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Aaron Lack

Vibes, Steelpan, Drums, Percussion

About Me

This is kind of stock, but there's alot more on my official website.
Percussionist and drummer Aaron Lack has performed concerts throughout North America and Europe and has been living and performing in the Austin, Texas area for six years. Before 2000 he was living in the Mid Michigan area and performing in Detroit, Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
Lack has shared the concert stage with jazz greats such as Benny Green, Roy Haynes, Chuck Israels, Alex Acuna, David Friedman, David Samuels, Ndugu Chancelor, Terry Gibbs, Ken "Professor" Fillmore, and Andy Narrell as well as James Brown drumming legends Jabo Starks, and Clyde Stubblefield.
Lack has performed on vibraphone, drums, steeldrum, congas and other percussion instruments with Robben Ford, John Primer, Joe Bonamassa, The Robert Hohner Percussion Ensemble, The Ernie Durawa Trio, The David Palmer Quartet, The Brannen Temple Quartet, John Fremgen, Donna High Tower, AIME, Earl "Pool" Ball, The Midland(MI) Symphony Orchestra, The Golden Arm Trio, Michael Shay, The Drew Smith Band, The Invincible Czars, and the Stingers ATX and many more. Lack's jazz festival appearances include the Montreaux/Detroit Jazz Festival, The Notre Dame Jazz Festival, The Grand Rapids Arts Festival, the Austin Jazz Festival, and the University of Texas Jazz Festival.
Currently, Lack is performing in the Austin area with the Aaron Lack Trio, Asteroid, RokkaTone, The Aaron Lack Steel Trio, The Drew Smith Band, The Chris Vestre Quartet, Knee Deep, and many other projects encompassing a broad range of musical styles.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/6/2006
Band Website: aaronlack.com
Band Members: Aaron Lack - vibes, drums, steelpan,
plus a cast of thousands!
Influences:Jazz: Freddie Hubbard, Wayne Shorter, John Scofield, Lionel Hampton, Cal Tjader, Chick Corea, Miles, Terry Gibbs, Grant Green, Horace Silver, Tony Williams, David Friedman, Kenny Garrett, Pat Metheny, Art Blakey, Eddie Palmieri, Soulive, many many more...
Motown/Soul: The Funk Brothers, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Junior Walker and the All Stars, The Beatles, many more...
Rock and Roll: Ray Charles, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, Led Zepplin, The Rolling Stones, The Barenaked Ladies, Cream, Journey, Van Halen, Steely Dan, Danzig, many more...
Blues: Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughn,
HipHop: The Beastie Boys, Mos Def, Eryka Badu, NWA, Run DMC, Public Enemy
Funk: Bernie Worrell, Bootsy Collins, James Brown, George Clinton, Jabo Starks, Clyde Stubblefield, Tower of Power,
Cuban music: Ibrahim Ferrer, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Arturo Sandoval,
Calypso: Lord Kitchener, Mighty Sparrow, Ray Holman, "Professor" Filmore, Andy Narrell,
Reggae/Ska: Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, The Skatalites, The Slackers, The Stingers ATX,
Brazilian music: Jobim, Jorge Ben, Hendrick Meurikens,
Western Classical: Beethoven, Khatchaturian, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Bernstien, Takemitsu,
Novelists: Frank Herbert, Tolkien, Phillip K. Dick, Mary Stewart, William Gibson, Isaac Asimov, Terry Pratchett, R. A. Salvatore, James Clavell,
Films: Terry Gilliam, Akira Kurosawa, Jeunet and Caro, George Lucas, Kevin Smith, Hayao Miyazaki, Jackie Chan, Stanly Kubrick, John Woo, Katsuhiro Otomo, Fritz Lang, Lotte Reiniger, Peter Jackson,
Videogame authors: Shigeru Miyamoto, Sid Meijer, Hideo Kojima, Jeff Minter, Yu Suzuki, Alexi Paszitnov, Lord British, Square/Enix, Lucasarts, Zipper Interactive, Sega, Westone, HudsonSoft, NEC, Capcom, SNK, Cyan, NC Soft,
Football clubs: FC Barcelona, Arsenal, Club America, Houston Dynamo,

Sounds Like: angels.. or something....
Type of Label: None

My Blog

new tunes

There are some new tunes on my page!
Posted by Aaron Lack on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:40:00 PST