BML Teachers by Instrument & Topics

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Aya Nishina


Primary Instrument: 
Composition, Music Theory, Ear Training, Child Education
Studio Neighborhood: 
Park Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
G train
M train
R train
Influences: 
Sounds of the earth, Breaths, Lullabies and chants from around the world, Bhagavad Gita, Gamalan Music from Indonesia and Bali, Gagaku (Japanese Imperial court music from Heian period), Guillaume de Machaut, Josquin Desprez, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Carlo Gesualdo, Arcangelo Corelli, Heinrich Ignaz Biber, Jean-Philippe Rameau, J.S.Bach, Domenico Scarlatti, W.A.Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Frederic Chopin, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, P.I. Tchaikovsky, Gustav Mahler, Claude Debussy, Alexander Scriabin, Maurice Ravel, Anton Webern, Alban Berg, Bela Bartok, Igor Stravinsky, Nadia Boulanger, Alfred Cortot, Andrés Segovia, Dmitri Schostakovich, Herbert von Karajan, Olivier Messian, Akira Kurosawa, John Cage, Michelangelo Antonioni, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Luciano Berio, George Crumb, Gyorgy Ligeti, Luigi Nono, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Toru Takemitsu, Andrei Arsenyevich, Glenn Gould, Terry Riley, Martin Scorsese, Evan Parker, Bernard Woma, Cyro Baptista, Kaija Saariaho, John Zorn, Akira Nishimura, The Beatles, Ned Rothenberg, Brad Mehldau, Björk, Radiohead... (approximately in historical order).

Bob Lanzetti

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar
Studio Neighborhood: 
Kensington
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
Influences: 
Bill Frisell, Wayne Krantz, David Fiuczynski, The Beatles, Aphex Twin

Bryan Noll


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The Tools Are There by Levitation Trick

Primary Instrument: 
Ableton Live, Guitar
Studio Neighborhood: 
Greenpoint
Convenient Subway Lines: 
G train
L train
Influences: 

Steve Reich, Hariprasad Chaurasia, Boards of Canada, Animal Collective, Edgar Meyer, The Books, Four Tet, The Beatles, Battles, Audion, Kate Simko, Radiohead, Bibio, Frank Omura, A Setting Sun, Fever Ray, Matthew Dear, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Vladislav Delay, Brian Eno, Beck, Bach, Bjork, Jimi Hendrix, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Jim Hall, Charlie Christian, Wes Montgomery, John Scofield, MMW, Jim Black, The Grateful Dead, The Orb, Pink Floyd, Phish, Bob Marley, James Brown, Michael Jackson, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Wilco

Testimonials: 

"I'm sure this goes without being said, but thanks for the influence you had on my life. If I'd have taken lessons from some other people I woulda probably gotten bored with it and quit. Music is my life now... don't know what I'd do without it." -Denver Martin

Caitlin Warbelow

Primary Instrument: 
Violin, Fiddle
Studio Neighborhood: 
Midtown Manhattan
Convenient Subway Lines: 
B train
D train
F train
V train
N train
R train
W train
Influences: 

Traditional American and Irish music, classical ensemble and solo performers.

Chris Kuklis

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar
Studio Neighborhood: 
South Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
M train
R train
Influences: 

Radiohead, Jimi Hendrix, Marc Ribot, Sigur Ros, The Beatles, Neutral Milk Hotel, Led Zeppelin, Tool, Derek Bailey, The Flaming Lips, Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Jethro Tull, Bon Iver, Muddy Waters, Nirvana, Blind Melon, Aphex Twin, The Dodos, The Allman Brothers, Bjork, Cream, Animal Collective, Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton, James Brown, Joanna Newsom, Tom Waits, Andrew Bird, The Books, Cake, Death Cab For Cutie, The Decemberists, Deerhoof, Feist, Menomena, Minus The Bear, Sufjan Stevens, Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins

