Something About Somebody

Connection. That's what music is all about.

Whether touring the world with reggae heavyweights Morgan Heritage, multi-platinum artists Trans-Siberian Orchestra, recording with Dan Zanes and Sheryl Crow or performing in the Tony Award winning production of "Movin' Out", for Malcolm, that musician/audience connection has always been the prize.

Malcolm was born in Roosevelt Hospital, New York City. After his first 6 months in Brooklyn, his family moved to a small rural town about 45 miles north of Manhattan called Somers, NY. "Somers is actually the birthplace of the American circus. No kidding! Actually, that coincidence might have something to do with the path my life has taken so far! But hey, that's a whole other story in itself..."

Malcolm grew up in a musical household with a wide variety of music such as Sinatra, Show Tunes, The Beatles, Rush, Van Halen and Billy Joel soaking in. The undeniable energy of music was planting seeds in him that would start to show very early on. After years of studying saxophone and voice, he switched to guitar. Six months later, he took up the bass. "Basically, because no one else would play the damned thing", he says. "Someone suggested that if I switched over to bass I'd be playing steadily, and they were right."

After high school he attended the Berklee College of Music, in Boston. It was there that he was immersed in music 24/7. "It wasn't just the playing music all the time, it was the listening part that had the biggest effect on me."

Malcolm started getting heavily into "anything with a groove," influenced by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Funkadelic, Tower of Power, James Jamerson and the entire Motown sound. He left Berklee after two years to go on the road with a few different bands and "live music, instead of studying it." This eventually led him back to New York in 1992 and quickly into Cody Moffet's late night "Jambalaya" house band at The Blue Note. He's been an active part of the music world ever since.

When he's not on the road with different artists, you can catch him performing nightly in New York City nightclubs and theatres.


	"I can't remember a time in my life when I haven't felt the power and lure of music. I think we all feel it. For me, that's the beauty of playing music. Our collective remembrance of this." - MG Connection. That's what music is all about. Whether touring the world with reggae heavyweights Morgan Heritage, multi-platinum artists Trans-Siberian Orchestra, recording with Dan Zanes and Sheryl Crow or performing in the Tony Award winning production of "Movin' Out", for Malcolm, that musician/audience connection has always been the prize. Malcolm was born in Roosevelt Hospital, New York City. After his first 6 months in Brooklyn, his family moved to a small rural town about 45 miles north of Manhattan called Somers, NY. "Somers is actually the birthplace of the American circus. No kidding! Actually, that coincidence might have something to do with the path my life has taken so far! But hey, that's a whole other story in itself..." Malcolm grew up in a musical household with a wide variety of music such as Sinatra, Show Tunes, The Beatles, Rush, Van Halen and Billy Joel soaking in. The undeniable energy of music was planting seeds in him that would start to show very early on. After years of studying saxophone and voice, he switched to guitar. Six months later, he took up the bass. "Basically, because no one else would play the damned thing", he says. "Someone suggested that if I switched over to bass I'd be playing steadily, and they were right." After high school he attended the Berklee College of Music, in Boston. It was there that he was immersed in music 24/7. "It wasn't just the playing music all the time, it was the listening part that had the biggest effect on me." Malcolm started getting heavily into "anything with a groove," influenced by the likes of Stevie Wonder, Funkadelic, Tower of Power, James Jamerson and the entire Motown sound. He left Berklee after two years to go on the road with a few different bands and "live music, instead of studying it." This eventually led him back to New York in 1992 and quickly into Cody Moffet's late night "Jambalaya" house band at The Blue Note. He's been an active part of the music world ever since. When he's not on the road with different artists, you can catch him performing nightly in New York City nightclubs and theatres.