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Frank Q.
Auburn, CA, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- Keyboard (All)
- Genres:
- funk (all), jazz groove, blues-rock
- Influences:
- Herbie Hancock, Jimmy Smith
Michael C.
- Instruments:
- Keyboard (All)
- Influences:
- Bill Payne, Chick Corea, Keith Emerson, Jimmy Smith
Paulo Tozzi
São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Instruments:
- piano
- Genres:
- acoustic jazz
- Influences:
- Bill Evans, Kenny Baron, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Smith
Taylor 't.swiph' Smith
los angeles, california, United States
- Instruments:
- synthesizer, computer (mac), piano
- Genres:
- dance pop, hip hop, rhythm and blues (r&b)
- Influences:
- Quincy Jones, Teddy Riley, The Neptunes, Timbaland, Kanye West, Dave Pensado, Jimmy Smith, Dave Russell, Jermaine Dupri, Sean Combs
Ruben E.
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States
- Crafts:
- singer, session musician
- Instruments:
- harmonica
- Genres:
- rock, blues, memphis soul, funk (all), jam band
Michael Deller
Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Crafts:
- composer
Kevin Gerzevitz
San Francisco, United States
- Crafts:
- educator/teacher, film composer, composer, musician, arranger
- Instruments:
- piano, hammond organ, djembe, violin, Bass, banjo, nylon guitar (classical), ukulele, didgeridoo, accordion, recorder, baglama, viola, drums
- Influences:
- Bill Evans, Jimmy Smith, Keith Jarrett, Brian Eno, The Who, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, King Crimson, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Pete Seeger, Ella Fitzgerald, Ahmad Jamal, cedar walton, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Nirvana, tony bennett, Frank Sinatra, Talking Heads, Caetano Veloso, Beethoven, Charlie Parker, Tom Zé
Steven Frisbey
Los Angeles, Ca., United States
- Instruments:
- trumpet, cajon, voice, midi keyboard, acoustic guitar
- Genres:
- jazz (all), jazz blues, soul, funk (all), hip hop, acoustic, reggae, world, jam band
- Influences:
- Louis Armstrong, Clifford Brown, Lee Morgan, Jimmy Smith, Al Green, James Brown, Donnie Hathaway, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Jason Mraz, Raul Midon, Frank Sinatra, Bob Marley, Queen, Parliament Funkadelic, Michael Jackson, Aceyalone, Abstract Tribe Unique, Jamiroquai, Zapp & Roger, Stevie Wonder, Portishead, Earth Wind & Fire, Blues Traveler, Wynton Marsalis, Art Blakey, Django Rienhardt, The Pharcyde, Mos Def, Etta James, Guns N Roses, Eminem, War, Freestyle Fellowship, Ozomatli
Gene King
Montreal / Toronto, Quebec/Ontario, Canada
- Crafts:
- label owner, dj, producer, musician
- Instruments:
- keyboard
- Genres:
- deep house
- Influences:
- Larry LeVan , Jellybean Benitez,Louie Vega,Quincy jones,Paul lawrence,Kashif,, Led Zeppelin Pink Floyd, Kenny Dope, Kenneth Gamble leon Huff, Manu Dibango, osibisa, Fela Kuti, Exuma, Santana 69-72, Peter Heller, Trevor Horn, Danny Tenaglia, Kraftwerk, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Jimmy Smith, Booker T Jones Of booker T and the MGs, Tangerine Dream, Arthur Baker, Francois Kevorkian, Frankie Knuckles, Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly, Earth Wind & Fire, A Tribe Called Quest, Mos Def, Gene King, nick holder, Kerri Chandler, Gino Soccio, Jacques Fred Petrus of CHANGE and THE BBQ BAND, Patrick Adams, Nile Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, tom middleton, Tom Browne
Featured Artist
Ryan Potter
Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- slide guitar, 12 string guitar, organ, resonator guitar, voice (male), electric guitar, piano, acoustic guitar, voice (backing), electric bass, electric piano, mandolin
- Genres:
- acoustic jazz, blues-rock, neo-folk, acoustic rock, jazz blues, electric blues, pop rock, world, bluegrass, alternative rock, popular, classic rock, folk rock
- Influences:
- The Beatles, Ben Harper, Bill Evans, The Black Crowes, Blue Rodeo, Dave Matthews Band, Guns N Roses, Hawksley Workman, Herbie Hancock, I Mother Earth, Jaco Pastorius, Jamiroquai, Jerry Douglas, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Smith, Kelly Joe Phelps, Led Zeppelin, Leo Kottke, Norah Jones, Pink Floyd, Prince, Radiohead, Santana, Sarah Mclachlan, Simon & Garfunkel, Stevie Wonder, The Band, Tom Waits, Weather Report, Wide Mouth Mason
