Results for "Drums"

Kevin Lawlor

Born: September, 1984

Kevin Lawlor is a drummer with 16 years of performing experience across the full spectrum of music genres. He is a band leader, composer, session musician and educator and has performed extensively in Ireland, the UK and also in Australia and Europe. Kevin studied in Newpark Music School in Blackrock, Co. Dublin and graduated in 2007 with a BAJP Degree in Jazz Performance. His education has also included a summer course in JIMS in Austria and in 2009 he was selected from a high number of funding applicants to Wexford County Council who funded his Intensive summer course at the Drummers Collective in New York city

John B. Arnold

Born: October 22, 1963

Born in New York City, John B. Arnold is an American drummer and composer whose innovative approach to the drum kit has been hailed as a revolution in modern drumming. Fusion guitarist John McLaughlin says of Arnold's playing: “He is pushing the barriers of contemporary drumming to new heights with the innovation of new concepts in drumming and rhythmic expression.” His instructional book "Revolutions in Modern Drumming" was released in March of 2019. He has taught in New York, Rome and Berlin and tours with his book doing workshops and seminars around Europe. Born in New York City, Arnold has recorded with some of the greatest musicians of our time as a leader and sideman, including Kenny Garrett, Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Adam Pieronczyk, Matthew Garrison, Jason Moran, Uri Caine, David Binney, Adam Pieronczyk, Jean Paul Bourelly, David Fiuscinzki, Michael Rosen, Jamaladeen Tacuma, John Pattitucci, Chet Baker, Ray Bryant, Barney Kessell, Steve Grossman, Martha Reeves and the Vendellas and many others

Sharon Simpkins

Born: August 21

Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit

Paal Nilssen-Love Large Unit was established summer of 2013 and consists of Norway´s younger generation of improvising musicians. First release is “First Blow”, a live recording from Molde Jazzfestival 2013; both on vinyl 12” EP and CD that are both sold out (!). Second out is a 4-LP box set and 3-CD box with material recorded during a tour of Norway in January/February 2014, which was released in October 2014, called "Erta Ale". Summer of 2014 saw the band busy at Moers Festival, Kongsberg Jazzfestival and the Blow Out festival in Oslo. Reviews from Moers claimed PNL Large Unit as one of the highlights of the festival

Ron James

Born: June 26

Ron James has been playing and teaching professionally for over 20 years in AZ, the Southwest and the Northwest. He studied percussion performance at Northern AZ University and has worked with many prominent musicians such as Joel DiBartolo (Tonight Show Band) and Emillio Castillo (Tower of Power) and has toured Europe, Asia, and the U.S. extensively playing New Orleans Jazz fest, House of Blues, Playboy Jazz fest. and much more. Ron has appeared on more than 40 recording projects playing drums, bass, singing, and arranging. Presently, Ron plays with Muskellunge, Chuck Hall, his own jazz project Giant Steps, Dave Logan Band, and many more

David Fox

Drummer Dave Fox has worked with a wide variety of aritsts over the past two decades such as Stan Strickland, Harvey Diamond, Dave Tronzo, Charles Neville, Lydia Warren, Brad Faucher/Session450 and Matthew Stubbs and The Antiguas. Dave has also worked extensively with two-time Grammy Award winning songwriter, producer and musician Tom Hambridge and his band “The Rattlesnakes”. With Tom Hambridge and The Rattlesnakes, Dave has shared the stage with the likes of Buddy Guy, Marty Sammon and Quinn Sullivan. In addition to the The Rattlesnakes, he is a current member of The Gravel Project, The Stan Strickland/Josh Rosen Quartet, Andrew Stern’s AS3 and the DAQ

Florian Arbenz

Florian Arbenz has been doing tours, concerts and CD-productions as lead with, Kirk Lightsey, Greg Osby, Glenn Ferris, Wolfgang Puschnig, Bennie Maupin, Matthieu Michel, Claudio Pontiggia and others. In classical music he has worked as percussionist in numerous concerts and festivals (Luzerner Festspiele, Basler Musik Forum, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival), among others with Heinz Holliger, Kent Nagano and Paul Sacher. Further, he staged in solo concerts in Europe and South America. In 2000 Florian Arbenz received the European Award of Culture (supporting his engagement in jazz and classical music).

Zane Rodulfo

Born and raised in Trinidad and Tobago, Zane Rodulfo has been intrigued by the sound of music since an infant. He began studying and performing music at the early age of 4 and recently completed graduate study in Jazz Studies at New York University and holds Bachelor of Music degrees in both Jazz Performance and Ethnomusicology from the Oberlin Conservatory Of Music. Zane has opened for great musicians such as Stevie Wonder and performs at various festivals and venues where he has shared the stage with award-winning musicians such as Nicholas Payton, Brian Lynch, the legendary Barry Harris, Wes Anderson and many others. Zane currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.

Jonathan Curtis

Born: February 13, 1987

Jonathan is a drummer from Nottingham, England, and one of the most exciting young talents to emerge onto the music scene. Involved in most things to do with the drums, Jonathan runs an educational YouTube channel, writes and record music, plays with lots of bands, and teaches the drums privately and in schools around Nottinghamshire. Jonathan began learning the piano aged 7, but switched to the drums at 11. Since then, he has studied with many teachers, including Dave Weckl, Thomas Lang, Sergio Bellotti, Stanton Moore, Massimo Russo, Paul Hose, and Grant Collins. While continuing to study and learn, Jonathan is now entering the drumming scene in his own right, primarily through the Jonathan Curtis Eclectic Band, and the JCurtisDrums YouTube channel. With his debut release gaining steady popularity, Jonathan is now working on new projects, including the second Eclectic Band album, and a drum solo educational package.

Adam Clark

Adam Clark started playing the drums at age 11 while living in Frankfurt, Germany. His father (a career Army band director) started Adam on drum lessons with members of the 3rd Armored Division Spearhead Band. His Mom (a pianist and singer with perfect pitch) taught him how to sing as a toddler and he took piano lessons as a young child. Adam went to school for jazz performance at Mesa Community College and on scholarship at Arizona State University. Adam Clark has worked with popular artists Lenny Castro, Jimmy Vivino, Casey Abrams, actor/voice artist Patrick Warburton, gospel legend Andrew Gouche and Jazz Legends such as David "Fathead" Newman, Stanley Jordan, Dennis Rowland, Marshall Hawkins, Papa John DeFrancesco and accordion master Frank Marocco