EARLY INFLUENCES:
stevie wonder/ david sanborn / average white band / stephan grappelie /
tony bennet / john zorn / the who / spyrogyra / santana / graham stansfield /howie casey / bob jenkins --
MY HEROES ( IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER) :
John coltrane / david Sanborn / michael Brecker / paul Desmond /
Eric Cartman / Tito Puente / Machito / bob Berg / The who / The Goons /
Steve Reich / Ltj Bukem / Chopin / Richard Pryor / Pete Townsend /
Derek and Clive / Dick Morrisey / Luther vandross / Steve gadd /
Ronnie Ross / Charlie Parker / My parents / The clash / james Brown / maceo /
jeff buckley / The four tops / Chaka khan /Anita Baker / lenny Picket /
luciano Pavarotti / John Lee hooker / the brothers johnson /eddie Palmier / Mozart / Peter Sellers / dave boruff / michael sembello /
eddie van halen / Art tatum / my wife / Cecilia bartoli / the Rolling stones /
kate bush / Stevie ray vaughan / tori amos / bonnie raitt / Eddie daniels /
ian Dury / jeff beck / Motorhead / J.S Bach / suzanne vega / led Zepelin / jim hall / oscar peterson / michael nyman / gerry mcCrystal/ deborah harry / richard pryor / grover / prince / E.W.F. / eddie palmierie / boomtown rats / joe farrell / detroit spinners / femi kuti / fela kuti / basia / bebel gilberto / etta james / flora purim / hall and oats / madness / eric morecambe/ carleen anderson / dick oats / my brother / george shearing /Joanna MacGregor / michel camillo / earl bostic / joe henderson / tony benn / mel collins / laurel and hardy / chucho valdes
Hi Ian, I was listening to Brazilian Internet Radio (as you do!!!!) whilst working away and suddenly I thought I heard you playing! By heck he gets around thought I. Did you ever play a track called Doce Doce with an artist called Kenia? The CD's called Initial Thrill.
Hi Ian I don't think we've met ...? I certainly know a lot of the motley crew you play with tho'...nice to hook up here mate. Hope you're busy,happy and well Best wishes to you
How many alto-sax players does it take to change a light bulb? FIVE! One, to do it and the other four to comment on how David Sanbourn would have done it!.. Just dropping to say hello.. So hello..PS, "You're in a room with Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Kenny G. You have a gun but only 2 bullets. What do you do? Shoot Kenny G TWICE.. Just to make sure.... Now you're mission is to guess which Funkaholic sent this message!!! Ahhhhaaaa!! Good luck.. Chris.. DOH!!!
where's my beer and pies mr close?!! hope that you guys are fab, i'm having the time of my life up in sunny brighton all is indeed spangly :O) tell lid to have muchos americano fun if i don't see her before!! love to you both mwah mwa, anytime you fancy a holiday with pebbles please let me know!! XX
