Member Since: 6/15/2006
Band Website: jessedenatale.com
Band Members: Somtimes solo, somtimes working with some mix of the following players: Paul Olguin, Kurt Stevenson, Andrew Griffin, Kirk Heydt, Tom Heyman, Paul Rustigian, The Loretta Lynch Singers, Nino Moschella, John Hofer, Matt North, Greg Reeves, Seth Ford Young, Chris Sipe, Sean Coleman, Rob Douglas, J. Sciarra, Jonathan Richman.
Influences: Lets start with the Red Winged Black Bird the Sparrow and the Whippoorwill.
Mockingbirds and Wild Parrots. The Crow too. The sound of the wind in the grass. Water. Enrico Caruso, Carlo Buti, Lucio Battisti, Paolo Conte, The Ponte Vecchio, Footsteps on the sidewalk. Kids outside. Ray Charles, Lady Day, Dinah Washington, saxophone players on the corner. My mothers voice. Drummers Drumming.
Ranchero songs, Perez Prado, Israel Cachao Lopez, Cal Tjader, Jack Costanzos records anything cha cha cha or mambo mambo. Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Keely Smith, Jeannete MacDonald, Tony Bennett, Perry Como, Dean Martin, Peggy Lee, Brenda Lee, Connie Francis, Bobby Darin, Johnny Mercer, Brook Benton, Aker Bilk, Benny Goodman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Django, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Miles and Coltrane, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins, Edwin Hawkins, Aretha Franklin, Nina Simone, Diana Ross, Dion Warwick, Dion, Jackie Wilson, Fats Domino, James Brown, Barbara Lewis, Little Peggy March, Skeeter Davis, Sandi Shaw, The Chiffons, The Cookies, The Ronetts, The Crystals, The Shangrilas, The Exciters, The Miracles, Nino Tempo, April Stevens, Leslie Gore, Little Eva, Little Stevie Wonder. Marvin Gaye, Jose Feliciano, Trini Lopez, Elvis, Gene Pitney, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, The Carter Family, George Jones, Spike Jones, Hank Williams, Andy Williams, Kay Starr, Ringo Starr, Johnny Crawford, Jimmie Rodgers, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Leonard Cohen, Leonard Bernstein, Elmer Bernstein, Bruce Springsteen, Ravel, Strauss, Schubert, Mozart, Puccini, Rossini, Beethovan, Nino Rota, Tom Waits, Anything by Ennio Morricone, New Years Eve bells for the mass in the Florence duomo. Bob Dylan, A New England Thunderstorm, The Harmonica Hi-Hats, Van Morrison, The click and clack of high heel shoes, Rickie, Joni, and Joan, The Band, The Incredible String Band, 101 Strings, Duane Allman, Mark Knopfler, David Knopfler, BB King, Albert King, Mississippi John Hurt, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Lightin Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal, Cat Stevens, Boz Scaggs, Earth Wind and Fire. The sound from the window of the car passing by.
Sounds Like: You know who
Record Label: Jackpine Social Club
Type of Label: Indie