Music:
I started my career coming out of college radio as a record producer and engineer with Cecil Taylor, Andrew Cyrille & Milford Graves, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra, Hank Jones, Willis Jackson, Richard Davis, Don Patterson, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Joe Lee Wilson, Charles Walker and the New York City Blues Band, Johnny Woods, Tom Pomposello, Jaki Byard, Eric Kloss, Barry Miles, Joe Chambers, Larry Young, Junior Cook, Bill Hardman, Linc Chamberland, Gunter Hampel, Anthony Braxton, Jeanne Lee, Perry Robinson, John Abercrombie.
Who do I like? Ornette Coleman, Charlie Haden, Don Cherry, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Ben Webster, Blossom Dearie, Vince Guaraldi, Ahmad Jamal, Louis Jordan, Louis Armstrong, Abdullah Ibrahim, Alex Skolnick, Lester Bowie, James Brown, Run-DMC, Eric B. & Rakim, Ray Charles, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Jimmy Smith, Lou Donaldson, Carla Bley, Michael Mantler, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, Brother Jack McDuff, Astrud Gilberto, Tony Williams, Billie Holiday, John Coltrane, Lester Young, Raymond Scott.
And The Electric Flag, Dion, Allen Toussaint, James Brown, Bob Dylan, Steely Dan, James Brown, The J.B.s, Irma Thomas, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Beau Hunks, Chuck Berry, Carole King, James Taylor, Burt Bacharach, Henry Mancini, Dr. John, Sam & Dave, Jason Forrest, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Al Kooper, Albert King, B.B. King, Michael Jackson, Cream, Eric Clapton, The Isley Brothers, Rascals, Eugene Pitt & The Jive Five, Aaron Neville, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, B.J. Thomas, Van Morrison.
Books:
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Unsung Heroes of Rock 'N' Roll, Feel Like Goin' Home, Lost Highway, Sweet Soul Music, Riding on a Blue Note, The Power Broker, Jazz Life, Jazz Giants, L'Oeil Du Jazz.
Authors: Dashiell Hammett, Lawrence Block, Robert Caro, Michael Connelly, Sue Grafton, Sarah Paretsky, Peter Guarlnick, Gary Giddins, Walter Mosley, Steven Heller.
