Bootsy Collins
Bernie Worrell
Eddie Hazel
Junie Morrison
Jerome"Bigfoot" Brailey
Nile Rodgers
Jimi Hendrix
Clyde Stubblefield
Catfish Collins
Chuck Berry
James Jamerson
Maceo Parker
Fred Wesley
Kush Griffith
Rick Gardner
Greg Boyer
Greg Thomas
Bennie Cowan
Roger Troutman
Prince


Anybody that's doing anything original.

Zappa
Hendrix
Buddy Miles
Prince
War
Eddie Hazel
James jamerson
Santana
Mongo Santamaria
Eddie Palmieri
Paquito d' rivera


the list goes onnnnn and onnnnn

Will the next person that decides to move this thread please leave a map or something.




tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

theAudience said:

First just let me mention those that I am aware of;

First and foremost is- Funkadelic
- Graham Central Station
- Jimi Hendrix
- Prince
-Santana
- 24-7 Spyz
- Buddy Miles
- Frank Zappa
- Nona Hendrix
- Living Colour
- Mandrill
- Sly and the Family Stone
- The Family Stand
[Edited 9/21/04 19:22pm]

The best way for me to convey CORE influences is to think chronologically. In the past decade or so, I've kind of returned to some earlier faves, appreciating their craft a bit more as my ear has grown more sophisticated.

Childhood - preteen (ear development and drums)

"The Wiz"
KISS
Michael Jackson
Prince
Lionel Richie
Stevie Wonder
Chuck Mangione
Sade
Billy Joel
Elton John
Anita Baker
Isley Brothers
Duran Duran
James Brown
Marvin Gaye
and durn near anything my parents or family had spinning.

Early teens (guitar & keys, stage presence & early writing)

Prince
The Time
Steve Vai
Paul Jackson Jr.
Tuck & Patti
Jimi Hendrix
Michael Jackson
Anita Baker
Living Colour
Guns n' Roses
Hair bands
Whitney Houston
The Winans
BeBe & CeCe
Commissioned
Level 42
Terence Trent D'arby

Late teens/college (guitar, keys, bass, production)

Prince
Babyface/LA
Teddy Riley
Fred Hammond/Commissioned
Whiteheart
Petra
Phil Keaggy
Eric Clapton
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Allen & Allen
Wendy & Lisa

20s to present (all of the above and vocals)

Prince
Bjork
Jimi Hendrix
Clapton
SRV
D'angelo
Meshell
Jane Child
Patti Griffith
Jonatha Brooke/The Story
Sade/Sweetback
Neil Finn
Wendy & Lisa
Sting
Fred Hammond
I
Fiona Apple
Paula Cole
Anita Baker
Rachelle Ferrell
George Duke
Marcus Miller
Level 42
Ray Charles
Stevie Wonder
Terence Trent D'arby
The Beatles
Richard Smallwood
Rich Mullins
Nichole Nordemand
Jesse Johnson
Natalie Merchant
Alana Davis
Ani Difranco
Boyz II Men
and Norah Jones

But, those are just the major folks.

Oh, wait, the most Major of all: G O D .

Imminent Starvation. Goddamnit.

ThreadBare said:

The Wiz was an excellent movie. Very underrated I feel. Interesting u picked that first.

blackguitaristz said:

I also should have added Neal Schon from Santana/Journey. He was an early guitar influence.

I can play upright & fender bass, rhythm guitar, vibes, drums & all kinds of percussion just fine(not pretty solid but I get by). But I'm a piano/keyboard freak and if I sing a lil' I'm good at harmonising(altho I tend to harmonise & sing like an instrument rather than like singing str8 like vocals). Anyway here're my influences.

Vocalists(in no special order):










Now, my REALY influences are pianists/keyboardists and here're some of my heroes(in no special order):

-The Duke
-Teddy Wilson
-James P. Johnson
-Art Tatum
-Willie "The Lion" Smith
-Fats Waller
-Hazel Scott
-Mary Lou Williams
-Oscar Peterson
-Monk
-Ahmad Jamal
-Bud Powell
-Herbie Hancock
-Patrice Rushen
-George Duke

And my ULTIMATE piano hero,,,

-Mr.Erroll Garner(Thats where I leanred my piano playing from).

As far as other various musicians go, here're some that I look up to:










Thats it for now, I guess!

