| Influences | James Jamerson, Doug Rauch, Michel Alibo, Billy Cox, Percy Jones, Marcus Miller, Andy Fraser, Hansford Rowe, Francis Moze, John Paul Jones, Mark Adams, Verdine White, Paul McCartney, Alphonso Johnson, Miroslav Vitous, Prince, Omar, Randy Hope-Taylor, Steve Lawson, Steve Bailey, Stanley Clarke, Jaco Pastorius, Steve Billman, Oscar Pettiford, Paul Chambers, Richard Davis, Ron Carter, Jimi Hendrix, Charlie Haden, Miles Davis, Michael Henderson, Michael Manring, Ed Friedland, Sting, James Genus, Paul McCartney, George Porter jr, Bootsy Collins, the bassists of Funkadelic and James Brown, Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter, Thaddeus Tribbett, Tye Tribbett, Paul Gonsalves, Booker Little, Eric Dolphy, Albert Ayler, John Coltrane, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Ryo Yamashita, Pete Cosey, John McLaughlin, Melvin Gibbs, Vernon Reid, Paul Jackson, Michael Henderson, Doug Watkins, Wilbur Ware, Percy Heath, Eddie 'Gua Gua' Rivera, Cachao, Ed Lucie, Ohio Players, Boomish, Dave Fiucynski, Tim Le Febvre, Nguyen Le, Meshell Ndegeocello, Scott Colley, Dave Holland, Dave Carpenter, Kai Eckhardt, Flea, Edwyn Birdsong, Fima Ephron, Bob Babbitt, Alex Blake, Tommy Bolin, Chris Minh Doky, BB King, Debussy, Bartok, Bach, Satie, Pino Palladino, Elvin Jones, Giovanni Hidalgo, John Bonham, Miki Ueno, Steve Jordan, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Harvey Mason, Mike Clark, Larry Young, Lonnie Smith, Wilbur Bascomb, Robbie Rodriguez, Robbie Shakespeare, Family Man, Chaka Khan, Anthony Jackson, Billie Holiday, Dave Liebman, Frank Sinatra, Phil Lynott, Anthony Tidd, Mark and Michael Mondesir, Joe Zawinul, Osibisa, Gary Crosby, Willie Weeks, Lee Sklar, Jimmy Garrison, Jimmy Blanton, Willie Dixon, Lincoln Goines, Jack Bruce, Steve Swallow, David Murray, Christian McBride, David Brown, Benni Rietveld, Doug Wimbush, Muzz Skillings, Mick Karn, Khaled, Maurice Zemmour, Lost Tribe, Youssou Ndour and his band, Habib Faye, Rhonda Smith, Led Zeppelin, Matthew Garrison, Reggie Washington, Kevin Bruce Harris, Common, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, Digable Planets, Thelonius Monk, Andrew Campbell, Eric Dolphy, Charles Mingus, Michael Brecker, Raphael Saadiq, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Gary Willis, Transglobal Underground, James Taylor, Scott Henderson, Sonny Sharrock, Eddie Hazel, Marvin Gaye, Slave, Sal Cuevas, Andy Gonzalez, Bobby Rodriguez, Arthur Maia. . . and many more! |
