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Ed Dennis

Born: January 24, 1945

Ed Dennis, trap drums - A versatile percussionist, Ed is conversant in be bop, R&B, gospel and Latin styles of drumming. Ed has studied with drumming greats Bernard Purdie, Armand Santarelli, Craig McIver, Harry "Butch" Reed and Byron Landham. Ed is one of the co-founder of Jazz Vespers @ Holy Communion.

Washington Rucker

Legendary jazz and gospel drummer,Washington Rucker has been performing for over thirty years and has played with such greats as Maxine Welton, Stevie Wonder, Joe Williams, Nancy Williams and Dizzy Gillespie. His gospel performances include sessions with James Cleveland, Linda Hopkins and Billy Preston. He plays through out LA at prominent churches such as West Angeles and Agape and also teaches a master class at USC School of Music. Rucker’s quartet, The Jazz Collection includes veteran Herman Riley on tenor saxophone, the great Art Hillary on piano and xxx on bass. They play traditional jazz from the Bebop era concentrating on hard swinging jazz

Hugo Garcia

Born: January 13, 1969

"HUGO GARCIA out of Argentina, is one of the finest jazz drummers on the scene today. Hugo has a great sense of time, rhythm and feel, as well as knowing Where and When to utilize shading, placement and dynamics. He also has the innate gift of knowing how to swing. Keep on swingin' Hugo," Artt Frank, (arttfrank.com) long-time favorite drummer of Chet Baker. Hugo was born in Esperanza, Santa Fe, Argentina on January 13 th 1969. He started his study in music at age 14, at first with his father and Nestor Yori. His first drum teachers were Roberto Garc�-a and Raúl Goldsack, until he began his professional career in Buenos Aires, continuing to study with Junior Cesari. Hugo has performed and/or recorded with a variety of artists including: Facundo Bergalli, Alejandro Herrera, Daniel Corzo, Carlos Campos, Andrés Boiarsky, Gustavo Cámara, Juan Pablo Navarro, Pablo Carmona, Leonardo Alvarez, Negro Gonzalez, Pablo Olivera, Hernán Jacinto, Marcelo Mayor, etc. Since 1997 he has been worked extensively in Argentina and abroad with the Guillermo Calliero Quartet playing drums and percussion. He was a member of the Jazz Ensamble Big Band from 1997 until 2003, performing all over Argentina and International Jazz Festivals in Punta del Este (Uruguay) and Viña del Mar (Chile) while sharing the stage with world-class performers like Paquito D`Rivera, Conrad Hewit and Ernesto Jodos. In 1998 creates the Hard Bop Group Jazz Mail with Francisco Lo Vuolo and Carlos Michelini In 2000 traveled to Barcelona (Spain) to study Music at the Taller de Musics and got lessons with Marc Miralta

Ruthie Price

When Joy called me on the phone she told me she was "the beige one," but the name goes deeper than that. Drummer Ruthie Price, Vallejo pianist Joy Stewart, and bassist Rhonda Kinard, have named their trio after the Duke Ellington suite. The group came to our attention through Ruthie Price who first appeared here with Calvin Keys on guitar and Dayna Stepens on bass. I can tell you, Calvin is picky. She might be young, but she knows how to use her drumsticks, and who to bring with her when we asked her to come back on her own. The ladies know where they come from and where they're going. They kept people listening and cheering until midnight, while they played everything from jazz standards to a very hip Stevie Wonder suite

Jorge Amorim

Born: August 10, 1964

Jeff Tain Watts

Born: January 20, 1960

Jeff "Tain" Watts is one of the most in demand jazz drummers in the world today. Jeff Watts majored in classical percussion at Pittsburgh's Duquesne University, where he was primarily a timpanist, followed by enrollment at the Berklee School of Music, where he pursued jazz studies alongside such talented players as Branford Marsalis, Kevin Eubanks, Greg Osby, Aimee Mann, Steve Vai and Marvin "Smitty" Smith. Jeff joined the Wynton Marsalis Quartet in 1981 and proceeded to win three Grammy Awards with the ensemble. Watts left Wynton Marsalis in 1988. After working with George Benson, Harry Connick

Raul Pineda

Born: December 5, 1971

R A U L P I N E D A Grammy award-winner and 4-time Grammy-nominated, RAUL PINEDA, has been named one of today’s best and most innovative Latin drummers in the world.  Raul’s unique style of playing - a result of a coveted blend of Afro Cuban and contemporary influences applied to the modern drum set - have catapulted him into being one of Cuba’s most influential drummers of his generation. 
Born and raised in Havana, Cuba, Raul’s musical foundation was cultivated by his challenging socio-economic surroundings.  As a young boy, Raul created makeshift drum kits by staking discarded steel rods into the ground and attaching old tin cans that had been used to store cooking oil

Jeremy Paul Jones

Dylan Howe

Born in London in 1969, Dylan Howe grew up in leafy Hampsteadwhere he distilled a unique kaleidoscope of influences, notions and musical styles to create his own distinctive sound inspired by the metrropolis.

Dave Hampton

Born: May 8, 1949

Professional jazz drummer Fusion and classical jazz. Mature, dependable, and professional . Well versed in playing in time signatures, 4/4, 3/4, 5/4, 7/4, 6/8. I have played with many local groups including Carl Hines, Billy Wooten, Mo Better Jazz, Steve Newby and Conversations pieces, The Paradigm Jazz Quartet, the Dave Bennett Band and Various Religious Group.I provide drum instruction in the Indianapolis area. All forms of drum instruction is provided from Jazz, funk, fusion, rudiments, reading and rock