Some groups of which I am a member include:
The Quartet of Happiness:
Kelly Roberge - tenor sax
Rick Stone - alto sax
Austin McMahon - drums
as-yet-unnamed trio with:
Carmen Staaf - piano
Austin McMahon - drums
Other groups I enjoy playing with include the Kevin Harris Project, Newpoli (italian folk music), Bjorn Wennas and Carmen Marsico, the Yoko Miwa Trio, the Gill Aharon Trio, Tev Stevig (including the Poludaktulos orchestra), Plamen Karadonev, among many others.
Influences
Coffee, Thelonious Monk, Jaco Pastorius, Henri Matisse, J.S. Bach, Stanley Kubrick, all of the sights, sounds, sensations and people that I've ever found inspiring... It's a pretty long list.
Grew up in Arlington, VA with stops in Bainbridge Island, WA and Harrisonburg, VA. Currently growing up in the Boston, MA area. Studied acoustic bass and music in general in undergraduate (James Madison University) and graduate (New England Conservatory) school. Maintaining a busy performing and teaching schedule, trying to draw on the best of both worlds. I've been very lucky to have traveled to such places as Japan, Norway and Italy, as well as all over the U.S., performing music. I'm appearing on recent releases by the Yoko Miwa Trio ("The Day We Said Goodbye", Sunshine Digital), the Kevin Harris Project ("Freedom Doxology"), Plamen Karadonev ("Crossing Lines", mu records), and on several other soon-to-be released recordings. Past recordings include the Quartet of Happiness' self-titled debut album, Newpoli's first album, Kevin Harris' "Butterfly Chronicles", among others.
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well, it has been a long and winding road, and an even longer time coming, but my debut CD, I Remember, is FINALLY HERE!!! YAY!!!!!
to celebrate, American HeartBeat Records(tm) has arranged a FREE DOWNLOAD of Now Is The Time in exchange for a valid email address. Now Is The Time is a brand new, upbeat song I wrote: we are living in turbulent times. suddenly it is okay to be greedy and heartless? no way! a song of hope for our future, a new vision of America and the world.
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I look forward to getting to know you a little better, and I thank you SO VERY MUCH for your friendship and support!
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Great tracks. I hope to hear you play live sometime. I'd love to play with you someday, its always a thrill to play with a new slammin' bass player. =?)
Hey Kendall! Hope you're well and happy thanksgiving. I am looking forward to the next local QOH show. I know you guys are traveling. hope all the music is good.
Hi Kendall, thanks for your friendship and the message! Yes, I'm back in France now, after a very nice California trip. Enjoyed the music on your page, hope to meet you someday, maybe in Paris... Wishing you a beautiful & inspired week end ***** Phil *****
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