Steve Raybine Fun(Music)Facts Page 3

During his career and lifetime, Steve had fun(music) facts that he liked to share with friends, students and admirers:  

M. Musical Influences:
1. Dave Brubeck, featuring Paul Desmond
2. Miles Davis Quintets
3. Horace Silver's Music (Funky Stuff)
4. Herbie Hancock's Music (Funky Stuff) from Headhunters
5. Gary Burton as a Vibist-not his music
6. Milt Jackson as a Vibist
7. Duke Ellington
8. Glenn Miller
9. Dixieland Music
10. Weather Report-earlier albums
11. Chick Corea-the first Return to Forever
12. John Coltrane
13. Brecker Brothers
14. Beatles
15. Beach Boys
16. John Harmon
17. Rippington's
18. My Mother, who started me on music

N. New CD (Is now available as Bad Kat Karma!)
1. Coffee Break-R&B chart with horns
2. New Latin Chart-unnamed
3. R&B Song, which is derivative of Bad Kat Karma
4. Beautiful new Ballad (Acoustic Piano feature)
5. David's Song, featuring my son, David

O. Overview of Musical Journey (Pre-College years)
1.) Started piano lessons at age 7
a. took lessons 4 years and then switched to drums
2.) Started drumset lessons in 4th grade and by 7th grade started playing the xylophone and receiving mallet lessons
3.) By 7th grade very into jazz-Dave Brubeck's group-especially loved Paul Desmond's alto sound
a. Started my own jazz quartet in 7th grade-"Harmonic Series Jazz Quartet (alto sax, piano, bass and drums)
b. this group continued into our senior year in High School-renamed "Free Mode Jazz Quartet" and later, Quintet, with the addition of a trumpet
1. Played music of:
a. Cannonball Adderley: Walk Tall, Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
b. John Coltrane: Mr. P.C.
c. Brubeck: Take Five, Blue Rondo ala Turk
d. Gary Burton: Hand Bags and Glad Rags & Sunset Bell
4.) Heavily into mallets in middle school and started playing the vibes by 9th grade-getting into improvisation and jazz theory
a. I was attending music camps by this time:
1. Madison
2. Moorhead State in Kentucky
3. Berklee College of Music before I began my Senior year of High School-an entire summer program
5.) By 9th grade, started composing and later arranging music
6.) Participated in Wisconsin State Honors Orchestra in High School
7.) Received scholarships to attend Eastman (chose) and Indiana

P. Overview of College (Eastman School of Music years)
1.) Percussion Major-first percussionist chosen in the U.S.: 1972; studied with John Beck
2.) Studied Jazz Improvisation with:
a. Bill Dobbins; piano
b. Phil Markowitz; piano
c. Ray Ricker; saxophone
3.) Studied Jazz Arranging with Ray Wright
4.) Started Auracle, progressive jazz ensemble then Inner Vision, Sophomore year with Ron Wagner, fellow percussionist
a. I played vibes, percussion and composed
5.) Auracle (Inner Vision) won the New York State "Battle of the Bands" contest my Junior year
a. As our prize, we recorded an album of original music at Columbia Records in NYC
6.) Auracle (Inner Vision) won the Notre Dame Jazz Festival for the "Best Jazz Combo" my Junior year
7.) Auracle recorded our second album of original music our Senior year
8.) I graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree in 1976
9.) Auracle decides to move to Los Angeles via a brief stint in Nashville

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