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Interview with Eitan Avineri (trumpet/ fugel horn) of Full Spectrum.
Eitan
Avineri-trumpet/fugel horn
I came up with the idea of the band. It started as an offshoot of the Allentons, but I ended up finding the members of the band at the store that I work and teach at. I needed to get the musicians that felt comfortable with Jazz in order to be able to play the type of music we play. We are mostly from the Los Angeles area in California. A couple of the guys are from down south (Orange County & San Diego County). The band began about a year and a half ago, but with the present members... about 5 months. I wanted the name to somewhat reflect our music. We pull influences from all types of music...Jazz, Blues, Ska, Afro-Cuban music, Reggae... We have one 6-song ep that came out about 7 months ago. It might be released in Europe on vinyl. We are now working on a full length CD which will be released by Rivercidal Syndicate Records in the near future. My personal favorite song that we've recorded is called Hard Hop. It's a great Reggae tune with a heavy Jazz vibe. We started off playing some Steadybeat shows. Those were fun, but I felt like the crowd wasn't that into it. We have been doing better in a more mixed crowd. We started playing some shows for the Skavaganja series. are in the Traditional scene. We would love to play any shows we are offered. We just love to play. Our main Ska influences include The Skatalites, NY Jazz/Ska Ensemble, EST, and Jump with Joey. Our main influences have a wide range because each band member has a number people they love. Some include Freddie Hubbard, Joe Henderson, Rosand Roland Kirk, Thelonius Monk, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock.... It would be great to play with The Skatalites, Hepcat, Ocean 11, See Spot. Watching those bands inspired me to play Traditional Ska and form this group. I think right now Ska is doing pretty well. There is a resurgence in Europe which is promising. Also, I played the show with Phillis Dillion and the crowd loved it. Shows like that give me hope that Ska will be around for a long, long time. The worst show we played unfortunately was The Allentons reunion show in Long Beach. Kingston 10 opened up, and there were like 40 people there when they were playing. When we went on all of these fans were totally dejected after that show. The best show was our last one. It was at the Knitting Factory with The Nomadic Cannibals and The Untouchables. We sounded really tight and we all were really excited to play. The crowd seemed to really like it too. We got a lot of positive responses after our set from other musicians and also from people in the crowd. It was great!! The Vessels are great!! As long as our music is reproduced, we'll be happy. Right now we're working on both. Leech records from Switzerland wants to put out an eight song 10" of ours. Also, Rivercidal Synicate Records is putting out a full length CD of ours soon. If you have any questions about us, you can contact us at fullspectrummusic@yahoo.com or logon to www.fullspectrummusic.org |