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Danny G

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About Me

Im a musician and a very casual child care worker. I'm in my final year studying at the Sydney Conservatorium majoring in Jazz Performance. Instruments: Piano, keyboards, trumpet, percussion, guitar, Composer. Co-leader of Afro groove band Usutu. Other bands/artists I'm currently performing with are Mamacita, Club Havana band, Merenia Gillies, Oz Locos, Jive Kayana, Asim Gorashi Trio, Dereb Dasalegn and Medium Brown.

My Interests

Apart from music.....partying, dancing, Traveling, soccer's alright but rugby league is the shit, Spanish, Swimming and the beach.

Music:

A few of my favourite artists: Miles Davis, Elis Regina, 2pac, Coltrane, Beatles, Youssou N'dour, Salif Keita, Los Van Van, Bill Evans, Donny Hathaway, Bob Marley, Chilli Peppers, NG La Banda, Irakere, Jimi Hendrix, Fela Kuti, Radiohead, Aretha Franklin, Erikah Badu, Keith Jarret, Charles Mingus, Chaka Khan, Parliament/Funkadelic, Sly and the Family Stone, DAngelo, Duke Ellington....

Movies:

Big, Point Break, taxi Driver, Tsotsi, Flirting, American Beauty, The Commitments, Casino, Meet the Parents, House Party, Do the right thing, Donnie Darko, Beneath Clouds, The Castle, The Year My Voice Broke, Jungle Fever, Monty Python's Meaning of Life, Life of Brian.

Television:

Hardly watch it but I love the Simpsons, Curb your enthusiasm, and Mr Bean.

Books:

Colour of Water, 1984, Things Fall Apart, Miles Davis Autobiography, Beneath the Underdog, Animal Farm.

Heroes:

John Lennon, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix