My jazz influences include Chick Corea, Hiromi Uehara, Dave Brubeck, Adam Holzman, Jimmy Smith, Herbie Hancock, John Medeski, Jan Hammer, George Duke, Don Preston, Ian Underwood, Art Tatum, Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson, McCoy Tyner, Duke Ellington, Vince Guaraldi, Joey DeFrancesco, Joe Zawinul, Keith Jarrett, Jean-Luc Ponty, Charles Mingus, and Miles Davis.

Among my many other inspirations are Keith Emerson, The Beatles, Peter Gabriel, Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Kate Bush, Kevin Gilbert, Billy Joel, Tori Amos, Billy Preston, Page McConnell, Tony Banks, Steven Wilson, Edgar Froese, Jon Lord, Roger Manning, Jeff Buckley, Brian Wilson, Patrick Moraz, Rick Wakeman, Tony Carey, Eddie Jobson, Derek Sherinian, Tom Brislin, Pete Townshend, Roger Waters, Steve Winwood, Kerry Minnear, Daniel Gildenlöw, John Tout, Eddie Rayner, Tim Finn, Mark Hollis, Ian Anderson, Steve Walsh, John Paul Jones, Richard Wright, Edgar Winter, Tomas Bodin, Neal Morse, Mike Patton, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Jimi Hendrix, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Sting, Trent Reznor, Queen, Rush, Jellyfish, and Kiss.

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