Featured Artist
David Cameron
San Francisco, CA, United States
- Crafts:
- musician, songwriter, band director
- Instruments:
- acoustic guitar, electric guitar, voice, electric bass, didgeridoo
- Genres:
- funk (all), folk, jam band, jazz (all), rock and roll
- Influences:
- The Earth, Phish, George Benson, Greg Brown, AC/DC, The String Cheese Incident, Jimmy Smith, Bob Marley, Wes Montgomery, Poi Dog Pondering, Van Morrison, B.B. King, Aimee Mann, Bruce Knox, Chris Thomas, Peter Gabriel, Cake, Crash Test Dummies, Garrison Keillor, John Martyn, Leo Kottke, Lyle Lovett, Macy Gray, Natalie Merchant, Paul Simon, Spearhead, U2, Wilco, Zac Cahn
Stu Smith
Chicago, IL, United States
- Crafts:
- composer, musician, mixing engineer, recording engineer
- Instruments:
- trumpet, Synthesizer (All), midi keyboard
- Genres:
- electronic, jazz, funk (all), ambient, indie rock, trance, ethnic, Hip-Hop, trip-hop, ambient dub, breakbeat, funky breaks
- Influences:
- Miles Davis, Animal Collective, Frank Zappa, The Flaming Lips, Sun Ra, Tricky, Caribou, Ravi Shankar, John McLaughlin, Herbie Hancock, The Fiery Furnaces, Funkadelic, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Kool Keith, Brian Eno, Broadcast, Serge Gainsbourg, James Brown, The Velvet Underground, Thelonious Monk, Woody Shaw, Jaco Pastorious, Redman, Method Man, Wu-Tang Clan, Tom Waits, Fela Kuti, Sly & The Family Stone, Dizzy Gillespie, Digable Planets, Black moth super rainbow, David Bowie, Neutral Milk Hotel, Charles Mingus, Jackie Mittoo, Dead Meadow, Mos Def, Common, Mercury Rev, Curtis Mayfield, Paul Pena, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, John Cage, Philip Glass, T Rex, John Zorn, Nels Cline, Sonic Youth, Shakti, Stevie Wonder, Donald Byrd, Freddie Hubbard, Bob Marley, Bob Moog, Howlin Wolf, John Lee Hooker, Lightin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters, Charlie Parker, Jimmy Smith, Ry Cooder, Buena Vista Social Club, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Paul Simon
Mark Nygren
Bozeman, MT, United States
- Instruments:
- midi keyboard, drum machine, Bass, trumpet, keyboard, drums, turntables
- Genres:
- indie funk, groove, alternative hip hop, funky breaks, hip hop
- Influences:
- Medeski Martin & Wood, Beck, Hilltop Hoods, Tokyo Police Club, B.B. King, Morphine, Karl Denson, Lyrics Born, Maroons, Hangar 18, Joshua Redman, Phish, Lords Of The Underground, Miles Davis, The Mars Volta, The New Mastersounds, General Elektriks, Terence Blanchard, Groove Armada, Ray Charles, Herbie Hancock, Jurassic 5, Freestyle Fellowship, Poets of Rhythm, Jimmy Smith, Kings Of Leon, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Haiku D'Etat, Jaco Pastorius, Spoon, Pete Rock, Aceyalone, The Roots, John Scofield, Fela Kuti, Pep Love, Earth Wind & Fire, Mos Def, Al Green, Louis Logic, Sly & The Family Stone, Souls Of Mischief, Del tha Funkee Homosapien, Swamburger, Panacea, Thelonious Monk, Hieroglyphics, The Crest, A Tribe Called Quest, Organized Konfusion, K-OS, Stanton Moore, The Pharcyde, Pete Miser, Pink Floyd, Cut Chemist, People Under the Stairs, The Black Keys, DJ Shadow, Stevie Wonder, Stereo MCs, Gangstarr, The New Pornographers, Blackalicious, Parliament-Funkadelic, The Perceptionists, Steve Miller Band, All Good Funk Alliance, Talking Heads, Bobby Byrd, Steely Dan, Chick Corea, Mr. Lif, Common Market, Galactic, Bob Marley, Wes Montgomery, The Police, Big L, Akrobatik, The Meters, Art Blakey, Eric B. & Rakim, The Ike Reilly Assassination, The Mighty Underdogs
Featured Artist
Simon Houghton
Berlin, Germany
- Instruments:
- double bass, electric bass, keyboard, cello, percussion
- Genres:
- hip hop, jazz (all), soundtrack, electroacoustic
- Influences:
