JD Allen Trio
JD Allen: tenor sax; Gregg August: bass
Bill Frisell Band
Bill Frisell: guitar; Greg Leisz: steal guitar; Tony Scheer: bass
Rudy Royston 303 Sextet
Stacey Dillard: saxes; Philip Dizack: trumpet; Adam Klipple: piano; Josh Ginsburg: bass; Nir Felder: guitar
Influences
Ron Miles, Ed Blackwell, Parlaiment/Funkadelic, Sam Cook, Mahalia Jackson, Omar Hakim, Shamie Royston, Nash, Penn, Higgins, Blakey, Philly Joe, Papa Joe, Haynes, Max, Art Taylor, Elvin, Cobb, Manne, Victor Lewis, Joe Chambers, Billy Hart, Tain, Chris Dave, Beauford, Blade, Matt Wilson, E.J., Riggins, Quincy Davis, Hutchinson, Jonathan Blake, Dexter, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, John Coltrane, Monk, Mingus, Ellington, Sonny Clark, Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Grant Green, Billy Taylor, Jimmy Heath, Mobley, Redman, Pelt, Sean Jones, Common, Mulgrew, Marcus Miller, Marcus Strickland, Glasper, Tia, Da Vinci, Einstein, Tribe, Branford, Wynton, Badu, Dave Matthews, Marley, Christopher Cross, Pardon, Willie Nelson, Bee Gees, M-Base, James Williams, Duffy Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, Allison Kraus, Christian McBride, Hargrove, Garrett, Charlie Hunter, Kanye, Ella, LL, Betty Carter, MC Shan, Erik B, Cameo, Ohio Players, Tina Marie, Minnie Ripperton, John P Kee, Fred Hammond, Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, Clark Sisters, Al Green, Earth Wind and Fire, Lakeside, GAP Band, Ohio Players, Dazz Band, Donnie Hathaway, Sly, Robert Johnson, Blubland, Bonham, Mozart, Marley, Stravinsky, Tina Turner, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Debussey, Gregorian Chant, Haynes, Lenny White, Motown, Shakespeare, Langston Hughes, Walt Whitman, Karen Carpenter, Vandrose, Cobham, Ang Lee, Yo Yo Ma, Wonder, Bruce Lee, John Willams, Stubblefield, Ornette, Jarrett, Threadgill, Beatles, Miles, Shorter, Led Zeppelin, Cherry, Hancock, Weather Report, Haden, George Harrison, Nascimento, Lee Morgan, Taj Mahal, Geri Allen, Oliver Lake, Bacharach, Beach Boys, Perez Prato, Warwick, The Police, Hendrix, King Cole, Pendergrass, McRae, James Brown, Dolphy, McLaughlin, The 4 Tops, Supremes, Carwash, Steve Gonzales, Xanadu, Ruben Blades, Puente, Kenny Kirkland, Blanchard, my mother singing gospel in the kitchen while making dinner, West Side Story, Jensen Doroha, Spike Lee, The Wiz, Michael Jackson, Corea, Wekyl, Chambers, Schofield, Metheny, Marcus Roberts, Staple Singers, Ralph Peterson, Sanborn, Hall and Oates, Prince, Prince, Prince, Mint Condition, Frankie Beverly, Marvin Gaye, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jahmal, McCoy Tyner, LOVE
Born in Fort Worth, Texas, and raised in Denver, Colorado, Royston has been a professional teacher, drummer and percussionist for almost twenty years. He studied classical percussion at University of Denver where earned undergraduate degrees in Music and English; Rudy accomplished teacher certification credentials from Metropolitan State College of Denver. Rudy grew up playing drums in church, and found his voice under the auspices of Colorado’s celebrated trumpeter Ron Miles, whom Royston deems his greatest influence, and with whom Rudy has played since 1991. He has taught, recorded and performed all styles of music from Jazz to marching percussion. Since moving to Piscataway, New Jersey in 2006, Mr. Royston has completed a Masters in Music degree from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and performed with many of today’s finest Jazz musicians. Javon Jackson, Bill Frisell, Les McCann, David Gilmore, Andy Milne, Shane Endsley, JD Allen, Sean Jones, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Edward Simone, Jennifer Holiday, Mark Gross, Ralph Bowen, Bruce Barth, George Colligan, Don Byron, Stanley Cowell, Jonathan Kreisberg, Jenny Scheinmenn and Craig Handy, to name a few. A lover of all genres of music, Rudy continues to pursue music and expand his music horizons.
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missed ya'll last night. gig got out late. i'm sure you killed it. lets get together soon. i've got some new music id like for you to check out. peace bro!
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