Fred"Catfish" Alias

Bio:

ALFREDO ALIAS Fred Alias, drummer/singer/songwriter, is a product of one of Americas more prolific musical families. Freds uncle on his mothers side is the late great bebop saxophonist SONNY STITT, and his uncle on his fathers side is the late great studio percussionist DON ALIAS. Fred is a pure pedigree, he has absorbed these influences and combines them with his passion for pop rhythms and R&B. Over the past years, Fred has played for BUSTA RHYMES (Rapper/Actor), MOS DEF (rapper/Actor), AVERAGE WHITE BAND, CASSANDRA WILSON, D'ANGELO, JONATHAN BUTLER, DAVID SANBORN,CHRIS(BIG DOG)DAVIS,ROHN LAWRENCE, MARION MEADOWS, JAMES BLOOD ULMER,BERNARD WRIGHT,DAMON BANKS, BOOTSY COLLINS, JOE, L.L. COOL J, INTRO, VERON REID, T.M. STEVENS,JEAN-PAUL BOURELLY,KELVYN BELL,MARK BATSON,MELVIN GIBBS,LENNY UNDERWOOD,BRIAN MICHELL,BILL SIMS JR,BENNY RIETVELD, MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO, BILL EVANS, PHILLIPPE SAISSE, KENNY GARRETT, TERRY CALLIER, AL MCDOWELL, GRANT GREEN, JR., GET SET V.O.P., Real World recording artist HASSAN HAKMOUN, Mexican pop star EMANUEL, D.J. JOE CLAUSSELL, and many others. Discography 1999 TOO BAD Back to Our Roots (Juna/Benga) 1999 Marion Meadows The Other Side of Midnight 1999 Les Go Dan Gna (Juna) 1998 Jean-Paul Bourelly Vibe Music (PAO) 1997 Jean-Paul Bourelly Rock the Cathartic Spirits (DIW) 1997 Terry Callier Time Peace (Polygram) 1995 Graham Haynes Transition (Verve) 1995 Jean-Paul Bourelly/TM Stevens Jimi Hendrix Tribute (DIW) 1994 Da Bush Babees Ambush (Reprise) 1994 Defunct Muddy Waters/Jimi Hendrix Tribute (Enemy) 1994 Jean-Paul Bourelly Blackadelic Blue (DIW) 1993 Get Set Voices of the Projects (Polydor/Polygram) 1993 Jean-Paul Bourelly Saints & Sinners (DIW) 1992 Kelvyn Bell Refunkanation (Enemy) Video/Television Appearances 1995 Soul Train with DAngelo 1994 Got To Give It Up performed by David Sanborn (Elektra) 1994 New York Undercover, performed with Teddy Pendergrass, FOX 1993 Pretty Brown Babies Get Set VOP (Polydor) 1993 Undercover FBI Kelvnator (Enemy) 1993 Live in Japan Masabumi Kikuchi (Sony Japan) 1992 Black Rock Coalition Christmas, WDR, Germany 1990 Jonathan Butler Live at Indigo Blues Jonathan Butler (Zomba) 1991 Until by Cassandra Wilson on Late Show with David Letterman(Blue Note Capitol), CBS 1968 Lena Horne & Harry Belafonte Caribbean Christmas, NBC Other Arranger/Writer: for Times Square 2000 theme, Les Go tracks produced by Bruce Swedien Composer/Arranger: for WNBA (Womens National Basketball Assoc.)with lenny underwood on ESPN. Composer of Drum Toolbox for ESPN, ESPY 900-spot, OCC CART (Motor Racing) On ESPN & ABC networks Member of Caf.. Wah Slam Clinic Band, NYC House drummer for Catch A Rising Star Comedy Club, NYC On Tour with: Average White Band, Philippe Saisse, Marion Meadows, Cassandra Wilson, D'Angelo, L.L. Cool J, JOE (Joe Thomas), MeShell NDegeocello, David Sanborn, Kenny Davis (INTRO), T.M. Stevens, Vernon Reid, Jean-Paul Bourelly and the Blue Wave Bandits, Defunct, Da Bush Babees, Kelvynator, Masabumi Kikuchi, Souleyman Faye, Hasan Hakmoun, Emanuel. Alfredo is endorsed by Zildjian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, and plays exclusively Smith Custom drums.

