| Influences | IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
Fiona Apple, Harold Arlen, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, J.S. Bach, Afrika Bambaataa, The Band, Count Basie, Beastie Boys, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Beethoven, Tony Bennett, The Bird & The Bee, Bjork, The Blues Brothers, David Bowie, Jon Brion, James Brown, Dave Brubeck, Buena Vista Social Club, Patsy Cline, Paul Curreri & Devon Sproule, The Carter Family, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, Chopin, Nat "King" Cole, Harry Connick, Jr., John Coltrane, Bobby Darin, Miles Davis, Sammy Davis, Jr., Ani Difranco, Bob Dylan, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Duke Ellington, Juan Garcia Esquivel, Danny Elfman, Kurt Elling, The Everly Brothers, Feist, Ella Fitzgerald, Bela Fleck & The Flecktones, Ben Folds, Aretha Franklin, Judy Garland, Marvin Gaye, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Benny Goodman, Gorillaz, Nanci Griffith, Dave Grisman, Emmylou Harris, Neal Hefti, Billie Holiday, Buddy Holly, Jackson 5, Michael Jackson, Jamiroquai, Jurassic 5, Norah Jones, Janis Joplin, Gene Kelly, Diana Krall, Allison Krauss, K.D. Lang, Jonathan Larson, Louis Ledford, Shelby Lynne, Lyle Lovett, Henry Mancini, Dean Martin, Dave Matthews, Nellie McKay, Johnny Mercer, Charles Mingus, Anais Mitchell, Joni Mitchell, Thelonious Monk, Bill Monroe, Wes Montgomery, Van Morrison, Motown, Mozart, NPR, Willie Nelson, Tim O'Brien, Old Crow Medicine Show, Old School Freight Train, Charlie Parker, Jaco Pastorius, Madeleine Peyroux, Edith Piaf, Pink Floyd, Pink Martini, The Police, Cole Porter, Elvis Presley, Prince, Red Stick Ramblers, Otis Redding, Doug Richards, Nelson Riddle, Rockapella, Ginger Rogers, Marc Shaiman, Alan Silvestri, Paul Simon, Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, Slick Rick, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Kevin Spacey, Special Ed & The Shortbus, Stravinsky, Billy Strayhorn, Justin Timberlake, Mel Torme, Tower of Power, Ritchie Valens, Tom Waits, Ween, Gillian Welch, Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Brian Wilson, Amy Winehouse, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Frank Zappa |