Francis Monkman (born 9 June 1949, in Hampstead, North London, England) is an English rock, classical and film score composer, and a founding member of both the progressive rock band Curved Air and the classical/rock fusion band Sky. He is the son of Kenneth Monkman, an authority on the writer Laurence Sterne, and of Vita née Duncombe Mann.
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Sky
British/Australian instrumental group
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Curved Air
band
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Darryl Way
British musician
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Dave Lawson
British musician
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Matching Mole
band
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Anthony Phillips
British musician
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Renaissance
band
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David Sancious
American musician
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The Shadows
British rock group
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Electric Light Orchestra
British band
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Angel
American glam rock and heavy metal band
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Uli Jon Roth
German musician
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
American rock music band
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Ian Gillan Band
band fronted by Ian Gillan
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Gillan
English rock band
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Eberhard Weber
German musician
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Aksak Maboul
Belgian band that plays experimental rock
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Trevor Rabin
South African-born musician, singer-songwriter, producer, and film score composer
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Tony Banks
British musician and multi-instrumentalist, member of Genesis
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Rod Argent
British musician
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Sebastian Hardie
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Bill MacCormick
British musician
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Eddie Jobson
British musician
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Prism
Japanese jazz fusion band (1975-)
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Nash the Slash
Canadian musician
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Kansas
American rock band
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Alan Parsons
audio engineer, musician, and record producer from England
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Player
American rock band
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Pekka Pohjola
Finnish musician
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Return to Forever
American jazz fusion group led by Chick Corea
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John G. Perry
British bassist and singer
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Japan
English new wave band
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Fusion Orchestra
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Billy Currie
British musician
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David Paton
Scottish bass and guitar player
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Arthur Barrow
American musician
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Edgar Broughton Band
English band
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Can
German experimental rock band
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Magazine
English post-punk band
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Premiata Forneria Marconi
Italian band
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Steve Morse
American guitarist and composer
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Lee Ritenour
American jazz guitarist, session musician, and composer
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Rainbow
English rock band
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Larry Coryell
American guitarist
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Max Webster
Canadian hard rock band
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Roy Bittan
American keyboardist, member of the E Street Band
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Magma
French progressive rock band
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Gentle Giant
British band
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John McLaughlin
English guitarist, bandleader, and composer; founder of the Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Lucifer's Friend
German band
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Tony Kaye
English rock musician
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Jan Hammer
Czech-born American musician, composer and record producer
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Bill Connors
American musician
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Styx
American rock band from Chicago
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Jan Akkerman
Dutch guitarist
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The Police
English rock band
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UK
British progressive rock supergroup
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Dire Straits
British rock band
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Pierre Moerlen
French musician
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The Grass Roots
American pop rock band
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The Moody Blues
English band
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Dixie Dregs
American band
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John Klemmer
American musician
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Strawbs
English rock band
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Goblin
Italian progressive rock band
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Triumph
Canadian hard rock power trio
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The Attractions
UK musical group; best known as Elvis Costello's backing band
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Andy Summers
British guitarist
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Yann Tiersen
French composer
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Larry Fast
American composer
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Pražský výběr
Czech rock band
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Pat Travers
Canadian rock guitarist, keyboardist and singer
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Air Supply
British-Australian soft rock group
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Rare Earth
American rock band