DAVID TONKIN GROUP
This is my long standing collaboration with Matt Langley - saxes, Don Williams - bass and Tim Gilmore - drums. We call it "Jazz, Blues and Whatever". We play tunes by the jazz greats, the Beatles, latin tunes, originals, versions of tunes you know, but have never heard them like this. This is a stream of consciousness group. Great rapport and fun! On any given night, we choose from a repertoire of over 300 tunes to amuse ourselves and our audiences.
Future Memory
An improvisational group that mixes jazz, progrock and electronics in the the moment. Drummer Frank Laurino and bassist Tim Webb generate orbital rhythms while guitarist David Tonkin and keyboard wizard Tom Robinson conjure galaxies of sounds.
An improvisational group that mixes jazz, progrock and electronics in the the moment. Drummer Frank Laurino and bassist Tim Webb generate orbital rhythms while guitarist David Tonkin and keyboard wizard Tom Robinson conjure galaxies of sounds.
Mark Shilansky's Guitar Hero
Mark played piano in one of my first jazz ensembles at CCMS. This is a project he put together to work with two of his mentors. It features two guitarists, David Newsam and myself. The line up of the group is completed by musicians that have had a significant relationship with Mark and the Davids as bandmates or students. It also includes James Clark on trumpet and bass, Matt Langley on saxes and Phil McGowan on drums. The music is distinctly in the jazz idiom, though influenced by rock and world music. Original compositions and genre-combining arrangements of classic pieces define the band's repertoire.
Sunrise Dog
A Surf Band! Happy beats and reverb drenched guitars
w/ Tom Martin - bass and Greg Brown - drums
w/ Tom Martin - bass and Greg Brown - drums
Tonkin Toys
Original Music With An Edge