Oteil Burbridge
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Oteil Burbridge, in Washington, D.C.
), is a Grammy Award
-nominated American
multi-instrumentalist
, specializing on the bass guitar
, trained in playing jazz
and classical music
from an early age. He has achieved fame primarily on bass guitar
during the current resurgence of the Allman Brothers Band from 1989 through the present day. He was also a founding member of the band the Aquarium Rescue Unit
, and has worked with other musicians who include Bruce Hampton
, Trey Anastasio
, God Street Wine
, Bill Kreutzmann
and The Derek Trucks Band
, with whom his brother Kofi Burbridge is the keyboardist
and flautist
.
Burbridge joined the Allman Brothers in 1997 and has appeared on the CDs Peakin' at the Beacon
(2000), Hittin' the Note
(2003), One Way Out
(2004) as well as the DVD Live at the Beacon Theatre
(2003, certified Platinum 2004).
heritage, and was named Oteil, meaning "explorer" or "wanderer". When he and elder sibling Kofi showed talent for music, their mother felt it best to place them in classical and jazz classes hoping to nurture their musical inclinations and keep them out of trouble. Kofi remembers Oteil's first drum set; a Quaker Oatmeal box, when he was only three or four years old. Both brothers were introduced to a wide variety of instruments, and became multi-instrumentalist
s, with both being taught to play the piano
, with Oteil gaining proficiency on the bass clarinet
, violin
, and trumpet
. However, Oteil's chosen main instruments became the bass guitar
and the drums
, while Kofi developed a love for the flute
, and the keyboards
. Oteil Burbridge developed an interest in the theater and was the co-host of a local children's television show called "Stuff". Oteil was enrolled in the Sidwell Friends School
, a well-known elite private school
(Presidents Clinton and Obama chose Sidwell for their daughters) offering a higher quality of education than Washington D.C.'s troubled public school system and exposing Oteil to the tastes and styles of a diverse student body. He graduated from Sidwell Friends in 1982.
Oteil performed regularly in a variety of D.C. bands as a teenager, gathering experience playing R&B, rock, Brazilian music, and jazz, among other styles. He moved to Virginia Beach and worked mostly in cover bands there, and subsequently drifted through the Atlanta musical scene, which introduced him not only to other musicians there but also other genres of music. As one of the original members of Bruce Hampton
's avant-garde
band, the Aquarium Rescue Unit
, Burbridge was introduced to members of the jam band
scene in the southeast of the United States. This included members of Phish
, Phil Lesh and Friends
, and Blues Traveler
, who freely sat in with one another in each other's bands. When Hampton left the Aquarium Rescue Unit
, it slowly disbanded, however Burbridge had developed a reputation on the four- and six-string bass guitar, enjoying the less commercial nature of Atlanta-area musicians. With bass player Allen Woody
leaving the Allman Brothers Band to play full time in Gov't Mule
, Burbridge joined them, and was made a full member of the band in 1997.
In 1999, following the passing of bassist Bobby Sheehan, Burbridge auditioned for Blues Traveler, performing a live show with the band in Chicago. The position was subsequently given to Tad Kinchla, who remains Blues Traveler's bass player.
In 2010, Oteil joined his brother Kofi, and his Allman Brothers bandmate Derek Trucks, as the bassist in the new group, Tedeschi Trucks Band
.
shirts, and performing the acoustic guitar classic "Little Martha
" from Eat a Peach
on his six-stringed bass guitar. Oteil is most notably recognized for his ability to incorporate scat-singing into his improvised bass solos. His bass style is heavily influenced by Jaco Pastorius
, especially his use of bass chords which are used in his bass improvization.
Oteil married Jessica Shouse April 10, 2010 in Winston-Salem, NC.
and featuring musicians Matt Slocum
on keyboards, Mark Kimbrell
on guitar, Chris Fryar
on drums, and vocalist Paul Henson, a carry over from the post-Colonel Aquarium Rescue Unit releases. They released their first album, Love of a Lifetime, that same year. That was followed up in 2003 by the CD/DVD set entitled Family Secret. In 2005, Burbridge took his music in a greater spiritual direction for their third album titled Believer.
of Phish
, who invited him and Russell Batiste, Jr.
