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“As far as I am concerned, I don’t have my own style. I was always trying to play like Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones and, Max Roach---I wanted to play like they played, if they were me!"
Tony Williams
I’ve been playing around Texas for almost thirty years now and have been privileged to work with a lot of great musicians. The highlights include my work with the Bad Livers, Alex Coke, Tina Marsh and the Creative Opportunity Orchestra, Susanna Sharpe, Asleep at the Wheel, Elias Haslanger, Gene Ramey, Doug Hall, Rich Harney, and Paul Glasse. But there are many, many more and I am deeply grateful to all of them.
I hope you dig the music I put up. The first cut is from Alex Coke with Tina Marsh and members of the Creative Opportunity Orchestra. I love this session. This tune features a killin trumpet solo by Pat Murray. The next cut is from Elias Haslanger’s first CD. It includes Eli on saxophones, Dr. James Polk on piano, and Jeff Haley on bass. The next cut is from a soundtrack I did for the movie “The Newton Boys”. It includes a lot of legendary (as well as infamous) Texas musicians including Danny Barnes, Mark Rubin, Eric Hokkanen, Steve James, Mike Maddux, Elias Haslanger, Floyd Domino, Stanley Smith, Freddie Mendoza, and others. The last cut is from my work with the Bad Livers – Danny Barnes and Mark Rubin. That CD was a blast to make. Danny and Mark are true wonders in the studio. It was produced by Lloyd Maines – a great musician – incredible ears and lots of fun to work with.
So what am I up to now? You can catch me playing around Austin at various venues including, Reeds, The Elephant Room, Central Market, and lots of churches and synagogues where I perform with, Rich Harney, Alex Coke, David Stevens, Mark Devine and Denia Ridley, Bruce Saunders, Elias Haslanger, Sean Hopper, Tony Campise, Kat Edmonson, Maryann Price, and others. I also lead my own quintet and have a couple other projects in the works. Thanks for checking out my page.
Uncle Steve!! Ill be to San Antonio Aug. 29th. A wednesday. And leaving Sept. 3rd, a monday. Let me know if you can get together between then. Also ill be looking to attend a Shabbat service on Friday the 31st. So if your intrested we can get together for that. Love ya and hope your well!!
A big thanks to all my friends... I just went over 10,000 listens on my player. I've added a fifth tune to my player, an arrangement of Scott Henderson's "Harpoon", the leader and guitar player of Tribal Tech.
Hey,thanks for the add and the kind words...ditto on the music,you sound great! Saw that you´re a felllow Bos endorsee,great cymbals. All the best and a merry x-mas!
See you finally got your page up and running. Looking good! Love what you are playing "Dollface". Rich Harney's solo is really awesome. Is it available on CD anywhere?
Like your pics as well, though I think you should switch out that ratty old Tama snare drum for a new one from Joyful Noise Snare Drums out of Colorado.
