Results for "Drums"

Al Ferrante

Born: January 26, 1947

Al Ferrante, is known as "Father Al", Leader of Father Al and The Jazz Congregation, a South West Florida Jazz Quartet. At age 10 Father Al Studied Drums and Percussion at the Gene Krupa, Cozy Cole Drum School, Manhattan, New York. His instructors were Cozy Cole and Billy Higgins. At age 12, He attended the University of Rhode Island Summer Music Camp studying, Theory, Composition, Ear Training, Jazz Theory, Jazz Band, and Concert Orchestra. The New York Years: At age 17, American Federation of Musicians, Local 802, New York City Caberet License. Performed with, backed up, or opened for such notables as Jay and the Americans, Little Eva, the Shirelles, the Ronettes, Dion and the Belmonts, and was the house drummer for the Alan Freed Rock and Roll Shows at the Brooklyn Paramount and Albemarle Theatres

Tim Long

Tim Long has been a musician for 50 years. He majored in music through college and has a degree in music education from Penn State University. Tim played in jazz, rock and folk bands throughout his schooling and continues to play and record music in the Taos area to this day. He has taught music in the Questa Schools, was music director for the Red River Academy, has been on the faculty of the Hummingbird Music Camp and taught with the Taos Youth Music School, a free after school music program for 10 years. Tim and Connie Long are the owners of North Star Toys. They have been making fine wooden toys in their workshop in Questa since 1979.

Stefano Giust

Born: March 22, 1968

Stefano Giust is an Italian improviser musician, drummer, composer and factotum of record label Setola di Maiale. His work is focused on the broad spectrum of improvised and experimental music. From over 30 years he works on these subjects into an acoustic, electric and electronic settings as well as in performative acts. As a drummer, his playing focuses on rhythmic pulse and its destructuration. Rhythm and sound as a continuous and variable flow, no longer thought in terms of meter and measure. Born in 1968, he has started to recording his music at the age of 14. Since then, his approach remained uncompromising, embracing a DIY attitude. Through the years, he has given concerts in Italy, England, Scotland, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, Belgium, Poland, Croatia, Brasil and Vietnam. He has recorded an impressive number of albums with his own main projects or as co-leader, mostly in the fields of improvised music, free jazz and electronic music. He has played with hundreds of musicians, including Evan Parker, Gino Robair, Gianni Gebbia, Thollem McDonas, Herb Robertson, Tobias Delius, Tristan Honsinger, Steve Beresford, Giovanni Maier, Peter Jacquemyn, Edoardo Marraffa, Jean-Luc Guionnet, Walter Prati, Luc Ex, Hélène Labarrière, Keiko Higuchi, Alessandro Bosetti, Clayton Thomas, Guido Mazzon, Patrizia Oliva, Burkhard Beins, Roy Paci, Lotte Anker, Marco Eneidi, Steve Buchanan and Catherine Jauniaux. Some places he has played in: Hanoi New Music Festival (Vietnam), Angelica Festival Internazionale di Musica (Bologna), BRDA Contemporary Music Festival (Slovenja), Mostra SESC de Artes (Brasil), Saturnalia 2017 (Milano), Interpenetration Festival (Graz), MIBnight Jazz Festival (Germany), Chilli Jazz Festival (Austria), Macao (Milano), Vortex/Mopomoso (London), Area Sismica (Forlì), Jazz Club Ferrara, 48th Venice Biennale (Venezia), ZDB (Lisboa), Resonance 104.4FM (London), Fondazione Mudima (Milano). As acousmatic/electronic composer, some of his works have been used or commissioned by experimental film directors and video-artists. In addition, he runs Setola di Maiale, a record label devoted to creative and experimental music since 1993: up to now he has produced more than 400 titles involving 700 musicians from all over the world. www.stefanogiust.it | www.setoladimaiale.net

David Licht

David Licht is a drummer and a founding member of the Grammy Award-winning American Klezmer band The Klezmatics. He moved to New York City in 1985 to help manage a recording studio, joined the band Bongwater, and later met Frank London with whom he started The Klezmatics. He also played with When People Were Shorter and Lived Near the Water.

John Lamkin III

Jason Evan Brown

Born: May 22, 1978

In demand New York based drummer, Jason Brown, has been a driving force behind major artists since the early days of his career. A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Ohio; Brown learned his trade under the tutelage of Billy Hart. For seven years he toured and recorded with Grammy nominated vocalist & composer, Carmen Lundy; with Pat Martino he appeared at major festivals worldwide, such as Jarasum International Jazz Festival and Rochester Jazz Festival. He has also worked with renowned artists such as Lizz Wright, Cedar Walton, Wayne Escoffery and Kurt Rosenwinkel. Now a key member of Amina Figarova’s Sextet, Jason Brown has performed at the Joy of Jazz Festival in Johannesburg and major venues and festivals throughout Europe and the USA

Meir Perez

Born: September 9

Meir Perez is one of today's most respected drummers on the worldwide scene. Meir's long list of credits include numerous TV show, concerts in worldwide venues with name acts and studio recordings. Born in Israel, Meir has been influenced by many different world music styles. Meir started his career in Tel Aviv, Israel after studying drums with Aralie Kaminsky(formerly with Manhattan Transfer). He began performing with TV and Recording Stars landing him the respect of musicians in all genres of music. After coming to the US, Meir retained his high standard of musicianship and continued to learn from greats such as George Lawrence, Gary Chester and Jim Chapin. Meir is also a published author of two groundbreaking drum books called New Creations, Combinations for the Modern Drummer and New Creations, Mastering the Grooves for the Modern Drummer. Meir Perez is a well established and professional drummer for all styles of music.

Jeff Herr

Born: July 3, 1980

Jim Doxas

Sheila Earley

I am a drummer and percussionist, born in New Richmond, WI and began playing drums at the age of 8. I studied with Tom Green (Kingston Trio) and Ron Keezer (UW-Eau Claire) in High School and received a four-year scholarship in Music to the University of Arizona (Gary Cook). I also studied jazz (with Chuck Marohnic) at ASU. I continued on in my musical studies and moved to Los Angeles, studying with jazz great Jeff Hamilton and famed drummer / world percussionist Alex Acuna. I have performed in 48 states and 3 countries in many varying musical settings.