I like live jazz played in a bar that is raw and not rehersed. I am not a big fan of modern jazz at all. I prefer old school jazz, swing and bebop. If it sounds polished, I don't like it. My favorite bass players are Charles Minus and Jaco Pastorius. I like Miles Davis, Dizzy Gilespie, Charlie Parker and Duke Ellington. That being said, I listen to a very wide range of music, jazz, metal, punk, country and everything in between as long as it has real emotion behind it and it's not contrived. My musical roots are in blues and that's where my passion lied as a bass player years ago.

If anyone ever gets a chance to hit up Croce's in downtown San Diego on a Friday or Saturday night their jazz jams are improv and a great time.