"Cinema Paradiso"
Daniele Ferretti: guitar & voice, Matt Geragthy: bass & JM: drums
"Chega de Saudade" Eleonora Bianchini: vocal, Daniele Ferretti: guitar, Tada Unno: piano, Matt Geraghty: bass, JM: drums & perc.
"Darn that Dream" & "Just in Time"
features Tadataka Unno, piano and Hassan JJ Shakur on bass
"Amazing Grace"
Tommy James on piano and Kengo Nakamura on bass.
"Bean and the Boys"
is with Steve Ash on piano and Neal Miner on bass.
"Dream Dancing"
is Eric Alexander: sax, Thomas Fryland: trumpet, Sam Yahel: Hammond Organ, JM: drums
Influences
I have been influenced by everybody I have ever heard, however the top 5, in terms of what comes through in my playing and cats who got me on the right track, are:
Philly Joe, Elvin, Billy Higgins, Ed Blackwell and now more than ever before and at that a little more every day: Papa Joe Jones - Hands Down
Sounds Like
That is for you to decide and for me not to worry about. I am a mixed bag of all the cats I have heard so far. I love playing behind good singers, horn players, pianists, guitarists and bass players. My signature, if I have one, is groove. Groove with the brushes, groove with the sticks, groove with the mallets, groove with the hands, just groove.
Stanley Crouch said this about me:"You passed the ultimate test, you can swing and you control the volume of the instrument"
I came to New York, in January '94 after a 6 month stay in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. I can't say I never looked back, fact is I looked back once, and realized I can't leave NYC. Now on my 14th year, I make a living playing Jazz, if nothing else happens in my life I will die a happy man. I get to play with some of the badest cats on the planet, Harry Whitaker, Hassan Shakur/J.J. Wiggins, Tada Unno, Joe Cohn, Tommy James, Kengo Nakamura, Frank Senior, Satoshi Inoue, Saul Rubin, Bob Mover, Eric Alexander and the extraordinary vocalists Michelle Walker & Jenn Jade Ledesna. My latest projects brought me back to playing Brazilian music, with guitarist and singer Daniele Ferretti.
But most of all, I get better every day. I am 38 now and I play better today than I did yesterday and alot better than a year ago. I get exited just thinking about how well I'll be playing when I'm 40, not mention 50 and 60.
Swing baby just keep swinging baby.
My friend and one of my favourite singers Frank Senior has just released his debut album "listing in the dark with frank senior" on smalls records, check it out www.cdbaby.com/cd/fsenior I am a very proud co-producer.
"just in time", in the roy haynes's spirit, our "master ", keeping the time like nobody, so we got to follow this "grandfather"'s exemple, peace...a french drummer, fan of all the "olds"masters
Hi jacob thanks for the greats playen in Halen @ Shirne and now I´m back and play @ >Jazz Kælderen the was a nice time with you and Alex to and a special Thanksgiveng ;o) say hallo to all and hope see you summ bjim Luz!
hej jacob, tak for undervisning det var virkelig lærerigt. Håber du er kommet godt tilbage til Usa. jeg har snakket med en ven om at tage til new york til sommer, håber at vi kan finde ud af noget der. :)
hey Jacob glad you had a great time in italy miss hanging with you hope u r doing great I will be working in New York next week almost 4 days in a row hope we can get together for a coffee!
Hey Jacob, thanks for your nice comment on my YouTube video ;-) Looking forward to hanging soon. I will be in Italy from July 18, and I see you will be gigging with Daniele at the same time. Let me send him an email now and maybe we can hook something up over there ;-)
Hej Jacob! Tusind tak for sidst. Jeg er stadig oppe at køre over hvor fedt vi havde det, og hvor fantastisk byen er, trods voldsom jetlag. Jeg kan ikke sove om natten og det er sgu hårdt når jeg skal op på arbejde. Hils alle de søde mennesker i din nærhed. Knus Ninna
1000 tak for din venlige kommentar. Fedt endelig at se en der har taget springet ud i den store verden - i modsætning til alle os der bare snakker om det.... Fantastisk musik - og fantastiske musikere. Venlig hilsen Per
Seja bem vindo. Você é parente do Itamar Franco? Você se parece muito com ele.
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