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Baron Tymas

Guitarist, composer, teacher

About Me

My new CD, Blues for the Tribe, IS NOW AVAILABLE AT cdbaby.com, guitarnine.com, iTunes and everywhere else. It has gotten excellent reviews in Cadence magazine, jazzreview.com and other places. Feel free to check it out, purchase it and write your own reviews. Find more details at www.tymasmusic.com Learn more about the NC Central University Department of Music, where I teach: http://web.nccu.edu/artsci/music/

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/12/2006
Band Website: tymasmusic.com
Band Members: BT (guitar), Damon Brown (acoustic bass and bass guitar), Thomas Taylor (drums), special guests on CD: James "Saxsmo" Gates (alto sax), Stephen Riley (saxes), Mitch Butler (trombone), Eddie Paolantonio (rhodes), Carl Lester El II (bass guitar), John Brown (acoustic bass), Nate Smith (drums), Jody Boyd (shekere)
Influences: Charlie Parker, Kenny Burrell, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, Miles Davis, Wes Montgomery, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Django Reinhardt, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner, Stevie Wonder, Duke Ellington, Sonny Rollins, Cream, Sly Stone, Frederic Chopin, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Chick Corea, Richard Pryor, Benny Golson, Bireli Lagrene, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Carlos Santana, Aretha, the Stones, Bob Marley, Allan Holdsworth, John Scofield, Ella Fitzgerald, J.S. Bach, Donny Hathaway, Sammy Davis, Jr., Alphonso Johnson, Joe Zawinul, Cannonball Adderley, Branford Marsalis, Joe Pass, Led Zeppelin, Michael Brecker, Don Cherry, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, Paul Robeson, Herbie Hancock, Leonardo DaVinci, Stephen Hawking, Michael Jordan, Jaco Pastorius, George Benson, John McLaughlin, Pat Metheny, Pat Martino, Paco DeLucia, Jan Hammer, Horace Silver, Geri Allen, Shakti, Scott Henderson, Pablo Picasso, George Braque, Steven Covey, EWF, Robert Johnson, Chaka Khan, H.D. Thoreau, El Haj Malik el Shabbaz, MLK, Jr., Ray Charles, Louis Armstrong, Robben Ford, Quincy Jones, The Jacksons, Otis Redding, Al Green, The Ojays, Grady Tate, Joni Mitchell, The Police, James Brown, Johnny Winter, Ike and Tina Turner, Doc Watson, Danny Gatton, Wilson Pickett
Sounds Like: The Baron Tymas Trio
Record Label: tymasmusic
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Blues for the Tribe

My new CD, Blues for the Tribe, IS NOW AVAILABLE everywhere.
Posted by Baron Tymas on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 10:22:00 PST

Gig Calendar

8/7/07 Bogart's, Raleigh, NC, Gregg Gelb Trio8/10/07 Sullivan's, Raleigh, NC, Eddie Thigpen Duo8/18/07 Private Event8/23/07 Private Event8/24/07 Brasa's, Raleigh, NC, Duo w/ Eddie Thigpen9/2/07 Deanna...
Posted by Baron Tymas on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 09:40:00 PST

Gadow Guitars

My Gadow Custom Hollow is a great guitar. It's a 25.5 scale, with a DiMarzio Jazz in the position and and a DiMarzio P90 style in the bridge position. It's got a lot of snap, but the semi-hollow bod...
Posted by Baron Tymas on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:02:00 PST