FIRST STEP INTO REALITY THE NEW JAZZ COMPOSERS OCTET Dwayne Burno - bass David Weiss - trumpet Myron Walden - alto saxophone Jimmy Greene - tenor saxophone Greg Tardy - tenor saxophone Andrew Williams - trombone James Farnsworth - baritone saxophone Dave Rickenberg - baritone saxophone Xavier Davis - piano Nasheet Waits - drums List of Tunes: First Steps Into Reality I'll Always Love You Tribute To The Elders I'm A Comin' On Home D Minor Mint When The Spirit Hits Untitled in Ab Minor Liberation

"I'm A Comin' On Home" "Tribute To The Elders" "Untitled in Ab Minor"

DISCOGRAPHY

Roy Haynes - Praise - Dreyfus Stanley Cowell - Hear me One - SteepleChase John Hicks - Cry Me a River - Venus Stephen Scott - The Beautiful Thing - Verve Kevin Hays - Crossroad - SteepleChase George Colligan - Activism - SteepleChase George Colligan - The Newcomer - SteepleChase Dena DeRose - Another World - Sharp Nine Marc Cary - Cary On - Enja Xavier Davis - Dance of Life - Metropolitan Eric Reed - Soldier's Hymn - Candid Myron Walden - Hypnosis - NYC Myron Walden - Like A Flower Seeking The Sun - NYC Myron Walden - Apex Vol 1 - Demisound Jesse Davis - As We Speak - Concord Jesse Davis - Young At Art - Concord Donald Harrison - Full Circle - Sweet Basil/Evidence Justin Robinson - The Challenge - Arabesque Greg Osby - Zero. - Blue Note Vincent Herring - Dawnbird - Landmark Atsushi Ikeda - Everybody's Music - Paddlewheel Pete Yellin - It's You or No One - Mons Benny Golson - Up Jumped Benny - Arkadia Benny Golson - Tenor Legacy - Arkadia/Keystone Johannes Enders - Bright Nights - Enja Jimmy Greene - Brand New World - RCA Victor Don Braden - The Voice of the Saxophone - RCA Victor Don Braden - The Fire Within - RCA Victor Eric Alexander - Man With A Horn - Alfa Antoine Roney - The Traveller - Muse David Schumacher - From Another Life - Amosaya John Swana - Tug of War - Criss Cross Ingrid Jensen - Here On Earth - Enja Scott Wendholt - The Scheme of Things - Criss Cross Greg Gisbert - Harcology - Criss Cross Jim Rotondi - Introducing Jim Rotondi - Criss Cross E. J. Allen - Another's Point of View - Enja Philip Harper - Soulful Sin - Muse Shozo Okuda - Just Be You - FineNotes Armin Marmolejo - Boarding Pass - Igmod Scott Whitfield - To Be There - Amosaya Peter Leitch - Blues On The Corner - Reservoir Helmut Kagerer - April in New York - Jardis Dave Moreno - State of Things - Beehive Chris Bergson - Blues For Some Friends of Mine - Juniper Stefon Harris - A Cloud of Red Dust - Blue Note Carl Allen - The Dark Side of Dewey - Alfa/Evidence Bob Belden - When Doves Cry - Metro Blue New Jazz Composers Octet - First Steps Intro Reality - Fresh Sound One For All - Optimism - Sharp Nine Arkadia Jazz All-Stars - Thank You, John - Arkadia Bop City - Hip Strut - HipBop Grand Central - Tenor Conclave - Alfa/Evidence Various Artists - Live at Birdland! - RCA Victor Various Artists - Haunted Melodies - Metropolitan Digable Planets - Blow Out Comb - Pendulum/EMI Youth Sonic - For the Great Jazz Road - Keystone

BOOKING T/F: 212-606-4235


EQUIPMENT
Instruments:

• 2 American Standard basses, equipped with Thomastik solo gauge bass strings, "The Realist" bass transducer, and Mooradian Bass covers
  
  
• 1 Gotz half-size bass, equipped with Labella 7710 series bass strings, "The Realist" bass transducer, and Mooradian Bass cover
  
  
• 1 Azola "Baby Bass", equipped with Labella 7710 series bass strings, cover and anvil style flight case.
• 1 5-string fretless electric bass guitar, custom made by Patterson Guitars and equipped with a "Reunion Blues" gig bag
  
  
• 1 Hohner 4-string acoustic electric bass equipped with a hard case by TKL

Amplifiers:

• Acoustic Image "Contra" bass amplifier
  
  
• Acoustic Image "Clarus" bass pre-amplifier