E. Doctor Smith, The Drummstick, Zendrum ZX
Edo Castro - 7 String Bass, MIDI Bass
Celia DuBose, Bass and Vocals
Jack Wright, Guitars
Neil Mezebish - Flute, Alto, Tenor, Soprano and MIDI Saxophones
Members Auxillary:
Seth Elgart - Synthesizers, Samples
Chris Gulino, Banjo on “Futureboy”
Eric Dahlman -Trumpet/Jamman
Carlos Augustus, Guitar Synthesizer
Siobhan Canty, Vocals/Jamman
Neeta Raggowansi - Keyboards and Vocals
Sandip Burman - Tabla
Charles Unger - Tenor and Soprano Saxophones
Sam Peoples -Acoustic and Electric Piano, Samples
Mike Shea - Acoustic and Electric Bass
John Moremen - Electric Guitars, Guitar Synthesizer
Wilbur Rehmann - Saxophones
Peter Fox - Keyboards
Influences
Billy Cobham, Bill Bruford, Futureman, Tony Williams, Weather Report, Jethro Tull, Miles Davis, Henry Kaiser, Youssou N'Dour, Brian Eno, Lenny White, Thelonius Monk, David Torn, Trilok Gurtu, Oregon, Frank Zappa.
Sounds Like
Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Jethro Tull, Bill Bruford's Earthworks, King Crimson, Oregon.
“From the banjo-meets-Bruford tribal groove of “Futureboy” to the atmospheric sonic landscapes of “Girl of a Thousand Days,” E. Doctor Smith treads a musical road less traveled. His intrepid ensemble’s acid jazz explorations wander into every world musical nook and cranny, making this collection a trip well worth taking.”
-Stephen Bray, Producer
E. Doctor Smith began his musical journey as a teenager playing percussion in the District of Columbia Youth Orchestra and in Maryland’s Montgomery County Youth Orchestra. Inspired by the Miles Davis fusion bands of the mid-70s, he continued his studies with Paul Sears, drummer of the Muffins. His first group, Oranus Rey, featured guitarist Paul Bollenback, bassist Ed Howard, and saxophonist Tim Chambers.
In 1980 Doc moved to New York where he met fellow Music Building tenants Madonna and her co-writer, Stephen Bray. With Bray, Doc performed in the Breakfast Club and The Same. The Same was produced by Brian Eno and featured keyboardist Carter Burwell, guitarist Chip Johannsen, singer Clodagh Simonds, bassist Stanley Adler, and the motto "Semper Mutants."
Following Bray and Madonna to Los Angeles, Doc assisted on many of Madonna's biggest albums as well as other of Bray's projects including Nick Kamen, Gladys Knight, The Breakfast Club, Brian Ferry, and Steel Pulse. In L.A. Doc’s sound engineering skills were honed in sessions working alongside Michael Verdick and Tony Shepperd.
Back on the East Coast, Doc performed with the New England groups K2, Flash to Bangtime, and Feat of Clay using a Simmons kit he called the “Beast." Inspired by that of British drummer Bill Bruford, Doc’s 12-piece kit was the first embodiment of his love of digital drums.
In 1995, as a member of the trio Between The Lines, Doc designed and built the Drummstick, a percussion controller consisting rather humbly of a 2x6 piece of wood with 16 finger-pads. Borne of a desire to walk on stage, plug in and play like a guitarist, while accessing his beloved and virtually infinite world of digital sounds, Doc’s Drummstick developed a life of its own.
In 2000 Doc debuted his first CD of original music, The Drummstick, with his band of the same name, which featured core members Jack Wright on guitar, Neil Mezebish on horns, and Celia DuBose on bass. That year he also performed using the Drummstick with guitar legends including Bon Lozago of Gong, Tom Principato, Bill Kirchen, Paul Bollenback, as well as bansurist John Wubbenhorst, tabla master Sandip Burman, and the famed Howard Levy.
Now living in and loving San Francisco, Doc performed at the Edgetone New Music Summit of 2006 with horn player Eric Dahlman. He is thrilled at the 2007 release of a new Drummstick 2 CD, a long-distance collaboration with the original Drummstick band and other musical friends (and the re-release of his first Drummstick CD) on Edgetone Records.
Doc also produced and performed on an Edgetone release entitled Robert Anbian and UFQ: the Unidentified Flying Quartet. This timely and troubling work of jazz and poetry features poet Robert Anbian, saxophonist Charles Unger, keyboardist Sam Peoples, and bassist Mike Shea.
Recently he has been performing with the seven string bass virtuoso, Edo Castro and will be releasing two more albums on Edgetone; The upcoming "K2" in June '08 with Seth Elgart, Neil Mezebish and Edo Castro, "E. Doctor Smith Live with Edo Castro" in January of '09 and "Feat of Clay:Quantum" with Eric Dahlman, Jack Wright, Tom Shiben and Liza Albright, scheduled for June of '09.
Thanks so much for the Add–and your friendship. We enjoyed your music very much. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It's a pleasure having you among our friends! We've added two blogs about Umano, plus four more new compositions, making ten on our page. We hope you and your friends visit us and enjoy our music, too. We wake up every morning and play the music of the new MySpace friends who have arrived at our site during the night. It occurred to us that these friends (you are among them) are almost universally positive, whether they be novices or legends, and without regard to their station in life or the country they occupy. Although it's not an original thought, it also occurred to us that we couldn’t hold a verbal conversation with most of these friends, but we have bridged that gap by expressing our art honestly with each other. We all have been filling the world with our music and art, in the hope that our messages of love and human understanding will have an impact on the world at large. What a gift and what an opportunity we have received from this technology!
Recently, I added a new song to my music player called, "Always" which might be one of the best songs I've written so far. Tthe chorus was scored for an entire violin section, however, in studio, I had one violinist, Jan "Yes I Can" Sullins. I asked her to single handedly create the sound of a "Hollywood style" string section. This is almost like telling someone, "Please jump rope one handed 10 times while monkeys nip at your feet."
Lucky for me, Jan worked some magic and now you can hear it on track 1 in my music player. It's called "Always" and is from my upcoming album, "Awakening," to be released June 16th.
If it's too far from your home, if you have better things to do, if you're scared to go out...discover
Jack Dupon's video almost live at a private concert...
Oppression
Si c'est trop loin de chez vous, si vous avez mieux a faire, si sortir vous fait peur... Découvrez la vidéo de Jack Dupon presque en live lors d'un concert privé filmé sur Clermont-1ère en octobre 2008...
Hello, So nice to be your friend. Your music is so good. I fixed Eric Dahlman's page so that more of the tunes would play. You all are wonderful, Peace and Love from Arizona, Nancy
........Notre nouveau clip, entièrement fait à la main... PIG MONSTER.
Déjanté, hors normes, expérimental, décalé, théâtral, déglingué.
........Our new music video, entirely handstitched .... PIG MONSTER.
Crazy, non-standard, out of norme, unusual, experimental, out of phase, theatrical, delirious.
Pig Monster
BONNE ANNÉE, GROSSES BISES et VIVE le ROCK...
*I am so stoked that Tiesto is coming to San Antonio on Dec. 8th! Are you going to go? Also Armand van Helden will be in Houston for NYE Celebration. *
Chris Whatlin? You mean Whatley? Sax player?.. I'll keep in Touch..Just found out that flights on my way back might be crazy due to the Obama inagural.. sheezz!
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We are excited to announce our second national tour this year. Leaving the New York area to once again bring our progressive sound to our friends countrywide. Come watch us jam live and personal.
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