| Member Since | 4/23/2005 | | Band Website | www.meilana.com | | Band Members | Fine Print:
Meilana Gillard: Tenor Saxophone, Bass Clarinet
Nir Felder: Guitar
Sam Barsh or Kris Davis: Rhodes/Nord
Marcos Varela: Bass
Tyshawn Sorey: Drums
| | Influences | Music/art that inspires me…in random order except for GENE WALKER who is number ONE!!! Lester Young, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Lucky Thompson, Dexter Gordon, Art Tatum, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Max Roach, Jimmy Blanton, Sidney Bichet, Ella Fitzgerald, Melba Liston, Charli Persip, Count Basie, Neil Hefti, Sammy Nestico, Charlie Parker, Stan Getz, Don Byas, Slam Stewart, Milt Hinton, Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn, Gene Ammons, Sonny Rollins, Sonny Stitt, Eddie Harris, Dizzy Gillespie, Al Grey, Benny Golson, Billy Mitchell, Oscar Peterson, Russell Procope, Cootie Williams, Bill Evans, Ray Brown, Jimmy Heath, Percy Heath, Slam Stewart, Gene Harris, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, Hank Mobley, Stanley Turrentine, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers, Oscar Pettiford, Red Garland, Lee Morgan, Ornette Coleman, Archie Shepp, Yusef Lateef, Pharoah Sanders, Nat Adderley, Blue Mitchell, Cannonball Adderley, Hank Jones, Billy Higgins, Frank Foster, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, Paul Chambers, Percy Heath, Jimmy Scott, SHIRLEY HORN, Dave Brubeck, Lee Konitz, Paul Gonsalves, Thad Jones, Mel Lewis, Elvin Jones, Leroy Vinegar, Jack Dejohnette, Eric Dolphy, Booker Irvin, Mary Lou Williams, Nancy Wilson, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Elis Regina, Peggy Lee, Frank Sinatra, Dionne Warwick, Patti Labelle, Roberta Flack, Quincy Jones, June Christy, Stan Kenton, Blossom Dearie, Sarah Vaughn, Vaughn Wiester, Jim Hill, Jimmy “Lee” Hill, Charles Tolliver, Freddie Hubbard, Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Eddie Bayard, Seamus Blake, Christian McBride, Branford Marsalis, Dewey Redman, Sam Rivers, Greg Osby, Joshua Redman, Roy Hargrove, Michael Brecker, Donny McCaslin, Abraham Burton, Lauren Sevian, Chris Potter, Joshua Redman, Dave Holland, Dave Douglas, Gary Thomas, Jaleel Shaw, Julius Hemphill, Tyshawn Sorey, Katia Toobool, Marcos Varela, Nir Felder, George Garzone, Dave Glasser, Tim Price, Steve Wilson, Steve Nelson, Kenny Drew Jr., Bob Mover, Ingrid Jensen, Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Reich, Glass, Ryo Noda, Mike DiRubbo, Paule Maurice, Marcel Mule, Eugene Russeau, Stockhausen, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, James Brown, Otis Redding, The Isley Brothers, BOOTSY, Aarron Neville, The Delfonics, Curtis Mayfield, Steely Dan, Tower of Power, Sam Cooke, Nick Drake, Son House, The Isley Brothers, The Police, Robert Palmer, Earth Wind and Fire, The Supremes, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Aretha Franklin, Little Johnny Taylor, The Meters, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, The Doors, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles, The Commodores, Weather Report, Cheap Trick, Def Leopard, Poison, Madonna, Bill Withers, Willy Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Dave Kikoski, BECK, Eric Alexander, Clarence Carter, Rick James, Prince, Eric Clapton, Tupac, Dr. Dre, Snoop, E40, The Roots, Digable Planets, A Tribe Called Quest, Digital Underground, George Clinton/Parliament, J Dilla, Mary J. Blige, Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, Michael Jackson, Onyx, Busta Rhymes, Biggie Smalls, Tupac Shakur, Janet Jackson, Green Day, The Pixies, The Breeders, Kim Deal, Guns and Roses, Anna Wayland, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Aerosmith, Radiohead, Joanna Newsom, Justin Timberlake, Timberland, Raphael Saadiq. | | Sounds Like | Something you might nod your head to. | | Record Label | Inner Circle Music | | Type of Label | Major |
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