Results for "Drums"

Jonathan Ball

As he likes to say, Jon (not to be confused with Philly Mayor Michael Nutter) is a musician with a day job as a lawyer. In taking up the drums, Jon was following in the footsteps of his father, Dr. Robert Ball, who had played his way through pharmacy school, the army, and then medical school. Jon earned a bachelor of music degree in music performance in classical percussion from the University of Michigan School of Music in Ann Arbor (Go Blue!), and then attended Temple University School of Law. After law school and the bar exam, he played drums and percussion for a touring production of the Broadway musical Me and My Girl

Paolo Vinaccia

Born: March 27, 1954

Paolo Vinaccia was an Italian composer, jazz drummer, and percussionist who relocated permanently to Norway in 1979. He died on July 5th, 2019 after almost 10 years battling with cancer. Amongst the many artists with whom Vinaccia has collaborated, high on the list of those with international presence include, from Norway, guitarists Terje Rypdal and Knut Reiersrud, double bassist Arild Andersen, drummer Jon Christensen, keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft and saxophonist Bendik Hofseth, along with Danish trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg, Scottish saxophonist Tommy Smith, American vibraphonist Mike Mainieri, and American cellist David Darling. While he's less-known on the west side of the Atlantic Ocean, Vinaccia—he of the witty black T-shirts, such as "If I'm Reborn I'll Do It Again" and "Not Loud Enough"—is far from an unheard-of quantity in Europe, where he has been a part of a number of important groups, including Arild Andersen's longstanding trio with saxophonist Tommy Smith

Arthur Vint

Born: October 1, 1988

Drummer, composer and bandleader Arthur Vint moved to the New York area from his hometown of Tucson, AZ in 2007 to pursue a career in music. He is now as busy as any freelance musician could hope to be, performing over 250 gigs a year with bands such as Postmodern Jukebox, Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks, Zephaniah OHora & The Last Roundup Boys, GaDaDu, The Synesthetics, Arthur Vint & Associates, and a good deal more. He has graced the stages of some of the world’s finest concert halls including Carnegie Hall in New York, the Olympia Theater in Paris and the Hammersmith Apollo in London and jazz clubs such as The Blue Note, Cornelia Street Cafe, Joe’s Pub and Dizzy’s Club at Jazz @ Lincoln Center in New York. Arthur appears on dozens of recordings that span the genres, including modern jazz, hot jazz, big band, salsa, country, pop and rock

Nazir Ebo

Born: December 30

Drummer, Nazir Ebo has been performing since he was 9 years old and taking the stage as part of the Clef Club Youth Ensemble, Kimmel Center Youth Orchestra and a long side noted jazz musicians like Tim Warfield and his brother Justin Faulkner. Nazir spent his childhood surrounded by music, and now stands at the forefront of modern jazz. Clearly talented, he attended the Philadelphia Clef Club as a way to practice the drums and learn to be comfortable in front of others. Since then he has performed at Chris's Jazz Café, The LaRose Jazz Club special Friday Session, the West Oak Lane Jazz Festival, Cape May Jazz Festivals, The Firehouse Café, the James Michener Museum, South Restaurant and several others. Most recently he went into the studio to record with noted bassist, Jamaaladeen Tacuma; presented a workshop at the Central Friends of PA Summer Camp; performed with Play on Philly’s guest educator, Wynton Marsalis; perform for dignitaries at City Hall during Jazz Appreciation Month, and fronts his own band on the Community Unity Music Festival (co-founded by his mother Carol and brother, Justin Faulkner)

Mike Lockwood

Born: January 10, 1984

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Curt Newton

Born: 1963

Curt Newton (b. 1963) coaxes whispers from drumsets and swing from stacks of rattly stuff, weaving varied musical traditions together in the spirit of serious playfulness. Over the past three decades he's performed across the U.S., Canada and Europe and recorded over 30 CDs with some of contemporary music's leading figures including Ken Vandermark, Joe Morris, Nate McBride, Pandelis Karayorgis, Jorrit Dijkstra, Eric Hofbauer, Charlie Kohlhase, Steve Norton, and Dave Bryant. Curt studied privately with Bob Gullotti and has a Master's degree in Jazz Performance from New England Conservatory. Curt is also a climate change community builder and activist, and the proud parent of two musically inclined young adults.

Lorenzo Tucci

LORENZO TUCCI, Abruzzese di Atessa si trasferisce a Roma giovanissimo ed è proprio nella capitale che inizia ad affiancarsi ad artisti italiani e internazionali di grande profilo. Negli anni ha collaborato con numerosi artisti del calibro di Phil Woods, Tony Scott, Ronnie Cuber, George Garzone, Mark Turner, Tim Warfield, Emmanuel Bex, Kirk Lightsey, George Cables, Joanne Brakeen,Fabrizio Bosso, Massimo Urbani, Danilo Rea, Enrico Pieranunzi, Enrico Rava, Flavio Boltro, Giovanni Tommaso, Mario Biondi, Daniele Scannapieco, Maurizio Giammarco, Stefano Di Battista, Dado Moroni, Rosario Giuliani, Salvatore Bonafede e molti altri. Il suo ultimo album si Intitola “DRUMPET”, disco realizzato in duo insieme a Fabrizio Bosso alla tromba, ricordiamo anche LUNAR, disco sperimentale per l’etichetta Schema Records in duo con Luca Mannutza al piano e tastiere. Dopo l’album d’esordio, Sweet Revelation, datato 2001 e recentemente rimasterizzato in Giappone, TUCCI propone il suo omaggio alla storia del jazz pubblicando nel 2007 “LORENZO TUCCI – DruMonk” , un omaggio a Thelonius Monk

Anton Eger

Born: December 9, 1980

Anton Eger (born 9 December 1980) is a Norwegian-Swedish jazz drummer, known from a series of recordings and collaborations with musicians like Django Bates, Marius Neset, Daniel Heløy Davidsen, Ivo Neame, and Jasper Høiby.

Eger studied jazz at the Copenhagen Rhythmic Music Conservatory under the guidance of Django Bates among others, and played drums on Bates' album Spring is Here (Shall We Dance?) (2008). 

Within the Scandinavian quintet JazzKamikaze, he participates on several album releases and appeared at various international jazz festivals Kongsberg Jazzfestival, Moldejazz, North Sea Jazz Festival, Bangkok Jazz Festival, Rochester Jazz Festival, as well as being part of the opening of the annual Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

Lionel Beuvens

Born: December 21, 1981

Born in 1981 in Charleroi (Belgium), Lionel Beuvens starts studying the drums in the Académie d'Auvelais in the classical percussion classes. He gets his first experience in jazz from Antoine Cirri and Nathalie Loriers, and through summer classes in Dworp where he has the opportunity to meet and study with Billy Hart. Graduated from the Koninklijk Conservatorium van Brussel in June 2004, he followed lessons with Garcia Morales and Pieter Bast and is since 2008 teacher there. He also studied in the Lemmens Instituut in Leuven with Dré Pallemaerts and Pierre Van Dormael, as well as in the Den Haag Conservatorium with Eric Ineke and privately with Bob Moses, Nasheet Waits and Steve Clover.