A Brief History of (4/4) Time

I've been playing music all my life, especially jazz and blues. Some highlights of my career include the creation of one of the first Multimedia albums with Michael Nesmith (formerly of the Monkees) titled The Prison, a Columbia album with Latin-Jazz artist Willie Bobo, and several years of study at the Ali Akbar Khan College of Music in Marin County.

I've played Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, Montreux, the Northsea Festival, the Playboy Jazz Festival, the Monterey Jazz festival and the Monterey Blues Festival, plus many smaller venues. I've been a member of the Musician's Union for over 25 years, currently Local 153 of the Musician's Union in San Jose.

In my 'jazz' hat, I play a variety of styles from swing to avant-garde, but my strongest format (IMHO) is post-bop mainstream. As a blues artist, I'm most comfortable in organ-based jazz or funky blues (Jimmy Smith era) although I play rock and 'roots' styles as well. My electronic compositions cover many styles and techniques. Much of what I do falls into the category of what I call Electronic Impressionism, music that is harmonically rich, with programmatic themes and a tendency to build in emotional and technical intensity.

A list of "significant" bands (bands that influenced my style or capabilities) I've performed with includes:

• 502nd USAF Band, Biloxi MI
• Dizzy Jones - Mary Elizabeth Hotel, Miami - R&B Big Band
• "Spider" Martin - Hartford,Conn, Springfield, Mass etc. - Chitlin' circuit jazz and blues
• Dan Brown and the Dynamics - Baltimore, East Coast - Chitlin' circuit jazz and blues
• Bert Wilson - Berkeley, Big Sur - mainstream to avant garde jazz
• Sonny Simmons - Berkeley, Big Sur - extremely avant garde jazz
• Zytron - Big Sur, LA - electronic fusion, jazz, Mahavishnu-oriented fusion - hear a lot of us here
• Courtial - Palo Alto, San Francisco - contemporary pop jazz - hear the band here.
• Willie Bobo - LA area, Europe - Latin jazz big band
• Roger Eddy - Monterey - Funk, jazz, contemporary - hear my tunes here.
• Cookin' with Mr. Dash - Monterey - Jazz, contemporary, funk
• Bo Williams Swing Machine - hear them here.
• Prophetz of Time and Space - hear them here.
• Dino and David - jazz, rhythm and blues, six-piece duo! Hear the CD here.

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