DEREK SHERINIAN

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Keyboardist Derek Sherinian is a man out of time. For if this were the 1970's, in the heyday of such titans of the keyboards such as Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman and Jon Jord, he would be among that elite circle of players whom were superstars - back in a time when such talent was not only appreciated, but celebrated in popular music.

Raised in Santa Cruz, California, the young Sherinian began playing piano at the age of five, then came under the spell of the music of Elton John, particularly his 1973 sprawling double album 'Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'. The album, along with the early influences of The Beatles and Bob Dylan - both mainstays of his parents' music collection- launched him on a music journey which continues to this day. While still a junior in high school his musical talent was such that Sherinian was offered a scholarship to the prestigious Berklee
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DEREK SHERINIAN Planet X album cover 4.50 | 2 ratings
Planet X
Jazz Related Rock 1999
DEREK SHERINIAN Inertia album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
Inertia
Jazz Related Rock 2001
DEREK SHERINIAN Black Utopia album cover 4.50 | 2 ratings
Black Utopia
Jazz Related Rock 2003
DEREK SHERINIAN Mythology album cover 4.50 | 2 ratings
Mythology
Jazz Related Rock 2004
DEREK SHERINIAN Blood Of The Snake album cover 4.95 | 2 ratings
Blood Of The Snake
Jazz Related Rock 2006
DEREK SHERINIAN Molecular Heinosity album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
Molecular Heinosity
Jazz Related Rock 2009
DEREK SHERINIAN Oceana album cover 4.00 | 2 ratings
Oceana
Fusion 2011

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DEREK SHERINIAN Sherinian / Phillips Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sherinian / Phillips Live
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DEREK SHERINIAN Oceana

Album · 2011 · Fusion
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Do you like Jeff Beck's fusion albums like "Blow By Blow" and "Wired"? How about Jan Hammer, particularly The Jan Hammer Group's album "Oh Yeah?". Well, you're going to love this. This album has ex-Dream Theater keyboardist Derek Sherinian channeling the feel and style of those albums, with a little added heaviness in the guitars, and a few other keyboard sounds not heard from those great 70s albums.

Derek's style has always been a little jazzy, and on previous solo albums, and the albums by his main band Planet X, are a nice mix of jazz, jazz-fusion, and progressive metal. At times he'll even let loose and go completely post-bop amidst the prog-metal. On "Oceana", the jazz and fusion style is pushed to the foreground, leaving only traces of his famous brand of prog-metal. Lots of funky bass, excellent fusion drumming, and with guitarists Tony MacAlpine and Steve Lukather, you know you're going to get some real jazz-fusion guitar ala Scott Henderson; mixed with some heavy riffs here and there.

Seriously, if you are familiar with Planet X or Derek's solo stuff, but wished he'd do a real jazz-fusion album, this is it. Every track here is high quality modern fusion, with great soulful guitar, nice keyboard sounds and solos, but also fast technical stuff that occasionally reminds me of fusion bands like Tribal Tech, Jan Hammer Group, or Return To Forever. Add a little heaviness from the guitars (and keys), and you have a modern fusion classic.

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