Sean Carpio - drums
Greg Felton - piano
Jacob Wick - trumpet
Influences
andrew hill, vijay iyer, kenny dorham, dave douglas, webern, lydia davis, booker little, jason moran, jim black, gyorgy ligeti, charles mingus, gesualdo, iannis xenakis, han bennink, morton feldman, abe lincoln, misha mengelberg, bjork, otto wagner, eric dolphy, outkast, blue mitchell, stereolab, marcel breuer, rudresh mahanthappa, zoltan kodaly, miles davis, henry vanderveld, hector guimard, louis armstrong, assorted chronic diseases, honest abe, stravinsky, julius eastman, google, thomas pynchon, john cage, carnatic music, meshuggah, ella fitzgerald, billie holiday, the bad plus, woody shaw, booker ervin, aphex twin, faberge eggs, lee morgan, anthony braxton, steve coleman, george lewis, wadada leo smith, abraham lincoln, bud herseth, julius hemphill, muhal richard abrams, central african pygmies, andy goldsworthy, daniel johnston, sun ra, fidel, bad news, good news, joan miro, arve henriksen, mark dresser, mark turner, joanna newsom, shostakovich, albert ayler, bartok, sufjan stevens, lutoslawski, ikue mori, the flaming lips, bill frisell, paul motian, encyclopedia brown, sun0)))
"This trio is one which, given the chance, could make its mark on the international jazz scene." - The Irish Times
In 2005 two Dubliners, pianist Greg Felton and drummer Sean Carpio met New York trumpeter Jacob at Banff Centre for Jazz & Creative Music and not for the first time, the famous Canadian artistic retreat has been the catalyst for a memorable first contact. Trumpet, piano and drums may seem an unwieldy combination, but in this music, its personality that counts, and White Rocket have it in abundance. That, and a shared love of the rhythmic systems of India’s carnatic music and everything from Nick Drake and Hindemith to Autechre and Meshuggah. These influences are not overt, but do offer compelling evidence of open musical minds at work. Comfortable and self assured with the contemporary jazz idiom, and yet liberated from it, the creative axis is in constant movement between this triad of young musicians.
Message for Sean. Sean, this is johnny. Hi. I need an amp for my keyboard for the gig on Friday night. Any suggestions as to someone I can loan one from? From Johnny...for Sean. Sean Carpio. I think he's one of the pistons in the rocket. Failing that he may be in the carborater.
I just got the Macys Gift Card i was tellin' you about from UPS! Can you believe they sent me a $1,000 Card instead of a $500 card!! HAHA!! They said it was from filling out the form twice! I DID IT ON ACCIDENT! You gotta seriously go to the site I told you about and get as many as you can! HELL, Get them and sell them on eBay!
Who took the blue pickie? Very nice. You all look like cheery jazzites. Most refresing. No intense stares, growling mouths or brooding furrowed brows. Yo
Thanks for the invitation guys, but won't be able to make it to Bray. Great to hear young players on the leading edge of improvised music in the Dubs though!
Every success with your music..
Guys, your music is amazing, fresh, innovative, rhythmic and your performance is high quality. Where can one purchase a CD? and, when are you coming to New York City? And, if one comes to Ireland, where do you perform? Nora McCarthy
always a sucker for a flower....thats me.....I noticed you liked Daniel Johnston so I thought I'd point you in the direction of the UK alt. country/acoustic group Quarter-Pounder. If you think Daniel has had it hard, listen to this. Quarter-Pounder have battled homelessness, insanity, amputations, divorces, crippling obesity, prison and countless odd, horrible day jobs and while this is reflected in their songs, they're still very easy on the ear. Maybe you know of them already? One of their fans has set up a web site where you can download a bunch of their songs for free at www.quarter-pounder.co.uk....and I think they're also on myspace...Check it out...
