Name: Chris D’Orio
Instrument: Saxophones and Harps (and Electric Bass)
Musical Influences:
Miles Davis, Cannonball Adderley, Charles Mingus; Vincent Herring, Bill
Evans, Eddie ‘Lockjaw’ Harris, Clarance Clemens, Maceo
Parker, Sonny Boy Williamson, Junior Wells, Frank Morgan, John Paul
Jones, James Jamerson, Jaco, Scott Lafaro, Rufus Reed.
Gear:
Yamaha Custom Tenor Saxophone, Meyer Mouthpieces, VanDoren Jazz
& Rico Royal Reeds, #2.5 & 3.0; Lee Oskar Harmonicas, JT30
Microphones.
Favorite Movie: Shawshank Redemption
Favorite Albums:
Kind of Blue, Better Git It in Your Soul, Giant Steps, Bill Evans at
the Village Vanguard, Blue Trane, Led Zeppelin II & IV, Born To
Run, Moondance, Allman Brothers At the Fillmore and any Sonny Rollins
Album.
Favorite Books: The Rise and Fall of Teddy Roosevelt, Old Man and the Sea
What I Drink When I’m Performing: Coffee…black
When My Mind Wanders During a Gig, I Usually Wind Up Thinking About: Dinner, the Drive Home to LI and Coffee…black
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