Results for "Drums"

Brian Kirk

Steve Grandinetti

Born: January 5, 1967

Steve Grandinetti is an internationally acclaimed recording & performing artist, multi- instrumentalist (Piano, Organ, Clavinet, Guitars, Bass, Drums, Harmonica, Melodica, Percussion) and BMI affiliated Singer-Songwriter, Producer, and Arranger with four releases; "Jonjano’ Baro’" 2011, "Heart Of Me"2012, "Only Love Is Real"2013, and his tour de force “My American Heart” 2014. Number 1 on the Reverbnation singer-songwriter charts, he is a consummate performer, who never fails to thrill his audience with humor, stage antics, exceptional guitar & keyboard playing, soulful singing and amazing drumming

Gabriel Lisboa

Born: January 7, 1987

Gabriel Lisboa is drummer and composer, was born on January 7, 1987 in Nova Lima - Minas Gerais / Brazil. It's Licensing in Music Education from UEMG (State University of Minas Gerais) – Brazil, is drum teacher in Dinilson's Music School (Nova Lima/Brasil) and Allegretto Music Education (Belo Horizonte/Brasil), in addition to working on recordings and concerts as a freelance. Studied with Roberto Veintheimmer, Jean Dolabella, Antonio Loureiro, Bo Hilbert, among others. Was awarded for two consecutive years in “Prêmio Mineiro da Música Independent” (Independent Music Award) 2nd and 3rd Edition - Regional Category, held in Freegells Music and Lapa Multshow in Belo Horizonte / MG

Scott Clark

Drummer and composer, Scott Clark keeps time in the balance. His performances behind the kit are generous and empathetic, establishing his voice immediately upon striking the surface. It is rare to find art that is both formally rigorous and aesthetically vital, but Clark thrives in this project, engineering frameworks for lucid, active songs, drawing on the performances of his collaborators and the weight of his subject matter. A series of jazz suites have emerged from the study of his own Native ancestry, beginning with Bury My Heart (2016) written in response to Dee Brown’s book of the same title, and continuing with ToNow (2018) written as a contribution to the Standing Rock protests and the unlawful construction of an oil pipeline across Native land

Gregory Bonasera

Hideo Shiraki

Born: January 1, 1933

Hideo Shiraki was a Japanese jazz drummer and bandleader, best known for his work in the 1950s and 1960s. Famed earlier on for hard bop, he later explored world music and became a pioneer of fusing traditional music forms with jazz structuring. Shiraki emerged in the new Japanese jazz scene of the 1950s that grew out of the influence of the US occupying forces. He studied percussion at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts and, during this period, played with Masashi Nagao's Blue Coats. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, his quintet was popular in Japan and was associated with the "funky boom" craze for hard bop

Bobby Commodore

Long time Twin Cities resident Bobby Commodore has secured the drum throne for many local ensembles covering many genres of music. He began his career with the Grammy Award winning group The Sounds of Blackness with whom he toured the United States and recorded several albums. He met his wife, vocalist Ginger Commodore while completing a 20-year tenure with the group. Bobby first made his mark in the world of Gospel playing and recording with the Steele Family, Sam Davis Gospel Ensemble, Rance Majestic Choir, Sabathani (Macedonia) Baptist amongst others. Then, taking the plunge into the world of Jazz, Bobby was offered a job drumming with the local jazz ensemble Moore By Four (MB4), which lead to a 12-year affiliation as drummer and business manager

Michael Lauren All Stars

Born: January 16, 1950

A new phase of my life began in the fall of 2003 when I accepted an invitation to become the Professor of Drum Set studies at the Escola Superior de Música, Artes e Espectáculo (ESMAE) in Porto, Portugal. Confident that I would contribute to the musical life of Portugal, I left NYC knowing that it was important for me to find a group of musicians who want to share their musical ideas and play the music I love to play. Thus, my All Star band was created. As a result of this collaboration between many of Portugal’s finest jazz musicians/composers and myself, this album, “Once Upon A Time in Portugal,” was realized. When thinking about how I wanted to make this recording, I decided to do it the old fashioned New York way

Michael Lauren

Born: January 16, 1950

New Yorker Michael Lauren (b.1950) began drumming at the age of eight. His artistry fuses the boundaries of jazz, blues, funk, rock, and world music. Michael attended Johns Hopkins University, The Peabody Conservatory and Berklee College of Music.

He is a founding member of the world-renowned Drummers Collective NYC, where he taught for over twenty-five years. Michael was the Professor of Drum Set Studies (2003-2020) and head of the Jazz Department (2005-2010 & 2015-2017) at the Escola Superior de Música, Artes e Espectáculo (ESMAE) Porto, Portugal.

He is currently Professor of Drum Set Studies at Escuela Superior de Música Jam Session Barcelona, España and is the founder / artistic director of The International Drum Academy Lisbon, Portugal.

Michael has performed and/or recorded with Benny Golson, Tom Harrell, Bob Stewart, Bob Mintzer, Milt Hinton, Ted Curson, Rick Margitza, Bill Frisell, Paul Anka, Chuck Berry, Charles Brown, Tom Jones, Darlene Love, Martha Reeves, Don Sebesky, Teo Macero, Jerry Jemmott, Kenny Davern, Mike Stern, Silje Nergaard, Dena DeRose, Robert Kraft, Cornelius Bumpus, The Drifters, The Coasters, Bobby Radcliff, Popa Chubby, Grant Green Jr., T.M

Balazs Balogh

Born: March 5, 1986

Balázs started playing drums and percussion at the age of 7 in the Liszt Ferenc Music School of Pécs (HU) with his father, Jenő Balogh. He soon started becoming aquinted with the drumset and jazz as well, and studied with Károly Nagy and András Mohay (†) for some time. Since an early age he had the chance to participate in various musical projects in different genres from percussion ensemble and brass band to rock and metal bands, from big band to different small jazz combos and world music projects, and to be on stage in numerous countries of Europe from Spain to Bosnia, from Poland to Italy. He gained Master of Arts degree at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz (AT) in 2017, where he studied with Howard Curtis