Cooked Green Finks
Our bio:
(Intro for funk-oriented gigs):
Playing funk, hip-hop, and a smattering of jazz and latin, the Cooked Green Finks aim to push the rock-trio format to new heights. In this undertaking, we mix the improvisation of jazz with the forceful simplicity of funk and R&B to make our music a treat for the mind, soul, and hips. Cosmopolitan and rich in schooling, each member of our trio brings a distinct character to the stage.
(Intro for jazz-oriented gigs):
Bringing jazz to the masses is no small task, but the Cooked Green Finks, in doing so, refuse to have anything but a funky good time. In this undertaking, our goal is to share the jazz tradition while upholding its credibility and the integrity of our musicianship; this is achieved without alienating less erudite listeners through the genius of funk. Cosmopolitan and rich in schooling, each member of our trio takes a different approach to this end.
(Remainder of bio):
Bassist Brady Fink cut his teeth in the trenches of Baton Rouge, developing a funky dirtyness eclipsed only by that of his own dirty mind. His southern flair was later finessed during his years at Loyola University in New Orleans, where he played such high-profile gigs as the New Orleans JazzFest. Prior to moving to Oregon, Brady's jazz talents were further honed under the tutelage of the Marsalis family at the University of New Orleans. Mr. Fink forms the formidable funky-south foundation of the Cooked Green Finks' pastiche.
As a head-bashing ankle-biter from the late-80's Georgia rock scene, Aaron Green, in a moment of clarity, made the decision to study jazz guitar at Loyola University in New Orleans. After three years as a classical and jazz performance major, Aaron left New Orleans to escape the debilitating rigors of its demanding social environment. Briefly lapsing in vision, he found himself the founding guitarist of Eugene's double-trouble treat "Mamalovdus;" Aaron soon came to his senses, however, becoming the eclectic and quirky axe-man for the 'Finks.
Justin Cook, the token Yankee of the group, hails from the white-bread suburbs of Connecticut (but don't hold that against him). As an electronic music minor at Middlebury College in Vermont, Justin spent way too much of his time drumming in various reggae, jazz, funk, fusion, and butt-rock bands in the bustling rural-Vermont scene (ostensibly the next Seattle). His reggae-rock group "The Arrival of Horatio" toured much ofs the collegiate northeast, gaining notoriety largely for its faithful yet alarmingly destructive entourage. Justin brings his love of funk and fun to the trio.
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