Derek Phelps-Trumpet
with:
Carl Smith-Tenor Sax and
a drummer
doing new jazz/free improv. music
and,
Contra Coup
www.myspace.com/contracoup
doing Rocksteady/Reggae
Tunes up there in the right top corner:
The Good Side of Selfish is Systmatc with:
Derek Phelps-trumpet
John Robertson-trombone
Brad Stern-tenor sax
Ben Luttermoser-bass
Charlie Koltak-drums
Scott Gwinnell-Rhodes
The Derriere Dilemma is the reduced Systmatc with:
Derek Phelps-trumpet
Ryan Mackstaller-guitar
Charlie Koltak-drums
Ben Luttermoser-bass
Talking Points is Phive with:
Derek Phelps-trumpet
Leena Gilbert-violin
Ryan Mackstaller-guitar
Nick Zelinski-drums
Brad Something-bass
Hilo Bay is Systmatc with:
Derek Phelps-trumpet
Ryan Mackstaller-guitar
Brad Stern-tenor sax
Charlie Koltak-drums
Shannon Wade-bass
Influences
Dave Douglas, Birth, Bad Plus, Matt Wilson, Bjork, Sigur Ros, Ben Allison, Brad Mehldau, Don Byron, Brazilian Girls, Miles Davis, Mick Rossi, Myra Melford, Ornette Coleman, Dizzy Gillespie, Don Cherry, Nicholas Payton, E.S.T., John Zorn, Charlie Hunter, Josh Roseman, Ron Miles, Tony Malaby, Tom Rainy, Chris Speed, Thelonius Monk, Zulya.
Sounds Like
Picture a fish choking on a baby back rib. And your mother's best grilled cheese sandwich.
Derek Phelps is a composer, trumpeter, improviser and all-around good guy with diverse musical pursuits. A graduate of Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan—where he studied with Marcus Belgrave—and an alumnus of The Banff Center’s International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music—where he studied with Dave Douglas, Han Bennink, Bill Frissell and Jason Moran, among others. Derek approaches music the way he approaches making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches; with very little caution, a pang of hunger and knowing full well that he’ll most certainly have to wash his hands afterwards. Fresh off a stint on a cruise ship, Derek is dying to play music that moves his audience, not just a boat. Equally adept in reggae and jazz genres, original music is his second favorite thing in the world; his first is automatic car washes (tied with getting his hair cut).
I hope so, but I am at the very least done with RCCL!!! LOL...How about you? What are you up to now? I am sure you were happy to be done with all that drama!
i think Talking Points is my favorite. wikked music! so you're playing w/ Contra Coup? global shrinkage! you will love the Cross in Prague, say hello for me.
