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Niki Dolp

Pumpkin Rhytham

About Me

Born in 1985 in Innsbruck, Austria; a special interest for Jazz and Jazz related music and especially the drums came up at about the age of 10 . Been fortunated to study music with Alphonse Mouzon, Bill Cobham, Karl Killinger,Charli Persip, Norbert Rabanser et.al and since 2006 studieng Jazz at the AnTon Bruckner University in Linz, Austria under Jeffrey Boudreaux, Doug Hammond, Christoph Cech, Andreas Schreiber, Harry Sokal, Peter O'Mara et.al Been part of quite a few local bands and projects; jams with international artists like Les McCann and Apache Indian; working relations with Bill Cobham, Alphonse Mouzon, Jazzinstitut Darmstadt et.alThanks for checking out my site - MUSIC TO COME SOON!

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/27/2007
Influences: Especially: My teachers! Drummers: Alphonse Mouzon, Billy Cobham, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Tony Williams, Lenny White, Dannie Richmond, Ricky Wellman, Art Blakey, Paul Motian, Narada Michael Walden, Dave Weckl, Brian Blade, Victor Lewis, Kim Thompson, Charli Persip, Poogie Bell, Tony Thompson, Billy Hart, Jack DeJohnette and every drummer I have ever heard! General: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, Herbie Hancock, Michael Jackson, Arnold Schoenberg, Chick Corea, George Adams, Michael Brecker, Bernard Edwards, Michel Petrucciani, Gary Husband, Larry Coryell, pianist Bill Evans, E.S.T, Kenny Garrett, Donald Byrd, Bob James, Igor Strawinsky, Mike Stern, Prince, Hank Mobley, Roy Hargrove & RH Factor, Kenny Clarke - Francy Boland Big Band, Whitney Houston, Gil Evans, Joachim Kühn, Brothers Johnson, Steve Reich, Richard Bona, Rachell Ferrell, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Jasper Van't Hof, Nile Rodgers & Chic, Mitch Forman, Erykah Badu, Anthony Jackson, Return To Forever, Eric Clapton, Larry Carlton, Doug Hammond, The Eleventh House, Donny Hathaway, John Abercrombie, Roberta Flack, Marcus Miller, Les McCann, Morris Day & The Time, Sister Sledge, Prince Charles, TM Stevens, Rippingtons, Stanley Clarke, Chaka Khan, Lakeside, Patrice Rushen, Cream, Fourplay, Wes Mongomery, Sting, Joe Zawinul and many others who touched me yet with their music in my life.
Sounds Like: Mix of everything I absorbed from life and music, with all the clichee's and masks we also go around in our lifes....I try to find an essence of "me" in music and life though. On my way!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New tunes uploaded

Hey everyone, check out my new uploaded tunes of two  very new projects I am involved in ..they are all rough mixes and will still have to be mastered. Lemme know what you think. &...
Posted by Niki Dolp on Sat, 03 May 2008 05:21:00 PST