Member Since: 10/05/2008
Band Website: www.mikegurrolamusic.com" www.mikegurrolamusic.com
Band Members: On Byrdlike - Josh Nelson on Piano, Myself on Bass, and Sam Miller on Drums, On The Nearness Of You and Corcovado - Llew Matthews on Piano, Myself on Bass, and Gerry Gibbs on Drums
Influences: Jazz - Paul Chambers, Israel Crosby, Ray Brown, Sam Jones, Oscar Pettiford, Jimmy Blanton, Percy Heath, Doug Watkins, Charles Mingus, Wilbur Ware, Ron Carter, Albert Stinson, Scott LaFaro, Dave Holland, Peter Washington, Christian McBride, Bob Hurst, Rodney Whitaker, John Webber, John Clayton, John Patitucci, Jaco Pastorius, Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, Vernell Fournier, Mel Lewis, Max Roach, Ed Thigpen, Louis Hayes, Shelly Manne, Philly Jo Jones, Papa Jo, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Bobby Durham, Art Taylor, Jimmy Cobb, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, Buddy Rich, Ben Riley, Mickey Roker, Jeff Hamilton, Carl Allen, Kenny Washington, Lewis Nash, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Brian Blade, Greg Hutchinson, Eric Harland, Willie Jones, McCoy Tyner, Benny Green, Mulgrew Miller, Oscar Peterson, Gene Harris, Wynton Kelly, Bill Evans, Red Garland, Kenny Drew, George Shearing, John Lewis, Errol Garner, Hank Jones, Sonny Clark, Harold Mabern, Bud Powell, Barry Harris, Ahmad Jamal, Tommy Flanagan, Duke Ellington, Phineas Newborn, Victor Feldman, Thelonius Monk, Herbie Hancock, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton, Sir Roland Hanna, Kenny Barron, Kenny Kirkland, Chick Corea, Keith Jarret, Eric Reed, Bill Charlap, Monty Alexander, Brad Mehldau, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Wes Montgomery, Grant Green, Barney Kessel, Peter Bernstein, Russell Malone, Charlie Parker, Lucky Thompson, Joe Henderson, Ben Webster, Sonny Stitt, J.J. Johnson, Johnny Hodges, Dizzy Gillespie, John Coltrane, Hank Mobley, Wayne Shorter, Johnny Griffin, Sonny Rollins, George Coleman, Lee Morgan, Stanley Turrentine, John Handy, Yusef Lateef, Zoot Sims, Clifford Brown, Kenny Dorham, Dexter Gordon, Lou Donaldson, Miles Davis, Donald Byrd, Woody Shaw, Eric Dolphy, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Garrett, Jaleel Shaw, Pepper Adams, Jimmy Heath, Joshua Redman, Terrell Stafford, Wessell Anderson, Roy Hargrove, Thad Jones,Freddie Hubbard, Joe Lovano and on and on...Classical - Bach, Brahms, Schubert, Dvorjak, Mahler, Beethoven, Bartok, Rachmoninoff, Stravinsky, Handel, Mozart, Prokofiev, Henry Eccles, Botessini, etc.Funk/R&B/Hip Hop/Gospel - James Brown, D'angelo, Common, The Roots, J Dilla, Madlib, Black Thought, Q-Tip, Flying Lotus, Tower of Power, Maceo Parker, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan, Erykah Badu, Chris Dave, Kim Burell, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, James Jamerson, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Diana Ross, Parlament, Smokey Robinson, etc.Blues - B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, Buddy Guy, Muddy
Waters, Albert King
Sounds Like: Thats up to the listener to decide
Record Label: Unsigned
Type of Label: Unsigned