Totally by accident I found a column of record reviews from seattlepi.com which included two which feature our very own Rick Wakeman...
Nektar are the much loved prog outfit that is forever on the lips of the cognoscenti of that particular genre. Well they have released a covers album that features a whole bunch of class guests on it (including Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, and Derek Sherinian). A Spoonful of Time sees them tackle songs by Rush and others. Not a fan of covers albums but this one doesn't have a single cringe worthy track, which is saying something.
An all-star bunch of uber-clever musos (Steve Morse, Billy Sherwood, Rick Wakeman, etc.) got together to record and then release a self-titled album called The Fusion Syndicate, a collection of rock-jazz fusion. It could have been a prog-rock fusion pretentious disaster. However, The Fusion Syndicate is anything but that. It is a clever and seductive exploration of jazz-fusion musicianship which transcends the individuals who created it.
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Rick Wakeman at Gonzo
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