Project Greenfield

Project Greenfield is comprised of professional music veterans delivering the diverse San Francisco sound of psychedelic rock and East Bay funk, melodic jazz, and rhythmic reggae with lyric social expression. This is the Project Greenfield festival concert experience - open, fresh, family,different, exciting.

Project Greenfield is a group of seasoned musicians with long resumes including both leading various bands and as sidemen with various well-known acts, the guys reconnected at a couple of recording sessions and began jamming, writing, and performing, leading to shows and three well received CDs.

Project Greenfield's first CD release, "EDGE OF TIME" generated considerable excitement with audiences and critics. Project Greenfield combines lyrics that comment on social and personal growth with searing guitar solos, compelling keyboard melodies and textures, and a rhythm section full of syncopated dance grooves and dynamics. "EDGE OF TIME" was recorded using live techniques with few overdubs or digital manipulation and offers you the diversity of composition and quality musicianship that Project Greenfield delivers at its live performances.

Project Greenfield's second CD - "The Spiral Path" is a semi-concept CD which acknowledges the unique life journey we all take. This CD still uses the raw and live recording techniques used previously and re-emphasizes the interplay with rhythms, melodies, and socially relevant lyrics.

"Amakua" shows Project Greenfield's diversity with an album of jazz-oriented offerings for listening and dancing.

Project Greenfield is well on its way to deliver its fourth offering going back to its roots in the San Francisco sound that synthesizes diversity with accessibility.

The Band:

Pat Morris - combines rock, jazz, fusion, funk, classical and reggae in a unique style. Pat studied classical guitar with Josef Raposo, jazz and theory at Berklee College, and with jazz legend Dave Creamer. He toured the East with funk & soul bands Brothers Six and Kith & Kin, opening for acts such as Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, and recorded backing tracks for R&B singer Margo Thunder. After moving to California, Pat toured with rock and fusion bands Elements, Hot Face, Mystery Train, Automatic Blue, and with roots/reggae band George & the Wonders. Pat did session work with producer Paul Harvey for A & M and Warner Bros and with legendary reggae guitarist Hux Brown.

Jim Knowles - began playing professionally in his teens and has backed R&B artists Jimmy McCracklin, L. C. "Good Rockin" Robinson, and toured with It's a Beautiful Day founder David LaFlamme. He's shared the stage with Big Mama Thornton, Larry Graham, John McLaughlin and Jorma Kaukonen, and has recorded at Wally Heider/Hyde Street and Fantasy studios. Knowing no better, he hooked up with Pat and Tim in the Bay Area jazz fusion band Elements and rock band Hot Face.

Tim Cuny - has been laying down a solid beat for over 30 years as a performer and recording artist. Tim grew up in Chicago and cut his teeth in the tough neighborhood clubs that are famous for defining the sound of Jazz, Blues, and R&B. Tim studied drums and the incorporation of Tai Chi with master drummer George Marsh. Tim has had the opportunity to play with and shared the stage with diverse musicians including Curtis Mayfield, Canned Heat, BB King, Tommy Castro, Tower of Power, and many other Bay Area bands and performers.

Joey Reyes - (bass, vocals) grew up in Marin. He played the Fillmore with Screaming Bloody Marys whose record was produced by East Bay Ray of the Dead Kennedys. He also played with Glamazon and the singer Nkechi, played with Pepe and Pat in Karma Whiplash, and played keyboards with the reggae band George & the Wonders (also with Pat). He worked as an engineer at Tarpon Studios for Narda Michael Walden, and did studio work at Studio D, Cougar Studios, and Hyde St. Studios.

Project Greenfield has the experience to understand the needs of entertaining an audience, the requirements of venue professionalism, and the respect of all participants. Project Greenfield communicates the balance of business professionalism with the artistic spontaneity derived from musical expression. Project Greenfield puts on a great show for the venue and the audience, all the while having a magical time on stage.