Member Since: 9/10/2006
Band Members: ***my recent and hopefully last creation in this vibration,..matt Lavelle(me) is a 9th house pluto,.im an old soul who's been incarnated in cultures all over the world from many different times.im a spiritual messenger,.. born on april 11th 1970.before i came here,.i did alot of research and discovered that i could have a direct hand in the evolution of the bass-clarinet,.and with the support of eric dolphy,i agreed to continue the search where he left it.at the same time,.i decided to tell my story on trumpet as well,.the trumpet would be a neccesary channel of my spiritual power.i come by way of sir hildred humphries,into direct contact with grand-master ornette coleman.the core message of my music falls under my stated desire to TUNE THE WORLD,..as i believe in the spiritual power behind music.I work with astrology,numerology,tarot and combine it all with music,synesthesia,and weather shamanism***please check my blogs to go deeper,..WAY deeper.(=
***special props to MICHAEL LUCIO STERNBACH (mucster77 at youtube) for
the transcendance quintet video work***the transcendance quintet videos feature ras moshe,shayna dulberger,charles downs,dave ross,and myself.thanks again MLS.
Influences: ORNETTE.ALBERT.ERIC and then im all about the masters of TENOR,.with coleman hawkins,PAUL GONSALVES,TRANE,and SONNY rollins,.ORNETTE ON TENOR is one of my all time favorite albums.trane live at the vangaurd right there beside it.on trumpet,..lee morgan,booker little,thad jones,MILES,louis armstrong,cootie williams,rex stewart,ray nance,nat adderley,woody shaw,freddie,don cherry,don Ayler,hannibel marvin peterson,roy campbell,and Raphe Malik top a long list.BIRD and jackie mac.david murray's and bennie Maupin on b.c.HARRY CARNEY ON B.C. without a doubt.LET FREEDOM RING.DUKE,MONK,MINGUS.the duke ellington clarinet tradition looms large. singers have a profound effect on me,.and of all of them my top 2 are NINA SIMONE,.and ELIS REGINA,..who is my queen.sabir mateen,daniel carter,and roy campbell are both friends and influences.composing wise,..ornette,trane,wayne,..DUKE,.HENRYK GORECKI and HERMETO PASCOAL.without a doubt,.there's more,..WAY more.again,..please check out my BLOGS. (((((this video below is me and ryan lone wolf sawyer shot at an old smallbox/mental illness hospital on roosevelt island in nyc during a break on a stars like fleas gig a few years ago..its taken by our friend BRYAN ZIMMERMAN of the DUST DIVE.)))
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Record Label: please visit www.silkheart.se and www.kmbrecs.tk
Type of Label: Indie