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Alex Machacek (Guitar): Jazz guitarist and composer was born in Tulin, Austria, in 1972. He began studying classical guitar at the age of eight, eventually moving on to study jazz guitar at the Conservatory of Vienna, and also attended the Berkelee College of Music in Boston, MA. Machacek'sbiggest early influence was guitari...st Joe Pass, and he was also drawn to the work of Allan Holdsworth and the compositional approach of Frank Zappa. Machacek released his first album, Featuring Ourselves, in 1999. That same year he began working with drummer Terry Bozzio and reed player Gerald Preinfalk as part of the trio BPM. Delete and Roll appeared in 2001. In 2004 Machacek moved to Los Angeles. Two years later he released [Sic] on Abstract Logix. His 2010 album 24 Tales used unusual concept and execution, a joint project between Machacek and drummer marco Minneman. Minneman recorded a single continuous drum track over which Machacek then dubbed guitar, keyboards, and other instruments - thus crossing over many boundaries of jazz fusion as well as production techniques.

Jeff Sipe (Drums): Jeff Sipe, besides being one hell of a great drummer, is a pivotal figure spanning a variety of genres, including Southern rock, jam bands, avant-garde rock, avant-garde jazz, and even progressive bluegrass. No wonder that, when Sipe throws one of his semi-annual Zambiland Orchestra events, just about everyone in Atlanta who plays a musical instrument shows up. For years the drummer was best known as Apt. Q258 — those in the know called him "Apartment" for short — and was associated primarily with the shenanigans of brilliant bandleader, instrumentalist, and singer Colonel Bruce Hampton. Later affiliations have included Jazz Is Dead, the collaborative Hellborg-Sipe-Lane trio, Leftover Salmon, and the combo of blues guitarist Susan Tedeschi.

Beginning with the progressive rock style of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Sipe followed a listening trail into jazz fusion territory, which introduced him to drum masters who would inevitably serve as his great influences, players such as Jack DeJohnette, Tony Williams, and Billy Cobham. In the second half of the '70s, Sipe began attending the Berklee School of Music in Boston, studying under Bob Kaufman, Bill Norine, Alan Dawson, and Lee Venters as well as establishing playing connections with a list of students who included Branford Marsalis, Bill Frisell, and Mike Stern. The drummer gigged in a wedding band with Victor Bailey and began the first fusion combo of his own, featuring guitarist Steve Vai.

In 1996, Sipe moved on to collaboration with the Swedish bassist Jonas Hellborg and Memphis guitarist Shawn Lane, with whom he participated in inaugural Congo Square JazzFest in Kolkata in the year 2003. His reputation growing, the drummer was soon brought in to fill out the rhythm section in Leftover Salmon, another popular group on the jam band scene that played styles such as bluegrass and Cajun. Sipe's presence in this group was an extension of earlier attempts to bring drums into the bluegrass context, an innovation that had been considered controversial in groups such as the Osborne Brothers. Former bandmate Herring teamed up with the drummer on a project called Z, often referred to as Project Z, and Sipe also began gigging with Tedeschi. Zambiland Orchestra, an experimental big band that became known for year-end bashes in Atlanta, has involved members of Phish, Widespread Panic, Michael Ray & the Cosmic Krewe, and the Derek Trucks Band, among others.

The drummer's first album as a leader, entitled Timeless, was scheduled for release in 2004.

Neal Fountain (Bass): Hailing from the musical hotbed of Athens, GSA, 32 year old Neal Fountain has been playing professionally from the age of 14. Best known as a sidemen to prominent local fixtures Colonel Bruce Hampton and the Fiji Mariners and drumming phenom Jeff Sipe, Neal’s name is on the short list of greater Atlanta’s finest musicians.

This is one of the prominent Jazz Rock bands to have come to the city.

DO NOT MISS THEM!!! Ticket at Rs 40/- each will be available at the venue from 25th August, 2010 afternoon.