THE ONE!, My Mother, Bootsy's Rubber Band, Miles Davis, J.S. Bach, The Bass Guitar, Parliament/Funkadelic, Thomas Blackwell, Anthony Jackson, The Five String Bass Guitar, The Jackson 5, James Brown, LOVE, Tchicovsky, Prince and The Revolution, Jimi Hendrix, Paul Chambers, Red Garland, Nat "King" Cole, Jonathan Dubose, The Police, Chaka Khan, Scooby Doo, Hanna-Barbera, Janos Starker, KINDNESS, The Brides of Funkenstein, Rodney "Skeet" Curtis, Cordell "Boogie" Mosson, Jaco Pastorius, Ray Brown, Bruce Lee, Earth, Wind & Fire, Verdine White, My old blue sparkle Zim-Gar Drum kit, Huey P. Newton, Stevie Wonder, Good Times, Welcome Back Kotter, Warner Brothers Cartoons, Bugs Bunny, 1977, HAPPINESS, The Good Times & the Bad Times, NATURE, KISS, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley, Peter Criss, Van Halen, Michael Anthony, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, The Sun, R.B. Miles, Kolbe Cathedral, Mrs. King, Curtis Mayfield, Slave, Single Coil Pickups, RUSH, Geddy Lee, Jiro Yoshida, Jason Newsted, Bread, Weather Report, Wendy & Lisa, A Taste of Honey, The Isley Brothers, Stanley Clarke, The Mu-Tron III, 1978, Rick James & The Stone City Band, Teena Marie, Parlet, Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band, Kid Creol & the Coconuts, That Cat Endicot, The Bowery Boys, Creature Feature, Heatwave, Ivan Neville, WAR, Bruce Springsteen, The Bee Gees, ABBA, Nat "Cannonball" Adderley, The Smile, The Clash, Laughter, Phil Wilson, Clark Terry, The Fender Rhodes, Bob Botsford, Larry Graham, Paul McCartney & Wings, Dean Koontz, Flat Wound Bass Strings, King's X, Dug Pinnick, Michael Chervansky, The Eagles, Me'shell N'DegeOcello, B. David Whitworth, Trumbull, Bridgeport, 1982, Boston, Berklee, Room 851, 150 Mass Ave., Rich Appleman, Whit Brown, Saturdays, Nunzio Signore, Ozzy Osborne, Randy Rhodes, Rudy Sarzo, The Fender Jazz Bass, Aguilar Bass Amps. Marcus Miller, Jerome Brailey, Glen Goins, Quazar, Chic, Bernard Edwards, Shuggie Otis, The Minimoog, Donald Goss, Round Wound Bass Strings, Harold "FRO" Davis, Aerosmith, Down Avenue, Okonomiaki (Hiroshima Style), The Rolling Stones, The SUS Chord, Cheap Trick, Mike Post, The Ampeg SVT Stack!, AC/DC, Nancy Wilson, Vivaldi, Vincent Henry, John Adams, Rickie Lee Jones, Thomas Dolby, Pleasure, Nate Philips, Carter's Barbershop, Stratford Avenue, T.H. St. Anthony, The Robinsons, Bunnell Street, Reservoir Ave., The Synare, SNL, The Midnight Special, ABC's In Concert, The '70's, Ken Fairs, Brenda Russell, Vonda Shepard, Steve Williams, Bob Moog, Bobby Rock and a LOT more!
Born and raised in Bridgeport Connecticut, Carl began formal musical studies on drums at age seven and organ at age 13, before turning to the electric bass full-time at age 14. He would continue his studies throughout high school, mastering a wide range of solo and ensemble styles, including rock, funk and jazz, with influences as far-reaching as KISS, Van Halen, George Clinton and Miles Davis. Carl then went on to study at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston as a Performance major and graduated in 1986. He has since forged a career as diverse as his musical background, performing with an eclectic group of world renown R&B, jazz and rock artists that includes Dizzy Gillespie, Spin Doctors, Maxwell, Paula Cole, Joe Williams, Clark Terry, Joe Henderson, Digable Planets, Gil Scott-Heron, Aaron Neville, Tavares, Alyson Williams, Patti Rothberg, Walter Beasley, N'Dea Davenport, Phil Perry, Chuck Loeb and Kim Waters. Other extensive gigs of note include several years as musical director for the multi-platinum Brian McKnight, and extensive tenures with Will Downing, Mica Paris and Ivan Neville. In the process, Carl has performed on concert stages around the world and appeared on numerous television shows. An accomplished composer and educator, Carl has had a longtime recording/touring affiliation with solo artist/clinician, Bobby Rock. Their CD "Out of Body," in which Carl was a prominent songwriter along with Rock and Australian guitar great, Brett Garsed, remains a critically-acclaimed favorite in instrumental rock circles. Carl also recently co-wrote and co-produced R&B singer Marlon Saunders' debut CD entitled "Enter My Mind" as well as Marlon's follow-up CD "A Groove So Deep: The Live Sessions." In 2004 Carl released his debut CD entitled "This Day." Other composition credits include works for TV that have been featured on "MTV," "MTV2," "MTVBrasil," "VH-1," "Bravo," "A&E," "Comedy Central," "TLC," "Spike TV," "CMT," "National Geographic," "USA," "The Food Network," "The Discovery Channel," "The Travel Network," "One Life to Live," "Passions," "All My Children," and the hit Showtime program "Soul Food." In addition to his ongoing writing and recording projects, Carl is currently dividing his schedule between Grammy Award winning artist Paula Cole, vocal sensation The Three Mo' Tenors, contemporary jazz artist Alex Bugnon, east coast jam band Fro, and Japanese guitar sensation Jiro Yoshida, with whom he has recorded several CDs. Carl also tours Japan extensively with jazz artist Keiko Lee. He remains an active session player in the New York area.
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