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Florida North

A Transcendental Fusion Experience

About Me

Starting as a band in late February 2007, this quartet brings a breath of fresh air to the jazz fusion starved region of south western Ontario. As an improvisational band, Florida North are talented enough to feel music like crashing waves feel windy days. They continue to blow themselves and their audiences away with new creations and jams of their own improvisation, inspiration, and volition. Taking action to arrive at a higher cloud than the last time they practiced and performed, Florida North are inspired by all types of music including Jazz, Classical, Rock and Pop.Hailing from London Ontario, this band brings quality presentation, production, inspiration and technical support to the table each time they get together. By providing groovy, easy listening sounds that all people can appreciate, the band has already accomplished phase one of their paramount goal - they are simply put, a great new style of music from London that all people young and old will appreciate.
All Songs Composed by Rich Gillespie ©2007
Photos by Dadso
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CONTACT : [email protected]

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Member Since: 3/7/2007
Band Website: floridanorth.ca
Band Members: Chris Haspeck : Electric Guitar
www.myspace.com/fridayjr

Rich Gillespie : Keyboards
www.myspace.com/richgillespie

Tim LeClare : Drums
www.sonicsimian.ca

Jer Gatten : Bass
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Influences: Chick Corea Elektric Band, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jean Luc Ponty Band, The Yellow Jackets, Spyro Gyra, Weather Report, Mike Stern, Miles Davis, John Mclaughlin, Al Di Meola, Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius,
Sounds Like: quote from the London Free Press June 28/2007
... " Their organic grooves are inspired by Rock and Latin rhythms , which hark back to the jazz fusion sounds of decades past ... " ,

Record Label: None
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

London Free Press Blurb

The London Free Press - Thursday, June 28, 2007 And now we improvise. It's a welcome return to London for the Wassabi Collective, which is paired with our own local fusionists Florida North. Florida ...
Posted by Florida North on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:30:00 PST

New Tracks Coming Soon

The Florida North crew will be in studio all this week (June 3-9) recording tracks. Stay tuned to this myspace for all the latest music from Florida North! And don't miss our Live shows coming upJune ...
Posted by Florida North on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 10:29:00 PST

Florida North featured on www.shoutlondon.com

Hey everyone, be sure to pop on by www.shoutlondon.com it's a cool way to find out what's going on in London. They were kind enough to feature Florida North on their site. http://www.shoutlondon.com/c...
Posted by Florida North on Sat, 26 May 2007 11:48:00 PST

From The Band

Hey what's up everyone? It's Rich Gillespie from Florida North. Hope everyone is enjoying the summer weather we have been having. Just letting you know we've been busy rehearsing and recording in the ...
Posted by Florida North on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 10:40:00 PST