| Influences | vocal Sting, Kevin Max, Nat King Cole, Leigh Nash, Ella Fitzgerald, Chris Martin, Sarah Slean, Korey Anderson, Elvis, Mike Doughty, Dave Matthews, Martin Smith, Jeremy Wilson, Shiina Ringo, hundreds of others.
piano Bob James, Chopin, Lyle Mays, Bobby Peterson, Chad Vice, Beethoven, Dave Pedde, Keith Green, Scott Kinsey, Brian Culbertson, Thelonious Monk, Debussy, Bill Evans, Dave Bainbridge, the good Dr. Herb Johnson, Scott Joplin, Peter Shu, Pat Metheny, Ravel, Jeff Lorber, Miroslava Kisilevitch, Arturo Sandoval, George Shearing, Scott Henderson, Astor Piazzolla, Joe Zawinul, Shiina Ringo, a myriad others.
guitar Marc Antoine, Dave Bainbridge, Brad Tretola, Martin Smith, Edward Gerhard, Matt Slocum, Phil Keaggy, Steve Shirley, Lincoln Brewster, Shiina Ringo, Jeremy Messersmith, a plethora of others.
drums Terl Bryant, Kirk Covington, Matthew Tobias, Vinnie Colaiuta, Zach Miller, Kenny Horst, Toshiki Hata, David Garibaldi, a slew of others.
saxophone Dave Koz, David Sanborn, Gary Berg, Ed Calle, Cannonball, Warren Hill, Ernie Watts, the requisite Coltrane, a multiplicity of others.
bass I don't really play bass (I just fake it) but if I did I would be influenced by Gary Willis, Aaron Fabbrini, Michael Manring, Seiji Kameda, Tommy Sims, Billy Peterson, Bill Bardon (my dad is a tasty fretless player), and Michitaro, to name a few.
songwriting Astor Piazzolla, Sheryl Crow, David Sanborn, Elliott Smith, Brian Culbertson, Sting, Michael Olson, Burlap to Cashmere, Debussy, Dave Matthews, Soul Coughing, Chopin, Sixpence None the Richer, Alison Krauss, Ryan Williams, David Sanborn, Jeremy Wilson, Jeremy Messersmith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Cole Porter, Yuu Nakashima, Harry Connick Jr., Iona, Shiina Ringo, Dave Pedde, Kevin Max, Nat King Cole, Delirious, Django Reinhardt, Coldplay, Beethoven, Tom Waits, and the movie Amelie. Yeah, I know, I don't have a lot of these recorded yet. |
