Member Since: 9/27/2007
Influences: Those who continue to influence and inspire me include: Betty Carter, Tony Bennett, Mark Murphy, Charlie Parker, Jon Hendricks, Andy Bey, Jimmy Scott, Eddie Jefferson, Mel Tormé, Sheila, Sarah, Carmen & Ella, Stan Getz, Nancy King, Rebecca Parris, and especially my mentors Barry Harris and Marion Cowings; Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Johannes Vermeer, Henri Cartier Bresson, Jackson Pollock; Al Gore... This could go on for a while...
Some Favorite Quotes:
"A room is an instrument" -Yo Yo Ma
"Men who never get carried away should be." -Malcolm Forbes
"If you have to ask what jazz is you'll never know" -Louis Armstrong
"We are all ignorant, except about different things." -Mark Twain
"Be happy now, without reason, or you will never be happy at all." -Dan Millman
Imagination is more important that knowledge." -Albert Einstein
Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!" -Mae West
Sounds Like: Michelob Jazz Vocal Competition Finalist
Type of Label: None