For more than 15 years now, standing room-only crowds have been lining up to hear FINGERPRINTS at clubs and music festivals throughout the southwest. Fingerprints 1991 self-titled CD sold over 10,000 copies. The Dallas based sextet has expanded its range, garnering regular airplay on jazz and NAC radio stations from Dallas to San Francisco to New York City. This increased exposure has earned FINGERPRINTS critical raves and many thousands of loyal fans across the country. JazzUSA.com writes, ...Fingerprints is one of the best kept secrets of the south...the Smooth Jazz Mafia better watch out!FINGERPRINTS second release, Summertime Music , surpassed that number and reached top twenty status in both Radio and Records and the Gavin Report. The opening track, Whisper, on this 1994 disc continues to be a favorite of many programmers across the country and abroad. It features long time friend and saxophonist Marion Meadows. The bands third release Reunion Live was a definitive statement in the evolution of their musical growth and popularity. It was recorded at the world famous Caravan of Dreams club in Fort Worth, Texas. They can also be heard on This is Texas Smooth Jazz CD sampler, released in fall 1996. Fingerprints 2001 "DNA" CD is a real gem and is enjoyed by listeners everywhere. The single So In Love from DNA is also on an international compilation called Cafe de Soul- Chapter 3. DNA is distributed by The Orchard Distribution in NYC. Bret Michael, music director at 107.5 FM The Oasis in Dallas says ...it's great, a wonderful feel in such a fantastic collection of Smooth Jazz!
The band's latest release is entitled Dream Life and was released Aug 4, 2009 on the newly formed South Memphis Music label. Critics are already hailing this as the band's best effort to date.
FINGERPRINTS has performed at festivals and venues in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington, D.C. Band members have also recorded and toured with artists such as Marion Meadows, Ronnie Laws, Tom Browne, Harry Connick, Jr., Miles Jaye and Wayman Tisdale.
Notable appearances:
Taste of New Orleans
Euless Arbor Daze
Ft Worth Main Street Festival
Denton Jazzfest
Beale Street Music Festival
Balcones Heights Jazz Festival
Mansfield Wine and Music Festival
MAAH- Detroit
Tyler Jazz Festival
Bishop College Alumni Reunion
Taste of Dallas
South by Southwest
Jazz in June (Norman, OK)
Bradley Fair Jazz series (Wichita, KS)
Spirit of Jazz festival- OKC
State Fair of Texas
Houston International Festival
Little Rock Riverfest
Soulfest in Austin, TX
FINGERPRINTS was founded in 1986 by guitarist Roy Machado and bassist Frederick Nichelson. At the time both men were students at the prestigious University of North Texas. Nichelson is originally from Memphis, where he grew up in the shadow of many STAX Records legends and their contemporaries such as The Memphis Horns, Kirk Whalum and the Bar-Kays. Drummer Kennan Wylie, from Austin, Texas, earned a Master's degree in Music from UNT. When not on stage he serves as an educator where he and his groups have won various awards at the Percussive Arts Society International Conferences (P.A.S.I.C.). Saxophonist Claud Hardrick hails from Wichita, Kansas. His sultry, intelligent play epitomizes Fingerprints' musical philosophy: striving for the cutting edge, while retaining respect for tradition. The live band also features veteran guitarist, Robert Lacroix and keyboard player Jordache Grant. In addition to the core group, FINGERPRINTS frequently features vocalists Tim Jones (who is featured on all the band's releases) and Ardina Lockhart, a versatile stylist and dynamic live performer.
Finally, the rest of the world is discovering what the south has secretly enjoyed for years! It's no wonder that FINGERPRINTS is grabbing the attention of listeners craving more than formulaic commercial jazz.
Fingerprints: About Us
Songlist highlights
Acoustic Soul -Fingerprints
All Blues- MILES DAVIS
Anything for you -Fingerprints
Anytime- B. Mcknight
Ascension- MAXWELL
BackBone- BONEY JAMES
Be Yourself- FINGERPRINTS
Blue Bossa - Standard
Chicago Song- David Sanborn
Cold Duck Time -Les McCann
Come Back to Me- J. JACKSON
Come Together- -Fingerprints
December -Fingerprints
DNA -Fingerprints
Dock of the Bay -Otis Redding
Down Home Blues- ZZ HILL
Dream Life Fingerprints
Feel Like makin' love- Flack
For the Love of You- ISLEY BROS.
For You i will -Fingerprints
Forever More- URBAN KNIGHTS
Full Moons Melody- FINGERPRINTS
G Bop - KENNY G
God Bless The Child - STANDARD
Grand Central -Boney James
Have you met Ms Jones-Std
Having A Party -L. Vandross
I am a Man -Fingerprints
I can't stop loving -KEM
In Effect -Marion Meadows
Is it A Crime -Sade
It might be You -R. Flack
Just a Little Bit -FINGERPRINTS
Killer Joe -STD
Killing me Softly -Flack
Lady Bird -Fingerprints
Let's Get it On -MARVIN GAYE
Let's Stay Together -Al Green
Lonesome Rhodes -Fingerprints
Love and Happiness -AL GREEN
Love Calls -Kem
Lovely Day - Bill Withers
Make Me a Memory -G. WASHINGTON
Maputo -SANBORN
Maria Maria -Santana
Max Master -Fingerprints
Mercy, Mercy, Mercy -C. ADDERLY
Mind Games -Fingerprints
Mr. Magic -Grover
My Funny Valentine -STANDARD
My Girl -TEMPTATIONS
NE Wind -KIRK WHALUM
Never Enough -Fingerprints
Never too Much -L. Vandross
Night in Tunisia -Dizzy/Bird
On and On -Eryka Badu
Out a Hand -KIRK WHALUM
Outstanding -GAP BAND
Playground -FINGERPRINTS
Please Forgive Me -FINGERPRINTS
Proud Mary -Tina Turner
Rainbow of Love -Fingerprints
Satin Doll- -Ellington
Save Your Love for Me -N. Wilson
Shady Shores -Fingerprints
Smooth Operator -Sade
So In Love -Fingerprints
So What - M. Davis
Song for Art Porter -Fingerprints
Song for my father - Horace Silver
Soon Enough -Fingerprints
Steal Away -BLUES
Straight to the Point -A. PORTER
Summertime -STANDARD
Summertime Music -FINGERPRINTS
Sumthin' Somethin"- Maxwell
Sweetest Taboo -Sade
Take the A Train -Ellington
Tell me a bedtime story-Herbie Hancock
That's the way -Janet Jackson
The Way Love Goes -B. McKnight
Thrill Is Gone -B.B. KING
Time Will Tell -Fingerprints
What a wonderful world-Armstrong
What were you thinking-Fingerprints
What You Won't Do -B. Caldwell
What's Going On -M. Gaye
When A Man Loves- M. Bolton
Where is the Love- R. Flack
Whisper -FINGERPRINTS
Winelight-Grover Washington, Jr.
World is A Ghetto- WAR
Velas -Quincy Jones
You Send Me -Percy Sledge