Member Since: 4/2/2007
Band Members: Rosco Illa- tenor, alto and soprano saxophones, bass clarinet, flute, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, etc
Currently working with:
Flames Y'all
- beats, loops, ish
Rosco Illa is currently looking for programmers/ musicians for a head-on collision of beats and basslines with freeform jazz improvisation.
Influences: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Charles Mingus, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Horace Silver, Sonny Rollins, Joe Henderson, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Prince, Stan Getz, War, Albert Ayler, Bill Evans, Gil Scott-Heron, Art Pepper, Art Blakey, Dizzy Gillespie, Eric Dolphy, Duke Ellington, Bill Withers, Bobby Womack, Tubby Hayes, Ornette Coleman, Stevie Wonder (pre 1980), James Brown, John Scofield, Medeski, Martin & Wood, The Bad Plus, Bob Marley, Lee Morgan, Weather Report, Wayne Shorter, The Roots, A Tribe Called Quest, De la Soul, Public Enemy, Neil Young, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto, Dexter Gordon, Anthony Braxton, Pharoah Sanders, Bud Powell, Radiohead, James Carter, Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Parliafunkadelicment, Sun Ra, Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Joni Mitchell, Gil Evans, Eddie Floyd, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Al Green, Grant Green, Michael Brecker, The Pixies, Nirvana, Isley Brothers, Cannonball Adderley, Art Ensemble of Chicago, DJ Spooky, Django Reinhardt, Louis Armstrong, Jim Hall, etc, etc.........
Sounds Like: Bebop to make ya speakers pop
Type of Label: None