Chris Conly

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar
Studio Neighborhood: 
South Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
F train
G train
M train
R train
Influences: 

Albert King, Allman Brothers, Aretha Franklin, Arsenio Rodriquez, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, Beck, Bela Fleck, Bill Frisell, Bo Didley, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Bonnie Raitt, Marc Ribot, Joni Mitchell, Jurassic 5, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Led Zeppelin, Marvin Gaye, The Meters, Booker T. & the MG's, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Muddy Waters, Nina Simone, Willie Nelson, Parliament, Paul Simon, Phillip Glass, The Police, Prefab Sprout, Prince, Queen, Radiohead, Ray Charles, Robben Ford, Robert Johnson, The Roots, Son House, Steely Dan, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Stevie Wonder, Talking Heads, Tom Waits, A Tribe Called Quest, Wayne Krantz, Wes Montgomery

Clynt Yerkes

Primary Instrument: 
Trumpet
Studio Neighborhood: 
Ditmas Park
Convenient Subway Lines: 
B train
F train
Q train
Influences: 

Miles Davis, Radiohead, Tower of Power, Parliament, Willie Nelson, Maceo Parker, John Coltrane, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Prince, Led Zeppelin, James Brown, Squarepusher, MMW, Johnny Cash, Joanna Newsom, Freddie Hubbard, Jeff Beck, Bjork, Aphex Twin, Mingus, Oscar Peterson, Herbie Hancock, Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz, Wille Colon, Count Basie, Brian Lynch, Harry James, Kenny Wheeler, Roy Hargrove, Duke Ellington, Woody Shaw, Kool & the Gang, Red Garland, Cannonball Adderley, George Coleman, Joe Henderson, Elvin Jones, Christian Scott, Chick Corea.

Derek VanScoten

Primary Instrument: 
Guitar, Mandolin, Electric Bass, Tenor Banjo, Bouzouki, Ableton Live, DJ, Pro Tools
Studio Neighborhood: 
Park Slope
Convenient Subway Lines: 
2 train
3 train
B train
F train
G train
M train
Q train
R train
Influences: 

Any great rock guitarist / group, acoustic bands like the David Grisman Quintet and Solas, beat producers like The Roots and Flying Lotus, the beauty of classical music, the depth of jazz guitar, breathtaking song writing like James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and Sufjan Stevens, the groove and tone of any Motown or Staxx era artists, the attitude of punk rock, the sensation of group improvisation and the voice of my wife.

Dylan Nichole Bandy

Primary Instrument: 
Voice
Studio Neighborhood: 
Park Slope Brooklyn, Midtown Manhattan
Convenient Subway Lines: 
2 train
3 train
4 train
5 train
B train
D train
F train
G train
M train
N train
Q train
R train
Influences: 

Maria Callas, Christa Ludwig, Dawn Upshaw, Nina Simone, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Berton Coffin, Fiona Apple, and more...

Jeff Denson

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Untitled by Jeff Denson & Claudio Puntin

Primary Instrument: 
Double Bass, Electric Bass
Studio Neighborhood: 
Clinton Hill
Convenient Subway Lines: 
C train
G train
Influences: 

Charles Mingus, Scott LaFaro, Ron Carter, Pablo Casals, Bach, The Beatles, Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Miles Davis, Mark Dresser, Minsarah

Testimonials: 

Jeff is a bassist who digs deeply into the philosophical principles that define what jazz is and can be. In addition to being a very thorough student of the history of his instrument, he is an accomplished composer, teacher, and arranger.

—Marcus Roberts (jazz pianist)

NEW YORK TIMES:

...sparkling ....tantalizing...

WASHINGTON POST:

…richly textured and often wonderfully evocative, a celebration of cultural diversity and thematic exploration.

DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE:

...defies easy characterization...effective, evocative...

Neue Voralberger Tageszeitung (Germany):

Denson seems to be not only a bassist with a wide pallet of colors, but also prolific composer.