| Member Since | 3/13/2006 | | Band Members | Zuri Waters (alto sax)
Manny Vega (upright bass)
Preston Swirnoff (piano, percussion, bells, fender rhodes, organ)
David Hurley (Drums, Percussion, Flute/misc. winds, Bulgarian Bagpipes, Moog Synth)
Collaborators,
Elliott Levin (tenor sax, poetry)
Toni Pope (avant vocals, percussion)
Adnan Marquez (alto sax)
Bob Bartosik (tenor, baritone sax)
| | Influences | John/Alice Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams Lifetime, Pharoah Sanders, Peter Brotzmann, Magma, Khan Jamal Creative Arts Ensemble, Herbie Hancock, Miroslav Vitous, Gato Barbieri, Sun Ra, Art Blakey, Gary Burton, Larry Coryell, Philip Glass, Andrew Hill, Art Ensemble of Chicago, The Keith Tippett Group, Miles Davis, Don Cherry, Ed Blackwell, Eric Dolphy, Gentle Giant, Henry Cow, Wayne Shorter, Can, Max Roach, Christian Vander, Cecil Taylor, Freddie Hubbard, Randy Weston, Woody Shaw, Larry Young, Lonnie Liston Smith, Hamiett Bluiett, Don Pullen, Mingus, Soft Machine, Chick Corea, John Handy, Mal Waldron, William Parker, John Abercrombie, Jack DeJohnette, Joe Farrell, Jimmy Garrison, Leon Thomas, Mary Lou Williams, Charles Lloyd, Billy Cobham, Sons and Doughters of Life, Unity, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jackie McLean, Cecil McBee, Novi Singers, Ornette Coleman, Roy Ayers, Marcus Belgrave, Elton Dean, Albert Ayler, Thelonious Monk, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp, ... | | Sounds Like | Comparisons to Miles Davis "In a Silent Way" Pharoah Sanders ensemble with Sun Ra sitting in have come close to depicting the sound we gravitate towards.
| | Record Label | The streets of down town SD | | Type of Label | Major |
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