N Touch N'Touch CD

Biography N'Touch is a Portland, Oregon USA based band. Their music is a creative recipe of r&b, latin, gospel and other urban styles, skillfully woven into an instrumental up-tempo jazz genre. N'Touch's repertoire has few limitations. The band members are Generation-X musicians who feel the pulse of the listening community. Each band member embodies enough individual talent to stand-alone. But as a team they deliver a knockout performance, which the group is becoming known for. Playing original material and covers, N'Touch is carving their space into the West Coast music scene. N'Touch puts on a dynamite performance. Some of the most noted artists that individual members of the band have had the pleasure to play with include: Leroy Vinegar, Darrell Grant, Mel Brown, Ben Tankard, Yolanda Adams and John P. Kee. N'Touch recently opened for the Portland concerts of Earth,Wind & Fire (August 2000), Tower of Power (July 2001), Angelique Kidjo (October 2001) and Boney James (April 2002). Their popularity and notoriety is increasing and N'Touch is no longer the best kept secret in the Pacific Northwest. Band Members: Sax - Leading the band is saxophonist Eldon "T" Jones who has been influenced by such artists as Grover Washington Jr., Wilton Felder of the Crusaders and Kirk Whalum. A product of the Northwest's education Mecca for jazz, Mt. Hood Community College. Eldon plays with soulful conviction, never forgetting his gospel roots.Electric Piano & Keyboards - Matthew Minnieweather, the son of a minister, is an exceptional keyboard and piano player. Matthew also was raised in Portland, Oregon playing in church on a regularly basis since childhood. He too comes from a multi-talented family of musicians. He is a dynamic song arranger.Guitar - David Allen is one of the finest guitarists around. David's melodic style is influenced by a variety of artists such as Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Pat Metheny and Carlos Santana. David is originally from Pittsburgh, PA. He graduated in engineering from Brown University, where he sharpened his music talents as a solo performer, local bandleader and music director for university events.Drums - Anthony Jones is the younger brother of the bandleader Eldon "T" Jones. They come from a very talented musical family. Anthony is considered one of the best young drummers on the West Coast. In high school he also won numerous awards playing the trumpet. Anthony is currently completing his final year toward a degree in Architecture from Portland State University.Percussions - Terry Taylor is a fine young percussionist who was raised in Los Angeles, CA. He has been playing with the band for over a year now. Terry has been inspired by the like's of Grover Washington, Jr.'s old friend Dr. Gibbs and Sheila E.