THE USUAL SUSPECTS
Dr. Gio Washington-Wright's
Los Angeles Studio Musicians Tribute Site
These people are the incredible musicians who bring us the beautiful music we hear on favorite movies, TV shows, and recordings. They toil away in anonymity. This site, and group, are dedicated to them. May they finally get the recognition they deserve...
- Gio Washington-Wright
Sly Stallone coaching Rick Baptist, Wayne Bergeron, Malcolm McNab, Charley Davis, Gary Grant, Warren Luening, Dennis Farias, & Larry Hall. One of the funniest (and most needless) things I've ever seen.
LA Studio Musicians
April 20, 2009I came across a fabulous website during a random surfing session last week. LA Studio Musicians (The Usual Suspects) is an absolute goldmine of information about the amazing west coast musicians who create the music for movies, TV and popular music recording sessions, both past and present. Each of the masters of their craft has a tribute page, some more than one. Jerry Hey, the doyen of session trumpet players, has six!
There are stories and pictures galore, but, more importantly, a myriad of MP3s, videos and even PDFs of scores and parts. If you are interested in soundtracks, movie music in general, the instrumental/vocal backing for just about every great R&B/fusion/jazz artist of the past 50 years, a serious scholar or music student, this site is a must-see.
All the tribute pages within the site are almost reverential, as they should be. If you only have time for one or two today, check out a couple of trumpeters, Malcolm McNab and the aforementioned Jerry Hey (I should direct you straight to the flute page!). Between them, they have created the standard by which all others are judged. Click on McNabb’s recording of his trumpet arrangement of the slow movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto or Hey’s horn arrangements (with PDF score) of songs by Al Jarreau and Earth, Wind and Fire. Jaw dropping! Enjoy!
Nathan East
David Hungate
James Jamerson
Jimmy "Flim" Johnson
Louis Johnson
Carol Kaye
Abe Laboriel
Marcus Miller
Tony Newton
Chuck Rainey
Lee Sklar
Neil Stubenhaus
Randy Jackson
"Ready" Freddie Washington
Gerald Albright
Dave Boruff
Pete Christlieb
Gene Cipriano
Jeff Driskill
Brandon Fields
Gary Foster
Gordon Goodwin
Marty Krystall
Terry Harrington
Dan Higgins
Bill Liston
Sal Lozano
Eric Marienthal
Dick Mitchell
Joel Peskin
Brian Scanlon
Tom Scott
Bob Sheppard
Ernie Watts
Larry Williams
Bill Booth
Rich Bullock
Bruce Fowler
Steve Holtman
Alex Iles
Alan Kaplan
Charlie Loper
Andy Martin
Bob McChesney
Dick Nash
Bill Reichenbach
Phil Teele
Reggie Young
Rick Baptist
Wayne Bergeron
Oscar Brashear
Charley Davis
Pete DeSiena
Dennis Farias
Bobby Findley
Chuck Findley
Dan Fornero
George Graham
Gary Grant
Larry Hall
Jerry Hey
Walt Johnson
Jon Lewis
Warren Luening
Larry Lunetta
Malcolm McNab
Tim Morrison
Bob O'Donnell
Cal Price
Carl Saunders
Bobby Shew
Ron Stout
Bob Summers
Frank Szabo
Chris Tedesco
Dave Washburn
