ROMP is an electric band that plays original music with deep grooves and lots of space for craziness. Influences include Electric Miles, Electric Herbie, Electric Company and Muhammad Ali.

Todd Horton (trumpet, flugel), Bob Howell (saxophones), Frank Strauss (Fender Rhodes), Pete Mcrae (guitar), Chico Huff (bass), Vic Stevens (drums).


A few credits...
Arnie Lawrence, Ani Difranco, Richard Bona, Ivan Neville, The Spin Doctors, Buddy Miles, Blues Traveler, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Ronny Jordan, Vernon Reed, Pat Martino, Dave Fiuczynski, Allan Holdsworth, Marc Johnson, Michael Manring, David Torn and Nat Adderley Jr.

"I'll play it first and tell you what it is later." - Miles Davis
           "Since time is a continuum, the moment is always different, so the music is always different." - Herbie Hancock
"Phil is away hunting Pheasants." - The Phantom (Electric Company 1971)
                    "The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life." - Muhammad Ali

 

The above tracks recorded by Todd Horton, Jason O'Mara (saxes), Rob Reich (gtr), Pete Kuzma (keys), Steve Beskrone (bs) and Vic Stevens (dr) at Giant Steps Recording www.giantstepsrecording.com