I dig laughter, music, family, friends, gigs, a good hang, food, hikes, art, eager students, traveling, meetin' new folks, going out to a show, dancing, wine and just about anything that would register as another life experience.
Thats a hard one for obvious reasons. With so many badass cats in the world it is difficult to list. But here is a small handful...Sarah Vaughn, Erykah Badu, Howard Zinn, Donny Hathaway, my Grandparents when they where young and bad ass!!!
Music I'm hip to, this ones tricky...Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, James Brown, Roberta Flack, Nancy Wilson, Etta James, the Police, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Hendix, the Beatles, Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughn, Erykah Badu, DJ Quik, Los Van Van, Ritmo Oriental, Irakere, Earth Wind and Fire, the Doobie Brothers, Steely Dan, Peter Tosh, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Los Munequitos de Matanzas, Los Papines, MeShell N Degeocello, Timbalaye, Bob Marley, Michael Jackson, Cold Play, Queen, Dou Dou N Daye Rose, Miles Davis, Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, Randy Newman, Al Green, Dwele, Pedro Martinez, Tres Aces, Ray Barreto, Eddie Palmieri, Frankie Beverly, the Gotan Project, Malo, old school Santana, Art Blakey and his Jazz Messengers, the Meters, Steve Coleman, Jaco Pastorious, Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters, Frank Zappa, Booker T and the MGs, Gil Scott Heron, Talib Kwele, the Roots, D'Angelo, Prince, Grupo AfroCuba, Dafins Pierto and I know I've left out some hundred or so other artists that get me going...opps you know who you are though, right?Carne Cruda , AguaLibre , Machina Sol , Los Mocosos
Here is a gig I did with Lauryn Hill at The W Hotel New York in Nov 2006. Don't blink, but I'm in the back playing percussion.Playing for Lauryn Hill in New York performing "Zimbabwe"
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Machina Sol live at Jupiter
Lauryn Hill in Sao Palo, Brazil
Lauryn Hill Torino, Italy
I don't have a TV, but when I did I liked the Colbert Report, the Daily Show and ESPN news (yeah I know thats not the coolest list of shows, but hey)
still reading... The Latin Tinge the Impact of Latin Music on the US by John Storm Roberts Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins Vintage Baldwin by James Baldwin
my Mom, my Dad, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Vinnie Colaiuta, Steve Gadd, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Al Jackson, Fred White, Jose Luis Quintana "Changuito", Giovanni Hildalgo, Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Herbbie Hancock just to name a few...