My Influences...
My influences range from Dixieland of the 20's to Swedish Power-metal to Oscar Peterson to Dana Key to DecembeRadio to Stan Getz to Louis Armstrong to Ben Webster to all known and unknown reaches of obscure music. Simply put, I'm a music junkie, and my music is definitely not confined to any single genre. However, I play a lot of standards from the 30's-50's, and have forged a style half swing, half hard-bop. Listed below are some of my top influences...
* Oscar Peterson
* Benny Goodman
* Dexter Gordon
* The Crusaders
* Stan Getz
* Count Basie
* Andrae Crouch
* Fred Hammond
* Isabelle Valdez
* Theocracy
* DecembeRadio
* Harmony
* Louis Armstrong
* Thrice
* Trio Subtonic
* Naomi LaViolette
* Boy and Bean
* The Carpenters
* Israel & New Breed
* Hyper Static Union
* Stanley Turrentine
* DeGarmo and Key
* Petra
* Soul Sister Sally
* Mary-Sue Tobin (Yay! My teacher!)
* Josh Wilson
* Michael Bublé
* B. Reith
* Sweet Comfort Band
* Michael Giacchino
* And HUNDREDS more....
* Oscar Peterson
* Benny Goodman
* Dexter Gordon
* The Crusaders
* Stan Getz
* Count Basie
* Andrae Crouch
* Fred Hammond
* Isabelle Valdez
* Theocracy
* DecembeRadio
* Harmony
* Louis Armstrong
* Thrice
* Trio Subtonic
* Naomi LaViolette
* Boy and Bean
* The Carpenters
* Israel & New Breed
* Hyper Static Union
* Stanley Turrentine
* DeGarmo and Key
* Petra
* Soul Sister Sally
* Mary-Sue Tobin (Yay! My teacher!)
* Josh Wilson
* Michael Bublé
* B. Reith
* Sweet Comfort Band
* Michael Giacchino
* And HUNDREDS more....