Influences

Most of my influences come from artists and sounds as a whole, as opposed to bass players per se.

Current rotation includes bassists Mingus, William Parker, Chris Wood, Ben Alison, Bill Laswell, Rob Wasserman and Laura Love. Overall badasses include, Miles, Coltrane, Babatunde Lea, Stanton Moore, Michael Hedges, Ani, Martin Sexton, Ozomotli, Prezident Brown, Thievery Corporation, Gotan Project, Groove Collective, Galactic and Greyboy Allstars. I hear new music and develop new perspectives every day, and there's no shortage of amazing musicians out there, as long as you look outside of the mainstream!

portrait of the artist as a young man (Jason Tate 1993)