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Mike Gurrola

About Me


I'm an 18 year old working and studying musician, I play both the Double-Bass, and electric bass. I was the bassist in the Monterey Jazz Festival's Next Generation Jazz Orchestra for 2008 and 2009. I have also won soloist awards at the Monterey Jazz Festival, and The Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival. In the Summer of 2008 I was a member of the Berklee College of Music Summer Jazz Workshop directed by legendary drummer Terri Lynne-Carrington. I have had the great opportunity, and pleasure of playing with some great musicians including Lewis Nash, Jeff hamilton, Greg Hutchinson, Carl Allen, Terri Lynne-Carrington, Benny Green, Geoff Keezer, Walter Smith III, Roy Hargrove, Kendrick Scott, Taylor Eigsti, Julian Lage, and Terrell Stafford. I have also had some amazing teachers along the way including Zac Matthews, Sam Minaie, David Young, and Currently I am Studying with Dennis Trembly (Principal Bass of the LA Philharmonic), and World Renowned Bassist, Educator, Composer and Arranger, and Grammy Award Winner, John Clayton. The musicians I play with regularly include drummers Gerry Gibbs, Gene Coye, Dean Koba,and Zach Harmon, Pianists Josh Nelson, Llew Matthews, John Campbell, Ruslan Sirota, Mahesh Balisooriya, and Austin Peralta, Guitarist Graham Dechter, and Saxophonists Zane Musa, Doug Webb, and Chuck Manning. Please feel free to visit my web site www.mikegurrolamusic.com for further details and upcoming shows I may be playing.

My Interests

Music:

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