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Dominic Egli
Dominic Egli, drums, www.dominicegli.ch
Born in 1976, Dominic Egli started drumming in the brass band tradition befor studying with bassplayer Peter Frei, at the Swiss Jazz School with Billy Brooks, at the Drummer’s Collective in NYC, and with traditional drummers in Ghana. Touring and recording (over 60 albums) mostly as a sideman in cutting-edge jazzgroups (Mats-Up, Reto Suhner 4tet…) he also collaborated with many South African musicians and leads his own quintet PLURISM featuring trumpet player Feya Faku.
Awards
Mzantsi Jazz Award (best international collaboration for Dominic Egli's PLURISM "AZANIA IN MIND")
Gear
Gretsch Roundbadge
K-Zildjians made in Turkey
Tags
Dominic Egli's Plurism with Feya Faku: Fufu Tryout
by Alberto Bazzurro
Non ancora quarantenne (è nato in prossimità di Zurigo nel 1976), il batterista Dominic Egli ha fondato il trio Plurism nel 2011, e due anni dopo (settembre 2013), allargandolo a quartetto (non in tutti i brani) con l'inserimento del trombettista sudafricano Fezile Feya Faku (New Brighton, Port Elisabeth, 1962), ha inciso questo album, che si colloca su una linea post-diverse cose: il grande ceppo di discendenza bop, così come una data ritualità-solennità (e pure tribalità) che può rimandare agli esuli ...
read morePrimary Instrument
Drums
Location
Lausanne
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced