| Influences | Mingus, Johnny Cash, Frank Zappa, Esquivel, George Brassens, Django Reinhardt, Mr. Bungle, Willie Nelson, Wrongrong, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Thad Jones, Cannonball Adderly, Art Blakey, Wayne Shorter, Eric Dolphy, Booker Little, Joe Henderson, Miles, Coltrane, Spike Jones, John Zorn, Malicorne, Fela Kuti, Jane's Addiction, all those jazz guys...too many to list, Bill Monroe, Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury, Earl Scruggs, all those bluegrass pickers..., Bartok, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Ligeti, Debussy, Chopin, Danny Elfman, The Japonize Elephants' cast...David Byrne, Beatles, Segovia, Montoya, Hamsa el din, The Kamkars...among others. |