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Hernán Hecht
Drummer, Producer, Composer, Designer based in Mexico City
About Me
Drummer, producer, composer, teacher, promoter and visual artist on major
projects in Latin America and USA.
Awarded with the Latin Grammy Award (2010) for the production and recording of the
album by Ely Guerra, Hombre Invisible, 3 nominations for Latin Grammy's for the
Unplugged MTV by Pepe Aguilar (2016), 5 Latin Grammy nominations for the album
by David Aguilar (2018), Nominated for Best Jazz Album at the Fryderyk Award in
Poland with Adam Pieronczyk and his album Montalvan (2017) and active member of
more than 20 groups of Jazz, Rock, World Music and Electronics in Mexico, USA,
Europe and Argentina.
Ranked within the 500 most important drummers in the world according to the
European Drummerworld page.
His mastery of the instrument, conceptual eclecticism and breadth, have allowed him
to play with artists as diverse as John Medeski, Billy Martin, Steven Bernstein, Cyro
Baptista, Bill Carrothers, Jonathan Kreisberg, Mike Moreno, Tim Berne, David Gilmore,
Mark Helias, Eli Degibri, Dave Fuzcinsky, Elliot Sharp, Ikue Mori, Zeena Parkins, Jay
Rodriguez, Elio Villafranca, Dean Bowman, Sam Barsh, Mark Aanderud, Agustín Bernal,
Nicolás Santella, Omar Rodríguez, Frank Gambale, Scott Henderson, Statements Dúo,
Jarry Singla, Dave McMurdo, Alex Machacek, Marco Capelli, Brent Jensen, Randy
Vincent, Rob Walker, Brian Allen, Jacob Koller, Rick Parker, Tim Berne, Dave O'Higgins,
Tom Cawley, Jack De Keyzer, David Rotundo, Luis Nacht, Rodrigo Dominguez, Beto
Caletti, Ely Guerra, Natalia Lafourcade, Ximena Sariñana, David Aguilar, Sofia Rei, Lucia
Pulido, Meme del Real, Lila Downs, Magos Herrera, Adanowsky, Loli Molina, Juan Pablo
Vega, Todd Clouser and many more…
In his intense activity as a sideman and his work as transferor, joins his teaching of
private lessons and master classes throughout the Americas, while maintaining as a
cornerstone of many projects such as: A Love Electric, Drop Dogs, ASH Trio, Aarón
Flores LOTO Trio, MOLE, Brainkiller, SHO Trio, Brian Allen | | Hernan Hecht Duo, RHA
trio, Ambient Assault, Cráneo de Jade, Bill Carrothers, Nicolas Santella Trio,The Swing
Machine, in addition to leading his own projects “Hernan Hecht X-Pression Quartet”
and “HH Gru-ß Project
He has recorded over 200 CD’s in Mexico, USA and Europe.
Hernán is sponsored by Gretsch Drums, Evans Drumheads, Azturk Cymbals, AVID
Protools, FiG Custom Snares and Sticks, Eccentric Systems, Cympad, AEA Ribbon Mics,
IK Multimedia and Earthquaker Devices.
www.hernanhecht.com
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