Member Since: 8/14/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/ricksimpsonjazz
Band Members: Any of these lovely people:Mike Chillingworth, Tom Farmer, Andy Chapman, Daoud Merchant, Nick Walsh
Influences: in no particular order... PIANISTS- Wynton Kelly, Ahmed Jamal, Hank Jones, Paul Bley, Lennie Tristano, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau, Marilyn Crispell, Django Bates, John Taylor, Nikki Iles, Jason Moran, Thelonius Monk, Bobo Stenson, Kenny Kirkland, Laura Roberts, Barry Green.
EVERYONE ELSE- Wayne Shorer, Paul Motian, Lee Konitz, Charles Lloyd, Sam Rivers, Warne Marsh, Thom Yorke, Arve Henriksson, Enrico Rava, Ornette Coleman, Tomasz Stanko, Gary Peacock, Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Anders Jormin, Ralph Towner, Kenny Wheeler, Martin Speake, Food, Iain Ballamy, Greg Osby, George Coleman, Bjork, Radiohead, Joni Mitchell, JS Bach, Ravel, Brahms, Messiaen, Supersilent.
Sounds Like: shoop-de-woop bop
Type of Label: None