Results for "Drums"

Andy Tween

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

Jeff Tozer

Jeff Tozer can be found both live and on recorded albums with regional groups of various styles and genres of music throughout the greater Richmond, Virginia region. Jeff plays full drumset as well as auxiliary percussion, having studied and honed his abilities on bongos and other various world drums.

Marco Santos

Stephan Sieber

Born: March 2, 1962

After studies at the Swiss Jazz School in Berne and the Berklee College of Music in Boston he started his career as a drummer both in Europe and in the U.S. Also a studied composer and arranger his credits include film- scoring, chamber music and orchestral works. He received several awards among others from the Swiss Composer’s Guild, from the European Forum for Culture and from the Clavel Foundation. Beside many other musical activities he is leading his own bands "The Jazzlounge" - a hip, jazzy lounge- band and "SIGNS" his concert band.

Jerry Marotta

Jerry was born in Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of five his family moved to Harrison, NY in Westchester county. In the 4th grade he started taking clarinet lessons. In the very first report card that year, his music teacher wrote Jerry shows absolutely no interest in the clarinet! He switched over to saxophone with only a little more success. Ironically it was that same year that Jerry’s brother Rick Marotta brought home the drum kit that would change both their lives for good. ​Cut to Jerry graduating from Harrison High in the summer of 1973 (a year early) and taking his final exams on the road with him