Results for "Drums"

Drago Gajo

Drago Gajo has played and recorded more than 50 records with the best Slovenian, former Yugoslav and some European and USA jazz stars such as Woody Shaw, Clark Terry, Sheila Jordan, Mark Murphy, Arturo Sandoval, Duško Gojkovic, Gianni Basso, George Cables, Barry Harris, Dave Samuels, Peter Mihelic, Renato Chicco, Steve Gut, Petar Ugrin, Ewald Oberleitner, Tone Janša, Peter Herbert, Primož Grašic, Miroslav Sedak-Bencic, Adelhard Roidinger, Lee Harper,Roberto Magris,Ondrej Kabrna, Fritz Pauer, Pat O'leary,Aleš Avbelj, Dejan Pecenko, Blaz Jurjevcic, Igor Lumpert, Jani Moder, Miro Kadoic, Lenart Krecic, Alan Botschinsky, Lojze and Dominik Krajncan, Silvia Dorste, Nina Strnad, Oto Pestner, Alenka Godec, DOM Big Band, RTV Slovenija Big Band under the direction of Jože Privšek and Sypmhony Orchestra under the direction of Janez Gregorc.

Ryo Tanaka

Born: May 9, 1979

Ryo Tanaka started to play drums when he was five years old and started his professional career when he was fifteen. His style is based on Rock/Pop but he experienced many styles of music in his early years. In 2003, he was selected for a starting house band member of Rock music bar 08:30, eight thirty, in Tokyo. At the same time, he joined the major pop band Spica. They released five CDs and toured all over Japan many times. In 2010, He quitted the band and enrolled Berklee College of Music to develop his musical skill. He took lessons from Mike Mangini, Dave Dicenso, Rod Mogenstein, Mark Walker, and Terry lynn Carrington etc for drums, and Joe Carrier, Bill Elliott, Tsunenori "Lee" Abe etc for composing and arranging

Edwin G. Hamilton

Born: May 1, 1991

Edwin G. Hamilton is a professional musician and an educator. His dedication to the art of music is inspiring. In 2014 he earned a Jazz Fellowship to go study in New Orleans, Louisiana under the great Herlin Riley. At his young age he has already performed, recorded and/or worked with notable names such as: Teddy Adams, Explorer’s Club, Chris Crenshaw, Michael Dease, Calvin Edwards, Delbert Felix, Mike Frost, Aaron Goldberg, Wycliffe Gordon, Niki Haris, Enrique Hernandez, Charmaine Neville, Delfeayo Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Shannon Powell, Marcus Printup, Vinny Raniola, Herlin Riley, Christian Sands, Tye Tribbet, Donald Vega, Frank Vignola, Christian Winther and many more

Vin

Vin Scialla has traveled the world performing and teaching jazz & world music. Vin balances a career as drummer/percussionist, educator, and composer in New York. US Department of Defense entertainment tours have taken him to the Middle East, Caribbean, Asia and Egypt. Scialla is known for his innovative blend of Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Indian and American musical traditions. He has recorded and produced albums for Scialla/Schugren/Charette (Liftoff Records/PrimeDirective), Snehasish Mozumder (Random Chance Records), and Mission: on Mars. Vin recently performed at Lincoln Center out-of-doors, the Jazz Gallery, and Blue Note New York

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Christopher Davidson

Born: September 21, 1985

Ever since moving to New York in 2009, Chris Davidson has become an increasingly significant drummer and bandleader in the Big Apple’s music scene. The upcoming release of his recording debut as a leader, From This Moment On, features the young drummer at the head of his own trio, playing creative and forward-looking jazz. Rather than just keeping time and taking solos, Chris has a musical conversation with guitarist Rotem Sivan and bassist Nadav Lachish throughout this high-quality and consistently intriguing set of modern jazz. He approaches the drums as a melodic instrument, thinking of each performance as a whole rather than just as a vehicle for individual heroics. Chris Davidson was born in Manhattan and grew up in Connecticut

Endre Huszar

Born: March 10, 1965

'Versatility' is probably the word that would describe best Endre Huszár's career: beside being a musician/composer, he is also known as a journalist and media expert. While playing with many leading Hungarian acts in a wide range of genres from pop, alternative rock to jazz and world music, he formed his jazz fusion project, the 9:30 Collective in 1995. Meanwhile, he also contributed to other projects as a sound engineer and arranger and composed music for commercials, theater and various other applications. In addition to his musical work, he was the operational director of 92.9 Sztar Radio, which was one of the most successful pioneers of Hungarian commercial broadcasting

Tracy Alexander

Born in New York City on July 8th 1957, Tracy Alexander is the son of internationally renowned Jazz Drummer Elmer "Mousie" Alexander (1922-1988). "Mousie" was voted onto the list of Top Ten Jazz Drummers internationally for over 40 Years by The Downbeat Jazz Polls. Tracy studied with his Father from the age of 12 years old and two years later was accepted into Choate School's Jazz Performance Class where he played drums in The Mighty Midgets Of Jazz Big Band under the direction of Phil Wilson. In 1972 at the age of 15 years old Tracy began playing professionally on weekends and was invited to join The Nassau County Neophonic Lab Band which was composed of the finest high school level Jazz Musicians in the area

Tony Vigilante

Jazz drummer Tony Vigilante is a native of Philadelphia. Since his recent move to Naples, FL he has become in demand throughout the Southwest Florida region for his wonderfully bouyant, driving swing feel and impeccable time. During a long career, Tony has backed up many singers and entertainers such as Della Reese, Billy Eckstine, Maureen McGovern and Perry Como. He's recorded with Buddy De Franco, the Al Raymond Orchestra and the Brian Pastor Big Band. Vigilante was a member of Ben Vereen's touring band performing in Las Vegas, Reno and Tahoe casinos, as well as numerous theater performances on the East Coast

Calixto Oviedo Band

Born: October 14, 1955

Born in Cuba, Calixto Oviedo's career spans 38 years. He started his musical studies when he was eight years old at the Caturla Music School in Havana, later graduating from the National School of the Arts, where he played with many different bands and several soon to be famous Cuban musicians. He also was NG La Banda’s drummer during the period that produced their greatest recordings. In the mid-90's, Oviedo became an independent musician and relocated to Sweden, where he became Europe’s drummer of choice on bands and groups playing all genres, from classical jazz to timba. After years of participating as drummer and/or percussionist in dozens of recordings, Oviedo is currently a member of the music faculty at the California State University at Los Angeles (CSULA) as a percussion professor where he is fulfilling a long standing dream, to direct, perform and record a CD with his own modern version of legendary Jelly Roll Morton’s “Latin tinge.” "Calixto Oviedo is the sole creator of the latest grooves in popular Cuban music, what we know as Timba, with the integration of timbales and drumset