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Parsa Fortuna Part Of Fortune by Cosmic Brotherhood

Künstlerbiographie Cosmic Brotherhood

The Cosmic Brotherhood Was Conceived And Led By Multi-Instrumentalist And Sitar Master Bill Plummer. Plummer Was Born In March 1938 In Boulder CO Where He Trained On Piano String Bass Trumpet Marimba And Vibraharp. At The Age Of 20 He Moved To L.A. To Pursue A Career In Jazz And Picked Up The Sitar Under The Instruction Of Ravi Shankar. In 1966 Plummer Toured With Tony Bennett And Miles Davis And Formed The Jazz Corps An Experimental Ensemble That Included Maurice Miller And Lynn Blessing. His Love For Jazz And Eastern Music Came Together On The 1967 LP 'Bill Plummer And The Cosmic Brotherhood' Where He Blended The Sitar With Wind Instruments Drums Stings And Bells. Highlights On The Record Include The Trippy 'Journey To The East' And A Cover Of The Byrds' Single 'Lady Friend'. The Band Featured A Plethora Of Musicians Including Hersh Hamel Sitar Tambura Vocals Milt Holland Tabla Ray Neapolitan Sitar Tambura Jan Steward Sarode Tambura Ray Anthony Guitar Lynn Blessing Vibes Bells Dennis Budimir Guitar Mike Craden Transceleste Duo Vigong American Tree Bells Boo Bams Surrogate Vithara Which Stand Bill Goodwin Drums Carol Kaye Bass Mike Lang Piano Harpsichord Maurice Miller Drums And Tom Scott Saxophone Flute Electronics . In 1969 A Scaled Down Version Of The Band Released A Single On A&M Which Includes The Fabulous 'Sunshine World' B/w The Sitar Saturated Instrumental 'Yentra II'. Plummer Went On To Become A Very Successful Session Musician Performing On A Slew Of Movie And TV Scores Including 'The French Connection I & II' 'Bullitt' 'I Love You Alice B. Toklas!' 'Mission Impossible' 'The Bionic Woman' And 'Mannix'. Plummer Still Happily Performs And Teaches Music To This Day In Idaho. Ray Neapolitan Went On To Play Session Bass For The Doors On The LPs 'Morrison Hotel' And 'Other Voices'.

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