Barista, the recording name of Turkish musician Bahadir Han Eryilmaz, deconstructs the barriers between blues, classic and prog rock.

Toto’s “Bottom of Your Soul” combines many progressive rock and AOR touches to produce one of the most enchanting songs from ‘Falling in Between.’

This Best of 2019 list includes both Yes and their former drummer Bill Bruford, and Toto and their former drummer Simon Phillips, among others.

Now in the home stretch of 1995’s ‘Tambu,’ Toto flexes their musical chops with another instrumental workout.

‘Protocol 4’ is another example of how Simon Phillips never rests on his laurels.

‘Spark’ is Hiromi’s fourth go aorund with a formula that might get a little tiresome by now if she wasn’t so danged daring and exuberant in how she goes about it.

Simon Phillips and his Protocol collaborators have nothing to prove, yet deliver another no-holds-barred jazz fusion album.

Billie Rainbird’s debut album, produced by former Toto drummer Simon Phillips, emerges as something diverse, thought provoking and memorable.

Preston Frazier’s Best of 2014 in jazz and fusion, including the Breithaupt Brothers, Simon Phillips, Oz Noy, Bobby Broom and Miguel Zenon.

Simon Phillips’ “Moments of Fortune” says a lot about what the ex-Toto drummer hopes to accomplish on his own.