Member Since: 26/04/2008
Influences: Aretha Franklin; Hans Werner Henze; Levon Helm; Wild Bill Davison; Han Bennink; Lonnie Johnson; Ghazal; Jo Jones; Preston Love; Leonard Bernstein; My Bloody Valentine; P.J. Harvey; Chick Webb; George Wettling; Jimi Hendrix; Fred Astaire; Glenn Gould; Vladimir Horowitz; Josef Hofmann; Jeff Beck; Led Zeppelin; Anne Briggs; J.S. Bach; Bela Bartok; Igor Stravinsky; Allan Holdsworth; Jon-Erik Kellso; Brian Eno; Kate Bush; Bessie Smith; Stuff Smith; Cathy Berberian; Barney Bigard; Mel Powell; Mildred Bailey; Roy Eldridge; Earl Hines; Louis Armstrong; J.C. Higginbotham; Charlie Parker; Rahssan Roland Kirk; John Cage; Al Bowlly; Ray Noble; Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; Milton Nascimento; Sandy Williams; David Sylvian; Lester Young; Bix Beiderbecke; Astor Piazzolla; Sheila Chandra; Keith Moon; Earl Wild; Rachel Barton; Pierre Boulez; Walter Page; Mitch Mitchell; Eugene Chadbourne; Sviatoslav Richter; Eric Dolphy; Fats Waller; Ryuichi Sakamoto; Haruomi Hosono; Yukihiro Takahashi; Georgy Cziffra; Martha Argerich; Iannis Xenakis; Dereck Higgins; Alvin Burroughs; Budd Johnson; Don Byas; Dizzy Gillespie; Terry Bozzio; Sheila Jordan; Lee Wiley; Harry "Sweets" Edison; Billie Holiday; Helen Humes; Elis Regina; Steve Jordan; Bill Bruford; Pee Wee Russell; Gil Evans; Grady Tate; John McLaughlin; The Faces; Fairport Convention; Bubber Miley; Duke Ellington; Tricky Sam Nanton; Django Reinhardt; Denzil Best; Zutty Singleton; Shadow Wilson; Harry Edison; Wire; Johnny Griffin; Elmo Hope; The Kinks; Patrick Higgins; Luigi Waites; Radiohead; Scott Walker; YMO; The Meters; Ray Anderson; Bob Stewart; Hoshal Wright; Joe Sullivan; Dexter Gordon; Sonny Stitt; Gene Ammons; Blind Willie McTell; Duke Ellington; Allen Toussaint; Bill Basie; Demetrio Stratos; Benny Goodman; Booker T. &; the MGs; Baby Dodds; Steve Lacy; Art Tatum; Lou Harrison; Oscar Peterson; Kenny Davern; Bjork; Dusty Springfield; Albert Nicholas; Bobby Stark; Dock Boggs; P.I.L.; King Crimson; Sandy Denny; Backworld; Univers Zero; Talvin Singh; Sonny Sharrock; Misha Mengelberg; The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; John Cale; Gentle Giant; Genesis; Jack Teagarden; Big Sid Catlett; Jake Hanna; John Carter; Horace Tapscott; Chaka Khan; Dickie Wells; Sidney Bechet; and anyone else with an exquisite voice all their own.
Sounds Like: Me.
Record Label: Mexie L (Preston Love)
Type of Label: Indie