jazz

Four (or more) artists have gone by the name Cortex: a French jazz-funk group from the 70s, a Swedish punk band, a Spanish metalcore band and a experimental Belgian project by Alain Neffe. 1. A French jazz funk group from the seventies.
Key members were Alain Mion (Piano) and Alain Gandolfi (drums, percussion). Cortex recorded several albums and singles for the Sonodisc label. 2 albums got re-issued: 'Troupeau Bleu' (on 'Dare-Dare') and 'Volume 2' (on 'Follow Me'). 2. A Swedish punk or post-punk band from Gothenburg.

John Paul Hammond (born 13th November 1942), also known as "John Hammond Jr", is a blues singer and guitarist. He usually plays acoustic guitars and dobros and sings in a barrelhouse style. Since 1962, when he made his debut on Vanguard Records, Hammond has made 29 albums. In the 1990s he recorded for the Pointblank label. Hammond has earned one Grammy Award and been nominated for four others. He is the son of the legendary record producer John H. Hammond.

A survivor of Glastonbury, Mon is a co-founder of Australia’s toughest funk export Deep Street Soul (Freestyle Records) supporting The Bamboos, Marva Whitney, Charles Bradley, Breakestra and others. Mon won Triple J’s Unearthed competition fronting her own tunes, and lends her keyboard playing to both local and international artists such as Kylie Auldist, The Paesanos, John Fleming (Scared Little Weird Guys) and accompanies the Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir. Mon brings the vintage keys sounds with a touch of warped modernism into the mix.