SessionBand Jazz Fusion
Tom Cawley – special synth & vintage keys edition
Available now. Create studio-quality Jazz Fusion tracks to your own chords in minutes with this special artist edition of the award-winning SessionBand app – the world’s only chord-based loop app.
With over 20,000 precision-cut, chord-based loops across 15 diverse Jazz Fusion styles included*, the app instantly converts the chords you select into full and great-sounding audio – wherever you are and whatever your ability.
Perfect for songwriters and producers on the move and the ultimate play-along for jazz rock and pop instrumentalists.
*The SessionBand Jazz Fusion app is free to download and 3 of the 15 styles are fully operational. Unlocking all 15 styles/20,000 loops however, will require a single in-app purchase.
Tom Cawley
Highly acclaimed, multi award-winning pianist Tom Cawley is one of the most sought-after keyboard players in the world both as a jazz pianist (Dave Weckl, Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Watts, Jamie Cullum, Guy Barker, Stacey Kent, Yaron Herman, Curtis Stigers…), and as a leading pop/rock keyboardist – recording and performing around the world with U2, Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli, Amy Winehouse and many others.
Tom’s passion both for jazz and for modern and vintage keys is reflected in the diverse range of styles in this special edition of the app. And Tom has pulled out all the stops, employing many of the most iconic keyboards from his vast personal collection: from the Oberheim OB-6, Prophet 12 and Moog Model D (as well as a modular set-up), to his vintage Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer and Hohner Pianet – they all feature in the content of this app. And to do full justice to this genre, we have increased the number of chord variations to 15 for every root note in all 15 styles!*
*The SessionBand Jazz Fusion app is free to download and 3 of the 15 styles are fully operational. Unlocking all 15 styles/20,000 loops however, will require a single in-app purchase.
Preview the loops and watch the video HERE
How does the app work?
Creating your own professional Jazz Fusion tracks takes minutes with SessionBand…
Simply pick a Jazz Fusion style. There are 15* styles included in the download – covering a broad range of tempos and sub genres. Select the chords you want. Shrink and stretch the chord-based loops the way you want them, and build a complete track in a few minutes. Add FX. Mix it with the automated mixer and share your track with the world. Everything you need is available in the app.
Once downloaded, there are over 20,000* chord-based Jazz Fusion loops in this edition of the app. Everything you need to create thousands of stunning, royalty-free jazz tracks.
Alongside a list of pro features like automated mixing, auto-transpose, one-touch live recording and a range of export functions, there are new features with this edition including a suite of stunning effects for each channel which can be used simultaneously, ‘Track Builder’ to construct songs even quicker, PDF generator to produce instant chord sheets to your songs and a number of new editing and preview enhancements.
SessionBand Jazz Fusion – Tom Cawley special synth & vintage keys edition is a professional app – essential for anyone learning jazz-related music and perfect for musicians looking for the ultimate play-along whatever instrument they play. Equally, it’s simple enough for non-musicians who love jazz fusion to create their own great-sounding, copyright-free music and share it with the world – even if they don’t play a note!
*The SessionBand Jazz Fusion app is free to download and 3 of the 15 styles are fully operational. Unlocking all 15 styles/20,000 loops however, will require a single in-app purchase.
For this special Jazz Fusion edition, Tom is joined by 2 of the world’s top session musicians:
Simon Lea
Drums
Simon David Lea is one of the world’s most in-demand session drummers performing around the world with some of the biggest names in jazz and rock including Rod Stewart, Dionne Warwick, Jamie Cullum, Ronnie Wood, James Blunt, James Morrison, Katie Melua, Paloma Faith, John Newman, Ella Eyre, Nicole Scherzinger, Seth Lakeman…to name just a few.
British born, Simon studied jazz and studio music at the Guildhall School of Music before moving up to London in the late 1990’s to tour the clubs with rising jazz stars such as Finn Peters and the already established Dave O’Higgins and Guy Barker.
By 2006, Simon became the house drummer at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London’s soho district, playing 6 nights a week opposite some of the world’s finest jazz musicians. From 2007 and for the next decade, Simon toured the world – first with hip hop artist Just Jack as drummer and MD, and then a string of artists including Seth Lakeman, Boy George, Rumer, James Blunt and Katie Melua.
In 2017 Simon joined the Temperance Movement – touring worldwide and recording the album ‘A Deeper Cut’ which reached number 1 in the UK Rock, Indie and Vinyl chart and number 6 in the UK album chart (2018).
Simon is proudly endorsed by Ludwig Drums, Sabian Cymbals, ProMark Drumsticks and Remo Drumheads.
Geoff Gascoyne
Bass and Production
UK bassist, composer and producer Geoff Gascoyne is a hugely accomplished name in world jazz and pop having performed on over 100 albums with the likes of Sting, Van Morrison and Georgie Fame.
As a bassist, arranger and producer, Geoff has worked with a diverse range of artists including Michel Legrand, Everything But the Girl, Van Morrison, Georgie Fame, Sir Willard White, US3, Sting, Charlie Watts, Benny Golson, Bill Bruford, Jacqui Dankworth, Bob Dorough, Mari Wilson, Eddie Izzard,The Mingus Big Band, Peter King Quartet, John Martyn, Dianne Reeves, Guy Barker, Claire Martin, Eartha Kitt and he played a major role in the rise of Jamie Cullum with whom he worked exclusively from 2000 to 2007 as Musical Director.
In the last decade, Geoff has focussed much more on music production work. As well as producing albums for Jacqui Dankworth, Jamie Cullum, Josh Kyle and San2 and his Soul Patrol, he has composed music for a series of library recordings for the legendary KPM label.
He is also professor of Jazz Bass at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London, and Head of Bass at London College of Creative Media (LCCM).
This is Geoff’s 11th SessionBand app as producer.
FX Suite
As well as automated mixing, one-touch transposition and simple record and export functions, the Jazz Fusion edition of the SessionBand app also contains a fully featured FX suite including stunning effects like Reverb, Delay, Amp Simulator and Chorus – each with independent settings – to give you even more control over your 6-channel track mix.
