Member Since: 12/31/2005
Band Website: milesokazaki.com
Influences: . . . Charlie Christian, Charlie Chaplin, Charlie Parker, Charley Patton, Charles Ives, Charles Bukowski, Ray Charles, Charles Ray, Man Ray, Sugar Ray Robinson, Smokey Robinson, Robin Williams, John Williams, William Burroughs, William Butler Yeats, William Shakespeare, William Faulkner, William Blake, Eubie Blake, Art Blakey, Art Carney, Harry Carney, Harry Partch, Harry Belafonte, Harry Houdini, Harry James, William James, James Jamerson, James Baldwin, James Brown, Ruth Brown, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Pete Seeger, Pete Townshend, Peter O'Toole, John Kennedy Toole, Edward Kennedy Ellington, Edward Hopper, Edward Albee, Ed Harris, Ed Wood, Woody Guthrie, Woody Shaw, Artie Shaw, Wallace Shawn, Wallace Stevens, Steven Wright, Richard Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Frank Capra, Frank Capa, Frank Gehry, Garry Kasparov, Garry Shandling, Garry Cooper, James Fenimore Cooper, James Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Cecil Taylor, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Samuel Beckett, Samuel Barber, Sam Peckinpah, Sam Cooke, Sam Shepard, Sam Kinison, Sammy Davis Jr, Sammy Cahn, Genghis Khan, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Chaka Khan, Ali Akbar Khan, Muhammad Ali, Muhal Richard Abrams, Richard Pryor, Richard Rodgers, Richard Feynman, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Little Richard, Richard Serra, Sarah Vaughan, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ralph Nader, Ralph Bakshi, Ralph Ellison, Ralph Stanley, Stan Getz, Stan Lee, Bruce Lee, Lee Morgan, Lee Friedlander, Peggy Lee, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jerry Lewis, John Lewis, Lewis Carrol, Louis Bunuel, Louis Armstrong, C.S. Lewis, Mel Lewis, Merriwether Lewis, Carl Lewis, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Carl Jung, Carlos Santana, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Wendy Carlos, William Carlos Williams, Tony Williams, Otis Williams, Otis Redding, Johnny Otis, Johnny Smith, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy Cliff, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Stewart, Stewart Copeland, Aaron Copeland, Hank Aarons, Hank Williams, Hank Jones, Hank Garland, Judy Garland, Judy Collins, Bootsy Collins, Albert Collins, Albert Camus, Albert Ayler, Al Pacino, Al Green, Grant Green, Graham Greene, Larry Graham, Larry Fine, Reuben Fine, Paul Reubens, Artur Rubenstein, Arthur Rimbaud, Arthur Miller, Arthur C. Clarke, Kenny Clarke, Stanley Clarke, Stanley Turrentine, Stanley Kubrick, Carter Stanley, Elliott Carter, Elliott Smith, Bessie Smith, Lonnie Smith, Lonnie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Robert Altman, Robert Duvall, Robert DeNiro, Robert Frost, Robert Plant, Robert Schumann, Robert Moses, Robert Moog, Robert Rauchenberg, Robert Crumb, George Crumb, George Lucas, George Harrison, George Benson, George Gershwin, George Carlin, George Bernard Shaw, Bernard Purdie, Bernard Herrmann, , Hermann Hemholtz, Herman Hesse, Herman Melville, Woody Herman, Woody Allen, Allen Ginsberg, Alan Lomax, Alan Arkin, Alan Turing, Steve Allen, Steve Martin, Martin Scorsese, Martin Heidegger, Martin Luther King, Nat King Cole, Cole Porter, George Porter Jr., George Russell, George C. Scott, Scott Joplin, Ridley Scott, Jimmy Scott, Orson Scott Card, Orson Welles, H. G. Wells, H. P. Lovecraft, H. R. Giger, H. L. Mencken, D. H. Lawrence, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Laurence Olivier, Olivier Messiaen, Oliver Stone, Oliver Hardy, Thomas Hardy, Dylan Thomas, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bobby Blue Bland, Bobby Fischer, Eddie Fisher, Eddie Murphy, Eddie Van Halen, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Mario Van Peebles, Vincent Van Gogh, Vincent Price, Leontyne Price, Jonathan Pryce, Jonathan Winters, John Lennon, John Lee Hooker, John Coltrane, John Bonham, John Milton, Milton Nascimento, Milton Babbitt, Charles Babbage, Charles Dickens, Emily Dickenson, Vic Dickenson, Victor Hugo, Harold Vick, Harold Pinter, Harold Arlen, Harold Land, Martin Landau, Martin Gardner, Dean Martin, James Dean, James Joyce, Joyce Carol Oates, Carole King, Albert King, Albert Murray, Bill Murray, Bill Cosby, Bill Hicks, Bill Haley, Jack Haley, Jack London, Jack Kerouac, Jack Lemmon, Jack Teagarden, Jack Nicklaus, Jack Nicholson, Jackie Gleason, Jackie Robinson, Jackie Mason, James Mason, James Baldwin, Alec Baldwin, Alec Wilder, Gene Wilder, Billy Wilder, Billy Higgins, Billy Joel, Billy Preston, Billy Eckstine, Billie Holiday . . .
Sounds Like: above
Type of Label: Indie