Influences

DJ’s: Gilles Peterson, Theo Parrish, J. Rocc, Rich Medina, Waajeed, Ge-ology, Kon & Amir, Joey Negro, Dmitri from Paris, Floating Points, Louie Vega, Quantic, Spinna, Evil Dee, Scratch, Premier, Pete Rock, Dahved Levy, Alex Sensation, OP!, Shawn Dub.

Producers/Composers: Alfred Lion, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Milton Nascimento, James Yancey, Patrick Adams, Leroy Burgess, Ebo Taylor, Chucho Valdes, Flying Lotus, Terrace Martin, Adrian Younge, Karriem Riggins, Dez Andres. 

Bassists: Jimmy Garrison, James Jamerson, Stanley Clarke, Paul Jackson, Charles Mingus, Alphonso Johnson, Meshell Ndegeocello, Ray Brown, Thundercat, Robert Hurst, Bootsy Collins, Cachao, Miroslav Vitous, Stephan Crump, Vicente Archer.