Influences:
Lee Morgan, John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon, Bill Hardman, Hank Mobley, Charli Persip, Max Roach, Sunny Murray, Dizzy Gillespie, Archie Shepp, Charle Parker, Hank Crawford, Miles Davis, Billy Harper, Joe Henderson, Warren Smith, Joe Chambers, Eddie Henderson, Roy Haynes, Charles Mingus, Junior Cook, Walter Davis Jr, Clifford Jordan, Sun Ra, Marion Brown, Kenny Dorham, Thelonious Monk, Duke Ellington, Eddie Jefferson, Leon Thomas, Blue Mitchell, Danny Moore, Ted Curson, Benny Bailey, McCoy Tyner, Clifford Brown, Sonny Rollins, Booker Little, Harold Mabern Jr., Lester Young, Eric Dolphy, Barry Harris, Louis Hayes, Philly Joe Jones, Olu Dara, Jackie McClean, Bud Powell, Freddy Waits, Kirk Lightsey, Reggie Workman, Art Taylor, Byard Lancaster, Walter Bishop Jr. Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, J.R. Mitchell, Duke Pearson, Benny Maupin, Julian Priester.