Mr. Anthony Jackson ,Micheal Henderson, Andrew Gouche, Mr. Chuck Rainey Stanley Clarke, Brad Taylor, Steve Bailey, Nathan East ,Jerry Tubb, Bobby Bellemans, Ed Friedland.
Rev. Russell Kenji Shores born in New York has a varied and impressive resume. Nick -named Thor or Thunder baby by his peers for his thunderous grooves, he began playing bass at age twelve. Armed with a degree in music, he began his professional career. Russell has shared the stage Diana Ross, Julian Lennon, Unified Tribe , The Kevin Fowler band ,Lucid Dream, The Steve O" Neil band, The Major Burkes band, The ACC jazz band, The Blues Specialist which festures Mel Davis cousin of the legendary T Bone Walker,Elliott Fikes and Soul Sereanade as musical director, Austin Alibi, The First Baptist Church ,Mt. Zion Baptist Church and The Freedom Home Baptist Church Mass Choir under the leadership of Pastor O.B Howard Jr. Russell is also on Staff as the electric and contra bass Teacher at the Academy of Music in Austin Tx. Russell plays and has the endosment of M.T.D basses and U. S Master Guitar fretless bass and MTD strings and Visual Sound pedals and E.A Amps, and AccuGroove speaker cabs
Thanks for stopping by, Russell! How's everything on your side?
I'm now organizing an event;
Jazz Funk Africa ! The Year End Festa ~Tribute to Earth Wind & Fire~ on Dec.28th & 29th, 2009 @Red Brick Warehouse, Yokohama, Japan http://www.jfafesta.com/
This time I'm blessed to have some world's great musicians attending here. My hope is to let people know the origin of the good music through this event...
If you have any chance to visit Japan, I'd love to see you...! Well, have a great week now!
Hey I've just uploaded a new demo track to my myspace called "Ad vitam aeternam ", I hope you will get chance to check it out and let me know what you think :)