Me next.... Chick Corea (I was a lukewarm fan before Dave), Yellow Jackets, Claire Fisher and numerous other jazz artists. Elvis Costello. He intensified my love for Yes, Pink Floyd and Steely Dan.
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Chicago for sure, Chick Corea, I didn't know Dave liked Pink Floyd. The Crusaders & Joe Sample, Steely Dan. Alman Brothers Band, Dave liked Eat a Peach a lot. I think I made Dave hip to Yes & King Crimson actually. Buddy Zimmerman turned us all on to Gentle Giant.
ReplyDeleteDave's biggest influence on me was the Tower of Power. He and I roomed together at a summer music camp at Western Michigan U., and one day he suggested I listen to what was on his reel-to-reel. Wow! The instrumentation and arrangements were so very unique and stylish. This weekend...I'm going to jam to TOP! Join me as a way to celebrate and remember Dave...truly, "What is Hip!"
ReplyDeleteChicago, most def...and Tower of Power.
ReplyDeleteBeyond that, I can't remember, cuz I partied way too much in high school:)
Well, the first song I heard Dave's band play in 9th grade at Upton was "In the Country" by Chicago. I was totally hooked. Dave introduced me to Allman Bros, RTF, Tower of Power... I think Yes and Zappa we discovered mutually during our collective listening sessions. And Mr. Payne is right: Buddy Zimmerman was the Gentle Giant man in our collective. (I'm still not sure how they could play that music live... but there it is.)
ReplyDeleteThere were so many musicians that I had never heard of before I met Dave. Some that haven't already been named are Gary Burton, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim, Stanley Clark, Brecker Brothers -- the list goes on. However, I do lay claim to getting Stevie Wonder into the mix! I remember when the SJHS jazz band did an arrangement of "You are the Sunshine of My Life" with Kay Stickney singing. I thought RWB was pretty cool to include that among all the traditional Big Band numbers.
ReplyDelete32 years ago, Weather Report, in Boulder, Colorado. An epiphonephic (coining it) experience. Since then, Dave force fed me Chick Corea, but now he's incorporated in my regular musical diet. Dave and Lee re-introduced me Todd Rundgren (because I avoided him after the overplayed "Hello It's Me") but now he's a forerunner fav. A few months ago, I had the opportunity to turn the tables when I played Dave Edgar Winter's "Give It Everything You Got" and he expressed a "whoa!" We were both surprised that he hadn't explored that particular musical avenue before, but as he said at the time, "You can't know All of them." I bet Dave knew most of them, though. He was a true connoisseur and always embraced and delighted in sharing "quality stuff."
ReplyDeleteDave once put Sam barber's "Adagio for Strings" on the choir room sound system. I thought my heart was going to explode. Talk about opening a door to a whole 'nother world.
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Awesome comments....keep them coming. Oh and thanks for not mentioning Frank Zappa (oops)
ReplyDeleteFrank Zappa was a Micky Beckman discovery, remember him?
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, John. Mickey was a great friend. Not a BS bone in his body--the one person you could count on to always tell you the truth, not just what he thought you wanted to hear.
ReplyDeleteAnd Lee, how come thanks for NOT mentioning Zappa?
Okay...I'm not a Frank Zappa fan. Although I agree he was a genus and the music was great...I can only listen to 1 or 2 songs at a time. Dave, however, loved him.
ReplyDeleteI still have the poster for the Sweet Cherry Resort Benefit poster with Frank Zappa on it saying Mickey Jam. I played with Dave & Tim on that one. Dave had a Sequential Circuits synthesizer with a sequencer on it that had a bad tempo knob. It worked well at rehearsal but I asked Dave not to use it at the show and he did and it failed. Not good when you are the drummer. I made homemade pizza with Mickey a couple days before the accident. I saw the ambulances pull up from my parents round shower room window that faces his house. He had stop taking the new medication that had made him sick.