(then of the Funky Meters) to participate in another venture as an electronic trio, with vocals. Their name wasn't chosen until Major League Baseball
pitcher Vida Blue
hopped up on stage with them, and their name was chosen as Vida Blue
, after the athletic star. The trio joined together in 2001 and continued performing until 2004, putting out a DVD
and two albums, joining forces with a Latin-rock sextet sampling a variety of genres of music, including the jazz
and electronic music
flavored alternative rock
music from Vida Blue.
of the Grateful Dead
and Scott Murawski
of Max Creek
, as the BK3
. They toured throughout 2008 and early 2009 before Oteil left due to touring commitments with the Allman Brothers Band. He was replaced by James Hutchinson
.
movie Being There
. The movie is a black comedy
about politics and many of the woes of celebrity and fame. Although Burbridge plays a part in a short scene, it is arguably one of the film's most famous moments.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
), is a Grammy Award
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
-nominated American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
, specializing on the bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, trained in playing jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
from an early age. He has achieved fame primarily on bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
during the current resurgence of the Allman Brothers Band from 1989 through the present day. He was also a founding member of the band the Aquarium Rescue Unit
Aquarium Rescue Unit
Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit is an experimental rock group originally founded by Col. Bruce Hampton. The band gained popularity in the Atlanta club scene in the early 1990s and went on to tour with the first H.O.R.D.E. Tour. During the initial years, the band was composed of...
, and has worked with other musicians who include Bruce Hampton
Bruce Hampton
Bruce Hampton is a surrealist American musician. In the late 1960s he was a founding member of Atlanta, Georgia's avant-garde Hampton Grease Band...
, Trey Anastasio
Trey Anastasio
Trey Anastasio is an American guitarist, composer, and vocalist most noted for his work with the rock band Phish...
, God Street Wine
God Street Wine
God Street Wine was a jam rock group from New York City. The band broke up in 1999. The band toured the U.S. with H.O.R.D.E. four times and opened for the Black Crowes and Allman Brothers...
, Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
and The Derek Trucks Band
The Derek Trucks Band
The Derek Trucks Band has been called a "group of musicians that share a passion for improvisation and musical exploration" by a reviewer at Allmusic....
, with whom his brother Kofi Burbridge is the keyboardist
Keyboardist
A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical instruments with keyboards have come into common usage, requiring a more...
and flautist
Flautist
A flautist or flutist is a musician who plays an instrument in the flute family. See List of flautists.The choice of "flautist" versus "flutist" is the source of dispute among players of the instrument...
.
Burbridge joined the Allman Brothers in 1997 and has appeared on the CDs Peakin' at the Beacon
Peakin' at the Beacon
Peakin' at the Beacon is a live album by the rock group The Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded at the Beacon Theatre in New York City in March, 2000, and released later that year....
(2000), Hittin' the Note
Hittin' the Note
Hittin' the Note is a 2003 studio album by the American Southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band. Released through Sanctuary Records, it was their first studio album to include lead slide guitar player Derek Trucks and bass player Oteil Burbridge and marked the full-time return of guitar player...
(2003), One Way Out
One Way Out (album)
One Way Out is a live album by The Allman Brothers Band. It is the first live album to feature Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks together, although both had appeared separately on previous live albums...
(2004) as well as the DVD Live at the Beacon Theatre
Live at the Beacon Theatre (The Allman Brothers Band DVD)
Live at the Beacon Theatre is a live album by the blues rock group The Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded at the Beacon Theatre, New York City on March 25-March 26, 2003 and released on September 23...
(2003, certified Platinum 2004).
Early endeavors
Burbridge was born and raised in Washington, D.C., to a family with some EgyptianEgyptians
Egyptians are nation an ethnic group made up of Mediterranean North Africans, the indigenous people of Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to...
heritage, and was named Oteil, meaning "explorer" or "wanderer". When he and elder sibling Kofi showed talent for music, their mother felt it best to place them in classical and jazz classes hoping to nurture their musical inclinations and keep them out of trouble. Kofi remembers Oteil's first drum set; a Quaker Oatmeal box, when he was only three or four years old. Both brothers were introduced to a wide variety of instruments, and became multi-instrumentalist
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
s, with both being taught to play the piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, with Oteil gaining proficiency on the bass clarinet
Bass clarinet
The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B clarinet, it is usually pitched in B , but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B clarinet...
, violin
Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
, and trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
. However, Oteil's chosen main instruments became the bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
and the drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, while Kofi developed a love for the flute
Flute
The flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
, and the keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
. Oteil Burbridge developed an interest in the theater and was the co-host of a local children's television show called "Stuff". Oteil was enrolled in the Sidwell Friends School
Sidwell Friends School
Sidwell Friends School is a Quaker private school located in Bethesda, Maryland and Washington, D.C., offering pre-kindergarten through secondary school classes. Founded in 1883 by Thomas Sidwell, its motto is "Eluceat omnibus lux" , alluding to the Quaker concept of inner light...
, a well-known elite private school
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
(Presidents Clinton and Obama chose Sidwell for their daughters) offering a higher quality of education than Washington D.C.'s troubled public school system and exposing Oteil to the tastes and styles of a diverse student body. He graduated from Sidwell Friends in 1982.
Bruce Hampton
Bruce Hampton is a surrealist American musician. In the late 1960s he was a founding member of Atlanta, Georgia's avant-garde Hampton Grease Band...
's avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
band, the Aquarium Rescue Unit
Aquarium Rescue Unit
Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit is an experimental rock group originally founded by Col. Bruce Hampton. The band gained popularity in the Atlanta club scene in the early 1990s and went on to tour with the first H.O.R.D.E. Tour. During the initial years, the band was composed of...
, Burbridge was introduced to members of the jam band
Jam music
Jam music may refer to:*Jam band*Jam session, an impromptu musical performance*Jam! Music, a Canadian website...
scene in the southeast of the United States. This included members of Phish
Phish
Phish is an American rock band noted for its musical improvisation, extended jams, and exploration of music across genres. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 , the band's four members – Trey Anastasio , Mike Gordon , Jon Fishman , and Page McConnell Phish is an American rock band...
, Phil Lesh and Friends
Phil Lesh and Friends
Phil Lesh and Friends is an American rock band formed and led by Phil Lesh, former bassist of the Grateful Dead.Phil & Friends is not a traditional group in that several different lineups of musicians have played under the name, including groups featuring members of Phish, Little Feat, and the Zen...
, and Blues Traveler
Blues Traveler
Blues Traveler is a rock band, formed in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. The band has been influenced by a variety of genres, including blues-rock, psychedelic rock, folk rock, soul, and Southern rock...
, who freely sat in with one another in each other's bands. When Hampton left the Aquarium Rescue Unit
Aquarium Rescue Unit
Col. Bruce Hampton and the Aquarium Rescue Unit is an experimental rock group originally founded by Col. Bruce Hampton. The band gained popularity in the Atlanta club scene in the early 1990s and went on to tour with the first H.O.R.D.E. Tour. During the initial years, the band was composed of...
, it slowly disbanded, however Burbridge had developed a reputation on the four- and six-string bass guitar, enjoying the less commercial nature of Atlanta-area musicians. With bass player Allen Woody
Allen Woody
Douglas Allen Woody was bass guitarist best known for his tenure in the rock groups The Allman Brothers Band, Gov't Mule, The Artimus Pyle Band, The Peter Criss Band, Blue Floyd, and Montage.-Biography:...
leaving the Allman Brothers Band to play full time in Gov't Mule
Gov't Mule
Gov't Mule is a Southern rock jam band formed in 1994 as an Allman Brothers Band side project by Warren Haynes and Allen Woody.The band released their debut album Gov't Mule in 1995...
, Burbridge joined them, and was made a full member of the band in 1997.
In 1999, following the passing of bassist Bobby Sheehan, Burbridge auditioned for Blues Traveler, performing a live show with the band in Chicago. The position was subsequently given to Tad Kinchla, who remains Blues Traveler's bass player.
In 2010, Oteil joined his brother Kofi, and his Allman Brothers bandmate Derek Trucks, as the bassist in the new group, Tedeschi Trucks Band
Tedeschi Trucks Band
The Tedeschi Trucks Band, formerly known as the Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band is a blues rock group based in Jacksonville, Florida. Formed in 2010, the band is led by husband-and-wife musicians Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi, and primarily features members from their respective solo groups.-...
.
Personal information
Oteil's trademarks include performing barefoot, wearing tie-dyeTie-dye
Tie-dye is a process of resist dyeing textiles or clothing which is made from knit or woven fabric, usually cotton; typically using bright colors. It is a modern version of traditional dyeing methods used in many cultures throughout the world. "Tie-dye" can also describe the resulting pattern or an...
shirts, and performing the acoustic guitar classic "Little Martha
Little Martha
"Little Martha" was the only Allman Brothers Band track written solely by group leader and partial namesake Duane Allman. The tune first appeared on the final studio track on the Allman Brothers Band's fourth album, Eat A Peach, released in 1972...
" from Eat a Peach
Eat a Peach
Eat a Peach is a 1972 double album by the American Southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band; it was the last to include founding member and lead slide-guitar player Duane Allman, who was killed in a motorcycle accident on October 29, 1971 while the album was being recorded.-History:This album...
on his six-stringed bass guitar. Oteil is most notably recognized for his ability to incorporate scat-singing into his improvised bass solos. His bass style is heavily influenced by Jaco Pastorius
Jaco Pastorius
John Francis Anthony Pastorius III , known as Jaco Pastorius, was an American jazz musician and composer widely acknowledged as a virtuoso electric bass player....
, especially his use of bass chords which are used in his bass improvization.
Oteil married Jessica Shouse April 10, 2010 in Winston-Salem, NC.
Oteil and the Peacemakers
In 2000, Oteil formed a solo band called Oteil and the Peacemakers based out of Birmingham, AlabamaBirmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
and featuring musicians Matt Slocum
Matt Slocum (keyboardist)
Matt Slocum is a keyboardist who collaborates predominantly with southern jazz, funk, fusion and blues musicians. He has worked with Susan Tedeschi, Jimmy Herring, and Allman Brothers bassist Oteil Burbridge, among many others....
on keyboards, Mark Kimbrell
Mark Kimbrell
Mark Kimbrell is an American guitarist based in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the son of noted jazz pianist the late Henry Kimbrell, and the brother of noted drummer / percussionist Matt Kimbrell. Mark is currently a member of Oteil and the Peacemakers, a jazz fusion group led by bassist Oteil...
on guitar, Chris Fryar
Chris Fryar
Chris Fryar is an American drummer. He is a member of the Grammy Award winning group, Zac Brown Band, He has also worked with Oteil and the Peacemakers, led by bassist Oteil Burbridge of the Allman Brothers Band, Charles Neville, Victor Wooten, John Popper, Steve Bailey, David Hood, Robert Moore...
on drums, and vocalist Paul Henson, a carry over from the post-Colonel Aquarium Rescue Unit releases. They released their first album, Love of a Lifetime, that same year. That was followed up in 2003 by the CD/DVD set entitled Family Secret. In 2005, Burbridge took his music in a greater spiritual direction for their third album titled Believer.
Vida Blue
Oteil also was approached by Page McConnellPage McConnell
Page Samuel McConnell is an American multi-instrumentalist most noted for his work as a songwriter and keyboardist with the American rock band Phish....
of Phish
Phish
Phish is an American rock band noted for its musical improvisation, extended jams, and exploration of music across genres. Formed at the University of Vermont in 1983 , the band's four members – Trey Anastasio , Mike Gordon , Jon Fishman , and Page McConnell Phish is an American rock band...
, who invited him and Russell Batiste, Jr.
Russell Batiste, Jr.
Russell Batiste, Jr. is a drummer based in New Orleans.- Biography :Brought up in a musical family, Batiste started playing drums at the age of four...
(then of the Funky Meters) to participate in another venture as an electronic trio, with vocals. Their name wasn't chosen until Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
pitcher Vida Blue
Vida Blue
Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. During a 17-year career, he pitched for the Oakland Athletics , San Francisco Giants , and Kansas City Royals He won the American League Cy Young award and Most Valuable Player Award in 1971...
hopped up on stage with them, and their name was chosen as Vida Blue
Vida Blue (band)
Vida Blue was an electronic trio featuring Page McConnell , with Oteil Burbridge , and Russell Batiste .-Name:Vida Blue got its name from the 1970s Major League Baseball pitcher Vida Blue...
, after the athletic star. The trio joined together in 2001 and continued performing until 2004, putting out a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
and two albums, joining forces with a Latin-rock sextet sampling a variety of genres of music, including the jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and electronic music
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
flavored alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
music from Vida Blue.
The BK3
Oteil Burbridge joined the Bill Kreutzmann Trio alongside Bill KreutzmannBill Kreutzmann
Bill Kreutzmann is an American drummer who played with the rock band the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career...
of the Grateful Dead
Grateful Dead
The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...
and Scott Murawski
Scott Murawski
Scott Murawski is an American multi-instrumentalist, specializing on the electric guitar. He has achieved fame primarily on guitar with the American rock band Max Creek. He is a member of Phish bassist Mike Gordon's solo band, and BK3, a trio led by Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann.-External...
of Max Creek
Max Creek
Max Creek is an American rock band that was formed by Dave Reed, John Rider and Bob Gosselin in 1971. Scott Murawski, then aged 15, joined the band in the spring of 1972. Murawski left after two months, but returned in 1973. Mark Mercier the keyboardist joined in January 1973. Dave Reed left the...
, as the BK3
BK3
BK3 is an American rock band led by Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. Kreutzmann formed the band in 2008 with Max Creek guitarist Scott Murawski and Allman Brothers Band bassist Oteil Burbridge.-Formation:...
. They toured throughout 2008 and early 2009 before Oteil left due to touring commitments with the Allman Brothers Band. He was replaced by James Hutchinson
James Hutchinson (musician)
James "Hutch" Hutchinson is an American bassist best known for his work with Bonnie Raitt.-Early life:James Hutchinson grew up in Cambridge and Somerville Massachusetts.- Career :...
.
Film
Burbridge also had a bit part, as a teenager, as a street thug named Lolo in the 1979 Peter SellersPeter Sellers
Richard Henry Sellers, CBE , known as Peter Sellers, was a British comedian and actor. Perhaps best known as Chief Inspector Clouseau in The Pink Panther film series, he is also notable for playing three different characters in Dr...
movie Being There
Being There
Being There is a 1979 American comedy-drama film directed by Hal Ashby. Adapted from the 1971 novella written by Jerzy Kosinski, the screenplay was coauthored by Kosinski and Robert C. Jones. The film stars Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard A...
. The movie is a black comedy
Black comedy
A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
about politics and many of the woes of celebrity and fame. Although Burbridge plays a part in a short scene, it is arguably one of the film's most famous moments.
Discography
- Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit (1989) – Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit
- Mirrors of Embarrassment (1992) – Col. Bruce Hampton & the Aquarium Rescue Unit
- Eepeee (1994) – Aquarium Rescue Unit
- In a Perfect World (1994) – Aquarium Rescue Unit
- Gossip (1996) – T LavitzT LavitzTerry "T" Lavitz was an American jazz-rock/fusion keyboardist, composer and producer. He is best known for his work with the Dixie Dregs and Jazz Is Dead.-Biography:Born on April 16, 1956, Lavitz grew up in New Jersey...
- Surrender to the AirSurrender to the Air (album)Surrender to the Air is the only album from free jazz ensemble Surrender to the Air - an instrumental collective organized by Trey Anastasio of Phish in early 1996....
(1996) – Surrender to the AirSurrender to The AirSurrender to the Air was a free jazz ensemble led by Trey Anastasio of Phish that included Marshall Allen, Damon Choice, and Michael Ray of the Sun Ra Orchestra, John Medeski, Marc Ribot, Oteil Burbridge, Jon Fishman, and several other musicians.... - The Calling (1997) – Aquarium Rescue Unit
- What Did He Say?What Did He Say?-Track listing:1. "Yo Victa" – 0:072. "What Did He Say?" – 3:20*Victor Wooten - Bass, Lead and background vocals*JD Blair - Drums, Background vocals*Cherokee - Background vocals3. "What You Won't Do for Love" – 4:43*Victor Wooten - Bass*JD Blair - Drums4...
