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Jimmy Macbride
Jimmy Macbride is a drummer/composer based in New York City. He has performed with a wide variety of artists including Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Barron, Jimmy Greene, and Adam Rogers. Coming from an artistic family (his father is a composer and mother is a visual artist), Jimmy began playing drums at age 3 and gravitated toward jazz music at an equally young age. Jimmy is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School, where he studied privately with Carl Allen, Billy Drummond and Kenny Washington. He is a regular performer throughout New York City, performing at such venues as Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Smalls, The Jazz Gallery, and The Blue Note. His musical talents have also taken him worldwide, touring across Europe, Asia, and North America. Jimmy has also appeared at some of the world’s most famous venues, including the Monterey Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, and Newport Jazz Festival, among others. He performs regularly with different artists including Nir Felder, Eldar Djangirov, Manuel Valera, Lucas Pino’s Nonet, Nick Finzer's Hear & Now, and the Roxy Coss Quintet. In addition, he can be seen playing with many of New York’s most creative and forward-thinking artists, including Lage Lund, Melissa Aldana, Ben Street, Kevin Hays, Fabian Almazan, Matt Brewer, Michael Rodriguez, and Dayna Stephens, among many others. He is also an active recording artist, appearing on over 40 albums to date.
Jimmy Macbride is a drummer/composer based in New York City. He has performed with a wide variety of artists including Herbie Hancock, Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Barron, Jimmy Greene, and Adam Rogers. Coming from an artistic family (his father is a composer and mother is a visual artist), Jimmy began playing drums at age 3 and gravitated toward jazz music at an equally young age. Jimmy is a recent graduate of The Juilliard School, where he studied privately with Carl Allen, Billy Drummond and Kenny Washington. He is a regular performer throughout New York City, performing at such venues as Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Smalls, The Jazz Gallery, and The Blue Note. His musical talents have also taken him worldwide, touring across Europe, Asia, and North America. Jimmy has also appeared at some of the world’s most famous venues, including the Monterey Jazz Festival, North Sea Jazz Festival, and Newport Jazz Festival, among others. He performs regularly with different artists including Nir Felder, Eldar Djangirov, Manuel Valera, Lucas Pino’s Nonet, Nick Finzer's Hear & Now, and the Roxy Coss Quintet.
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Twenty Twenty
From: Songs, Hymns And Ballads Volume...By Jimmy Macbride
If I Loved You
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
View in Perspective
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
View in Perspective (Intro)
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Sonata No. 12 Adagio
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Sonata No. 12 Adagio (Intro)
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
E.T.
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Like a Fire That Consumes All Before It
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Like a Fire That Consumes All Before It (Intro)
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Occam's Razor
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Toys
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
In Heaven Everything is Fine
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Impending
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Impending (Intro)
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Circles in a Circle
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Choose
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
I'll Never Be the Same
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Still Life With Skull
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Still Life with Skull (Intro)
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Cobalt Blue
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Zen
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Zen (Intro)
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Space Behind Eugene Boch
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Space Behind Eugene Boch (Intro)
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Moods
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Blue Shade
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Blue Shade (Intro)
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
No Man's Land
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
We're More Than the Sum of Our Influences
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
The Guru
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
... the Alternative
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
You'll Never Know ...
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
Venus
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
The Weatherman
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
(Take the) Fork in the Road
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
A Duke
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
... Patience
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
Patience...
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
Brutus, the Contemporary
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
... Perspective
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
Evolution of ...
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
A Sorcerer (is a myth)
From: Cast Of CharactersBy Jimmy Macbride
No Man's Land
From: Impressions in Blue and RedBy Jimmy Macbride
Antiquity
From: That's a ComputerBy Jimmy Macbride
