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Fifty years ago, American maverick inventor, Robert Moog began developing instruments that altered the course of modern music for all time and have since become an integral part of our musical culture.
Moog's namesake analog synthesizer helped catapult the careers of such a diverse list of artists as rockers Keith Emerson, Rick Wakeman, Gary Numan and Devo, funkster Bernie Worrell with Parliament-Funkadelic, disco producer Giorgio Moroder with disco diva Donna Summer, fusioneers Chick Corea with Return To Forever, Herbie Hancock with The Headhunters, Jan Hammer with the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Klaus Doldinger with Passport and Joe Zawinul with Weather Report, New Age icon Tomita and classical performer Wendy Carlos.
To honor Moog and commemorate his groundbreaking achievements, several renowned keyboardists and longstanding Moog users will gather on Tuesday, May 31 at B.B. King's Bar & Grill in Times Square (237 w. 42nd Street between 7th & 8th Avenues) to participate in a gala Moogfest.
The list of performers includes Edgar Winter, Will Calhoun (Living Colour), Money Mark (Beastie Boys), Bernie Worrell (P-Funk), Adam Holzman (Miles Davis), Jordan Rudess (Dream Theatre), Dan Morgenstein (Dixie Dregs), Steve Molitz (Particle), Sabina Sciubba & Didi Gutman (Brazilian Girls), Don Preston (Frank Zappa), Chris Clark (John Entwistle), Gershon Kingsley, DJ Logic and musical director Jason Miles.
Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tickets for this special event, produced by Charles Carlini of the Carlini Group ( www.carlinigroup.com ), are $35 and are available at the box office (212-997-4144) or at all Ticketmaster outlets.
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