HORNS make bands sound BETTER!
...trumpet...maybe some trombone....Klezmer, experimental jazz fusion (ERBAMATE), heavy rock (YELLA BELLY SAB SUCKERS), Hip-Hop/Rap/Funk/R&B ( MIKE TRUTH & THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS ), rock/funk ( DAVES NOT HERE ), Western Swing/Honky Tonk (TEXAS SWING DEMONS, GINA LEE & the BRISKET BOYS ), powerpop ( THE GLASS FAMILY ), alt/country/rock ( THE MOTHER TRUCKERS ), Reggae ( Kris Brown's FAMILY SAUCE (now MR. BROWN) , Cajun Style ( PONTY BONE & THE SQUEEZETONES ), post-modern folk with GARRETH BROESCHE and others (BEN BELL & the STARDUST BOYS, the PINEBOX RAMBLERS with the TRIGGERMEN HORNS), your ever-so-basic garden variety cover bands (those days are OVER), the ballsy sound of horn-loaded Texas Roadhouse Blues (Dennis Maroney's LOOSE SHOES Blues Band), WAYNE "THE TRAIN" HANCOCK , SWEET POTATO PIE , and BRYCE CLIFFORD . I've had great pleasure recording with such talents as PONTY BONE , SPENCER GIBB & 54 SECONDS , CHADD THOMAS & THE CRAZY KINGS , KORY SIMEONE, the up and comming FEATHERWEIGHT BURDEN , THE UNBEARABLES , PEEL , The GOLDEN APPLES, KEVIN CARROLL, guitar phenom KAZKI , SAM LIPMAN and HIS band THE HANDSOME CHARLIES , MICHAEL LINDNER & MOVING BLUES, Kris Browns FAMILY SAUCE/MR. BROWN/DUB KIDS , RICHARD CROSS, the Latin rock of BOCASTRIA , the Latin Jam Band Sound of EL TULE , the Fabulous Swamp Pop San Antonio/Gulf Coast Sound of the GREAT LARRY LANGE & HIS LONELY KNIGHTS , and just a bucket full of other great musicians and engineers/producers (TOMMY SPURLOCK, BILLY HORTON, RICK DELILLIS of FIGMENT STUDIOS, RON FLYNT of JUMPING DOG STUDIOS, MIKE MARICONDA, ROB HINTON , BILLY HARVEY , DAVE McNAIR, JIM VOLENTINE, ERIK WOFFORD, etc)...and check out Austin Sax Player STEVE BERNSTEIN who I have the pleasure of working with frequently. Basically it is a well know fact that HORNS DO MAKE BANDS SOUND BETTER .
Versatility is everything.
Learn your instrument.
Improvise as if your life depends on it.
Bebop is, and I have been blessed to have spent valuable time over the years with my mentors in jazz; CONTE CANDOLI and BOBBY SHEW.
Peace, Be Well, and do unto others.