- Richard Evans, Ray Bryant, Prefuse 73, Daedelus, Ennio Morricone, Galt MacDermot, RJD2, Ron Carter, DJ Shadow, The Meters, The Rotary Connection, Sun Ra And His Arkestra, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Cachao, Cal Tjader, Love Unlimited Orchestra, Cymande, Johnny Harris, Led Zeppelin, Pixies, The Roots, Mongo Santamaria, Ray Barretto, Madlib, JBS, Ahmad Jamal, Kool Keith, Roland Kirk, The Soulful Strings, Ellen McIlwaine, Violent Femmes, Dorothy Ashby, Nina Siimone, Gil Scott-Heron, Bootsy Collins, Eberhard Weber, Sly & The Family Stone, MF Doom, Bill Withers, Terry Callier, Charles Mingus, Graham Collier, Sonic Youth, Freddie Hubbard, Quincy Jones, Miles Davis, Pharoah Sanders, Jimmy Smith, Thelonious Monk, Young-Holt Unlimited, Ramsey Lewis, The Pharcyde, Elliott Smith, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Scott LaFaro, Primus, Wes Montgomery, Ray Brown, Stan Getz, Shelly Mann, Eumir Deodato, The Headhunters, Keith Jarrett, Breakout, Roy Ayers, Lalo Schifrin, Francois Rabbath, Mudhoney, Frank Zappa, Tackhead, The Smiths, The Stone Roses, Jack Bruce, Nick Drake, The Beatles, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath, Mark Moulin, Eddie Harris, The Fatback Band, Les Baxter, Baden Powell, Lords Of The Underground, Roy Budd, ESG, Pink Floyd, The Cure, Dizzy Gillespie, John Paul Jones
Alex Bizzarro
Lusby, MD, United States
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- nylon guitar (classical), electric guitar, piano, percussion, drums, clarinet
- Genres:
- jam band, jazz (all), classical, hip hop, gospel
- Influences:
- Paco De Lucia, Pat Martino, Pat Metheny, Wes Montgomery, Cannonball Adderley, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, John McLaughlin, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Jack DeJohnette, Jaco Pastorious, Toots & The Maytals, Nina Simone, Bob Dylan, Rush, Grateful Dead, J Dilla, Roy Hargrove, John Coltrane, Count Basie, Art Blakey, B.B. King, Danny Gatton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, Earth Wind & Fire, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Beck, Beethoven, Bela Fleck and The Flecktones, Bill Evans, Benny Goodman, Booker T And The MGs, Ray Charles, Ray Brown, Branford Marsalis, cedar walton, Charles Mingus, Charlie Christian, Charlie Parker, Joey DeFrancesco, Jimmy Smith, David "fathead" Newman, Derek Trucks, Dexter Gordon, wardell Gray, The Doors, 311, Maynard Ferguson, Evan Bliss and the Welchers, George Gershwin, Gray Gordan, Herb Ellis, Herbie Hancock, Jim Hall, The Hollywood Fats Band, sa-ra, Issac Hayes, J.S Bach, Jefferson Airplane, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Jerry Garcia, Jimmy Hendrix, Joe Lovano, Joe Pass, Allan Holdsworth, Joe Cocker, John Lee Hooker, John Lennon, John Mayer, Joshua Redman, Kirk Whalum, Lee Morgan, Leonard Bernstein, Louis Armstrong, The Low Life, Lulu, M.I.A., Mahalia Jackson, The Mamas & the Papas, Mark Ronson, McCoy Tyner, Mozart, Om Kalthoum, Peter Frampton, Oscar Peterson, Phish, Q-Tip, Raymond Scott, Ronny Jordan, Sonny Rollins, The Spin Doctors, Stan Getz, Stevie Wonder, The Zombies, Sublime, Yes
Matt W.
- Crafts:
- musician
- Instruments:
- electric bass
- Genres:
- post punk, dance-punk, folk, post-hardcore, heavy metal, new wave, electro, punk rock, garage rock, indie rock, blues, classic rock, reggae, rhythm and blues (r&b)
- Influences:
- John Entwistle, Mike Watt, Jaco Pastorius, Paul Simon, Bruce Springsteen, Joe Strummer, Booker T And The MGs, Wire, Gang of Four, Fugazi, Black Flag, Miles Davis, The Stooges, Albert King, Junior Kimbrough, Cliff Burton, John Fogerty, Otis Redding, A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Devo, Joy Division, Misson of Burma, Converge, Botch, These Arms Are Snakes, Death From Above 1979, Jawbreaker, Pavement, King Crimson, Pulp, Tom Waits, Cat Power, The Blood Brothers, Bob Dylan, Jimmy Smith, R.L. Burnside, The Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, Sam & Dave, Aesop Rock, Iron Maiden, At The Drive-In, Dinosaur Jr., The Minutemen, Rites of Spring, Alabama 3, Uncle Tupelo, Agent Orange, Modest Mouse, Bad Brains, Valient Thorr, The Runaways, Queen, Alkaline Trio, The Misfits, Link Wray, Ash, Refused, The Hives, The Kinks, The Jam, Horse The Band, Sage Francis, Lightning Bolt, MSTRKRFT, The Roots, Bloc Party, Hot Water Music, TV on the Radio, Biz Markie, Afrika Bambaataa, Handsome Boy Modeling School, MF Doom, Blackstar, Radiohead, Atmosphere, Mastodon, Cursive, The Faint, Blondie, Fritz Kreisler, Sun Ra, Cheap Trick, The Cars, Fiona Apple, Against Me!
