JAZZ /
charlie parker, dizzy gillespie, sonny rollins, miles davis, herbie hancock, weather report, mike stern, lionel hampton, thelonious monk, duke ellington, benny golson, tony williams, clifford brown, max roach, art blakey, ella fitzgerald and many others.
FUNK /
james brown, cameo, prince, slave, roger troutman and zapp, the time, parliment / funkadelic, mother's finest and many others
R&B /
chaka khan, bernard "nard" wright, marvin gaye, stevie wonder, GQ (what up, herbie!!), barry white, patrice rushen, isley brothers, don blackman and many others.
'70's-'80's ROCK /
queen, the police, the clash, pat benitar, james taylor and many others.
OTHERS /
gil giberto and many others.
Movies
let's do it again, woody allen flicks, all bruce lee flicks, quinten tarrentino flicks, saturday afternoon chinese kung fu flicks and many others.
Television
cosby show, chef (british comedy), the jeffersons, what's happenin'?, martin lawrence show, the carol burnett show, david letterman (when drummer steve jordan was in the house band), the incredible hulk (with that sad-ass music at the end of the show), gomer pyle, bugs bunny and looney toones and others.
Heroes
STILL - MY WIFE *SARAH RIESNER-TEMPLE* FOR DELIVERING MILES MAXWELL INTO OUR WORLD!!!!! He is at the top of my world. MILES DAVIS, RICHARD PRYOR, BRUCE LEE, MUHAMMED ALI, JACKSON 5, JIM KELLY, LIONEL HAMPTON, MAX ROACH, TONY WILLIAMS, SLAVE, CAMEO, JAMES BROWN, ART BLAKEY.
About me: serious. seriously silly. i have a sweet tooth. i like easy and simplicity. simplicity is not always easy.
i have bands: HOT BUTTERED RHYTHM, BLAZE, BRANNEN TEMPLE GROUP
(all jazz based music)
i've worked with robben ford, chaka khan, janet jackson, leni stern, sheena easton, kevin paige, jody watley, charles toliver, stephen bruton, javier vercher, bob schneider, j. blackfoot, lisa tingle, christian mcbride, mc overlord, james cotton, eric johnson, marvin stamm, karl denson's tiny universe, me'shell ndegeocello, carrie rodriguez, mitch watkins, malford milligan, new orleans social club, golden arm trio and the austin symphony, alejandro escovedo, george braith, patrice rushen, adam levy and buttermilk jr., henry butler, charles gale, gavin degraw, big john patton, kevin mahogany, steve bailey, hamiett bluiett, david ryan harris, dr. john, con-funk-shun, lizz wright, eric burdon and the animals and many other great artist and talented musicians. plus i've been on faculty at the university of texas department of jazz studies as their "drum specialist" for over 5 years.
Who I'd like to meet: Bruce Lee, my uncle Wesley (died in the '40's at age 7 from athsma - no emergency hospital care for blacks), Brian from Houston.
Thanks for the add, greatly appreciated. It's an honor to be a part of your family of friends here. We too welcome you aboard the FRQZ train with hopes you enjoy the ride! Don't be a stranger, stay in touch, keep us posted to upcoming gigs and adventures, post a performance video, and so on. Stay TUNED !
Hello Brannen Thank you for being a positive force in this world. Music is one of the few things left that still has the power to bring people from different cultures together in harmony. Always feel free to contact me.
Hey there...I got the news early this afternoon and I thought of you. I just wanted to come by and let you know that you're in my thoughts and prayers. I spoke with Delaney McClinton briefly and we reminisced about Stephen, the memories, and the last couple of years. Good times and wonderful memories. Stay strong. God Bless, Sam
Hi, how are you? Do you remember Europe (I'm not talking about the band)? Barcelona (I'm not talking about soccer)? Bilbao (I'm not talking about the best city in the world)? I guess they want you to come back for a tour (I'm not talking about past bad experiences) Hugs!!!
Enjoyed the set at the Elephant Room the other night with Temple Underground. Your bass player was unbelievably funky and it was a great to witness you and J.J. playing together.. show's me how high the bar's been set.. and it's pretty friggin' high.. :) See you 'round town sir..
hey man... just wanted to say thanks for a great session the other day... i'm stoked about the way everything came out... i'll have those cd's with the other songs for you soon. oh... and i've got your shades...
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