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Luke Moller a.k.a FIDDLEBOY

2008 National Bluegrass Fiddle Champion!!!

About Me

Fiddle and Mandolin player Luke 'Fiddleboy' Moller, based in Brisbane, Australia. After completeing a Bachelor of Music at the Queensland Conservatorium in Australia, Luke took up a scholarship to study jazz fiddle at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Luke has studied with violin and mandolin masters such as Rob Thomas, Eugene Friesen, Christian Howes, Matt Glaser, Billy Contreras, Buddy Spicher and Mike Compton. Luke is a member of the following projects:- SARUZU quartet - a beautiful blend of Flamenco, Tango and Jazz inspired sounds featuring Andrew Shaw - Bass, Simone Pope - Percussion / Dance, and Andrew Veivers - Spanish Guitar. Mystery Pacific - a Django and Stephane inspired Manouche project featuring Ewan Mackenzie - Guitar, Bruce Woodward - Rhythm Guitar and Rick Casky - Double Bass. Dianna Corcoran - Australia's most talented country / pop / folk singer / songwriter. The McClymonts - Aussie country band consisting of three of my favorite girls in the worldLuke Moller Jazz Quartet [LMJQ] - Featuring Rohan Somasekaran on Piano. An exploration of possibilities in a free jazz setting featuring violin / piano / bass / drums. The debut CD is available now through myspace and lukemoller.com The debut CD features the playing of Rohan Somasekaran - Piano, Owen Newcomb - Bass and Richard Seymour - Drums consisting of 8 jazz standards by greats such as John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/30/2006
Band Website: lukemoller.com
Influences: Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Miles Davis, Coltrane, Monk, Mark O'Connor, Christian Howes, Ryan Montbleau, Dangerbird, Joe Venuti, Stuart Duncan, Chris Thile, The Greencards, Eugene Friesen, Rob Thomas (Violin), Trio Globo, Fela Kuti, Femi Kuti, Duke Ellington, Trev Warner, Bill Frisell, Stan Getz, Roland Kirk, Andrew Bird, Mike Marshall, Darol Anger, Davidson Brothers, Bill Evans, Ricky Skaggs, Bill Monroe, Bach, Brahms, Bernstein, Crooked Still, Rashard Eggleston, Jeremy Kittel, Roby Lakatos, Funkadelic, Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Allman Brothers, Billy Bang, Vassar Clements, Matt Glaser, Neil Young, Tom Waits, The Beatles, Gavin Bryers, Robert Wyatt, Mark Feldman, Brad Mehldau, more to be added
Type of Label: None