Member Since: 7/14/2006
Band Website: http://nate.totallybooty.com/
Band Members: Current projects: The Nate Johnson Trio, The OffRamp Quartet, as well as The Postmodern Jazz Quartet: http://www.myspace.com/pmjq . varios freelancing.
Influences: Kay Wright-Kaiser, Swami Rudrananda, Swami Nityananda, Paul Robeson, Emma Goldman, Jack Reed, Lucy Parsons, Noam Chomsky, Rachel Corrie, Howard Zinn, Edward Said, Daniel Ellsberg, Mahatma Ghandi, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Dr. Cornel West, David Baker, Frank Glover, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Joe Henderson, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Sonny Stitt, Ray Anderson, Jack Walrath, Albert Manglesdorff, Eric Dolphy, Ornette Coleman, Dewey Redman, Jaco Pastorius, Dave Leibman, Joe Lovano, Steve Wilson, Rufus Reid, Kenny Garret, John Scofield, Jesse Harris, Sasha Dobson, Rebecca Martin, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Curtis Mayfield, Ray Charles, Paul Pena, India Arie, Willie Nelson, Sergio Mendes, Tom Jobim, Dino Rengal, Joao Gilberto, among many many others.
Sounds Like: Performs on saxophones (mostly tenor and soprano) sometimes on pandeiro, flute and clarinet. Composes on laptop and keyboard.
Messes around on piano and drums.
Plays guitar and sings on front porch...
Record Label: Currently none. Gyrogenics albums on RUMI.