Member Since: 5/9/2007
Band Website: http://johnleesanders.com
Band Members: John Lee Sanders, Piano, Sax, Hammond Organ, Vocals,
members vary according to availability, and location of the gig
Dennis Marcenko, Bass, Canada
Scott Grant, Drums, Kelowna, BC Canada
Tony Robertson, Guitar, BC
Dean Singh, Bass, BC Canada
Chris Nordquist, Drums, Canada
Darryl Havers, Hammond Organ, Canada
Tim Porter, Guitar, Canada
Garth Webber, Guitar, San Francisco
Peter Booras, Drums, San Francisco
Frank Folgman, guitar, Austria
Gottfried Angerer, Bass, Austria
Jeff Boudreaux, Drums, Europe
HG Gutternigg, Tuba, Austria
Chris Caswell, LA, CA,
( my musical collaborator since 1988, We've written television themes, commercials, Movie theme songs, and He's done the lyrics on about half my cds. He's been the music director for Broadway shows, Stevie Wonder, Paul Williams, Melissa Manchester, and many others. Chris is now writing music with Mike Stoller, the composer from the famous songwriting team, Lieber and Stoller. They have asked me to record the vocals of some of their new Demos, which was a great honor.
Influences:
Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin,
Beethoven, Bruckner, Brahms, Mozart, Aaron Copeland,
Leonard Bernstein.
Blues Singers, writers, and performers
Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter,
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton,
Freddie King, Willie Dixon, Long John Baldry,
BB King, Albert King, Bobby Blue Bland,
Ray Charles, Lightnin Hopkins, Buddy Guy, Tbone Walker, Howlin Wolf, Taj Mahal,
Keb Mo, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells,
Otis Redding, Sam Moore, Curtis Mayfield, Charles Brown,
Little Milton, Jimmy Reed, Jackie Wilson, Joe Tex,
Edgar Winter, Johnnie Taylor, James Brown, and many more
Arrangers,
George Martin, Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Vince Mendoza,
Gil Evans, Paul Buckmaster, William Ross, Gregg Adams,
Mervyn Warren
vocalists
Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Ben E. King, Donny Hathaway, Ray Charles, Aretha, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Lee Dorsey, Gladys Knight, Tony Bennet. Smokey Robinson, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, Vince Gill, George Jones, Muddy Waters, Rance Allen, Mavis Staples, Mahalia Jackson, Lou Rawls, Etta James, Al Green, Sam Moore, Otis Redding, Roy Orbison
Piano Players, and Organists
Scott Joplin, James Booker, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, Jon Cleary, Jellyroll Morton, Harry Connick Jr. Billy Preston, Richard Tee, Chester Thompson, Oscar Peterson, Gene Harris, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Chick Corea, Lyle Mays, ( my teacher) Elton John, Jimmy Smith, Herbie Hancock, James P. Johnson, Willie the Lion Smith, George Duke
Sax players,
Fathead Newman, King Curtis, Maceo Parker, George Coleman, Hank Crawford, James Clay, Edgar Winter, Jon Smith of White Trash, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Desmond, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Wilton Felder, Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Steve Douglas, Junior Walker, Stan Getz, Danny Hull, Lenny Picket, Bill Slais, Doc Kupka, Marc Russo, Randy Lee, Lou Marini, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Stanley Turentine, Tom Politzer, Lee Allen, Alvin Batiste, Bill Doggett, Boots Randolph, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Branford Marsalis, Tom Scott
Writers, groups, and producers
duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Sammy Cahn, Hoagy Charmicael, George and Ira Gershwin, Rogers & Hammerstein, Jerome Kern Burt Bachrach/Hal David, Sly Stone, Tower of Power, Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertgun, the Beatles, Chess Records, Mozart, Beethoven, John Williams, Paul Williams, Kenny Asher, Jimmy Webb, Carole King, Rev. Thomas Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, Huey Lewis & the News, Phil Ramone, David Foster, Earth Wind and Fire, Little Feat, sons of Champlin, the Meters, Alan Toussaint, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Earth Wind and Fire, Steely Dan, Lieber & Stoller Tom Dowd, Cream, Rolling Stones, CSNY, Buffalo Springfield, Bob Dylan, Prince, Sting, James Taylor, Elton & Bernie, Brian Wilson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Allman Brothers, Booker T & the MGs, Narada Michael Walden, Joni Mitchell, Holland Dozier Holland, Ashford and Simpson, Pucinni, Sam Phillips, Johnny Cash
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Record Label: available for Download, at any digital outlet
Type of Label: Indie