Current Line-up:
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Chris Cuda - Guitars ********************************************************************************
Tony Cuda - Bass
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Steve Renko - Drums ******************************************************************************
Influences
No special order here. I certainly have left out a lot, but this is what music comes to mind immediately:...................................................................
Art Rock/Prog Rock - Yes, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, ELP, Zeppelin, Frank Zappa.................................................................................R&B - Isley Brothers, Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Earth Wind and Fire.... ................................................................................Jazz - John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Keith Jarret, Dave Holland, Bill DeArango...........................................................................Singer/Songwriter - Cat Stevens, Harry Chapin, Ani DeFranco.............................................................................Fusion - Weather Report, Frank Zappa, Mahavishnu, John McLaughlin, Chick Corea, Mike Stern, Allan Holdsworth, Pat Metheney..........................................................................
World - Oregon, Joe Zawinul, Richard Bona, Jamey Haddad..................................................................................Classical/Acoustic Guitar - Julian Bream, Sharon Isbin, Andres Segovia, Ralph Towner................................................................................Orchestral - Beethoven, Stravinsky, Stockhausen, Bubalo, & 20th Century Composers...........................................................................Pop - Prince, Sting...............................................................................
"...LA MIA FAMILGLIA...".....................................................................Art: Michelangelo, Botticelli.............................................................................Science: Galelio Galelie................................................................................Literature: Dante, Petrarch.............................................................................Spirtuallity: SHEMP...............................................................................Comedian: God
Traces & Times Sq
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"...Chris Cuda's "CD Sampler" is an exotic mix of jazz, rock, R&B, and world rhythms is one of the most pleasant surprises in this reviewer's experience..." - Giuseppe Verdi, Musica Jazz (2007).
CHRIS CUDA - has recorded and/or performed with David Thomas (Rocket From The Tombs & Pere Ubu), Horns & Things, Sonny Geraci (The Outsiders), Len Berry, Tommy Roe, Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon, Leslie Gore, Billy J. Krammer, The Shangri-La’s, Gilby Clarke (Guns & Roses, MC5, Heart), Michael Cartellone (drummer for Tommy Shaw, Damn Yankees & Lynyrd Skynyrd) Jeckyl & Hyde, Jackie Cooper (O’Jays drummer) Michael Gibbs (session w/orchestrator for Mahavishnu, Jaco, and Peter Gabriel), Ernie Krivda, Dazz, and Beaucoup band members to name a few. Additionally, Chris had a wonderful relationship with jazz pioneer & guitar legend, the late Bill DeArango, learning about life and music through Bill. ********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************
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CHRIS CUDA – (GUITAR and COMPOSITION) is a self-taught all-around guitarist. Chris plays many guitars including a Steinberger GL2T electric guitar; a Switch Vibracell Midi Guitar with a Roland GI-20 synth guitar system(Woodwinds, Brass, Stringed Instruments, & Keyboard sounds); a Breedlove Focus hand made acoustic guitar; Lucida Artista Classic Guitar; Alvarez Maple 12 string; 1960s Gibson ES150DC; Yamaha 5 string bass; Yamaha Dove Acoustic, and a 1960s Supro steel. Chris’s influences include Julian Bream, John Coltrane, James Brown, Mahavishnu, Yes, Zappa, and 20th century composers.
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TONY CUDA – Tony Cuda is a schooled musician, writer and bass player. After spending three years at Berklee School of Music in Boston, Tony hit the road with an original fusion band in the early 1980’s. After playing the New England scene for about 5 years, Tony returned to Cleveland to rejoin his brother Chris, eventually co-founding their current group. Tony plays a 1963 fretless Fender Jazz and a fretted Spector bass guitar. His main influences are Weather Report, Yes, King Crimson and Miles Davis.
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STEVE RENKO – (Drums) is an 19 year-old musical prodigy, and is the most talked about drummer in northeast Ohio. Besides playing and recording with Chris Cuda, Steve is currently playing drums with the legendary Ernie Krivda’s Big Band and the Bad Boys of Blues. Steve is able to capture the nuances of Chris’ odd time-signature music with mega-chops as well as laying down a monster groove. There have been several articles written about him in the Plain Dealer, and Steve has been the recipient of many awards.
Steve Renko has been studying with local drum guru, Bob McKee. He has also drawn much praise from international percussion giant, Jamie Haddad. Steve and Chris Cuda have received much interest in performing in NYC, where Steve is planning on attending music school.
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Chris I hope you have a great Holidays.I have a Christmas song "White Christmas" I invite you,thank you I hope you have a great year and wish you the best.
Hi, If you live in New York or the surroundings you can help the French band Jack Dupon by contacting Dave Roberge from Transit Music Group. Here to comment : www.myspace.com/transitmusicgroup Here for an e-mail : transitmusic2@aol.com And tell him, Yes we want Jack Dupon for a United-States-Tour in 2010. Thanks and greetings from France......
Aaron Koppel Quartet @ Andy's Jazz Club 11/20 and 11/21
We are very excited about playing at such an awesome jazz club. We have some great sets lined up for you, so don't miss it.
Friday and Saturday November 20th and 21st, 5:00-8:30p at Andy's Jazz Club The Aaron Koppel Quartet 5-8:30p, Corey Wilkes group plays at 9:30p 11 E. Hubbard St. Chicago, IL 60611 The Aaron Koppel Quartet performing original music from "The Wild Call Of The Multi-Takser" and their new album "Falling Together Falling Apart", jazz standards, covers by Radiohead and James Brown. New album will be available for purchase at the show. 21+ Cover $10
Aaron Koppel -Guitar, Matt Nelson; (Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos) -Keyboard, Graham Czach; (Chicago Afrobeat Project) -bass, Robert Tucker (Matthew Santos) -drums http://www.andysjazzclub.com http://www.myspace.com/aaronkoppelmusic http://www.coreywilkes.com
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Hey, thanks for checking out my work. It's always good to hear others are enjoying it.
Equinox as you can guess is a work in progress, and i hope to be expanding on it in the upcoming months and eventually release it as a free downloadable EP.
I love jazz of virtually all forms. Your tone reminds me of Holdsworth and some other great Canterbury fusion. Very good stuff... i think i'll be wandering over to yr page when i get into guitar fusion mode.
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I'm proud to give you "Heavy In The Beats Vol. 1 - A Different Drum", the first installment in my FREE mixtape series dedicated to giving drummers and percussionists exposure. "Volume 1" focuses on the avant garde side of the instrument, and features pieces from Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin & Wood), myself, and others.
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