He went to PIT in the late 80s, Studied with some heavyweight fusion guys... he use to love to mess around with subdivisions and meter changes to shake me (never could
I'm a feel / groove player who can generally own the pulse). I played in a jazz inspired rock band for a bit, and I slummed it on rhythm guitar in his classic / alt rock cover band (we played Long Beach Island to Brigantine summer night clubs) for a bit.
Here are 2 tracks from our original band...
http://myselfalone.com/tracks/mp3s/Bebop_Gypsy-Better_Way.mp3
http://myselfalone.com/tracks/mp3s/Bebop_Gypsy-Shade_of_the_sun.mp3
(1/2 way through the second one we drop down to a swing)
He moved to Texas 15 years back or so, still plays regularly (also owns an NJ shore style eatery... cheese steaks, water ice, panini, etc) his boy plays well too and has done some fairly big local shows in whatever the rock/punk/emo/pop the kids are playing today is called.