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Tonio D'Arminio

Tonio D’Arminio è un batterista e percussionista pugliese, di Mola di Bari, attivo tra live, produzioni musicali e progetti artistici.

Si è formato al Conservatorio “Niccolò Piccinni” di Bari, dove ha conseguito il diploma accademicodi I e II livello in batteria e percussioni jazz con il massimo dei voti (110/110).

Nel 2006 si fa notare anche a livello internazionale, ottenendo il terzo posto all’International Snare Drum Competition al Conservatorio di Bari e il secondo posto al “Days of Percussion” al Conservatorio di Fermo.

Bagge

Born: April 18, 1971

Karsten Bagge has, for nearly three decades, been among the most prominent jazz drummers in Denmark. He has been a regular sideman for leading bandleaders such as Thomas Clausen, Bob Rockwell, and Jørgen Emborg, and has left a distinct mark in collective projects like Schackmates and Gunde On Garner.

As a freelancer, he has performed with artists including Sinne Eeg, Jakob Fischer, Magnus Thuelund, and Kristin Korb, and both the DR Big Band and the Göteborg Wind Orchestra have benefited from his creative and musical drumming.

As a composer and bandleader, Karsten has released several critically acclaimed albums: Enfant Terrific (2011), Current (2014), and Groovements (2015) — the latter two featuring international heavyweights such as Kevin Hays, Scott Colley, and Aaron Parks. His most recent release is The Song Remains – A Jazz Tribute To Led Zeppelin (2024), where he casts a jazz light on classics from one of rock’s most iconic catalogs.

Patrick von Goble

Born: March 29, 1985

Patrick von Goble is an American self-taught guitarist, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist from Indiana, known for his work in metal (Knight Fall) and electronic/rock music, releasing albums like Worse World, Behemoth Legacy, and singles like "Fuyu no Odori," blending diverse genres and receiving recognition from the Musicians Institute. 

Chris DeRosa

Born: August 19

Chris DeRosa is a Professional Freelance Drummer/Producer/Composer who currently lives in New York City, although his experience has taken him to many parts of the world (over 55 countries). Chris was born in New Haven, Connecticut but later moved to nearby Guilford where he took up the drums. At a very young age Chris was mesmerized by the sounds of the ecm record label he would hear pouring out of his radio on WPKN’s late night Jazz program. He was fortunate enough to get a scholarship to attend the Educational Center For The Arts (ECA) High School and at 16 studied with North Texas University famed Drumset Professor Ed Soph while he was on sabbatical in Connecticut.

Emanuel Harrold

Born: December 21

Emanuel Harrold

For over 15 years, Emanuel Harrold has collaborated and toured with Gregory Porter as drummer and one of the founding members of the band. With almost 200 concert dates a year from 2012 Harrold is one of the most seen and hard jazz drummers out today. His drum contribution is on Gregory Porter’s ‘Be Good’, ‘Liquid Spirit’ and various contributions to albums such as “All Rise”,  “Still Rising”, Live in London, Live in Berlin to name a few. The blood Brother of the fantastic trumpeter Keyon Harrold. Emanuel has constantly strived for musical connection and excellence. 

Anthony Michelli

Born: November 22

Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and currently based in Toronto, Anthony has been involved in music since a very young age.  Starting off on the accordion, on to the alto and tenor saxophones but being driven by the ever-present urge to want to play drums from the very beginning, Anthony built his own drum set and played from ear for years throughout his youth. He attributes a strong influence to having heard classical, cultural and popular music performed by his older sister on the piano and brother on the guitar as a part of his early musical development.

For over three decades Anthony has been active in international performance, recording, production and teaching career paths. He has collaborated with a vast number of distinguished composers and performers from all styles of music primarily focused on original music.  For a number of years he led the Anthony Michelli Bass-less Trio (SSR002), which features some of his original compositions.  Anthony was also an active contributing member of The Secret Quartet with two recorded releases (Basho and Edition records UK) and the Piero Tucci, Quartet CANUK (U.K./CAN).

Anthony’s discography includes recordings in collaboration with several distinguished artists where he can be heard on over one-hundred internationally released recordings in the contemporary jazz, original composition, popular, creative and world music genres spanning from the year 1995 to the present.

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McCoy Plaisted

Born: September 9, 2000

McCoy Plaisted (they/he) is a rising Hartford-based drummer, composer, arranger, and educator. Focusing on Jazz, McCoy began their study of the drums at age five. While attending Nashua High School South, McCoy’s music education was built upon performing in large ensembles, including the NH Jazz All-State Big Band and the Spartans Drum and Bugle Corps. McCoy’s passion to pursue a musical career was sparked as they began composing and arranging music at age sixteen.

In 2022, McCoy graduated with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Afro-American Music Studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, studying under Jeffrey W. Holmes, Tom Giampietro, and Felipe Salles. While at UMass Amherst, McCoy’s studies at UMass Amherst led them to perform as the principal drum set player in the Downbeat award-winning Jazz Ensemble 1 and Marimba Band 1. They also were appointed as the center snare for the Sudler Trophy award-winning UMass Minuteman Marching Band and led its nationally recognized percussion section. McCoy produced and released two remotely recorded EPs, a junior and a senior recital, and composed and arranged dozens of works. By the end of their time at UMass Amherst, McCoy was awarded The Fletcher Henderson/Max Roach Scholarship Award for their outstanding achievements and dedication to the Jazz Studies program and represented the UMass Jazz Department in New York City at the International Association of Schools of Jazz 2022 conference.