The Winchester would like to thank vibraphone master Marc Wagnon for surprising us with an inpromptu visit during the WMS3 jazz show on Saturday night, 8/29/09. Marc was in from New York visiting Cleveland for a wedding and stopped in to The Winchester for a visit after the reception. It was great to see him!
Well known as a progressive jazz-fusion performer, Marc Wagnon is currently in the band Tunnels with Percy Jones (http://www.myspace.com/themusicoftunnels). Marc is also currently a member of the jazz, R&B band Nuove Musiche with singer Sarah Pillow and guitarist John Goodsall (Brand X).
Marc is a former member of Brand X, Dr. Nerve, Shadowlines, and also has released solo albums. (http://www.myspace.com/marcwagnon)
In addition, Marc is the founder of Buckyball Music (http://www.buckyballmusic.com) which dedicates itself to the publishing & recording of creative and innovative music.
TUNNELS John O'Reilly Jr, Percy Jones, Marc Wagnon Musicians (Frederic Ruegg Photography)
Marc Wagnon’s Bio From All About Jazz (www.allaboutjazz.com):
Marc studied classical percussion at the Geneva Conservatory and later moved to the United States to study vibraphone and percussion at the Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Marc has performed and recorded extensively in the United States, South America and Europe with his sextet Shadowlines, the avant-rock group Dr. Nerve, Brand X, Gongzilla, and Tunnels. In addition to teaching percussion, improvisation and electronic music in New York and Europe.
Former members of Brand X include Phil Collins (who you might remember from Genesis & more), Chuck Burgi, Mike Clark, , John Giblin, John Holmes, Percy Jones, Robin Lumley, Pierre Moerlen, Morris Pert, Peter Robinson, Kris Sjobring, Marc Wagnon. (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Brand+X+(3)).
A video of Tunnels performing live at The Winchester in Cleveland (www.thewinchester.net):
“Evolving from a latter generation of Brand X, Tunnels plays a peculiar mutation of jazz-rock…As always, the Tunnels sound finds strength in the superhuman stylings of the unmatched Percy Jones, fretless bassist extraordinaire, and the hyperkinetic harmonics of mallet-wielding Marc Wagnon, expert Midi vibes practitioner.”
- Mark Newman, Progression Magazine.
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