Performed or Recorded With:

Joe Zawinul
David Sanborn
Reggie Washington
Frederico Gonzalez Pena
David Fiucznyski
Shirley Jones
Screaming Headless Torsos
Daniel Sadownick
Flying Tigers
World Saxophone Quartet
Bashiri Johnson
David Sanborn
Marcus Miller
Axelle Red
Charles & Eddie
D'Angelo
David Fiuczynski
Greg Osy
Henry Threadgill
Lonette McKee
Mark Withfield
Maxwell
Me'Shell NdegeOcello
Oliver Lake
Steve Coleman
Surface

Featured Artist:

Gene Lake, Drums

An all around drummer who cut his teeth on Midwestern funk and avant-garde jazz, Gene Lake embodies the contradictions of modern music. His resume reflects his passion for the great funk icons of the 1970s and 1980s such as Parliament/Funkadelic and the Time, as well as his longstanding ties to the jazz world. Gene Lake has been playing for almost 10 years with a stunningly diverse range of artists: from r&b group Surface in the 1980s to the "new wave" of r&b acts such as Me'shell NdegeOcello, Maxwell, and D'Angelo in the 1990s; from jazz innovators Steve Coleman and Henry Threadgill, to fusion legends Joe Zawinul and Marcus Miller; from jazz/rap group Opus Akoben to acts that defy categorization, such as the wildly original rock/funk/jazz fusion group Screaming Headless Torsos.