's (2008) 2015 Del.Ed.
Emotion & Commotion (2010) Jap.Ed.
Live and Exclusive from the Grammy Museum (2010)
Rock 'n' Roll Party: Honoring Les Paul (2011)
Live+ (2015)
Loud Hailer (2016)

appeared on:
Merry Axemas: A Guitar Christmas (1997)
Crossroads Revisted: Selections from the Crossroads Guitar Festivals (2016) 2004-2013, Eric Clapton and guests

tribute albums:
Jeffology: A Guitar Chronicle (2015)

Serj Tankian

Serj Tankian
Los Angeles, California, US
Alternative metal, nu metal, hard rock, alternative rock, heavy metal, progressive rock, art rock, jazz fusion, classical, world music

Serj Tankian (Western Armenian: Սերժ Թանկեան, pronounced [ˈsɛɾʒ tʰɑnˈkjɑn]; born August 21, 1967) is a Lebanese-born American singer-songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, poet, and political activist with Armenian descent. He is best known as the lead vocalist, songwriter, keyboardist, and occasional live rhythm guitarist of the metal band System of a Down, formed in 1994 by four Armenian-American friends.

Elect the Dead (2007) Ltd.Ed.
Empty Walls (2007) Single
Honking Antelope (2008) Single
Lie Lie Live (2008) EP
Sky is Over (2008) Promo single
Fears (2009) Promo single
Elect the Dead Symphony (2010) Live
Imperfect Harmonies (2010) Jap.Ed.
The Charade (2010) Single
Goodbye - Gate 21 (2011) Promo single
Imperfect Remixes (2011) EP
Harakiri (2012) Del.Ed.
Jazz-Iz-Christ (2013)
Orca (2013)
1915 (2016) OST

Serart (with  Arto Tunçboyacıyan):
Serart (2003)

Disciplin A Kitschme

Disciplin A Kitschme
aka: Disciplina kičme *, Tooth_Goofie_Nappy **
Belgrade, Serbia, London, England (1995 - 2003)
Post-punk, alternative rock, funk, jazz fusion, noise rock, drum and bass

Disciplina Kičme (Serbian Cyrillic: Дисциплина Кичме; trans. Backbone Discipline) currently working under the slightly altered name of Disciplin A Kitschme, is a Serbian band, one of the two spin-offs of the seminal Yugoslav new wave and later post-punk band Šarlo Akrobata, the other being Ekatarina Velika. Musically, they are best described as an aggressive and artistic rhythmic explosion, experimenting and seeking out new expressiveness while finding inspiration in the traditions of punk rock, funk, jazz fusion, motown, jungle, and the works of Jimi Hendrix.

Sviđa mi se da ti ne bude prijatno * (1983)
Ja imam šarene oči * (1985) EP
Svi za mnom * (1986)
Najlepši hitovi uživo! * (1987)
Dečija pesma * (1987) EP
Zeleni Zub na planeti dosade * (1989)
Nova iznenađenja za nova pokolenja * (1991)
Do Not! (Throw Concrete Blocks From The Top Of Your House) (1996) EP
Have You Ever Heard Of Any Other Rhythm? (1996) Single
I Think I See Myself on CCTV (1996)
Heavy Bass Blues (1998)
Ove ruke nisu male... 1 * (1998) Comp.
Da Answer [From the Not so Stupid People] ** (1999) EP
Refresh Your Senses. NOW! (2001)
Ove ruke nisu male... 2 * (2004) Comp.
Političari + Virusi (2005) EP
Kada kažeš muzika, na šta tačno misliš, reci mi? (2007)
Uf! (2011)
Ove ruke nisu male... 3 * (2014) BoxSet
Ovisnik o moći (2014) Single
Zaboravili rokenrol!?! (2015) Single
Opet. (2015)

Patrick Moraz

Patrick Moraz
Morges, Switzerland
Progressive rock, jazz fusion, electronica

Patrick Philippe Moraz (born 24 June 1948) is a Swiss musician, film composer and songwriter, best known for his tenures as keyboardist in the rock bands Yes and The Moody Blues.

The story of I (1976)
Out in the Sun (1977)
Patrick Moraz (1978)
Future Memories Live on TV (1979)
Coexistence (1980)
Music for Piano and Drums (1983) 2004 Rem., with Bill Bruford
Timecode (1984)
Flags (1985) 2005 Rem., with Bill Bruford
Future Memories I and II (1985)
Human Interface (1987)
Windows of Time (1994)
ESP (2003)
Change of Space (2009)
In Tokyo (2009) Live '85, with Bill Bruford
MAP (2015) Moraz Alban Project (with Greg Alban)

appeared on:
Light My Fire: A Classic Rock Salute to The Doors (2014)

The Aristocrats

The Aristocrats
UK / USA
Instrumental rock, neo-progressive rock, jazz fusion

The Aristocrats are a rock supergroup formed in 2011. The band consists of Guthrie Govan (Asia, GPS, The Young Punx and The Fellowship), Bryan Beller (Joe Satriani, Dethklok, Mike Keneally, Steve Vai, James LaBrie and Dweezil Zappa), and Marco Minnemann. The group name is inspired by the Aristocrats joke and consequently the song titles on their debut namesake album–a progressive rock compilation–are rife with salacious double-entendres.

The Aristocrats (2011)
Boing, We'll Do It Live! (2012) Del.Ed.
Culture Clash (2013)
Culture Clash Live! (2015)
Secret Show: Live in Osaka (2015)
Tres Caballeros (2015)

Tony MacAlpine

Tony MacAlpine
Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Instrumental rock, neo-classical metal, progressive metal, heavy metal, hard rock, jazz fusion

Tony MacAlpine (born August 29, 1960) is an American musician and composer. He is best known as an instrumental rock solo guitarist, although he has worked with many different bands and musicians in guest appearances and collaborations such as M.A.R.S., Planet X, CAB, Steve Vai, Seven the Hardway and Ring of Fire.

Edge of Insanity (1986)
Maximum Security (1987)
Eyes of the World (1990) as MacAlpine
Freedom to Fly (1992)
Madness (1993)
Premonition (1994)
Evolution (1995)
Violent Machine (1996) Ltd.Ed.
Live Insanity (1997)
Master of Paradise (1999)
Chromaticity (2001)
Tony MacAlpine (2011) Jap.Ed.
Live in Tokyo (2013) Portnoy, Sheehan, MacAlpine & Sherinian (with Mike Portnoy, Billy Sheehan and Derek Sherinian)
Concrete Gardens (2015)

appeared on:
Smoke on the Water: A Tribute to Deep Purple (1994)