Member Since:

June 17, 2006

Members:

Fred Catfish alias,drums & perc,voc. freinds & family .

Influences:

GOD, MOM & My Grandpa Edward Hammond Boatner, Miles Davis,The Original Earth, Wind & fire, Crosby,Stills,Nash & Young, Free, Airto Moriera,James Taylor Hall & Oates, Sly Stone, Aretha Franklin, Brian Eno, Santana, Gentle Giant, Little Feat, Shakti, Led Zep,Jerry Gonzales & ft.A. band Incredible String Band, Mahalia Jackson, Weather Report, The Beach Boys, Marvin Gaye, The Crusaders, Van Morrison, Billy Cobham, Deodato, Modern Jazz Quartet (Milt Jackson), The Who, The Doors, Bob Dylan, Yes, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Withers, Quincy Jones, Keith Jarrett, Donny Hathaway, Paul Simon, King Crimson, Stevie Wonder, Lalo Schifrin, Joni Mitchell, Return to Forever (Chick Corea/Stanley Clarke), Cream, The Beatles, Herbie Hancock, Lifetime, Todd Rundgren, Wally Badarou, Pat Metheney, Mahavishnu Orchestra (John McLaughlin).......more recently Alison Krauss & Union Station, Radiohead,?uestlovefrom The roots, Louis Jordan, Leon Russell, Jeff Buckley, Joao Bosco, Chaka Khan, John Mayer, Nick Drake, Laurent De Wilde, Aimee Mann, Portishead, Carole King, Fiona Apple, Jerry Gonzales, Daniel Lanois, Esbjorn Svensson Trio, Ornette Coleman, Caetano Veloso, Beck, Dave Mathews Band, Thomas Newman, John Barry,The Off the Hook Band......oh, so many drummers including - DON ALIAS,ALEX ACUNA,JOSEPH"ZIGABB"MODELISTE, Levon Helm, Ritchie Hayward, STEVE JORDAN, Grady Tate, Clyde Stubberfield,Funky George Brown from Kool and the Gang, LENNY WHITE,STEVE FERRONE,Buddy Williams,STEVE WONDER HARVEY MASON, Elvin Jones, TONY WILLIAMS, Stix Hooper, BILLY COBHAM,DENNIS CHAMBERS, Andy Newmark, Sly Dunbar, Buddy Miles, Steve Gadd, Jim Keltner,Charley Drayton,YOGI HORTON, Freddie White,the late Tony Thompson with Chic, John Robinson, Hal Blaine, BERNARD PURIDE, JOHN BONHAM, Mitch Mitchell,, Manu Katche, , RINGO STARR, ART BLAKEY, PHILLY JOE JONES, Jack DeJohnette,William Kennedy,David Garibaldi, BILL BRUFORD, Al Jackson,JEFF"taine" WATTS, OMAR HAKIM, Keith Moon, Buddy Rich.......guitarists -Kelvyn Bell,Jean-paul Bourelly John Tropea, John Mclaughlin, Jimi Hendrix, Blackbird McKnight, The late great Hiram Bullock,Mike Cambell, Richard Thompson, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Lowell George, Cornell Dupree, Jerry Douglas (well, Dobro), , Carlos Santana, , Pat Metheny, George Benson, Frank Zappa.......bass players - MELViN GIBBS, Bootsy Collins, Willie Weeks, Lee Sklar, , Larry Graham, Dave Holland, Al Slavik, John Paul Jones, T.M Stevens,MARCUS MILLER, Stanley Clarke, James Jameson, Ron Carter, Paul Chambers, Tony Levin, Jack Bruce, Paul McCartney........... This is Fred catfish Alias on drums with Cassandra wilson 32-20 Jean Paul Bourelly,Mark Bastson, Mark Petterson & myself " .. J.P & the blue wave bandits-Supernatural-Cologne-94 My uncle Edward Hammond Boatner Jr.( Sonny Stitt)

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Record Label:

Benga music