Thelonious Monk; Art Blakey; Bob Dylan; Sonny Rollins (I worship him the way everyone else worships Coltrane); Lester Young; Television; Muddy Waters; Duane Allman; Mick Taylor; Syd Barrett; Lou Reed; Ray Davies; Jerry Garcia ('67-'69); Freddie Green; Sonny Boy Williamson; Hank Mobley; The Smiths; Michael Bloomfield; Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee; Lee Morgan; Bukka White; Steve Winwood; Philly Joe Jones; Kenny Dorham; Buddy Guy; Phil Lesh; The Kinks; Jackie McLean; The Ramones ('76-'80); Lightnin' Hopkins; The Small Faces--Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Ian McLagan and Kenny Jones--the founding fathers of Brit-Pop; Frank Sinatra; The New York Dolls; Mississippi John Hurt; R.E.M. (though I'm done after "Automatic For The People"); Chuck Berry: the TRUE king of rock and roll; Booker Little; Deep Purple (Mk II '69-'73); Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers; Ahmad Jamal; Ritchie Blackmore; Howlin' Wolf; The Band (and of course as the Hawks backing Dylan in '66); Eric Dolphy; B.B. King (decades before he started doing Burger King commercials); The Rolling Stones, the greatest rock and roll band in the world, although they should have broken up when Mick Taylor quit in Dec. '74; The Velvet Underground: the ONLY band greater than the '64-'74-era Stones; Ronnie Lane; Sonny Clark; Gene Ammons; PETER GREEN'S Fleetwood Mac: '67-'70; James Brown; Antonio Carlos Jobim; George Harrison; The Stooges (I mean the proto-punk band fronted by Iggy Pop, not the slap-stick ensemble fronted by Moe Howard); Otis Redding; Dean Martin; Sly and the Family Stone; Curtis Mayfield; Eddie Jefferson; Jeff Beck-era Yardbirds; Peter Green: the TRUE God of British Blues guitar; Morrissey; Coleman Hawkins; Count Basie Orchestra; Grant Green; Tony Bourdain; Clint Eastwood...
Sounds Like
All songs written by PJ Cotroneo: Copyright (c) 2008 PJ Cotroneo
PJ Cotroneo-guitar,vocals,harmonica, mandolin;
Antar Goodwin-bass;
Scott Michael-tenor sax;
Michael Holowatch-drums on all tracks;
David Remelis-violin solo on "The Ballad of Big Mouth Ray & The Boys";
Joe Bussey-acoustic upright bass on "The Ballad of Big Mouth Ray & The Boys";
Kathy Phillips & Rebecca Feynberg-background vocals.
The PJ Cotroneo Band's music is a rootsy amalgam of gritty blues augmented by the improvisational aspect of jazz. Initially a blues guitarist, PJ moved to Antigua, West Indies where he met and subsequently began playing and studying with master jazz guitarist Roland Prince. Roland's influence greatly inspired PJ, and having fallen under the spell of jazz he attended the New School’s Jazz/Contemporary Music program in New York in the late 1990's. PJ began immersing himself in jazz, playing around the New York/New Jersey area and in 2003 PJ and a friend from his New School days organized a band and recorded. Though gigging around in support of the CD, PJ suddenly began to feel within him a reawakening of the blues influence he had pushed aside upon becoming seriously interested in jazz. He recognized that his path forward must accommodate both of the musical styles that define who he is as a musician, and slowly but surely the line-up of the PJ Cotroneo Band began to take shape. The rhythm section is made up of bassist Antar Goodwin who is a dear friend of PJ’s for many years. His lyricism, experience and ability to play different musical styles contribute greatly to the sound of the band. Drummer Corey Rawls is one of the most versatile and masterful drummers playing today. His ferocious technique and musical vocabulary are unequaled. Sharing the front line with PJ is tenor saxophonist Scott Michael, whose slick and contemporary yet soulful approach makes a perfect match with PJ’s guitar style, adding another layer of complexity to the music. The four musicians that comprise the PJ Cotroneo Band hail from different musical backgrounds and experiences, and the confluence of these backgrounds and experiences gives the music its unique spirit, sound, emotional depth and identity.
Some show dates are November 7th at championships at 932 chambers street, 08611 New Jersey November 21 at finnigans, 529 U.S. 130, East Windsor, NJ December 4th at our high school South brunswick high school, monmouth juntion, 08852,nj,750 ridge road. December 12th at post 282.... 8 Patterson Street, Harrison, New Jersey 07029. December 18th- at future starz 15 Gloria Ln, Fairfield, NJ and January 17 at the stone pony- 913 Ocean Ave Asbury Park, NJ 07712-6221
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