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John Stevens
12+ albums
jazzpopfree improvisationamericanbritish jazz drummer
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1) English drummer 2) American classic pop singer 3) American tuba/euphonium player/composer ---------------------------------- 1) John William Stevens (10 June 1940 in Brentford, Middlesex - 13 September 1994 in Ealing, West London) was an English drummer. He was one of the most significant figures in early free improvisation, and a founding member of the Spontaneous Music Ensemble (SME). Stevens was born in Brentford, the son of a tap dancer. He used to listen to jazz as a child, but was initially more interested in drawing and painting (mediums through which he expressed himself throughout his life). He studied at the Ealing College of Art and then started work in a design studio. He left at 19, however, to join the Royal Air Force. He studied the drums at the Royal Airforce School of Music in Uxbridge, and while there met Trevor Watts and Paul Rutherford, two musicians who became close collaborators. In the mid-1960s, Stevens began to play in London jazz groups alongside musicians like Tubby Hayes and Ronnie Scott, and in 1965 he fronted a septet. Influenced by the free jazz he was hearing coming out of the United States by players like Ornette Coleman and Albert Ayler, his style began to move away from fairly traditional be-bop to something more experimental. In 1966, SME was formed with Watts and Rutherford and the group moved into the Little Theatre Club in the centre of London to develop their new music. In 1967 their first album, Challenge, was released. Stevens t
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albums
Red
Reverie
Red (U.S. Release)
Glory from the film Selma
Viva Voce!: The Quartets Of John Stevens
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Arkatone Music Group Ltd: for Your Consideration
John Stevens Works - Re Touch & Quartet
American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics
Delegation
Stevens: Grand Concerto 4 Tubas - Adagio for Strings - Jubilare!
Home for Christmas
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American Idol 3