Results for "Drums"

Agneya Chikte

Agneya Chikte is an award-winning Indo-Canadian percussionist and composer whose debut album AGNEYA (2026) blends South Asian rhythmic cycles with contemporary improvisation, cinematic textures, and global grooves. His music reflects his diasporic identity and belief in rhythm as a shared language, inviting audiences into a sound world that is groove-driven, meditative, and expansive.

Born and raised in Western India, Agneya grew up at the intersection of tradition and modernity. His mornings were steeped in the intricacies of Hindustani music and tabla compositions, while his evenings were soundtracked by early 2000s rock and hip-hop on MTV. This juxtaposition of ancient rhythmic systems and global pop culture became the foundation of his artistic perspective: rhythm not as a fixed category, but as an endlessly flexible, living force.

Alberto Chiozzi

Alberto Chiozzi, originally from Italy, is a leading drummer on the straight ahead jazz scene of New York City. Mr. Chiozzi join the European tour of three-time GRAMMY-winning jazz vocalist Samara Joy performing in the most important jazz stages in the world like, the Ronnie Scott Jazz Club in London or the Blue Note in Milan.

Chiozzi's swinging and precise drumming has powered the ensembles of many of Italy's top performers of bebop, the style of music originated by Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and others in the 1940's and 1950's. For over 5 years Alberto has performed in a critical role with trumpeter Tom Kirkpatrick's quartet, headlining at major jazz festivals such as Bologna Jazz Festival, Villa Reale Jazz Festival and the Eddie Lang Jazz Festival, as well as at recognized jazz venues such as Nero Factory, Montagnola Music Club and Cantina Bentivoglio.

AMPHITRIO

Active since: 2023

AMPHITRIO is an award winning contemporary jazz project based in Bucharest, Romania, initiated in 2023, featuring pianist and composer Andrei Petrache, bassist Mike Alex and percussionist Philip Goron, all of them having a solid background in classical and alternative music.

Vince Dunn

Vince Dunn is available for ANY live, sessions, studio recordings, demos and touring work. An excellent sight reader, totally at ease playing to a click and with his years of experience performing with so many great artists, his playing style will compliment any session or live situation.

For the last 30 years Vince has been performing with a wide and eclectic mix of artists from The Vince Dunn Orchestra, The Aim, Pharrell Williams, Leon Ware, Madonna, Courtney Pine, Kylie Minogue, Loose Ends, The Funk Masters, Cleo Laine, Osibisa (New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival) Junior Giscombe, Omar, The Medicine Band, Frank McComb, Mel Gaynor (Simple Minds), Derrick McKenzie (Jamiroquai) Janet Kay, Award Winning Blues Harpist Errol Linton, BBC Jazz Award Winner Liane Carrol, Jack Pack (Britain’s got talent finalists) DeLatin Sound, Michelle John, Deleelah and a host of other notable artists.

Tony Lepore

Tony Lepore is a New York City composer, drummer, and theatre artist with twenty-five years of work as a playwright, sound designer, and producer across New York and internationally. His compositions are cinematic, rooted in specific lived experience, and draw equally from the immediacy of live theatre and the sculpted language of film scoring.

The Scornful Four

Active since: 2023

The Scornful Four is a multi-generational jazz quartet from Meanjin that features repertoire that is entrenched in the history of jazz with a uniquely Australian approach, evoking the incomparable vast landscapes and vistas of our home.

This group reveres the bleak counterpoints of the classic Mulligan-Baker Quartet, and the jazz hero-worship continues with nods to the legendary pianoless groups of Sonny Rollins and John Coltrane’s fiery 1960s ensembles. But the enigmatic beauty and undeniably Australian rasp of Bernie McGann, the intensity of Mark Simmonds and Scott Tinkler, and the genre-breaking excursions of Sandy Evans are the prevailing elemental sounds that drive the Scornful Four to bring you new explorations of the jazz vernacular. 

YUGEN

YUGEN is an Italian trio formed in 2020, from the collaboration and thirty-year musical experience of three musicians from Salento: Katya Fiorentino on piano, Stefano Compagnone on bass, and Maurizio De Tommasi on drums.

In January 2022, the trio recorded their debut album, Tears and Light, released by Dodicilune Records and distributed by I.R.D. For this first recording project, YUGEN enriched their sound through the experience and refinement of Valerio Daniele on guitar, Giorgio Distante on trumpet, and Francesco Massaro on electronics.

Over the years, YUGEN have gained important recognition within the Italian music scene. June 2026, shortly after the release of Picture #2, the trio won the national L’Artista che non c’era award in the Instrumental category.

Earlier on, in 2025, the trio won the 8th edition of the Premio Carlo Gargioni in the Jazz category and were finalists at the Teano Jazz Contest.

In 2024, they were finalists at the 22nd edition of the national award L’Artista che non c’era, while in 2022 they won the 4th edition of the Forum Live Jazz Festival Contest.

On The Count of Two

On The Count of Two is a musical conglomerate of promising young musicians across the East Coast. Recently, they have played at The Milestone in Georgetown, Connecticut, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Westport, Connecticut, and Jazz On Main in Mt Kisco, New York.

On The Count of Two consists of several promising young musicians who have studied and played with many prominent figures in the jazz scene:

Ikutaro Matsuki (Bass):

Ikutaro Matsuki is a bassist from Tenafly, New Jersey. He finished in 5th place in the Litchfield Jazz Camp Talent Search, a country-wide music competition judged by esteemed musicians including Albert Rivera, Don Braden, and Grammy award-winning pianist Zaccai Curtis. He is currently studying with 3-time Grammy award winning bassist Ron Carter, and has had the opportunity to play with esteemed jazz musicians including Winard Harper, Ron Carter, and George Coleman. He has attended Litchfield Jazz Camp for the past several years.

NNORDY

NNORDY is the musical project of Montreal-based Haitian-Canadian drummer and composer Ronny Desinor.

Raised with gospel as his first musical language, Ronny developed a deep sense of groove, feel, and creativity, along with a mastery of polyrhythm that has shaped more than two decades of collaborations and performances across North America, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Along the way, he has shared stages and projects with artists including Anomalie, GEMINICRAB, and Kallitechnis.

With NNORDY, he steps into the role of composer and bandleader, crafting melodies and arrangements that blend jazz, fusion, and soul into a sound that reflects the many musical influences that have shaped his journey.

Mike Gebhart