Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci/Special EFX Allstars - 2020 promo video
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Live concert footage of Special EFX featuring Chieli Minucci, as well as the Special EFX Allstars.
(in order of appearance)
Chieli Minucci – guitars
Gene Coye - drums
Anthony Crawford - bass
Eric Marienthal - saxophone
Joel Rosenblatt - drums
Karen Briggs - violin
Lao Tizer - keyboards
Jerry Brooks - bass
Mino Cinélu - percussion
Elliott Yamin - vocals
Emedin Rivera - percussion
Regina Carter - violin
Gerald Veasley - bass
Nelson Rangell - saxophone, flute
Jay Rowe - keyboards
Lionel Cordew - drums
Nelson Rangell - saxophone
Guitarist, composer, and arranger Chieli Minucci is longtime leader of the Grammy-nominated jazz-fusion group SPECIAL EFX featuring Chieli Minucci, a major force on the jazz and world music scene for over 35 years. Chieli has just recently released his 35th anniversary CD, “All Stars” (Trippin N Rhythm Records). Chieli & Special EFX’s previous release saw title track, “Deep as the Night”, won Billboard Magazine’s 2018 top honors, best-song-of-the-year.
Besides writing and performing his own music, Chieli shares his guitar brilliance throughout the entertainment world. He has recorded and performed with many top artists, such as Celine Dion, Lou Reed, Lionel Richie, Jennifer Lopez, Jewel, Mark Anthony, Michael Bolton, Eartha Kitt, Eddie Fisher, Anastasia, as well as jazz artists Kirk Whalum, Jeff Lorber, Norman Brown, Bernie Williams, Marion Meadows, Lao Tizer, Mindi Abair, Rick Braun, Gerald Veasley, Omar Hakim, and many others. Although renowned in the jazz and pop world, Chieli is also a gifted television and film composer. He has won 3 Emmy Awards and been nominated 10 times for his eclectic compositional work. His music can also be heard on the soundtracks of the films Bowfinger, Legally Blonde, Panic, and others. Chieli's original scoring work can be heard in live stage productions of Peter Pan, Dora the Explorer, Thomas the Tank Engine, and others.
Special EFXMusic.com
The official Chieli Minucci website
Additional biographical and discography information can be viewed at:
http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chieli-minucci-mn0000113409/credits
International Movie Database
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1474265
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chieli_Minucci