I like lots of different types of music but my main influences in no particular order are; Buddy Rich, The Bad Plus, Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell, Steely Dan and Donald Fagin, Tower of Power, Count Basie big band, Oscar Peterson, Art Blakey, Miles Davies, David Grusin, The GRP Allstars, Weather Reaport, Billy Cobham, Bjork, Cinematic Orchestra, Radiohead, Blur, Incubus, Weezer, NOFX, The Mad Caddies, System of a down, Tool, Slayer, The Police, Queen, Otis Reading, Aretha Franklin, Bob Marley, Desmond Decker, Culture, Jeff Buckley, John Scofield, Elvin Jones, Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Freddie Hubbard, Lee Morgan, Maynard Ferguson, Frank Zappa
My hero is David King from the Bad Plus because he has magic toys and hits saucepans. I like this. My Heroine is Joni Mitchell because she writes songs about sunset pigs and things. She also sings like a little darlingk!