David "Fuze" Fiuczynski (b. 5 March 1964, Newark, New Jersey) is an American fusion-jazz microtonal guitarist, best known as the founder and leader of Screaming Headless Torsos and a member of several other notable ensembles, such as Hasidic New Wave and The Muhal Richard Abrams Orchestra. Fiuczynski is a professor at Berklee College Of Music in Boston (since September 2002), where he opened Planet MicroJam Institute in 2012 to explore microtonality in jazz, ethnic folk and other genres and contexts in contemporary music.
Fiuczynski was born in the United States but lived in Germany with his family between the age of 8 and 19. After returning to America, David settled in Massachusetts, attending Berklee College Of Music and Berklee College Of Music. He studied with renowned composer and music theorist George Russell (author of the legendary book "Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization," which led to the creation of modal jazz in the 1950s). David was a member of Russell's The Living Time Orchestra, appearing on The London Concert Volume One live CD. He graduated from NEC in 1989 with a Bachelor of Music degree and soon moved to New York City.
In 1994, Fiuczynski's critically-acclaimed collaboration with John Medeski of Medeski Martin & Wood came out, Lunar Crush CD on Berklee College Of Music label, which drew the attention of New York jazz sceners. The following year, David grew to mainstream fame after Screaming Headless Torsos released its debut self-titled album and began touring across the US. In 2000, David launched the Berklee College Of Music label, inaugurated with his Jazz Punk CD album. It featured a collection of "standards" and covers representing a broad range of Fiuczynski's influences and idols, from Pat Metheny and Jimi Hendrix to Frédéric Chopin and Duke Ellington.
In 2006, Fiuczynski returned to New England Conservatory and earned his Master's degree (2008), studying microtonal composition and music of Turkey, India and China. He became undefined's Fellow in 2011 and created a compositional project, "Jointly," dedicated to XX-century classical composer Olivier Messiaen and groundbreaking hip-hop producer J Dilla.
One of the defining characteristics of Fiuczynski's unique fusion style is the usage of non-Western tuning systems and microtonal scales in the context of "conventional" jazz and rock-oriented genres. He's been experimenting with fretless and quarter-tone guitars since the early 1990s. David currently performs on customized Campbell American guitars, including his iconic double-neck FuZix, with a fretless 6-string neck on top and a standard 6-string on the bottom.
As a prolific session musician, Fiuczynski has appeared on over 100 albums since 1983. He performed on stage and recorded in the studio with numerous world-renowned drummers, bass players and other artists, such as Jack DeJohnette, co-founder of Parliament-Funkadelic family Bernie Worrell, Me'Shell NdegéOcello, ex-[url=https://discogs.com/artist/7987]Police[/url] drummer Stewart Copeland, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Dennis Chambers, [a=JoJo Mayer], Marcus Miller, Billy Hart, alto saxophonist Rudresh Mahanthappa, trumpeter Cuong Vu, jazz pianist Hiromi Uehara and many others.
2017
2016
2012
2009
Tone Center
CD, Comp, Smplr
2008
Fuzelicious Morsels
CD, Album
2008
Jeroen Vrolijk
CD-ROM, Album
2005
2003
2002
2000
1996
1994
1992
Muse Records
CD, Album
1991
2020
2005
2001
1998
2014
Not On Label (David Hines (4) Self-released)
CD, Album
2001
2022
Face Pelt Records
2xLP
2021
Not On Label (Joseph Tawadros Self-released), Not On Label (Joseph Tawadros Self-released)
CD, Album
2021
Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik, Tzadik
Box, Ltd + 4xCD, Album
2016
2014
Not On Label (Screaming Headless Torsos Self-released)
CD, Album
2014
Amulet Records
CD, Album
2013
2013
2013
2012
Tzadik
CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD, Album, RE + CD
2011
Not On Label
CDr
2010
Passin' Thru Records
CD, Album
2009
Not On Label (Simon C.F. Yu Self-released)
12xFile, MP3
2009
Art Of Life Records
CD, Album, Ltd
2009
2008
One Records (4)
CD, Album
2008
ESC Records
2xCD, Comp
2008
2008
2008
2007
Wrasse Records
CD, Album
2007
Intolerancia
CD, Album, Ltd
2007
Not On Label
CDr
2007
2006
Advance Dance Disques
CD, Album
2005
Fuzelicious Morsels
2xDVD-V, All
2005
Musica Jazz
CD, Comp
2005
KUFALA Recordings
2xCD, Album
2005
HarePoone Records
CD, Album
2005
Brave Art Records (2)
CD
2005
2005
2005
2004
Let's Music! recordings
CD, Album
2004
Not On Label (Tony Grey Self-released)
CD, Album
2004
Not On Label
CD
2004
2003
D'Autres Cordes
CD, Album
2003
2003
2003
2003
2002
Tzadik
CD, Album
2002
EWE Records
CD, Album
2001
between the lines
CD, Album
2001
Buckyball Records
CD, Album
2001
Knitting Factory Records, Jewish Alternative Movement (JAM), Knit Media Production
CD, Album
2001
Dar Ya Records
CD, Album
2001
2001
2000
Passin' Thru Records
CD, Album
2000
Black Rock Coalition, Exile Records (14)
CD, Comp
2000
MP3.com
CDr, EP, Enh, DAM
2000
1999
Knitting Factory Records
CD, Album
1999
Lolo Records
CD, Album, Ltd
1999
32 Jazz
CD, Comp
1999
1998
Not On Label
CD, Album
1998
Knitting Factory Records
CD, Maxi, Promo, Car
1998
1998
1998
1998
1997
LOLO Records
CD, Album
1997
Walk Away Records
CD, Album
1997
Warner Bros. Records, Warner Sunset Records
CD, Promo, Smplr
1997
Black Saint, Soul Note
CD, Comp
1997
Arabesque Jazz
CD, Album
1997
Warner Bros. Records
DAT, Comp, 44.
1997
1997
1997
1997
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