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A Toda Cuba Le Gusta
Airto Moreira, Flora Purim
All In Love
Allman Brothers
Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe
Argent
Art Pepper
Arturo Sandoval
Avenue Blue & Jeff Golub
Average White Band
Babys
Bad Company
Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Ben Folds
Ben Harper
Billy Cobham
Billy Joel
Black Sabbath
Blend
Bob Berg
Bob Dylan
Bonnie Raitt
Bruce Springsteen
Bryan Lubeck
Buena Vista Social Club
Cal Tjader
Canned Heat
Caribbean Jazz Project
Carlos Santana, Mahavishnu John McLaughlin
Carly Simon
Carmody
Caterina
Charles Mingus
Chet Baker
Chicago
Chick Corea
Chick Corea & Bobby McFerrin
Chick Corea & Gary Burton
Chick Corea & Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Chick Corea & Origin
Chick Corea Akoustic Band (Chick Corea, Dave Weckl & John Patitucci)
Chick Corea Elektric Band
Chick Corea New Trio (Chick Corea, Avishai Cohen & Jeff Ballard)
Chocolate Genius
Chris Squire + Billy Sherwood
Clare Fischer
Clare Fischer Big Band
Clare Fischer-Salsa Picante
Coast To Coast AM - Art Bell
Coast To Coast AM - George Noory
Coast To Coast AM - Ian Punnett
Coast To Coast Live - Ian Punnett
Cream
Cubapercussion & Klazzbrothers
Daryl Stuermer
Dave Grusin
Dave Maki
Dave Weckl
David Benoit
Destiny's Child
Diana Krall
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Donald Fagen
Donde Vas Mulata?
Earth Wind & Fire
Earth, Wind & Fire Feat. Bill Champlin Of Chicago
Ed Calle
Ed Calle - Justo Almario
Eddie Vedder
El Baile Del Hula Hula
El Marino
Electric Light Orchestra
Elton John
Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach
Eric Clapton
Esquire
Fleetwood Mac
Flim And The Bb's
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invent
Genesis
Gerry Mulligan & Chet Baker
Gerry Mulligan and Jane Duboc
Gladys Knight & The Pips
Grandaddy
Groove Collective
harry connick
Heather Nova
Hendrik Meurkens
Herbie Hancock
Herbie Hancock & Chick Corea
Howie Day
Jaco Pastorius
James Gang
Jazz Crusaders Feat. Wayne Henderson
Jefferson Starship
Jemma Wakeman
Jethro Tull
Joe Sample
Joe Zawinul & The Zawinul Syndicate
John McLaughlin
John McLaughlin Trio
Johnny Cash
Jon Anderson
Joni Mitchell
Junior Walker & The All Stars
Kevyn Lettau
La Fiesta Ya Empezo
Larry Coryell
Led Zeppelin
Lee Ritenour
Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic
Lou Reed
Lyle Mays
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Mahavishnu Orchestra
Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
Mary Wells
Mister Edd
Mongo Santamaria
Monty Alexander
Natalie Prosper
Nazareth
Nelson Rangell
Nick Cave
No Mere Parezco A Nadie
Noman Greenbaum
Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Trio (Chick Corea, Roy Haynes & Miroslav Vitous)
Opus De Salsa
Origin (Chick Corea, Avishai Cohen, Jeff Ballard, Steve Wilson, Steve Davis & Tim Garland)
Pat Metheny
Pat Metheny Group
Patrick O'Hearn
Paul Westerberg
Pete Escovedo
Peter Ballin
Peter Frampton
Pink Floyd
Pink Freud
Poncho Sanchez
Poncho Sanchez & Clare Fischer
Pure Prairie League
Quincy Jones - Sammy Nestico Orchestra
Ramsey Lewis
Ray Barretto
Ray Silkman
Ray Vega
Remembering Bud Powell Band (Chick Corea, Roy Haynes, Joshua Redman, Terence Blanchard & Christian McBride)
Return To Forever
Return To Forever Feat. Chick Corea
Rod Stewart
Russ Freeman
Santana
Sheryl Crow
Sly & The Family Stone
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Smokie
Spyro Gyra
Squeeze
Steely Dan
Stereophonics
Steve Howe
Steve Howe & Annie Haslam
Steve Howe & Jon Anderson
Steve Miller Band
Steve Winwood
Stevie Wonder
Sweet
Tania Maria
The 5th Dimension
The Allman Brothers Band
The Black Crowes
The Brecker Brothers
The Caribbean Jazz Project
The Chick Corea New Trio
The Contours
The Doobie Brothers
The Four Tops
The Marvelettes
The Rippingtons [Featuring Russ Freeman]
The Strokes
The Temptations
The Vines
The Wallflowers
Thelonious Monk
Them
Three Quarters Band (Chick Corea, Michael Brecker, Eddie Gomez & Steve Gadd)
Tito Puente
Todd Rundgren
Todd Rundgren's Utopia
Tom Scott
Tomas Michaud
Tower Of Power
Unknown Artist
Van Morrison
Vangelis
Various Artists
Wayne Shorter
Weather Report
Williams and Ambrogi
Wishbone Ash
Yellowjackets
Yes
Great list Tim! But don't forget Passport...I remember one day Dave said with a wry smile, "hey Brum, ya gotta listen to this...it's German Jazz!"
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