Igor Willcox
Considered one of the most important Brazilian drummers, Igor Willcox has achieved great notoriety in the instrumental music scene with his group Igor Willcox Quartet, standing out and performing in the most important Jazz clubs around the world such as Blue Note, Yardbird Suite (Edmonton - Canada), Bourbon Street, The Jazz Room (Waterloo - CA), Frankie’s Jazz (Vancouver- CA), Bucking Jam Palace (Calgary - CA), The Rex (Toronto-CA), and Jazz Festivals such as, North City Jazz Festival (Serbia), Bansko Jazz Festival (Bulgaria), Nisville Jazz Festival (Serbia), Summer Jazz Festival (Slovenia), Panama Jazz Festival, Santos Jazz Festival (Brazil), Play Jazz Festival (Brazil), MB Jazz (Souza Lima Berklee), etc.
Awards
Important Festivals / Awards: - Batuka Festival III (drum festival organized by the Vera Figueiredo’s Institute). Igor won the contest in category of musicality, in 1998. - Batuka Festival IV, alongside big names Dave Weckl and Virgil Donati . - Igor was nominated as a drummer revelation in 2000, by Batera & Percussão Magazine - Presented on the 1st edition of Batukinha, where it also played the artists Vera Figueiredo, Sam Aliano, Marco Minnemann, Jim Chapin and Dom Famularo. - 2nd Modern Drummer Festival (Brazil). - Performed workshops in Germany at the University of Music in Frankfurt, Hamburg School of Music, among others. - IV Modern Drummer Festival IP & T. - Columnist for the Batera & Percussão Magazine, for 1 year. - Zildjian Camp Brazil 2015
Tags
Album Review
- # 1 by Troy Dostert
Radio & Podcasts
- New music from Derupeto, Igor Willcox, Soft works and more
- John Scofield, Bireli Lagrene, Tribal Tech, Igor Wilcox and Erik Escobar
September 01, 2018
The debut album #1 had an excellent review on the most important and popular jazz music website in the world: the All About Jazz. “ Fans of fusion and jazz- funk in particular will appreciate Willcox's hard-driving, relentless style, and with some tasteful contributions from his colleagues, it's an auspicious outing from this versatile drummer and songwriter.”
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Album Discography
2020
From: 2020By Igor Willcox
U.F.O (Live)
From: Live at The Jazz Room (Canada)By Igor Willcox
Brad Vibe - Live
From: Igor Willcox Quartet - Live at...By Igor Willcox
U.F.O (Live)
From: Live at The Jazz Room (Canada)By Igor Willcox
U.F.O (Live)
From: Igor Willcox Quartet - Live at...By Igor Willcox
The Scare LIVE!
From: Igor Willcox Quartet - LIVE!By Igor Willcox
The Scare
From: Igor Willcox Quartet - LIVE!By Igor Willcox
Brotherhood
From: #1By Igor Willcox