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| Saxophonist Dave Mullen Appearing at Blue Note (NYC) Dave has just returned from a Brazil and South Africa tour with Gloria Gaynor. His credits include performances and/or recordings with Roy Ayers, Nile Rodgers, The Brand New Heavies, P-Funk, Groove Collective, Blue Man Group, Gil Scott Heron, Delfeayo Marsalis, Robin Eubanks, Marc Ribot, Victor Jones, John Hicks, Mark Egan, Danny Gottlieb, Brian Jackson, Mood 2 Swing, G Love and Special Sauce, The Jesus Lizard, Firewater, Slick Rick and others. Dave Mullen Reviews: "His urgent playing and blistering sense of improvisation on uptempo tracks 'Like Rashaan' ....has a lot of the retro soul sensibilities that drive that genre." - Jonathan Widran, All Music Guide (AMG) "Mullen's sax is urgent, intense and ultra-expressive."- Ronald Jackson, Jazzreview.com "Dave Mullen on tenor and soprano saxes comes equally from the David Sanborn and Gato Baarbeieri schools of phrasing and rhythmic pulse, and he has a melodic sensibility on par with Stan Getz as a young musician." - Thom Jurek, All Music Guide (AMG) Jeremiah Hosea Jeremiah has toured with Grammy-nominated blues/jazz legend James Blood Ulmer (who "discovered" both Jeremiah and drummer Swiss Chris at earthdriver's third gig), first as part of his "Raw Blues Experience" and then as part of "Memphis Blood", a project co-starring black rock pioneer Vernon Reid. Jeremiah has also toured with: Ethiopian vocal sensation Ejigayayu Shawbabaw (Gigi) as part of her electric and acoustic ensembles; tabla beat master Karsh Kale; The Gee-Chee Goddess of Warrior Hardcore Soul, Tamarkali; violin virtuoso Lili Haydn, in support of her Arista release, "Light Blue Sun" and Peter Prince (along with Swiss Chris) as the fifth edition of Moon Boot Lover. John Caban is a Brooklyn based guitarist, producer and composer's unique playing has graced performances and/or recordings with such diverse artists as, Gloria Gaynor, Richard Bona, Kenny Kirkland, Art Neville, Bo Diddley and others. Swiss Chris Swiss Chris just finished four years as Music Director and Drummer for five time Grammy winner, John Legend. Swiss is now moving on and doing his own solo work as producer and artists on CPR Records write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Jazz News :: home page |