EMERGING AS AN INFLUENTIAL FIGURE IN THE NEW YORK CITY MUSIC SCENE, PERFORMING AT THE MUDD CLUB, PEPPERMINT LOUNGE, DANCETERIA , CHINA CLUB AND UTILIZING
CHRIS HANLEY'S INTERGALACTIC RECORDING STUDIO AS A CREATIVE VORTEX…..
AS GUITARIST /MUSICAL DIRECTOR FOR THE FUSIONROCK GROUP
HERITAGE THAT FEATURED
BASSIST LONNIE HILLYER II (MAGGIE’S DREAM)
WILL CALHOUN DRUMS (LIVING COLOUR)
PABLO CALOGERO HORNS (TITO PUENTE)…
THEN IN COLLABORATION WITH PRODUCER GIORGIO GOMELSKY, FORMED THE HIP HOP AVANTE GARD PROJECT
J WALTER NEGRO & THE LOOSE JOINTS , SIGNING TO JOHN HAMMOND’S ZOO YORK RECORDZ (A SUBSIDIARY OF CBS),
AND PERFORMING IN THE NOW LEGENDARY EVENT AT THE INFAMOUS MUDD CLUB IN NYC
"BEYOND WORDS"...THE FIRST HIP HOP & EXPERIMENTAL MUSIC & VISUAL ART COLLABORATION WITH ARTISTS RANGING FROM DEBORAH HARRY, GRAFFITTI ARTIST FUTURA 2000, MADONNA AND PAINTER JEAN MICHEL BASQUIAT…. IN 1981... TAKING THE LONDON MUSIC SCENE BY STORM, PERFOMING AT NEW WAVE CLUBS,
THE VENUE THEATRE, LE BEAT ROUTE, THE WAGG CLUB, HEAVEN,
DINGWALLS, CAMDEN PALACE …
THEN COLLABORATING ON THE N.Y.C. / LONDON PROJECT:
N.A.T.O. (NEGRO & TESCO ORGINIZATION)
FEATURING NICKY TESCO (THE MEMBERS)
PRODUCED BY MARTIN RUSHENT (THE HUMAN LEAGUE) and
DAVE ALLEN (THE CURE)AS SESSION SIDEMAN WITH:
RUSTY EGAN (VISAGE)
JIMMY PURSEY (SHAM 69)
PRODUCING SOLO PROJECT FOR CLARE HURST (THE BELLE STARS)
OPENING FOR DURAN DURAN ON THE HUNGRY LIKE A WOLF WORLD TOUR WITH FUNK/ROCK GROUP :
PRINCE CHARLES & THE CITY BEAT BANDDISCOGRAPHY"SHOOT THE PUMP" J WALTER NEGRO & THE LOOSE JOINTS ZOO YORK
“FEEL IT†ZOO YORK RECORDZ
“THE COST OF LIVING†N.A.T.O. GENETIC RECORDS
“TRADITION†HERITAGE
“OSHUN†CUBAN TRANCE
“ TWILIGHT†CLARE HURST VIRGIN RECORDSCOLLABORATIONS PAST & PRESENT
GIORGIO GOMELSKY (THE YARDBIRDS,GONG, VANGELIS, SOFT MACHINE )
ARTHUR BAKER (PLANET ROCK, EUGENIE DISERIO)
BILL LASWELL ( MATERIAL,PRAXIS, TABLA BEAT SCIENCE)
JOHN MCGEOGH (MAGAZINE, VISAGE,SIOUXSEE & THE BANSHEES, P.I.L.)
WILLIAM ORBIT (MADONNA)
GENESIS P ORRIDGE (PSYCHIC T.V.)
H.B.BENNETT (PRINCE, THE FAMILY)
ARTURO OFARRILL (CARLA BLEY, DIR.OF LINCOLN CENTER JAZZ BAND)
FIMA EPHRON (SPLATTERCELL,SCREAMING HEADLESS TORSOS )
LONNIE HILLYER II ( MAGGIE’S DREAM, LOVE SPIT LOVE)
NORWOOD FISHER (FISHBONE, TRULIO DISGRACIOUS)
KRISTEN VIGARD ( RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS)
STERLING CAMPBELL (B52’S, DAVID BOWIE )
BERNARD FOWLER ( TACKHEAD, THE ROLLING STONES)
DOUG WIMBISH ( MICK JAGGER, MOS DEF, TACKHEAD, LIVING COLOUR )
TM STEVENS (MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA, JOE COCKER, NARADA )
WILL CALHOUN (LIVING COLOUR, JUNGLEFUNK, HEADFAKE)
MADONNA
GREGG MANN ( ALICIA KEYS, KELIS, LUTHER VANDROSS)
CHRIS BLACKWELL (ISLAND RECORDS)
DEBORAH HARRY (BLONDIE)
ZACH ALFORD (SPLATTERCELL BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, DAVID BOWIE, B52’S )
STEVIE SALAS (ROD STEWART, NICKLEBAG, MICK JAGGER)
PABLO CALOGERO ( TITO PUENTE, JAKI BYARD, DIZZY GILLESPIE BAND)
ROBIN LUMLEY ( BRAND X)
GEORGE CLINTON (PARLIAMENT/FUNKADELIC)
PRINCE CHARLES ALEXANDER ( P.DIDDY, MARY J. BLIGE, JENIFER LOPEZ)
CHRIS HANLEY (INTERGALACTIC RECORDING STUDIOS , MUSE FILMS)STUDIED MUSIC THEORY & COMPOSITION WITH:
PAT MARTINO *(JAZZ GUITAR LEGEND)----
BOB STEWART*(TUBAIST)----
DON CHERRY * (JAZZ TRUMPETEER)----
INTERNSHIP/ ARTIST RESIDENCY AT:
MILES COPELAND’S (THE POLICE) BARGE RECORDING STUDIOSRECENT PERFORMANCES6/2005 THE GODS OF LOVE
COUNTERPULSE GALLERY SPACE, SAN FRANCISCO
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