I play bass (acoustic & electrified), plus some pretty good piano & other keyed things, and love to write music. For the last four years I've been touring and recording with Ani DiFranco . She is just as great as you think, if you think she is great, which I do immensely. We started off as a duo in 2004, making as much racket as possible with acoustic instruments, then added mr. Mike Dillon (vibes, marimba, tabla, other percussion) in '06. Lush and heavy but can be zoomed in on a dime. There's plenty of room for bowing, plucking, drumming, and all manner of sounding the upright bass. Last year the fantabulous Allison Miller stepped in on drums, and that's been huge...
I also play lots of music in NYC . The shows listed here are my own band, Blood Orange. It's indie-jazz-rock music played (it's been said) with commitment, humor, and free-jazz spirit. We've been called "headphone jazz". Sometimes the band, when it's good, already sounds like a remix of itself. We play melodies you can sing. To join our mailing list, click here .
Some recent recordings for other folks: Ani DiFranco "Reprieve", "Canon" & "Knuckle Down", Trey Anastasio "Bar 17", Erin McKeown "Lafayette" & "Sing You Sinners", Stebmo "Stebmo" with Bill Frisell & Matt Chamberlain, Erik Deutsch "Fingerprint", Adam Levy "A Nice Place To Live", Etienne de Rocher "Etienne de Rocher", Noe Venable "Summer Storm Journals", David Berkeley "Strange Light". Recently I produced a record by songwriter Nels Andrews ("Off-Track Betting") whose southwest folk seems to have eaten Hunter Thompson's breakfast. That one's newly out on Reveal in Europe and soon in the US. Others in the works: Jonathan Frielich w/ Stanton Moore, Skerik, myself recorded by Mike Napolitano in New Orleans, produced Rebecca Fanya's debut record, co-produced and mixed Jessica Lurie's newest, producing the Emma debut (Erin McKeown & Allison Miller). Oh and my own new record! Expect that June 10 2008 on Cryptogramophone. It's called "Tiny Resistors" and it turned out good.
