Face The Heat . The Brothers Zing
Lou Barbera . Zing-Man Electronique . Flip|Hippo . Event Horizon . Infinigon
The Hip Pocket . Belly Love . Last Impression . Tafari . The Automatic Man



Face The Heat

2007-2010.
My new album is almost done. The working title is Face The Heat (or maybe I’ll call it Unknown Album to mess with people who use iTunes). I have completed recording writing, arranging and recording nine songs, and am well into final mixdown and mastering. Here are the rough mixes so far, and a bit about each song. In addition I have some covers as bonus tracks. Watch this space for news and info as the project progresses. (more...)

Audio Tracks:   Heat Wave . Fine Red Wine . Earthbound . Who Can Fool Me? . Making Miles
Touch The Ceiling . Green Glove . The Nine . Angel or Alien

Bonus Tracks:   Martha My Dear . Letter From Home


The Brothers Zing

2004-2006.
Buzzy Tonic is the new record album by the group The Brothers Zing, which consists of myself and my brother Martin. We are happy to announce that the record is completed, sounds great, and is now on sale at CD Baby. The tracks presented here are teasers, trimmed to let you hear the first minute or two. This set of music represents a milestone technically as well as artistically. (more...)

Audio Tracks:   Checker Cab . Give Yourself Away . Get On Back 2 U . Ghost In The Machine .
It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Day . Wake Up Yourself . The Beat Is Red . The Long Now

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He's My Bear

2003
After an extended hiatus from recording projects, I participated as a guest artist on the new album He's My Bear by songwriter and performer Lou Barbera. Lou's recording debut is children's album that is both very funny and very sweet. (more...)


Zing-Man Electronique

1993-1996
A varied collection of tracks, many for commercial productions for film, television, video game, and CD-ROM projects from a time when music making technology was changing quite rapidly. I wrote, produced, tracked, mixed, and mastered all of the material here, and played most of the instruments. (more...)

Audio Tracks:   Layers (Soundtrack) . Seven Is Magic . Silly Little Ditty . Foam Finger Dance .
Orange Grass Stomp . Monkey Funk . Mongus (Demo) . Niner (Demo) . Futbol Anthem A .
Drivin'/UnderWaterMusic


Flip Hippo

1995-1996, New York City.
Experimental jazz/electronic duo with partner Erik Blicker. We integrated computer-driven interactive arrangements and animated trippygraphics with live improvised playing. I played saxophone and electronic wind instrument, contributed original musical material, and created software and animationfor interactive live performance. Erik played guitar and contributed to all aspects of the project.

Audio Tracks:   Niner . Stuck in the Mud . Checker Cab . Mongus


Event Horizon

1988-1993, Buffalo, NY.
Jazz group with prog rock influences. We played mainly original material, ranging from superheavy to dancyfunky bootyshaking to mellow trippy ethereal. I wrote the majority of the group's music, played tenor and alto saxophone, electronic wind instrument, and keyboards, and co-produced our studio recordings. Chris Sierzchula on piano and synthesizers, Keith Martini on guitar, Mark Colecchia on drums, and variously James Knight or Jim Wynne on bass. This group was together for over five years, and in that time we grew alot as musicians; it remains some of my favorite music that I've made. We recorded two albums: Event Horizon in 1989 and Son of the Sun in 1993. (more...)

Audio Tracks:   Hydrogen Wrench . Solstice . Caution (Handle With Care) . Seventh Sea .
(I Miss My) Baby in Bb . Son of the Sun. . Shirley's Basement . King Bud . Free Jam


Infinigon

1986-1988, Buffalo, NY.
Prog rock party band from the Eighties. Rich Adlin lead guitar, Mark Colecchia drums, John Neumann bass and vocals Stevie "Tumbleweed" Mineo lead vocals and acoustic guitar; I played keyboards, saxophone and vocals.


Belly Love

1998-1999, San Fransisco, CA.
Funky rock band that played bars and clubs in the Bay Area in the late 90's. Fred "Slick" lead vocals, Paul "Sticks" on guitar, Jay Davis keyboards and vocals, Blake E. bass, Brian Volpi drums; I played tenor and soprano sax, fender rhodes, and some vocals.

Audio Tracks:  Movie Star



The Hip Pocket

1997-1998, San Fransisco, CA.
A high-energy funk/soul band featuring a horn section, multiple singers, and a killer rhythm section. We played mainly original material, all very danceable and groovy. Let's see if I can remember all of the musicians: Big Mike Brown vocals and rap, Katie P., vocals, Anthony Price lead guitar, Will Lynch keyboards, Dimitri Ishenko bass, J.D. drums, Dave alto sax and flute, Josh on trumpet. I played tenor and soprano sax, and contributed some horn arrangements.


Last Impression

1992, Buffalo, NY.
A modern jazz group that played mainly originals with a straight-ahead vibe. Greg Schmidt on piano and fender rhodes, Jake Smith on trumpet, myself on tenor sax, Jay Bania on bass, Brian Seibel on drums and percussion. Greg and Jake wrote the majority of the material. We cut a record, Primal Overdrive in the summer of 1992.


Tafari

1991, Buffalo, NY.
Ska/reggae band with a summer party vibe, a horn section, and two of almost every other instrument. Our set consisted of about half originals, rounded out with covers of Bob Marley, Steely Dan, and a handful of others. We recorded an EP, Wiser Than a Forest of Owls, but I don't have a copy of it. Let's see if I can remember everyone in the band: Jim Perry sang lead vocals, played percussion and wrote most of the originals. Bill Ross guitar and vocals, Mark Hofschneider sat in on guitar sometimes. Matt Cline played keyboards, and Chris Sierzchula sometimes played keyboards too. Mark Colicchia drums and Joe Quabrel bass. The horn section consisted of myself, Dan Jablon on trumpet, Chris on trombone, and sometimes my brother Martin sitting in on tenor sax. I played alto sax, clarinet, and electronic wind instrument.


The Automatic Man

1990-1992, Buffalo, NY.
Rock/jazz group that played every Monday night at Broadway Joe's. We covered a broad range of material, and usually ended our set with an instrumental version of the second side of Abbey Road. Pat O'Connell on drums, Jim Wynne on bass, and variously Pete DiNunzio and Mark, and Maria sat in on guitar. I played sax.

This group spawned a side project, The Purple Connection. We played party tunes and crowd-pleasers, smooth jazz, soft rock, every Sunday afternoon at the Inn on the River. Craig Hendeges on guitar and occasional vocals, Jim Wynne on bass, Pat O'Connell on drums and me on sax.


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