Michael Mondesir
Michael začal pôvodne hrať na bicie nástroje, ktoré ako 16-ročný zamenil za basovú gitaru. Pravidelným počúvaním rádia objavil Billyho Cobhama, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report a stotožnil sa rytmickými, melodickými a harmonickými myšlienkami Jana Hammera, Zakira Hussaina, Shankara, Subramaniama a Franka Zappu. Po tom, ako absolvoval štúdium na Bedroom School of Music založil Michael, spolu so svojim bratom Markom a gitaristom Hawi Gondwem, v roku 1983 trio EMJIEM.
Odvtedy sa Michael objavil na viac ako 50 albumoch a hral s hudobníkmi ako sú:
Jeff Beck, John McLaughlin, Questlove, Annette Peacock, Grant Nelson, Eddie Harris, Hermeto Pascoal, David Garibaldi, Shubha Mudgal, Billy Jenkins, Jan Hammer, Ronnie Wood, Des'ree, Keziah Jones, Nikki Yeoh, Jhelisa, Ronny Jordan, Colonial Cousins, Jim Mullen, Arturo Sandoval, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Imogen Heap, John Serry, Steve Williamson, Hayedeh, Andy Summers, Usher, Django Bates, Gary Husband, Chante Moore, Mano Ventura, Lenny White, Julian Joseph, Thijs Van Leer, Chad Smith, Bill Nelson, Shahram Shabpareh, Orphy Robinson, Shohreh, Carleen Anderson, Sir George Martin, Courtney Pine, Jocelyn Brown, Mervyn Afrika, Cheryl Alleyne, Mekaal Hasan, Jason Rebello, Brigo, Vivienne McKone, Lord Nelson, Brice Wassy, Whitney Houston, Neneh Cherry, Oumou Sangare, Deborah Jordan, Bernard Purdie, Iain Ballamy, PPArnold, Billy Cobham, Clem Clempson, Crazy, Bill Bruford, Leni Stern, Mory Kante, Keith More, Ginger Baker, Marque Gilmore, Ty, Ron E Carter, Siavash, Trilok Gurtu, Aster Aweke, S-Club 7, Talvin Singh, Lulu, Mike Del Ferro, Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley, Bobby Byrd, Vicki Anderson, Lewis Taylor a mnohí ďaľší... Medzi jednotlivými koncertými turné Michael učí Royal Academy of Music, British Academy of New Music, Rhythmic Conservatory v Kodani a súkromne v Londýne.
V kolónke vplyvy na svojom profile na myspace Michael uvádza:
Rhythm, Melody, Harmony, Suzi Quatro, Jim Reeves, Todd Rundgren, Jeff Beck, Queen, The Who, Neil Sedaka, Mighty Sparrow, ELO, Jimi Hendrix, The Clash, Herbie Hancock, Focus, ABBA, Trojan Records, Beach Boys, Kinks, Jimmy Webb, Frank Zappa, Earth,Wind & Fire, Earle Hagen, The Skids, Roxy Music, Madness, Neil Diamond, Art Blakey, Bootsy, Joanne Brackeen, Ricky Skaggs, Annette Peacock, Sparks, Dixie Dregs, Eberhard Weber, Chicago,Barabara Streisand, Ian Carr's Nucleus, John Farrar, Alphonso Johnson, Joni Mitchell, John Serry, Kajagoogoo, Iron Maiden, George Duke, Mighty Sparrow, Glenn Campbell, Wayne Shorter, Jim Reeves, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Led Zeppelin, 10cc, Nik Kershaw, Chicago, Jan Hammer, Jethro Tull, Roy Wood, Dolly Parton, Thin Lizzy, Quincy Jones, Tony Williams, Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley, Buzzcocks, Stevie Wonder, Billy Cobham, Burt Bacharach, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Doug Rauch, Love, Shahram Shabpareh, Chick Corea, Bernard Purdie, XTC, Lenny White, Beatles, Ivo Papasov, Al MacDowell, Anthony Jackson, "Sweet" Charles Sherell, Mahavishnu, Donny Hathaway, Miles Davis, Jaco Pastorius, James Jamerson, Alphonse Mouzon, John McLaughlin, Hermeto Pascoal, Mick Karn, James Brown, Santana, Andrew Gold, Weather Report, Zakir Hussain, Paul "Tubbs" Williams, Albert Collins, Admiral John Wilson, Allan Holdsworth, Adam and the Ants, Chuck Rainey, Desmond Dekker, ...
Michael Mondesir je považovaný za výnimočného basového gitaristu s fenomenálnou koncetráciou a vynikajúcim timingom.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oLvX8GEAmA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbBFu4ZJhDw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5_duzwiS-E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrFPulQHceM
MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/michaelmondesir
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