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The all-star jazz group
Raydience was assembled by guitarist/vocalist
Ronnie Ray Padilla, drawing from current and former members of
Tower of Power and
Garaj Mahal, as well as musicians who had toured and/or recorded with
Carlos Santana,
Steve Winwood,
Weather Report,
Herbie Hancock,
Sergio Mendes,
Stevie Wonder,
Whitney Houston, and the
Pointer Sisters.
Raydience included
Mic Gillette on trumpet and trombone,
George Brooks on saxophone,
Eric Levy on keyboards, Gary Brown and
Kai Eckhardt on bass,
Celso Alberti and Billy Johnson on drums, and
Kenneth Nash on percussion. The group recorded an album of
Padilla's compositions,
Raydience, released on January 26, 2010, by Megawave Records. ~ William Ruhlmann