BML Teachers by Instrument & Topics

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Brandon Terzic

Primary Instrument: 
Electric and Nylon String Guitar, Oud, Saz
Studio Neighborhood: 
Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Convenient Subway Lines: 
B train
Q train
S train
Influences: 

Paco De Lucia, Jimi Hendrix, Ali Farke Toure, Ry Cooder, Salif Kaita, Lionel Loueke, Kora Music, Oud Music, Gnawan

Brittany Anjou

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Vibraphone & Alto Flute by Anjou / Enriquez Duo

Primary Instrument: 
Piano, Vibraphone, Gyil
Studio Neighborhood: 
South Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
G train
M train
R train
Influences: 

Debussy, Beethoven, Bach, Martinu, Red Garland, Wynton Kelly, Ahmad Jamal, Jason Moran, Stefon Harris, Vijay Iyer, Lionel Hampton, Bernard Woma, George Garzone, Elvin Jones, Jimmy Garrison, Allen Forte

Curt Garey

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One After 419 by Red Hook Ramblers

Primary Instrument: 
Drums, Piano, Congas
Studio Neighborhood: 
Kensington
Convenient Subway Lines: 
B train
F train
G train
Q train
Influences: 
Drummers who have been very influential to me: Phil Collins, Dave Weckl, Max Roach, Jimmy Cobb, Victor Lewis, Vinnie Coliuta, Ignacio Berroa, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Ed Blackwell, Stewart Copland, Paul Motian, Matt Wilson, Steve Gadd, Bill Stewart, Ed Soph, Levon Helm, Ringo Starr

Some of my other favorite drummers are: Warren "Baby" Dodds, Zutty Singleton, "Papa" Jo Jones, Sonny Payne, Ed Thigpen, Al Foster, Ben Riley, Billy Hart, Billy Higgins, Tom Rainey, Gaylord Birch, Johnny Vidacovich, Roy Haynes, Gene Krupa, Sonny Greer, Louis Bellson, Art Blakey, Clyde Stubblefield, John "Jabo" Starks, Butch Miles, Bernard Purdie, Jim Black, Buddy Rich, Brian Blade, Philly Joe Jones, John Bonham, Jim Keltner, Ronnie Verrell (Animal from the Muppet Show), Phil Rudd, Joey Baron, Alex Acuna, Jack DeJohnette, Peter Erskine, Jeff Ballard, Jeff Hamilton, Al Jackson, Steve Jordan, Mel Lewis

Other AWESOME musicians and bands that I think are great: Miles Davis, Don Cherry, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Ornette Coleman, Thelonious Monk, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Bob Marley, Beastie Boys, The Police, Sting, Radiohead, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaria, Los Munequitos De Matanzas, Willie Nelson, Bob Dylan, John Scofield, Joe Henderson, Bjork, Squarepusher, Meshuggah, Beck, James Brown, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson

Justin Peake

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Waking by Beautiful Bells

Primary Instrument: 
Beat Production, MPC, Ableton Live, Drums
Studio Neighborhood: 
Video Lessons Only
Influences: 

iannis xenakis, jimmy mcgriff, delarosa y asora, gagaku, dusk, karlheinz stockhausen, curtis roads, anthony braxton, kool keith, terence mckenna, ikue mori, giacinto scelsi, j.o. evans, kenny wolleson, fela kuti, vinyl static, eliot lipp, andrew hill, jorge rossy, sun ra, dj spooky, thomas lehn, mountain music, iannis xenakis, 9th wonder, space, eric dolphy, paul motian, herb robertson, king oliver, james brown, john zorn, simon lott, aphex twin, derek bailey, morton feldman, oumou sangare, pole, donald byrd, boards of canada, sunny murray, charles mingus, bill evans, john cage, bill frisell, alvin fielder, cecil taylor, sunshine, doofgoblin, naps, autechre, muhal richard abrams, ellery eskelin, achim kaufmann, thelonius monk, sharon jones, billy martin, louis sclavis, hamid drake, bob moses, beastie boys, tuva, max roach, sonny rollins, brian blade, dan oestreicher, katie young, one man machine, helen gillet, lee morgan, ali farka toure, wilbert de joode, a drop in silence, rudresh mahanthappa, tony oxley, luciano berio, ornette coleman, art ensemble of chicago, critters buggin, bud powell, edan, charlie haden, steve lehman, andrew raffo dewar, jeff albert, dan oestreicher, elvin jones, frank gratkowski, wadada leo smith, theo bleckman, the roots, andrew weathers, mercury program, stevie wonder, quantic john hollenbeck, robin boudreaux, pretty lights, james singleton, tea, giacinto scelsi, brian coogan, gamelan, fieldwork, wativ, sound

