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Hometown Louisville, KY
Instruments Acoustic & electric guitar, bass
First Year of Professional Performance
2000 ( age 10)
First Year based in Nashville 1996
Recording Credits (Artist/Name of Album or Soundtrack/Year)
Jeff Coffin Mu'tet (release date: Fall 2014)
Annie Moses Band (Pilgrims & Prodigals 2009); Joshua Carswell (Debonair 2013)
Edwin Santiago (Hidden Journey 2012)
Rod McGaha (The Black Flower Project 2014)
Dara Tucker (Soul Said Yes 2011)
Greg Bryant Expansion (2013)
Annie Moses Band & Friends (Christmas Loves Company 2013);
The Great Barrier Reefs (Are You Scared? 2014)
Influences
Bill Frisell, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Grant Green, Spanky Alford
Notable live or recorded performances as a leader or sideman
John Ellis Quintet at MTSU Jazz Festival (04/14)
One suggested album every jazz fan should definitely own
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band "Season Of Changes"
Website Link (personal, YouTube channel, Linked In, etc.)
https://www.youtube.com/user/2008Dasilvaj/videos
Rod McGaha, born and raised in Chicago, is a composer, trumpeter, vocalist, lyricist, and producer. While in his late teens, Rod began touring professionally before attending college. He has performed with varied artists as Kenny Rogers, Bebe and Cece Winans, Jeff Coffin, the O'Jays, Take 6, and Lou Rawls. His accolades include the Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival Maynard Ferguson Award, the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award for Outstanding Jazz Trumpeter, the Oak Lawn Jazz Festival All Star Award, and the Outstanding Trumpet Soloist Award from the National Association of Jazz Educators. Rod has produced and led many jazz records, including “The Servant” in 1997 and Preacherman in 1999.
Hometown Memphis, TN
Instruments Drums
First Year of Profession Performance Late 1990's
First Year based in Nashville 1999
Recording Credits (Artist/Name of Album or Soundtrack/Year)
http://www.marcusfinnie.com/marcusfinnie/Recordings.html
http://www.marcusfinnie.com/marcusfinnie/Recordings.html
Influences
Art Blakey, Vinnie Colauita, Buddy Rich, Kirk Whalum, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, Billy Cobham, Larry Carlton, Jeff Porcaro, Steve Ferrone, Steve Gadd, JR Robinson
Notable live or recorded performances as a leader or sideman
India Arie: "songversation" , Kirk Whalum: "Romance Language" & "Gospel According to Jazz IV", and Michael McDonald: "Christmas
"
One suggested album every jazz fan should definitely own
Art Blakey "Moanin”"
Website Link (personal, YouTube channel, Linked In, etc.)
Viktor Krauss, a Champaign, Illinois native, is a renowned performer, arranger, producer and composer. After studying bass, voice, and compositional theory at the University of Illinois, he has recorded or toured with Lyle Lovett, Bill Frisell, Jerry Douglas, Omar Hakim, Larry Carlton, Shelby Lynne, Carly Simon, Elvis Costello, John Fogerty, Emmylou Harris, Graham Nash, Shawn Colvin, Steve Jordan, Jewel, The Chieftains, and Chet Atkins. His film credits include compositions in Ken Burns’ “Baseball: The Tenth Inning”, Robert Altman’s “Dr. T. and His Women”, and “Dodge City.” He has headline many studio recordings, including his own “Far from Enough” in 2004 and “II” in 2007.
If you would like more information on hiring any of the artists listed below or are looking to book jazz musicians for your event, we are happy to help. Please email us at roadsongslive@gmail.com
