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Max Z-T

The Stars are Far Away

About Me

hey there myspace wanderers. email me at [email protected] for interests in CDs.After hearing the hammered dulcimer at a Chicago area folk festival at the age of six, Max ZT was hooked. He studied under Kat Eggleston for ten years before venturing to Bard College in upstate New York. Several years in to his college studies, Max travelled to Senegal, West Africa to study the Mandenko technique with the Cissoko griot family and has returned several times.Max now resides and works in Brooklyn, New York. He has put out two disks (Southport Records, Chicago; ZT PubCo, New York) with each being quite different from the other. He is in the process of putting out his third disk, with an expected release this July, 2007. He has won the National Hammered Dulcimer Championship and has shared the stage with many artists ranging from Tea Leaf Green, to Jimmy Cliff to The Slip.you can contact Max directly at [email protected] for booking inquiries or just general quesions/comments.you can also check out his videos online here or at youtube.com/maxzt

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Member Since: 8/3/2005
Band Website: maxzt.com
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Influences: Fela. Miles. Herbie. Coltrane. Steve Reich. Mingus. Bird. Leadbelly. Monk. Tampa Red. Paul Simon. Sankoum Cissoko. Fode Cissoko. Ba Cissoko. Bouba Cissoko. Ali Boulo Santo. Femi. The Roots. my past. my present. Tribe called quest. Bob Marley. Brooklyn, NYC. Tony Allen. Taj Mahal. Beck. Manu Chao. Mango Santamaria. Eric Dolphy. Django. The AACM. Trevor Watts. Zap Mama. Soulive. Junior Wells. James Brown. Sly. Stevie Wonder. The Beatles. People watching in the subway. Looking at detailed maps. Hendrix. toumani diabate. n'dongo lo. mandenkalou. oumou sangare. salif keita. amadou and miriam. ali farke toure of course, his son for that matter too; Vieux.
Sounds Like: hopefully something new.
Record Label: ASCAP
Type of Label: Indie