Max Jaffe

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Moving by In One Wind

Primary Instrument: 
Drumset
Studio Neighborhood: 
Bushwick
Convenient Subway Lines: 
L train
J train
M train
Z train
Influences: 
In no particular order: Tony Williams, Stewart Copeland, J Dilla, Max Roach, Art Blakey, Gerry Hemingway, Zach Hill, John Bonham, Greg Saunier, Amir Ziv, Squarepusher, Brian Blade, Fela Kuti, John Cage, Tyshawn Sorey, Tom Waits, Robyn Schulkowsky, Cyro Baptista, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon, Chad Smith, Elvin Jones, Peter Erskine, the subway, Levon Helm, Björk, Victor Feldman, Joey Baron, Han Bennink, Philly Joe, Chick Webb, Baby Dodds, Mitch Mitchell, Jack DeJohnette, ahhh many more. LISTENING is the first step...

Sam Dickey

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Taamaden by Sam Dickey

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar, West African Guitar, Ngoni
Studio Neighborhood: 
Sunset Park
Convenient Subway Lines: 
D train
N train
R train
Influences: 

Bazoumana Sissoko, Ahmad Jamal, John Coltrane, Toumani Diabate, Bjork, Jim Hall, Lester Young, Ornette Coleman, Jimi Hendrix, Bassekou Kouyate, Radiohead, Elis Regina, Thelonious Monk, Ali Farka Toure, Bon Iver, Bill Evans, Lennie Tristano, Toninho Horta, Ballake Sissoko, John Scofield, Duke Ellington, Djelimady Tounkara, Mississippi John Hurt, Bouba Sacko, Bill Frisell, Milton Nascimento, Ben Webster, Paul Motian, Mama Sissoko, Sonny Clark

Sean Hutchinson

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Red Fish, Blue Fish, Dead Fish, Same Fish by Sean Hutchinson's Still Life

Primary Instrument: 
Drumset, Production, Piano
Studio Neighborhood: 
Carroll Gardens
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
G train
Influences: 
Drummers:
Peter Erskine, Brian Blade, Elvin Jones, Tony Williams, Matt Chamberlain, Jim Keltner, Dan Weiss, Glenn Kotche, Steve Jordan, Jeff Ballard, Max Roach, Eric Harland, Clarence Penn, Art Blakey
Producers:
Tucker Martine, Jon Brion, Daniel Lanois, Francis and the Lights, Justin Vernon, Chris Taylor, Tim Bluhm, Nigel Godrich, James Blake, Paul Kimble, Twin Shadow

Tom Chess

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La Fumbo by Tom Chess

Primary Instrument: 
Oud, Turkish / Arabic Ney, Flute, Guitar, Tenor Saxophone
Studio Neighborhood: 
SoHo, Manhattan
Convenient Subway Lines: 
1 train
2 train
4 train
6 train
A train
C train
E train
N train
R train
Influences: 
Life, Love, Space, Silence, 'The World', City Sounds, Nature Sounds / Rhythms, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Led Zeppelin, James Brown, Public Enemy, P-funk, Bad Brains, Chili Peppers, Prince, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Blind Willie Johnson, Robert Johnson, Leadbelly, Howling Wolf, Son House, Sly Stone, Charlie Parker, Ornette Coleman, Don Cherry, Albert Ayler, Anthony Braxton, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Dewey Redman, Ronald Shannon Jackson, Butch Morris, Pharoah Sanders, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Art Ensemble of Chicago, Diamanda Galas, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, The Allman Brothers, Riad el Sunbati, Munir Bashir, Oud music in general, Suleyman & Kudsi Erguner, Sufi Mevlevi whirling dervish music, Sufism, Gnawa music, Ali Farka Touré, Ali Akbar Khan, West African drumming, Kora music, Mbira musics, Pygmy song, Gamelan musics, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Peter Tosh, Sacred Geometry, Al-kemi, number theory, phi, Hafiz, Rumi, Tibetan Buddhism, Yoga, Monty Python, Schwaller de Lubicz, Picasso, Amedeo Modigliani, Jean Michel Basquiat, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joan Miro, Van Gogh, Giorgio di Chirico, William Gibson, the kazoo guy and mice elf of course.