Member Since: 10/01/2007
Band Website: www.frankmacchia.net
Band Members: Frank plays: Saxes (from soprano to bass sax); Flutes (from piccolo to contrabass flute); Clarinets (from Bb clarinet to BBb contrabass clarinet); ocarinas and ethnic winds; synthesizers, and composes and arranges very strange music!
Keyboards: Billy Childs, John Rosenberg, Mike Hatfield
Guitars: Grant Geissman, Eric Jensen, John Hoy, Rick Myers
Bass: Dave Carpenter, John Hettel, Tommy Lockett
Drums: Peter Erskine, Vinnie Colaiuta, Mike Hyman, Jim Helman, Robert Freeberg, Rodney Smith
Percussion: Scott Breadman, Larry Walker, Mike Hatfield, Jon Eeg-Henriksen, Aaron Smith, Craig Bunch
Brass: Wayne Bergeron, Mark Isham, Larry Hall, Bruce Fowler, Alex Iles, Ken Kugler, Kevin Porter, Rick Walsh, Mike Peipman, Steve Campos, Brian Boothe, Marvin McFadden, Michael Plumleigh
Woodwinds: Valarie King, Howard Levy, Alex Murzyn, Tim Price (S.F.), Rob Sudduth, Phil Feather, Bev Dahlke-Smith, ON SAXOLOLLAPALOOZA: Eric Marienthal, Sal Lozano, Bob Sheppard, Gene Cipriano, Jay Mason
Strings: Peter Kent, Stefanie Fife, Steve Richards, Cecilia Tsan, Karie Prescott, The Prague Orchestra
Vocalists: Tracy London, Karen Drucker, Robert Vickers, Leslie Delahanty, Larry Walker, John Rosenberg, Patrick Maier, Mike Hatfield
These great musicians have performed on Frank's CDs:
Frank Macchia's BOOGA-BOOGA
Introducing Frankie Maximum
Frankie Maximum Goes Way-er Out West
Little Evil Things Volumes 1-5
The Galapagos Suite
Animals
Mo' Animals
Emotions
Landscapes
Saxolollapalooza
Influences: Billy Strayhorn, John Coltrane, Frank Zappa, Igor Stravinsky, Pat Metheny Group, Bela Bartok, Parliament Funkadelics, Gil Evans, Michael Brecker, Gyorgi Lygeti, Gene Ammons, Don Ellis, Charlie Parker, Tower of Power, Keith Jarrett, Ralph Vaughn-Williams, Brecker Bros., Weather Report, Chris Potter, Miles Davis, John Corigliano, Eric Dolphy, Herbie Hancock, Cannonball Adderley, Charles Ives, Paul Gonsalves, Olivier Messiaen, and of course... James Brown!!
Sounds Like: Butter!!!
Go to my website, frankmacchia.net to download over 60 minutes of FREE MUSIC!!
Record Label: Cacophony Records
Type of Label: Indie