I am a cellist, so my influences are a little different than most, the biggest influence for me was the kronos quartet....jennifer culp is one of the most innovative cellist I have ever heard






www.kronosquartet.org

Harlepolis said:

Excellent pictures!

blackguitaristz said:

Indeed.

-Hazel Scott

I think I'm in love.

I definitely need to check out some music by this woman.

FunkMistress said:

You mos def should



Her albums are extremly rare and the ones that were reissued on CD were afew(2 albums & one compilation). Check these 2 albums for a start:




She was the one who highlighted the Woogie-Boogie jazz Meets Classical piano fusion AND she was the 1st black woman to have her own TV show.

Don't sleep on Mary Lou Williams too,,,,both bitches are SAVAGES when it comes to those keys

FunkMistress said:

Well, who influenced u Ms. Funk? Who do u dig, if u did play?

As a guitarist.










As A DJ:





All Around:




too name a few

Soulchild82 said:

Kurt huh?

Bill Evans
Bernie Worrell
Johnny Johnson
Stevie Wonder
Beethoven
Andre Crouch
Prince
Third World
Bob Marley
McCoy Tyner
Duke Ellington
Chick Corea
Public Enemy
Gil Scott-Heron
Jerry Wexler
Herbie Hancock
Ani DiFranco
Joe Zawinul
Bernard Edwards
Chic
Aretha Franklin (up till about '74)
James Jamerson
Meshell Ndegeocello
Bootsy Collins
Van Morrison
Jaco Pastorius
Chuck Rainey
Jimi Hendrix
Will Lee
Led Zeppelin
Mandrill
Parliament
Funkadelic
Jeff Beck
Buddy Guy
Paul McCartney
The Bomb Squad
Steve Gadd
John Bonham
Miles Davis
Tony Williams
Max Roach.....


I'm sure I've overlooked some, but not purposely.

Some are instrumental influences, some compositional influences, some production influences, some are influences for having the gall to do what others won't dare try, and some just all-around influences.
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[Edited 9/22/04 15:44pm]

I have recorded songs for many years for my own pleasure.I used to play alto sax,but I gave it up.Now,I fumble around with acoustic and electric guitar,electric keyboard,drum machines,and electric bass.I recently purchased a fretless 4-string bass. And I have been influenced by everything I've ever heard in my life.It started with me pop's album collection of Miles Davis,Harry Belafonte,Chuck Mangione,Stevie Wonder,Sammy Davis Jr,and so many more.Then,I would listen to sof rock on the radio which was stuff like "baker street", and "right down the line".Then,I met the jacksons and the Bar Kays and then Prince and Parliament.All this early music gripped me.Later,I discovered harder rock and just kept falling in love with all that I heard. I know Prince's Dirty Mind really blew doors open for me. And I've never really met a style of music I didn't like.That is,except for country.I can't handle that.

I would say that another vocalist that influnced me is Angela Winbush. She is Mr. Big's ex-wife.
[Edited 9/23/04 0:21am]

rockwilder said:

Charlie Rich's "Behind Closed Doors" is the bomb!

Hotlegs said:

OMG,,how the fuck could I 4get her?

No need 4 me to ramble about Angie's badness, the song "Precious" & "I Learned To Respect The Power Of Love" are already true testimonys that miss thing a tour-de-force vocalist

Artists who inspired to be a musician/performer/songwriter from childhood to now:
Prince & everybody who's ever played with him in his band ( '79-now)
Michael Jackson
David Bowie
Mick Jaggar
Sly Stone
George Clinton( The entire P-Funk Mob)
Freddie Mercury
Gil Scott Heron/Brian Jackson
Roy Ayers
Jaco Pastorius
Joni Mitchell
Crosby Stills & Nash
Steely Dan (Donald Fagen)
Stevie Wonder
Gino Vannelli
Frank Zappa
Yellowjackets
George Duke
Herbie Hancock
Flora Purim/Airto
Ayzmuth
Shelia E.
Carlos Santana
Weather Report (Joe Z., Wayne Shoter,etc.)
James Taylor
Ronnie Laws
Herbert Laws
Rufus/Chaka Khan
Chaka Khan solo
Shirley Ceasar
Rance Allen
Anita Baker
Quincy Jones
Brothers Johnson
Jimi Hendrix
The Crusaders
EW&F

everybody that paligap named that I have not included are all legends !!!!

paligap said:

Very cool list. Thanx, that must have took some time to write all those folks down.

theAudience said:

That's funny as hell!