I've had the privledge to play with many great musicians including: Anthony Braxton, Bill Dixon, Rob Mazurek, Fred Anderson, Roscoe Mitchell, Taylor Ho Bynum, Mary Halvorson, Nate Wooley, Peter Evans, Tomas Fujiwara, Harris Eisenstadt, Adam Lane, Matana Roberts, Loren Dempster, Reuben Radding, Zach Wallace, Aaron Siegel, Jessica Pavone, Jeff Parker, Jason Ajemian, Aram Shelton, Seth Meicht, Aaron Meicht, Brendan Dougherty, Keir Neuringer, Jeremiah Lockwood, Brian Chase, Ken Vandermark, Jeb Bishop, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Jason Roebke, Terence Murren, Nick Demopolous, Josh Abrams, Nori Tanaka, Shoko Nagai, Ben Vida, Andy Mcleod, Stuart Bogie, Colin Stetson, Neil Micheal Hagerty, Andrew Drury, Warn Defever
Influences
in no particular order morton feldman, sam cooke, archie shepp, prince, marvin gaye, otis redding, warren defever, david tudor, the flamingos, carsten nicolai, sonny rollins, the misfits, johnny taylor, smithsonian anthology of folk music, dewey redman, irma thomas, john cage, hall and oats, the temptations, tami terrell, anthony braxton, r.h. harris, darrel banks, charlie parker, curtis mayfield, eddie harris, ben webster, barry sanders, paul gonsalves, elizabeth cotton, jimmy giuffre, lester young, lester bowie, david bowie, david ruffin, rufus thomas, fred thomas, fred anderson, jackie wilson, robert ashley, lenny tristano, david lynch, the new york art quartet, crispin glover, albert ayler, edgard varese, ornette coleman, fugazi, grand master melle mel, krs1, samuel beckett, james joyce, ellery eskelin, mats gustaffson, axel dorner, brian wilson, tom waits, lee konitz, fox moulder, allen iverson, paul lovens, paul reubens
I write music and play saxophones and clarinets. Sometimes I sing and play guitar. Other times I make electronic music with a computer or without one. Right now my main projects are: Day in Pictures (quintet), Paper Gardens (quartet) and White Blue Yellow and Clouds (3 to 11 musicians). I've been a part of the collaborative trio Memorize the Sky for 8 years, we are currently working on our third album. I am also greatful to play in Zemog el Gallo Bueno, Exploding Star Orchestra, The Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet, Harris Eisenstadt's Canada Day Quintet, Positive Catastrophe, Jason Ajemian' s Joy Mega, The Seth Meicht Big Sound Ensemble, The New Jerk Times, The Pavones, The Bridesmaids, Neil Micheal Hagerty and the Howling Hex, Bright Black Morning Light, The Easy Star All Stars, The Sway Machinery.
thanks for the add! only recently got my hands on a copy of "weary already...", but it's a terrific album. looking forward to hearing more... (yep, i'm a few years behind) G.
The new Day in Pictures band = super slammin'!! Loved it last night, definitely the ripsnortingest live show I've seen you do of your own material. And I'm not just leaving this comment here so I can scam on one of your friends.
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