INSPIRATIONS:
Doug Carn & Jean Carn, George Clinton Parliament Funkadelic, Andy Bey, Gary Bartz, Roy AYers, Oneness of Juju, Babatunde, Fela Kuti, Tony Allen, Glen Goins (RIP), Ahmad Jamal, Val Watson, Fertile Ground, Dwele, Marlon Saunders, Fuzzy, Sly & The Family Stone, Marlena Shaw, Patti Austin, Kellee Patterson, Bilal, Donnie, Stevie Wonder, Minnie Riperton, (New) Rotary Connection, Esther Phillips, Gil Scott-Heron, Betty Davis, Miles Davis, Chaka Khan, Alphonso Johnson, Jon Lucien, Mark Murphy, Karl Denson, Frank McComb, Bootsy, Nick Rolfe, Amp Fiddler, Donny Hathaway, Bembe Segue, Eddie Henderson, Banda Black Rio, Djavan, Lewis Taylor, Leroy Hutson, Claudio Roditi, Kem, Al Jearrau, N'Dambi, The Rebirth, Michael Hampton, Eddie Hazel, Terry Walker, Eric Roberson, Lige Curry, Donald Byrd, Kindred The Family Soul, Marvin Gaye, Ana Mazzotti, Wilson Simonal, Skeet, Erykah Badu, Omar, Eddie Henderson, Alcione, Bob James, Rahsaan Patterson, Ledisi, Antonio Carlos e Jocafi, Alison Crockett, Kofy Brown, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Freddie Hubbard, Don Cherry, Kaidi Tatham, Antoinique, Goapele, Myron, Bugge Wesseltoft, Horace Silver, Michael Brecker, Walter Bishop Jr., Elvin Jones, Cannonball Adderley, Karin Krog, Bugz in the Attic, Maceo, Donald Byrd, Dionne Warwick, Wilson Simoninha, Fred Wesley, Larry Young, Ed Motta, King Britt, Marcos Valle, David Axelrod, Leon Thomas, Lonnie Liston Smith, Marc De Clive-Lowe, Elis Regina, DKD, D'Angelo, Deodato, Joyce, Jair Oliveira, Tima Maia, Jorge Ben, Joao Bosco, Don Blackman, Earth Wind & Fire, Eddie Hazel, Gary Shider, Bernie Worrell, Eddie Russ, Idris Muhammed, Johnny Hammond, Antibalas, Kokolo Afrobeat, Leon Ware, Norman Connors, Patrice Rushen, Quazar, Mutiny, Phil Ranelin, Wendell Harrison, Richard Groove Holmes, The Soul Searchers, Seu Jorge, Weldon Irvine, The Crusaders, Pleasure, The Blackbyrds and... My God I'm still at the beginning of the list...
Stanley Kubrick, Terry Gilliam, David Lynch, Paul Thomas Anderson, Luis Bunuel
Spike Lee