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City of Birth: Cleveland, Ohio
Current Residence: New York
Played With: Sun Ra (as a member of his Arkestra), Don Ayler, Charles 'Bobo' Shaw, Luther Thomas, Kenny Wollessen, Jojo Kuo, Francis Mbappe, Marie Afonso, Juini Booth, Andrew Lamb, Marshall Allen, Matthew Shipp, Sabir Mateen, Patrick Brennan, Nick Gianni, Takako Asahino, Khusenaton Shu Amon, others
Instruments: classical guitar, electric guitar (blues/jazz, avant garde, other creative styles), violin, electric violin, keyboards
Other Activities: studies in sound science and meta-physics, has created some electronic sound devices
Website: On Mu Music.com
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| Guitarist and composer and bandleader. Also has authored a very special book, 'Exerciricle: Keys to Museo-Ontology'. Current artist with LiveWired music.('Seeds of Djuke', LiveWiredmusic.org). Background training asa a concertise of the classical guitar. Over the years has worked with Sun Ra (as a member of his Arkestra), Don Ayler, Charles 'Bobo' Shaw, Luther Thomas, and many others of renoun who have created the artistic culture of improvised music coming from New York's Lower East Side. Has been the director of the 'Sun Ra Impossible Space Circus', a group consisting of Sun Ra Arkestra alumni performing from original Sun Ra scores. Founding member of the trio ensemble'Cartoon Satellite'. Has created what has been named 'djuke music', a kind of concept of the 'roots jazz orchestra' that carries Afro-pulse beat, free-jazz, voodoo blues, groove-funk and song lyrics. Performs often as a improvisational soloist, playing guitar(s), electric violin and keyboards, sometimes together with electronic beatboxes. Still performs as a classical guitarist. |
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