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Andrew Austin

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Im a "dreaming bass player" It all started at 6ish...with Mary...behind the upright piano in class.The hammers hitting those strings reminded me what else my fingers could do....one day.I kissed Mary to enable my dreams but never did find out who played those keys.... At 13 I bumped into my first double bass! WOW!!!! Held it,felt it,plucked that BIG E string and touched base...Those vibrations straight to the core of me.At 20 I found my first bass and pretended I could play it!! At 21ish I met my mother.....a cello stood in her front room....identical Bach Cello Suite on her music stand as mine....she put Hejira by Joni Mitchell on and said...Jaco...LISTEN!!!!

And I played ever since,meeting people,going places but one thing never did change....my need to be me!! Whatever it was I knew I couldn't describe it yet I could feel it....or something! Who cares... But I can describe the dreams...always at pertinent points and as vivid now as when dreamt. Stevie Wonder, Mike Stern, Carla Bley, Mark Egan... so humble and patient, showing me how things can be done. And then the two besuited Japanese men with the wooden table, the stage in the distance and the rope from the sky.....Beautiful music!!

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Music:

Member Since: 12/31/2007
Band Members:
Andrew Austin-Fender Jazz Bass, Piano, Synthesizer, Vocals, all Sequencing, Programming, Arrangements, Engineering, Production and Tea. On everything bar a few choice moments performed by....
Martin Brown-Piano-(just turned up one night)
Martin Donald-Guitar-(wish he'd turn up more often)
Chris Rowshangohar -Acoustic Guitar-(always turns up)
Ian McGee-Electric Guitar-(loves to turn it right up)
Influences: Miles,Zawinul, Richard Bona, Meshell Ndegeocello, Lunz, Joni Mitchell, Trilok Gurtu, Mino Cinelu, Spiral Circuit, Talking Heads, Victor Bailey, Bowie, Jimmy Haslip, Yo-Yo Ma, Jaco, Eno, Randy Crawford, Marcus Miller, Scritti Politti, Tony Grey, John Scofield, Mike Stern, Stevie Wonder, Carla Bley, Gary Willis, Tony Oppenheim, J S Bach, Chuck Rainey, Chick Corea (8!), Poogie Bell, Mike Mainieri, Lyle Mays, Jan Garbarek, Peter Gabriel, Madonna, Peter Erskin, Steve Gadd, Percy Jones, Tony Sandeman, Bill Evans, Durretti Column, Michael Brecker, Casiopea, Mark Egan, Bill Frisell, Mica Paris, Paulhino da Costa, Gil Scott Heron, Yellowjackets, Robert Fripp, Joe Walsh, Dean Brown, Etienne Mbappe, Bobby Mcferrin, Jaco, Jim Beard, Yvonne Elliman, Bireli Lagrene, Wayne Krantz, Omar Hakim, Flora Purim, The Police, Maze, Latin Boy, Ronnie Laws, Lee Ritenour, Tony Levin, Incognito, Ronnie Jordan, Abraham Laboriel, Pops foster, Paz, Roy Ayers, Larry Coryell, Burnt Friedman, Bakithi Kumalo, Japan, Isley Bros, Bob James, Wayne Shorter, Manu Katche, Bennie Rietveld, John Mclaughlin, Matthew Garrison, Crazy 88, Airto, David Dyson, Kenny Garrett, Leni Stern, Charlie Haden, Kai Eckhardt, Tom Jenkinson, Clive Caroll, Tricky, Huong Thanh, Lonnie Liston Smith, Garaj Mahal, Steely Dan, Keane, Harvey Mason, John Klemmer, Luther Vandross, Bob Marley, Daryl Jones, Robbie Shakespear, Sly Dunbar, Peter Tosh, Steve Winwood, Dennis Chambers, Crusaders, David Sanborn, Stanley Clarke, Peter Frampton, Alphonso Johnson, Pat Metheny, Jeff Lorber, Mark King, Louis Johnson, Bernard Edwards, John Abercrombie, Tommy Bolin, Martin Donald, Ilanit Hajbe, Nick Carter......
Sounds Like:
Diverse and spontaneous decisions.
Captured moments
The London A-Z
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None