Music:
Member Since: 8/2/2006
Band Website: WOODYSHAW3.COM
Influences:Jazz:
Louis Armstrong , Woody Shaw , Dexter Gordon , John Coltrane , McCoy Tyner, Art Blakey , Elvin Jones, Mary Lou Williams , Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonius Monk, Bud Powell, Wayne Shorter, Roy Haynes, Eric Dolphy, Tony Williams, Billy Higgins, Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson, Joe Chambers, Jackie McLean, Joe Henderson, Clifford Jarvis, Roger Humphries, Horace Silver, Chick Corea, Pharoah Sanders, Freddie Hubbard, Nasheet Waits , Eric McPherson , Brian Blade...
African Music:
Akan Music of Ghana,
Gnawa Music of the Sahara Desert and Morrocco,
"Afro-Pop",
Nigerian Popular and Traditional Music,
Ibo and Yoruba Music,
Malian Popular and Traditional Music,
Cora Music, Mbira ("thumb piano") Music of Zimbabwe,
Mbuti - or so-called "Pygmy" - music of the Ituri Rain Forest in Central Africa....
Afro-Caribbean:
Afro-Cuba de Matanzas,
Los Muñequitos de Matanzas,
Afro-Peruvian "Lando" and "Cajon" Music,
Salsa,
Rumba,
Bata Music,
Afro-Brazilian Batucada, Samba, and Maracatu,
Some Merengue music of Santo Domingo,
Reggae....
Asian and Mid-Eastern:
North and South Indian Classical and Traditional Music,
Most Islamic Music,
Japanese Koto, Shamisen, and Gagaku Music,
Vietnamese and Chinese Music, Flamenco (Spanish "Gypsy" Music),
Qawali Music of India and Pakistan,
Persian Music....
European Classical:
Bach, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Wagner, Debussy, Ravel, Schoenberg, Bartok, Phillip Glass, Chopin...
"Popular" Music:
(Funk, Rock, R&B, Hip-Hop, Pop, etc)
Stevie Wonder, James Brown, Sly and The Family Stone, Roy Ayers, Sade, Michael and Janet, Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Wham, The System, SWV, Jimmy Jam and Terry Luis, Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Aretha Franklin, A Tribe Called Quest, Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth, D.J. Premier, Diamond D, Nas, Jeru, Main Source/Large Professor, EPMD, RedMan, Natural Elements, De La Soul/Native Tongue...
PERFORMED WITH:
Joe Chambers, Rene McLean, Ed Cherry, Hamiett Bluett, Alex Harding, Lucian Ban, Joanne Brackeen, Duane Eubanks, Abraham Burton, Gary Bartz, Paul Jeffrey, Eric Alexander, Javon Jackson, Alan Jay Palmer, Ira Coleman.......
Type of Label: None
