All original funk, soul, surf, hip-hop, jungle, blues, boogaloo and beyond! DBL features Adam Klipple [organ], David Phelps [guitar], Gregory Jones [bass], and Willard Dyson [drums]. "Music for your booty *and* your brain!"
Guitarist Ron Affif and bassist James Genus made guest appearances on our debut album.
Adam Klipple [organ]
Adam Klipple, who has been described as "a standout pianist who has gone to school on McCoy Tyner and Cecil Taylor and earned his degree," plays piano, Hammond organ, sampler and a variety of vintage keyboards. He leads two of his own groups. His piano quartet, the AK4, not only plays derangements of traditional standards, but also forays into Brazilian, latin, West African, funk and pop. Drive-By Leslie, his Hammond organ quartet, explores many styles of electric jazz from the organ trio to the present.
In addition to his personal endeavors, Adam is involved in stage and recording projects with Craig Harris, Graham Haynes, Sekou Sundiata, Joseph Bowie and Defunkt, Ron Affif, Vinny Valentino, Jason Marshall, and Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe. His credits also include performances with the Sun Ra Arkestra, Marc Ribot, John Medeski, Kurt Rosenwinkle, Carla Cook, Dave Fiuczynski, David Gilmore, Josh Roseman, Vincent Gardner, Peter Apfelbaum, Joel Harrison, Jay Rodriguez, Groove Collective, and Smokey Robinson.
Also a composer and arranger, Adam recently arranged two pieces for the Black Rock Coalition's tribute to Ray Charles. He was awarded touring and composing grants in 2004 from Arts International and Meet the Composer, to travel to Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to collaborate with local folk musicians. His Quartet toured as a Jazz Ambassador in 2003, and was sponsored by the Kennedy Center and the U.S. Department of State on a six-week tour of concerts and master classes in Russia, Central Asia, and the Caucasus.
He has appeared at such renowned venues as the Blue Note, Iridium, the Jazz Standard, Blues Alley and the Knitting Factory, and at international jazz festivals ranging from the Umbria Jazz Festival, to the JVC Jazz Festival, the Moers Jazz Festival, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, the Free Jazz Festival in Rio de Janeiro, the JazzNOJazz Festival in Zurich, the Akbank Jazz Festival in Turkey, and the Poretta Soul Festival in Italy.
David Phelps [guitar]
David Phelps is an inventive guitarist with a flair for the unexpected. He developed his phenomenal rhythm-guitar skills from the Dallas Blues and Funk scene. He has recorded with everyone from Adam Holtzman to Public Enemy. David performs regularly with Peter Apfelbaum, Skillet, Chris Dahlgren, Lily White, and Rob Miller's Prime Meridian.
Gregory Jones [bass]
Gregory is that rare bass player who can lay down the deepest of grooves and also deliver blistering melodic solos. A master of swing, Brazilian, and funk, he has been sought out to perform worldwide with such artists as Bobby Watson, Astrud Gilberto,
Jon Lucien, Ray Anderson, Marc Ribot, Dave Fiuczynski, Steve Coleman, Chico Hamilton, Larry Coryell, Carly Simon, Ben E. King, Eileen Ivers and Savion Glover.
Willard Dyson [drums]
Willard Dyson is a versatile musician whose ingenuity is at home in a myriad of rhythmic genres including jazz, R&B, Latin and Brazilian music. He works regularly with a diverse group of musicians, including Charlie Hunter, Cassandra Wilson, Joe Locke, Michael Franks, Freddie Bryant, Regina Belle, Grady Tate, Jimmy Scott and The New York Voices. He has been called, "perfect, imaginative, sensitive, exciting and subtle, with a stunning flair for devastating funk."
