Oskar Cartaya - bass
Richie Gajate-Garcia - percussion
Munyungo Jackson - percussion
Jorge "Cro Cro" Orta - congas
Bryan Velasco - keyboards
Rainel Pino - piano
Enzo Todesco - drums
Influences
MUSICIANS: Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, McCoy Tyner, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Charles Mingus, Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Cal Tjader, Ray Barretto, 13th Floor Elevators, Les McCann, Eddie Harris, Kenny Burrell, anything played backwards
THINGS: Sunsets, Clouds, The Wind, Trees, Reflections of Light
INTANGIBLES: Positive Energy, Intuition, Love
Sounds Like
Cal Tjader's overall vibe meets Joe Sample's overall vibe, starts playing Pat Martino-type virtuoso guitar mixed with Kenny Burrell-type bluesy/jazz licks, and writes Stevie Wonder-meets-Antonio Carlos Jobim-type tunes with an Afro-Cuban beat.
Mark Towns, virtuoso guitarist and prolific composer, is best known for creating guitar-based instrumental Afro-Cuban Jazz, producing a sound which blurs the lines between Latin Jazz, Flamenco Jazz, and Salsa. His music has the rare quality of being both esoterically hip, yet universally accessible. Whether burning hot or flowing cool, Marks music retains a magical, other-worldly feel.
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"A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What a man can be, he must be."-
~LOVE&BLESSING TOWARDS A NEW BEGINNING...2010
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