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James Riotto

About Me

I am a musician. I have had the privilege of collaborating with some fantastically creative people on both coasts of this admirable nation. I enjoy playing rock and roll, jazz, folk, blues. I would like to work in hip hop and electronic musics. I like free improvisation, have written music for a string quartet, and played in a traditional Balkan music ensemble. I relate these experiences for the sake of biography, and yet I don't believe in musical genre. Rather I believe in music, without boundaries, which can be explored and expanded infinitely. I hope to do just this for a long time.

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Music:

Member Since: 15/04/2008
Band Members: On these tracks, in no particular order: Robert Shelton (piano, fender rhodes), Josh Korr (drums), Marty Ehrlich (alto sax), Jon Fisher (drums), Rick Tutunjian (tenor sax), Dia Silverstein (alto/soprano sax), Elliot Rayman (trumpet), Peter Bonos (trumpet), Matt Schumer (baritone/tenor sax), Amy Bateman (violin), Molly Gibson (violin), Emily Thomas (cello), Liora Goldensher (viola)
Influences: Charles Mingus, Miles Davis, Tom Waits, Duke Ellington, The Moanin Dove, Marty Ehrlich, Mark Dresser, Myra Melford, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, Thelonious Monk, Beethoven, Radiohead, Wilco, Soul Coughing, Cold War Kids, Wayne Shorter, Ray Brown, The White Stripes, Stravinsky, Coltrane, Willie Dixon, Sly Stone, Beethoven, Ornette Coleman, Jerry Garcia, and my many talented friends.
Sounds Like: Eyes of A Blue Dog

Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

John Vanderslice Tour

Dear Friends,I am very pleased to announce that I will be hitting the road this summer on a national tour with the great John Vanderslice. We will be playing all over the country, so it is likely you...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:22:00 GMT