To say that Derek Sherinian is a musical outlier would be an understatement.  Most keyboard players are either jazz-focused or members of goofy hair metal bands.  Sherinian is neither, although he dabbles in bits of both.  Here’s a guy who loves rock-jazz fusion (with emphasis on the former, straying into the latter sonically on occasion, and time-signature-wise very frequently) and, at the same time, has played keys for the likes of both KISS and Alice Cooper.  He’s probably most recognized, […]