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Napoleon Revels-Bey
About Me
Educator, Clinician, composer, arranger, Drummer-Percussionist, credits range from and
include, artist-in-residences, TV, Radio, and performances from Cab Calloway, Gladys
Knight and the Pips, Gregory Hines, and Aretha Franklin, as well as a host of Broadway
shows, from, Jelly's Last Jam, Bob Fosse's Dancin', Ain't MisBehaven, Eubie, Bubblin' Brown
Sugar, West Side Story, the Kool, Newark, and Umbria Jazz Festivals, as well as tours of
Europe, and Japan. A member of the Percussive Arts Society, Nassau County Music
Educators Society, BOCES, and the International Association of Jazz Educators. Napoleon
also teaches privately, music and computers, and held a position of Professor of Music,
SUNY/College at Old Westbury. As founder for Joy of Jazz Series/Music Around The
World, has received the Nassau Community Re-Grant Program for the Arts Award for
programs in the Arts that features several musical ensembles such as the Rhythm Kings, &
Jazz, Taps and Drums, and Violin that perform for schools in the tri-state and in concert.
Napoleon endorses MRP Drums, Mike Balter Mallets, Evans Drum Heads, Meinl Cymbals.
New Mo Swing which features some of New York's finest musicians
Cecil Bridgewater-Trumpet, Roger Byam-Flute, Sax,
Onaje Allan Gumbs, & Edwin McKinley-Piano,
Bryan Carrott-Vibraphone,
Kim Clarke-Bass,
Ayodele Maakheru-Guitar,
Guilherme Franco & Andre Strobert-Percussion,
Annette St.John. & Estee Leger-Vocals