Lincoln Adler - sax
Greg Sankovich - keys
Kevin Lofton - bass
Maurice Miles - drums
Influences
It's nearly impossible to name all of these, since almost everything we experience ends up coming out in our musical expression somehow, but here are a few of the band's influences:
Lincoln - Sonny Rollins, Johnny Griffin, Grover Washington Jr., Stanley Turrentine, Gustav Mahler and Meshell Ndegeocello.
Greg - Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Chester Thompson, and Chuck Leavell.
Kevin - Marcus, Victor, Bootsy, Jaco, and Stanley.
Maurice - Dennis Chambers, Vinnie Colaiuta, Will Kennedy, Billy Cobham and Jack DeJohnette.
Sounds Like
Some of the amazing folks we've been honored to be compared to: Christian Scott, Dapp Theory, Fourplay, Galactic, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, Joshua Redman, Marcus Miller, Medesky Martin and Wood, Sam Kininger, Soulive, Stanton Moore, and the Yellowjackets
San Francisco-based contemporary jazz quartet Times 4
presents an energetic program of original instrumental compositions.
Delivering a fresh Bay Area blend of uplifting modern jazz with urban
flavor, Times 4 generates an artful and intense musical interplay
steeped in the history of friendship and common roots.
Drawing on a wide range of styles including jazz, soul, latin,
funk, hip-hop and rock, Times 4 weaves a musical tapestry that
expresses their diverse roots in the San Francisco Bay Area. Driving
grooves combined with distinctive melodies and dynamic improvisations
move the Times 4 audience to tap their feet and feel dance in their
bones.
The Band Members
Times 4 features Lincoln Adler (saxophone), Greg
Sankovich (keyboards), Kevin Lofton (bass), and Maurice Miles (drums).
Maurice and Kevin are friends and musical collaborators since high
school; likewise, Lincoln and Greg continue a musical dialogue that
also dates back to their teen years.
Lincoln Adler started playing
various musical instruments at the age of 5, eventually being drawn to
the saxophone in high school. Lincoln became fascinated by the power of
music to communicate feelings across the boundaries of language and
culture. He developed his sound playing in local bands, and refined his
abilities at the University of California, Berkeley as a member of the
UC Jazz Ensembles. He studied with some great teachers, including
legendary saxophonist Joe Henderson and local hero Hal Stein. In Los
Angeles he became an in-demand session player and composer/producer for
TV and film. He released four albums under his own name as well as one
with the successful band Rain-bo Tribe. Lincoln has performed and
recorded with many artists including actor/pianist Jeff Goldblum, kd
lang, and Olivia Newton John. His musical influences include Sonny
Rollins, Johnny Griffin, Grover Washington Jr., Stanley Turrentine,
Gustav Mahler and Meshell Ndegeocello.
Greg Sankovich
began music with classical piano when he was six years old and later
studied with some of the finest jazz and Latin pianists in the San
Francisco area, including pianist/educator Mark Levine. As a teen, Greg
performed out in the local music scene with a variety of jazz, R&B,
and dance bands, including international blues artist Brenda Boykin,
and was also active in the UC Jazz Ensembles. Greg lived in Tokyo for
over ten years, performing with many top Japanese artists including
jazz-fusion group Taikun and Takekawa Yukihide, as well as contributing
his sound to many TV and radio productions. Since moving back to the SF
Bay area in 1994, Greg has performed in a wide range of musical
projects from jazz to house, hip-hop to pop. His musical inspirations
include Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, Chester Thompson,
and Chuck Leavell.
Kevin Lofton is
the root and harmonic foundation of Times 4. A San Jose native, Kevin
has been playing bass since his early teens. Listening to everything
from gospel to hip-hop to metal and jazz, Kevin strives to bring each
of these flavors to the Times 4 table. Career highlights include
touring the U.S. and Canada with Prot..g.., Stevie B, and Jahi and the
Life along with drummer Maurice. Their years of musical friendship
produce a rhythmic conception and energetic foundation from which Times
4 launches their adventurous improvisations. Kevin’s bass influences
include Marcus, Victor, Bootsy, Jaco, and Stanley.
Maurice Miles, also raised in San Jose, California, is
the heartbeat of Times 4. Mo combines complex elements of jazz, funk
and hip-hop in his playing to create a sophisticated, syncopated
backbeat. The desire to lay down the groove called out to Maurice from
an early age. Mostly self-taught, Maurice’s deep-pocket groove emanates
from a combination of feel and his appreciation of many different
styles of music. Maurice has played in a diverse range of musical
projects, including the R&B band Prot..g.., acid jazz group Congo
Square, and he has toured and recorded with Kofy Brown. His musical
inspirations are Dennis Chambers, Vinnie Colaiuta, Will Kennedy, Billy
Cobham and Jack DeJohnette, to name a few.
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