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Malcolm Cecil

9 Jan 1937 - 28 March 2021 English bassist and inventor of the unique TONTO synthesizer ("The Original New Timbral Orchestra": the world's first and still the largest multitimbral polyphonic analog synthesizer), born January 9, 1937 in London. Cecil was a founding member of Tonto's Expanding Head Band and also bass player in an early formation of Blues Incorporated. Apart from being a synthesizer programmer and performer, Cecil is also a Grammy-winning recording engineer. He has produced for Stevie Wonder, The Isley Brothers, Richie Havens, Minnie Ripperton, Steven Stills, Joan Baez, and many other major recording artists.