Music: Who &
    What I Like 

    
Some of my
    musical heroes include: 

  Duke Ellington, 
  John Coltrane, 
  Cecil Taylor, Charles 
  Mingus,

  Thelonious Monk, Eric 
  Dolphy, Anthony Braxton, 
  

  Ornette Coleman, Herbie 
  Nichols, Albert Ayler, Frank 
  Zappa,

  John Cage, Olivier 
  Messiaen, Alban 
  Berg, 

  Arnold Schoenberg, Gustav 
  Mahler, Pierre 
  Boulez and Harry Partch. 


    
    



    
I like to think that all
    of them are reflected in my own music
 in one way or another. 
    

    
    


    

  My favorite drummers include Elvin 
  Jones, Tony 
  Williams (through the early Lifetime era),  
  Paul Motian, Jo 
  Jones, Andrew Cyrille, 
  Billy Hart, Max 
  Roach, Johnny 
  Vidacovich, and several dozen others.

  

    For the vibes, there's no one like Walt Dickerson.


    There are bios/essays at this site on Taylor,
    Nichols, Dickerson,
    trumpeter Paul Smoker, saxophonist/flutist
    Paul Scea,
 and bass trumpeter
    Ryan Shultz.

    
    



    

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