(1997) – Victor WootenVictor WootenVictor Lemonte Wooten is an American bass player, composer, author, and producer, and has been the recipient of five Grammy Awards.... - Bass Extremes: Cookbook (1998) – Steve BaileySteve BaileySteve Bailey is an American bassist who is famous for his pioneering work with the six string fretless bass. He was voted runner up for "Bass Player Of The Year" in 1994 and 1996....
, Victor Wooten - Bass Day '98 (1999) – various artists
- Searching for Simplicity (1998) – Greg Allman
- Stranger's Hand (1999) — Oteil Burbridge, Howard LevyHoward LevyHoward Levy is a Grammy Award–winning, American harmonicist, pianist, composer, and producer....
, Jerry GoodmanJerry GoodmanJerry Goodman is an American violinist best known for playing electric violin in the bands The Flock and the jazz fusion Mahavishnu Orchestra. Goodman actually began his musical career as The Flock's roadie before joining the band on violin. Trained in the conservatory, both of his parents were...
, Steve SmithSteve Smith (musician)Steve Elliott Smith is an American drummer who has worked with hundreds of artists in his career, but is mostly known for being the drummer of the rock band Journey during their peak years of success. Modern Drummer magazine readers voted him the #1 All-Around Drummer five years in a row... - Peakin' at the BeaconPeakin' at the BeaconPeakin' at the Beacon is a live album by the rock group The Allman Brothers Band. It was recorded at the Beacon Theatre in New York City in March, 2000, and released later that year....
(2000) – The Allman Brothers BandThe Allman Brothers BandThe Allman Brothers Band is an American rock/blues band once based in Macon, Georgia. The band was formed in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1969 by brothers Duane Allman and Gregg Allman , who were supported by Dickey Betts , Berry Oakley , Butch Trucks , and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe"... - Love of a Lifetime (2000) – Oteil and the Peacemakers
- Croakin at Toads (2000) - Frog Wings
- Vida BlueVida Blue (album)Vida Blue is the self-titled first album from a trio featuring Phish keyboard player Page McConnell along with bass guitarist Oteil Burbridge and drummer Russell Batiste. It was recorded and released during Phish's break from touring....
(2002) - Vida BlueVida Blue (band)Vida Blue was an electronic trio featuring Page McConnell , with Oteil Burbridge , and Russell Batiste .-Name:Vida Blue got its name from the 1970s Major League Baseball pitcher Vida Blue... - Family Secret (2003) – Oteil and the Peacemakers
- Hittin' the NoteHittin' the NoteHittin' the Note is a 2003 studio album by the American Southern rock group The Allman Brothers Band. Released through Sanctuary Records, it was their first studio album to include lead slide guitar player Derek Trucks and bass player Oteil Burbridge and marked the full-time return of guitar player...
(2003) – The Allman Brothers Band - The Illustrated BandThe Illustrated BandThe Illustrated Band is the second album from Vida Blue, featuring Phish keyboardist Page McConnell along with bassist Oteil Burbridge and drummer Russell Batiste....
(2003) - Vida Blue - Live in NYC 6/16/04 (2005) – Heavenly Jams Band
- One Way OutOne Way Out (album)One Way Out is a live album by The Allman Brothers Band. It is the first live album to feature Warren Haynes and Derek Trucks together, although both had appeared separately on previous live albums...
(2004) – The Allman Brothers Band - Believer (2005) – Oteil and the Peacemakers
- Go There (2007) – Scott Sawyer
- RevelatorRevelator (Tedeschi Trucks Band album)Revelator is the debut album by 11-piece blues rock group Tedeschi Trucks Band released in 2011 by Sony Masterworks. Recorded in Derek and Susan's Swamp Raga Studios in Jacksonville, co-produced by Derek with producer/engineer Jim Scott , the album is a confident yet unforced triumph offering a...
(2011) – Tedeschi Trucks Band