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Rudy Royston

Be a slave for your gift...love, serve.

About Me

My resume includes drumming for Dominic Lalli, Ron Miles, Fred Hess, Petite Machine, Erik Deutch, Bill Frisell, North Station, Leslie Drayton, Dotsero, Shaded Red, and The Fuller Family Band with my wife, Shamie (piano). I've also had the honor of playing with a number of jazz greats including Buster Williams, Wynton Marsalis, and Joshua Redman.Layout made by infamous_chiq at CreateBlog.com .

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/8/2006
Band Members: JD Allen Trio
JD Allen: tenor sax; Gregg August: bass
Ron Miles Band (Stone)
Ron Miles: trumpet; Eric Gunnison: piano; Kent McLagan: bass
Sean Wayland Group
Sean Wayland: keyboards; George Colligan: organ
purchase CD at www.seanwayland.com
Dominic Lalli Group
Dominic Lalli: tenor sax; Eric Gunnison: piano; Eduardo Barbosa: bass; Ron Miles: trumpet

Influences: Ron Miles, Ed Blackwell, Parlaiment/Funkadelic, Sam Cook, Mahalia Jackson, Omar Hakim, Shamie Royston, Winard Harper, Lewis Nash, Clarence Penn, Billy Higgins, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Roy Haynes, Max Roach, Art Taylor, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Cobb, Shelly Manne, Victor Lewis, Joe Chambers, Billy Hart, Jeff "Tain" Watts, Chris Dave, Carter Beauford, Brian Blade, Matt Wilson, E.J. Strickland, Karriem Riggins, Quincy Davis, Gregory Hutchinson, Jonathan Blake, Dexter Gordon, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, John Coltrane, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, Sonny Clark, Miles Davis, Sonny Rollins, Oscar Peterson, Grant Green, Billy Taylor, Jimmy Heath, Hank Mobley, Joshua Redman, Jeremy Pelt, Sean Jones, Common, Mulgrew Miller, Marcus Miller, Marcus Strickland, Robert Glasper, Tia Fuller, Leonardo Da Vinci, Albert Einstein, Tribe Called Quest, Branford Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Erykah Badu, Dave Matthews, Bob Marley, Christopher Cross, Dolly Pardon, Willie Nelson, The Bee Gees, M-Base, James Williams, Duffy Jackson, Fleetwood Mac, Allison Kraus, Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, Kenny Garrett, Charlie Hunter, Kanye West, Ella Fitzgerald, LL Cool J, Betty Carter, MC Shan, Erik B, Cameo, Ohio Players, Tina Marie, Minnie Ripperton, John P Kee, Fred Hammond, Kirk Franklin, Donnie McClurkin, The Clark Sisters, Al Green, Earth Wind and Fire, Lakeside, The GAP Band, The Ohio Players, The Dazz Band, Donnie Hathaway, Sly, Robert Johnson, Bobby Blubland, John Bonham, Mozart, Bob Marley, Stravinsky, Tina Turner, Beethoven, Shostakovich, Debussey, Gregorian Chant, Roy Haynes, Lenny White, Motown, Shakespeare, Langston Hughes, Walt Whitman, Karen Carpenter, Luther Vandrose, Billy Cobham, Ang Lee, Yo Yo Ma, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Lee, John Willams, Clyde Stubblefield, Ornette Coleman, Keith Jarrett, Henry Threadgill, The Beatles, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Led Zeppelin, Don Cherry, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Charlie Haden, George Harrison, Milton Nascimento, Lee Morgan, Taj Mahal, Geri Allen, Oliver Lake, Burt Bacharach, The Beach Boys, Perez Prato, Dionne Warwick, The Police, Jimi Hemdrix, Nat King Cole, Teddy Pendergrass, Carmen McRae, James Brown, Eric Dolphy, John McLaughlin, The 4 Tops, The Supremes, The movie Carwash, the movie Xanadu, Ruben Blades, Tito Puente, Kenny Kirkland, Terrence Blanchard, my mother singing gospel in the kitchen while making dinner, West Side Story, Jensen Doroha, Spike Lee, The Wiz, Michael Jackson, Chick Corea, Dave Wekyl, Dennis Chambers, John Schofield, Pat Metheny, Marcus Roberts, The Staple Singers, Ralph Peterson, David Sanborn, Hall and Oates, Prince, Prince, Prince, Mint Condition, Frankie Beverly, Marvin Gaye, Bill Evans, Ahmad Jahmal, McCoy Tyner
Sounds Like: me
Record Label: Gramavision, Sterling Circle, Baby Jane, Capri
Type of Label: Major