Jesse Portillo
INFLUENCES: Parents, Blaze, MAW, Kerri Chandler, Stanley Clarke, Luis Johnson, Stevie Wonder, All the Chicago cats I grew up listening to (Hot Mix 5) and my close friends Phatman, Hector Lopez and John Simmons..
MUSICAL STYLE: Deep and Soulful House is my favorite but also disco, jazz, funk, rock, hiphop, R&B, reggae. If it sounds good to me I dont care what genre it is.
WHERE HAVE YOU SPUN AT? StreetSide Cafe, Xippo's, La Taberna, Vida Lounge and dogglounge.com. I've played many venues as a bass player like The Metro, Double Door, Abbey Pub and The Note.
CURRENT RESIDENCIES: None at the moment, mostly just guest spots. My job makes it difficult to commit to having a residency.
TOP 5 SONGS: "Never Fall In Love" (Gordon Chambers, DJ Spinna Remix); "Days Like This" (Kenny Lattimore, Lattimaw House Mix); "How Do I Let Go" (Dennis Ferrer); "April" (Osunlade); "So Good Today" (Ben Westbeech, Yoruba Soul)
DREAM JOB: I love spinning and playing bass so to get paid to do so would be a
dreamjob.
QUOTE: "Where words fail, music speaks."
CONTACT/BOOKING INFO:
web: myspace.com/jesseportillo
email: jportillo128@yahoo.com