Hiram Bullock
Hiram is perhaps best known as the barefoot guitar player on Late Nite with
David Letterman. From the inception of the show until 1984, he was a regular
member of the World's Most Dangerous Band, led by Paul Shaffer. Other television
work includes being a member of the house band on Saturday Night Live and
working as the musical director on David Sanborn's critically acclaimed Night
Music Show. Hiram was also seen acting the part of a musician in Under Siege
starring Steven Segal (he wrote six of the internal songs in the film).
Onaje Allan Gumbs
Onaje Allan Gumbs is one of the industry's most respected and talented musical
collaborators. He has worked for more than 27 years with an illustrious list
of jazz, R&B and pop artists. Onaje provided the arrangement for the song
that was to become the signature piece for the late, great vocalist Phyllis
Hyman, "Betcha By Golly Wow." Onaje Allan Gumbs continues to contribute his
talents as a keyboardist, composer, arranger and producer. As he states: "Music
has a healing force that is immeasurable and I am committed to being a part
of it."
Cedric Napoleon
When native Philadelphians and lifelong friends James K. Lloyd, Curtis
Harmon and Cedric Napoleon first began jamming together in junior high in
the mid-70's, they had no idea that their vague musical dreams would evolve
into one of contemporary jazz's most enduring legacies. Nor did the teenagers
realize that their Grover Washington produced 1981 debut "Pieces of a Dream"
would prove a groundbreaking recording which would help pave the way for
the type of urban styled smooth jazz that we hear on the airwaves today.
While their 1997 album "Pieces" mined similar retro territory, it was conceived
as a high profile superstar collaboration, with artist/producers George
Duke, Jeff Lorber, Everette Harp and Maxi Priest. The title of Pieces of
a Dream's latest, "Ahead To The Past", reflects the new album's more home
grown approach to the classic Pieces sound.
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