SEEKING
Band to Join, Accordion, Acoustic Guitar, Background Singer, Bagpipes, Banjo, Bass Guitar, Cello, Clarinet, DJ, Dobro, Drums, Electronic Music, Fiddle, Flute, Harmonica, Harp, Keyboard, Lead Guitar, Mandolin, Other, Other Percussion, Piano, Rhythm Guitar, Saxophone, Steel guitar, Trombone, Trumpet, Ukulele, Upright bass, Violin, Vocalist, Vocalist - Alto, Vocalist - Baritone, Vocalist - Bass, Vocalist - Soprano, Vocalist - Tenor.ABOUT
Grade 6 in Alto Saxophone (although grade 8 in the heart - just didn't do the exam due to expense and A-Levels!)
Heavily influenced by the melodic, bebop phrases of Bird (ever since having the Omnibook rite of passage); starting to look into the more transcendental timbres and plagal phrases of Pharaoh Sanders and Alice Coltrane.
Have played for many crowds in my local area outside London, and have even gone on to play at the Royal Albert Hall and Disneyland Paris. Also played to a bunch of old dudes in some random church in De Panne, Belgium once.
- Screen name:
- BD25004
- Member since:
- Dec 06 2021
- Active within 1 week
- Level of commitment:
- Just for Fun
- Years playing music:
- 8
- Gigs played:
- 10 to 50
- Tend to practice:
- More than 3 times per week
- Available to gig:
- 2-3 nights a week
- Most available:
- Nights
Influences
Alto Sax - Bird, Cannonball, Pharaoh Sanders, Stan Getz, Alice Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Kamasi Washington
Drums - Questlove, Max Sansalone, Gavin Harrison, Tony Austin, J Dilla breaks
Composition - Jazz Fusion (Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report); Funk (Ohio Players, Curtis Mayfield, Graham Central Station); Glam (Roxy Music, Danny Elfman, T-Rex).
Instrument experience:
- Saxophone:
- Advanced
- Drums:
- Intermediate
EQUIPMENT
Carlsbro CSD130 electronic drum kit
Yamaha YAS-280 alto saxophone
