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Smith Dobson Quartet

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UPDATE! Please have a listen to my new rock band Grand Lodge (myspace.com/grandlodgemusic) and become a friend if you like. Now, about this group: This band has been active in the San Francisco bay area for about 5 years. The Quartet got it's start shortly after I started writing song-oriented instrumental compositions and began looking for a musical outlet to try them out. Putting the band together was a natural progression. Although the band is comprised of musicians that would be able to relate to the music, it also happens to be an excuse to work with people who I've always admired artistically. They also happen to be some of my good friends. Playing in this band has been a dream come true. In February of 2007, we recorded our debut album for Evander Music entitled "Basement Bloodlines".

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Member Since: 27/04/2006
Band Website: Nothing yet...
Band Members: Smith Dobson - vibraphone, John Finkbeiner - guitar, Vijay Anderson or John Hanes - drumset, Devin Hoff or Lisa Mezzacappa - bass. Occasionally, Scott Larson - trombone, Dahveed Behroozi - piano, keyboards.
Influences: My Dad. I learned a great deal about music and philosophy from him. He was a master pianist. Other favorite MUSICIANS: Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Glenn Gould, Ornette Coleman, Herbie Nicols, Sonny Clark, Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Lennie Tristano, Paul Desmond, Bobby Hutcherson, Thelonius Monk, Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, Lester Young, Stan Getz, Sonny Stitt, Maurizio Pollini. Occasionally - Keith Jarrett, Vladimir Horowitz, Grant Green, Bird.COMPOSERS: Bach, Mahler, Schubert, Mozart, Stockhausen, Anton Webern, Bernard Hermann, Ennio Morricone, Beethoven, Brian Wilson, Cole Porter, Andrew Hill.BANDS: Velvet Underground, Spoon, Joy Division, New Order, The Cure, XTC, Interpol, Kraftwerk, Neu!, Black Sabbath, Kinks, Beatles, The Beach Boys, Magnetic Fields, Television, Peter Bjorn and John, Monks.FILM DIRECTORS: David Lynch, Mario Bava, Roger Corman, Stanley Kubrick, Alfred Hitchcock, Russ Meyers, Akira Kurosawa, Luis Bunuel, Michelangelo Anonioni, Sergio Leone, Werner Herzog.FILM ACTORS: Marlon Brando, Cary Grant, James Stewart, Vincent Price, Catherine Deneuve, Jeanne Moreau.
Sounds Like: Scott Larson
Record Label: Evander Music
Type of Label: Indie

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