Results for "Drums"

John Betsch

Born: October 8, 1945

John Betsch was born in Jacksonville, Florida in 1945 and presently lives in Paris. His mother was a church organist and pianist and his sister a dramatic soprano singer. John began playing drums at age nine and started playing professionally at 18 while a student at Fisk University. He continued his studies at the Berklee School of Music and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst under Max Roach and Archie Shepp; John also taught at U. Mass. and in state prison education programs. Moving to New York City in '75, he played drums with the Ted Daniel big band, Jeanne Lee, Abbey Lincoln, Dewey Redman, and others

Stix Nickson

Born: February 19, 1950

Studio Jazz and Contermpory Recording, Currently in 2 Symphony Orchestras, A Large Concert Band and Leader of the Jazz Ensemble "EEphus" Featuring Don Bestor (Piano) Walter Abdul (Bass) and Stix Nickson (Drums). I Teach Drums, Percussion and Piano in South Florida and do Percussion Clinics as well as perform Nationaly. I have worked with major artists and am now Recording a New CD in my Recording Studio......Look to my website for performance schedule and General Drum and Percussion News in and around South Florida....

Jacob Melchior

Born: July 25, 1970

Jacob Melchior, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, came to New York in 1994 and has performed with such notables as Eric Alexander, Harry Whitaker, Rob Bargad, Joe Cohn, Sam Yahel, Tulivu Donna Cumberbatch, Valerie Capers, Bertha Hope, Stjepko Gut, Frank Senior & Bent J椩g. He has appeared at the Montreal Jazz Festival in 2001 & 2004 and at Copenhagen Jazz Festival, in addition to perfomances at The Blue Note in Seoul, South Korea and New York's Blue Note, Augis, Roths Westside Steakhouse, Smoke, Tavern on the Green, Aaron Davis Hall and at Cirque Voador in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Plays with his trio every Wednesday at Philip Marie 569 Hudson st @ W 11th st.

Matt Aiken

Richard Compton

Jimmy Bennington

Born: May 22, 1970

Jimmy Bennington (born May 22, 1970; Columbus, Ohio) is a self-taught artist who began playing professionally in Texas, 1990. Mentored by late John Coltrane drummer Elvin Jones during the last decade of his life, Bennington was eventually hired as Jones' band manager/drum tech, touring the world as part of the Elvin Jones Jazz Machine (2000-2002). Since then, Bennington lived on the West Coast for several years (1997-2006), and has made Chicago his home base (2006-Present). Jimmy has performed and recorded with artists such as Julian Priester, Perry Robinson, John Stowell, Ed Schuller, Bert Wilson, Ken Filiano, Steve Cohn, John Blum, John Gross, Daniel Carter, and French bassist Benjamin Duboc

Gritz

Born in Salg

Jonathan Levy

Born: July 31, 1978

Percussionist

Aaron Alexander

Born: June 28, 1966

Drummer and Composer Aaron Alexander is a New York City based klezmer and jazz drummer, composer, bandleader and educator. His original klezmer/jazz/world music band "Midrash Mish Mosh" has been acclaimed by critics, musicians and fans, and has appeared in respected venues in New York City, (Makor, Knitting Factory, Satalla, Live on WNYC's New Sounds with John Schaefer, and others) as well as Krakow, Poland; Vienna, Austria; and Toronto, Ontario. Over the past two decades, Alexander's performances and recordings with Hasidic New Wave, BABKAS(with Brad Shepik & Briggan Krauss), The Klezmatics, Greg Wall, Alicia Svigals, Satoko Fujii Orchestra, Ray Musiker, Tronzo Trio, Jay Clayton, Margot Leverett, Timebone, Alex Kontorovich, Freeplay, German Goldenshteyn, Boban Markovic' Orkestar, and Frank London's Klezmer Brass All-Stars have brought his music to the ears of listeners all over the world.

Arthor von BLOMBERG

Born: January 7, 1956

Born in New York studied with Al Miller, Jim Chapin, Fred Gruber. Performed with Chet Baker, Bob Haggart, Anita O'Day, Richie Cole, Sonny Russo , Frank Schifano , Jay Oliver, Big Jay McNeeley..... Commutes between Europe,Asia and North America...... Production credits with Freddie King/Eric Clapton..LAPD/KoRN ...Tommy Schneller & EXTRAVAGANZA... John Stewart...... Created Broadway musical "DRUM BOOGIE" based on Gene Krupa legend. Currently in production in Europe. Plans are being discussed for U.K.and North America. More details are available at www.von-blomberg.de