| Influences | All the great architects of twenty-first century music born out of the Africa to the Americas experience, most commonly known as Jazz, R & B, Funk, Gospel, Blues-Rock, Ragtime, Brazilian: architects of 19th and 20th century classical music including, Chopin, Ravel, Bach, Rachmaninov, Brahms.
All those bassists who play with a hump and not afraid to swing: Mingus, Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Ray Brown, Chambers, Slam Stewart, Jimmy Myritt, , Buster Williams, George Duviver, Charle Fambrough, Eddie Gomez, Bob Hurst, Christian Mcbride, Lonnie Plaxico, Percy Heath, NHOP, Sam Jones, Arthur Harper, Mike Boone. On electric: Larry Graham, Stanley Clarke, Jaco, Marcus Miller, Anthony Jackson, Reggie Washington, Victor Bailey, Jimmy Johnson, Byron Miller, Michael Henderson, Verdine White, James Jamerson, ...
Walter Hawkins, Jobim, Holdsworth, Hermeto, Nascimento, Horta, Herbie and McCoy, Gil Scot Heron, Stevie, James Brown, Parker, Pops...on and on and on and on.... |
