| Influences | In approximate chronological order (criteria being people that directly influenced my musical development and people/bands that I listen(ed) to intensely: My family, Judy Vasek, The Farrars, Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Isaac Stern, Yehudi Menuhin, Robert Ludwig, Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Mozart, Brahms, Schubert, Fauré, John Williams, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Genesis, Chaka Kahn, Stéphane Grappelli, Bill Evans, Tony Bennett, Malcolm Dalglish, Mel Tormé, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, The Police, Skullhead, 10 Foot Pole, Willie Robertson, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stuff Smith, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Dizzy Gillespie, Bad Brains, Nigel Kennedy, Frank Zappa, Don "Sugarcane" Harris, The Replacements, Living Colour, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rollins Band, Gidon Kremer, TISQ, Peter McHugh, Norman Higgins, Duke Madison, Patrick Stoyanovich, Janes Addiction, Joni Mitchell, Steve Vai, Beastie Boys, Fishbone, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Joe Williams, Philly Joe Jones, Phish, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw, Larry Young, Joe Henderson, Didier Lockwood, Dave Kikoski, Dexter Gordon, Myron Kartman, Emerson String Quartet, Max Rostal, Nathan Milstein, Jascha Heifetz, David Oistrakh, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Ivry Gitlis, Maxim Vengerov, Eugène Ysaÿe, S. Barber, A. Copland, Arvo Pärt, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Schoenberg, Webern, Berg, Astor Piazzolla, Henryk Szeryng, Paolo Conte, Vegh String Quartet, The Allman Brothers, Ice-T, Pat Martino, Bobby Broom, Von Freeman, Steve Coleman, Ron Perillo, Dennis Carroll, George Fludas, Orbert Davis, The Java Men, Abdullah Ibrahim, Paul Berliner, L. Shankar, Parliament/Funkadelic, Gil Scott-Heron, Sly & The Family Stone, James Brown, Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band, Glenn Gould, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra, Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers (esp.’60-’65) Aaron Weistrop, Keith Jarrett, Kenny Garrett, John Scofield, Wes Montgomery, John McLaughlin, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jerry Goodman, John McLean, John Moulder, Patricia Barber, Michael Arnopol, Fred Rakestraw, Van Halen, Wayne Shorter, Tony Williams, Cake, Björk, Cat Stevens, Brad Mehldau, Ryan Cohan, David Bloom, Russ Nolan, Tom Waits, Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Kenny Werner, Rob Scheps, Django Bates, Dave Liebman, Elvin Jones, Sam Barsh, Matt Wigton, Jon Brion, Anonymous 4, Dave Douglas, Mark Feldman, Radiohead, Zbigniew Seifert, Matt Ulery, Jordan Baskin, Jon Deitemyer, Avishai Cohen, Chris Seibold, Andrew Manze, Grazyna Auguscik, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Wilco, Alex Sipiagin, Bill Frisell, Luciana Souza, David Gilmore, Trio da Paz, Alan Holdsworth, Outkast, Goran Ivanovich, Garry Dial, Kurt Rosenwinkel, M.I.A., Kneebody, Toninho Horta, Mos Def, Fly, Eastern Blok, Joanna Newsom... |