Member Since: 12/24/2006
Band Website: billybuss.com
Band Members: In boston, i play with a few groups. The first tune you can sample (Kappy's) is from a recent recording session in Charlestown, MA with a group called 3ve (threeve, snl fans unite!). The group puts out a fonky, pocket vibe, quasi-soulive-esque. We've just started giggin around the boston metro area so keep your eyes and EARS open. The other two tunes i have up are from random jams at Berklee.I have also started a quintet with my former roomate at berklee, Nathan Cepelinski, a killin (and i mean KILLIN) alto/soprano sax player from Ottawa, Canada. The group has experimented with different instrumentations but as of now it includes Me (tpt), Nathan (as,ss), Julian Smith (b), Hamir Atwal (d), and Alberto Palau (p). We're looking to gig around boston and record a promotional cd in the near future.I have also been playing with a rock group from boston/ny called Nuno Baker (check out the music at myspace.com/nunobaker).
Influences: Man....the list is infinite but here goes...FREDDIE HUBBARD, Woody Shaw, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ambrose Akinmusire, Dave Douglas, Charlie Parker, Hal Crook, Tiger Okoshi, Chris Potter, Kenny Garrett, Myron Walden, Eddie Henderson, ANTONIO HART, Roy Hargrove, Dave Holland, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, ROBERT GLASPER, Sonny Rollins, Soweto Kinch, Walter Smith III, Mark Turner, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Julian Lage, Avishai Cohen's (trumpeter and bassist), and of course freire jules, c-ferg, iwy and aaron "a-sac" mcQueery ----ask him about the g major pentatonic scale...yeeeee!Devin the Dude, Mac Dre, A Tribe Called Quest, The Roots, Radiohead, Sizzla, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Doobie Powell....SHOUT OUT TO ALL THE CATS!!!
Sounds Like: Billy Buss
Record Label: yes please...
Type of Label: None