| Influences | There are just too many moments both musical and non musical to mention.
Everything is in, nothing is ruled out.All are part of the herbs, spices and flavours of this path, that has chosen me to walk along it. However here are a few storytellers and griots that have walked their own paths that I have admired:
Frank Robinson,Stevie Wonder,Al Green,Thelonious Monk,John Coltrane,
Donny Hathaway,Earth wind and fire,Bobby Hutcherson,Roy Ayers,
Lester Bowie,Bob Marley,stranglers,Hermeto Pasquale,Egberto Gismonte,
Nana Vasconceles,Burning Spear,Milt Jackson,Herbie Hancock,Charlie Parker,Youssou N'dour,Cheikh Lo,Pino Danielle,Aretha Franklin,Chaka Khan,Toumani Diabate,Joni Mitchell,Salif Keita,Mory Kante,Claude Deppa,
Art Ensemble of Chicage,Sunra,Harrison and blanchard,JackDejohnette,
Duke Ellington,Cleveland Watkiss,George Clinton,Linton Kwesi Johnson,
Charles Mingus,Wayne Shorter,Weather Report,Charlie Rouse,Freddie Hubbard,Woody Shaw,Buster Williams,Wynton Marsalis,Prince,Ned Doheny, Cameo,Vinx,Mary Jane,Jimi Hendrix,Henry Threadgill,Brandon Ross,John Surman,John Taylor,Sounds of Blackness,The Last Poets, Mutaburaka,Red Rizla,Dennis Bovell,Dennis Brown,Freddie McGregor, Joe Harriot,Walt Dickerson,Savanna,Roland Kirk,The Neville Brothers,The Nicholas Brothers.Grover Washington,Donald Byrd,George Benson,Tony Williams,
Mike Manieri,Kenny Kirkland,Art Blakey,Miles Davis,Ron Isley,Nancy Wilson,Ella Fitzgerald,Nat King Cole,Gerald Veasley,Brandon Ross,Max Roach,Cassandra Wilson,Leroy Osbourne,Jeffrey Durrant,Sam Jacobs,
Quincy Jones,Sly and Robbie,Sly Stone,Rick James,Prince,Steve Arrington, Aston"Familyman" Barret.Dr Buzzards Original Savanah Band,Burning Spear. |
