My Family, my two beautiful girls, Music, wine and dine, beer, cooking, working, playing the bass and drums, recording, movies, achievements, concerts, Food, Art Decor, Restaurants and Food Industry, Vacationing.....
The one and only.....what else..hmmm!!.....my next inspiration, my new chimpance!! je!!!
Too many influences...where to begin??? Roy Hargrove, Karl Denson and the Greyboy Allstars, Miles Davis, Roy Ayers, Curtis Mayfield, Cannonball Adderley, Horace Silver, Stanley Clarke, Yusef Lateef, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Chuck Mangione, Jimmy McGriff, Bill Withers, Billy Cobham, CSN&Y, Dave Brubeck, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery, Paul Desmond, Herbie Mann, Steely Dan, Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, Santana, Meshell Ndegeocello, The Meters, Breakestra, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, The Dobbie Bros., John Scofield, The Beatles, Herbie Hancock, George Benson, Depeche Mode, OMD, Joy Division, Gregory Isaacs, Johnny Osbourne, Ozzy Osbourne, More? ok... Paul McCartney, Joe Walsh, ELO, Bob Marley, New Order, Stevie Wonder, Jaco Pastorious, Jamiroquoai, Joa Gilberto, Buenavista Social Club (Best Concert of my Life, Ibrahim Ferrer,Right b4 he passed away, Mexico City), A Perfect Circle, The Police, Janes Addiction, Sublime, Groundation, Elijah Emmanuel and the Revelations, Cerati, Cultura Profetica, Charlie Parker, Alice in Chains, Cal Tjader, The Derek Trucks Band,Angie Stone, Jill Scott, Bjork, Janis Joplin, Erika Baduh, Warren G, The Eagles, Lynrd Skynrd, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix, Yes, John Coltrane, Marvin Gaye, Steel Pulse, Tom Petty, shit...too much..the list goes on and on...ok just a couple more..The Gap Band, W.A.R.,Ramsey Lewis, Shuggie Otis, Bob Dylan, Augustus Pablo, Chick Corea, The Rivington Project, Poncho Sanchez, Michael Jackson (BIG ONE, BIG INFLUENCE AS A KID), Luther Vandross, Beethoven Afro Cuban Allstars, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Mozart, Peter Murphy, Atlanta Rythm Section, Groove Armada, Al Green, and on..and on..and on.....and the beat dont stop till the break of dawn!!! I Love Music and Music Loves Me!!!!
Scarface, Karate Kid, Pulp Fiction, Donnie Brasco, Top Gun, Goonies, The Breakfast club, Willie Wonka and the Choc. fctry, Nat. Born Killers, Napoleon Dynamite, Trainspoting, Good Fellas, El Padrino, Memento, friday, next friday, Bajo california etc....