Gonzalo Carrera
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Gonzalo Carrera is a Spanish keyboard player in several progressive rock
bands. He played in Landmarq
, but is currently in Karnataka
, playing in Nick May
's Whimwise live band and working on a new project with Peter Banks
.
Carrera has also previously worked with Spanish progressive rock band Galadriel, former Jethro Tull
members Glenn Cornick
and Clive Bunker
, Hawkwind
guitarist Huw Lloyd Langton, progressive rock band Quasar, and David O'List
(of The Nice
).
Carrera is currently recording a new album with the London fusion outfit Infusion. The band consists of Danny Berdichewskie (guitars), Carrera (keyboards), Rob Statham (bass; has worked with Keith Emerson
, Ian Carr
's Nucleus) and Olie Usiskin (drums). Guests on the album include John Helliwell
(saxophonist in Supertramp
, arranger and trombonist Mike Gibbs (has worked with Peter Gabriel
, Jan Akkerman
, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jaco Pastorius
), John Etheridge
on guitars, cellist Hugh McDowell
(worked with ELO
, Wetton/Downes), flautist Rowland Sutherland
and drummer Pete Cater.
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
bands. He played in Landmarq
Landmarq
Landmarq are a UK-based neo-progressive rock band. Since forming in 1990, they have so far released six albums, two of which were recorded live at various concerts in the UK and elsewhere in Europe....
, but is currently in Karnataka
Karnataka (band)
The Welsh progressive rock band Karnataka were formed in 1997 by founding members Ian Jones , Rachel Jones and Jonathan Edwards...
, playing in Nick May
Nick May
Nicholas Kevin James May is a Canadian motocross racer who races in the CMRC nationals.- Career :May started racing in 2002 and collected multiple amateur championships throughout his youth. In his final year as an amateur, May raced on a broken leg to collect enough points for the purpose of...
's Whimwise live band and working on a new project with Peter Banks
Peter Banks
Peter Banks is an English guitarist. He was the original guitarist of the progressive rock band Yes.-Early career:When Banks was a young boy, his father bought him an acoustic guitar...
.
Carrera has also previously worked with Spanish progressive rock band Galadriel, former Jethro Tull
Jethro Tull (band)
Jethro Tull are a British rock group formed in 1967. Their music is characterised by the vocals, acoustic guitar, and flute playing of Ian Anderson, who has led the band since its founding, and the guitar work of Martin Barre, who has been with the band since 1969.Initially playing blues rock with...
members Glenn Cornick
Glenn Cornick
Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick was the bespectacled, first bass guitar player in the progressive rock band, Jethro Tull....
and Clive Bunker
Clive Bunker
Clive William Bunker is a British rock drummer. He was the original drummer in the British band Jethro Tull....
, Hawkwind
Hawkwind
Hawkwind are an English rock band, one of the earliest space rock groups. Their lyrics favour urban and science fiction themes. They are also a noted precursor to punk rock and now are considered a link between the hippie and punk cultures....
guitarist Huw Lloyd Langton, progressive rock band Quasar, and David O'List
David O'List
David 'Davy' O'List is a rock guitarist, vocalist and trumpeter.Most notably, he played with The Attack, The Nice and Jet.- Career :...
(of The Nice
The Nice
The Nice were an English progressive rock band from the 1960s, known for their blend of rock, jazz and classical music. Their debut album, The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack was released in 1967 to immediate acclaim. It is often considered the first progressive rock album...
).
Carrera is currently recording a new album with the London fusion outfit Infusion. The band consists of Danny Berdichewskie (guitars), Carrera (keyboards), Rob Statham (bass; has worked with Keith Emerson
Keith Emerson
Keith Noel Emerson is an English keyboard player and composer. Formerly a member of the Keith Emerson Trio, John Brown's Bodies, The T-Bones, V.I.P.s, P.P. Arnold's backing band, and The Nice , he was a founder of Emerson, Lake & Palmer , one of the early supergroups, in 1970...
, Ian Carr
Ian Carr
Ian Carr was a Scottish jazz musician, composer, writer, and educator.-Early years:Carr was born in Dumfries, Scotland, the elder brother of Mike Carr...
's Nucleus) and Olie Usiskin (drums). Guests on the album include John Helliwell
John Helliwell
John Helliwell is an English musician and the saxophonist and occasional keyboardist and woodwind player for the rock band Supertramp...
(saxophonist in Supertramp
Supertramp
Supertramp are a British rock band formed in 1969 under the name Daddy before renaming to Supertramp in early 1970. Though their music was initially categorised as progressive rock, they have since incorporated a combination of traditional rock and art rock into their music...
, arranger and trombonist Mike Gibbs (has worked with Peter Gabriel
Peter Gabriel
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career...
, Jan Akkerman
Jan Akkerman
Jan Akkerman is a Dutch guitarist. Akkerman is a distinctive guitarist, constantly experimenting with new equipment and guitars. Akkerman's distinctive guitar sound is characterised by his pioneering use of volume swells which produce a smooth, fluty, sustained tone, and other complex techniques...
, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
), John Etheridge
John Etheridge
John Michael Glyn Etheridge is a British jazz/fusion guitarist associated with the Canterbury Scene....
on guitars, cellist Hugh McDowell
Hugh McDowell
Hugh McDowell is an English cellist best known for his membership in Electric Light Orchestra and related acts.-Career:...
(worked with ELO
Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Light Orchestra were a British rock group from Birmingham who released eleven studio albums between 1971 and 1986 and another album in 2001. ELO were formed to accommodate Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne's desire to create modern rock and pop songs with classical overtones...
, Wetton/Downes), flautist Rowland Sutherland
Rowland Sutherland
Rowland Sutherland is a British flautist, who studied flute at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Kathryn Lukas, Philippa Davies and Peter Lloyd and participated in master classes given by the late Geoffrey Gilbert. He studied jazz with the late pianist Lionel Grigson...
and drummer Pete Cater.