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Influences

(All individual, inspiring and instantly recognisable):

Wayne Shorter,
Miles Davis,
John Coltrane,
Louis Armstong,
Branford Marsalis,
Eddie Harris,
Radiohead,
Deep Purple,
Clifford Brown,
White Stripes,
Kenny Wheeler,
Joe Lovano,
Tom Waits,
James Taylor,
Pink Floyd,
Charlie Mingus,
Ravel,
Duke Ellington,
Eric Morecambe,
Joni Mitchell,
Stan Getz,
Stevie Wonder,
Thelonius Monk,
Charles Ives,
Keith Jarrett,
Mike Leigh, 
Sonny Rollins,
Björk,
Chet Baker,
Ross Noble,
Don Byron,
John Ireland,
Ornette Coleman,
Stina Nordenstam,
John Shuttleworth,
Raymond Scott,
Bernard Herrmann,
Weather Report,
Anja Garbarek,
Jan Garbarek,
Iain Ballamy
and Alan Partridge

to name just a few !!