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Forq (pronounced "fork") is an American
jazz fusion Jazz fusion (also known as fusion and progressive jazz) is a music genre that developed in the late 1960s when musicians combined jazz harmony and jazz improvisation, improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues. Electric guitars, ...
band from New York and Texas.


History

Forq was co-founded by keyboardist Henry Hey and Snarky Puppy member, bassist Michael League. The original formation of the band included guitarist Adam Rogers, and drummer Jason "JT" Thomas. Hey, a founding member of the band Rudder, had played a few Rudder shows, sharing the bill with Snarky Puppy before suggesting a collaboration with League, starting with a few live shows in New York City. The group's debut self-titled album was released on Snarky Puppy's label, GroundUP Music, in 2014. Rogers left the group and was replaced by Snarky Puppy guitarist Chris McQueen early in 2015 prior to a tour of Europe. The group's sophomore album, ''Batch,'' was issued in June 2015. The group played at Snarky Puppy's GroundUp Festival in February 2017 and released a third album, ''Threq'', in mid-2017. Since the release of ''Threq'', bassist Michael League has been replaced by bassist Kevin Scott.


Discography

*''Forq'' (GroundUP Music, 2014) *''Batch'' (GroundUP Music, 2015) *''Threq'' (GroundUP Music, 2017) *''Four'' (Forq, 2019) *''Aargau'' (Newvelle, 2019)


References

{{reflist American jazz ensembles Jazz fusion ensembles Musical groups from Texas Musical groups from New York (state) Jazz musicians from Texas GroundUPmusic artists