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About Michael Lauren
Instrument: Drums
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Michael Lauren
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New Yorker Michael Lauren (b.1950) began drumming at the age of eight. His artistry fuses the boundaries of jazz, blues, funk, rock, and world music. Michael attended Johns Hopkins University, The Peabody Conservatory and Berklee College of Music.
He is a founding member of the world-renowned Drummers Collective NYC, where he taught for over twenty-five years. Michael was the Professor of Drum Set Studies (2003-2020) and head of the Jazz Department (2005-2010 & 2015-2017) at the Escola Superior de Música, Artes e Espectáculo (ESMAE) Porto, Portugal.
He is currently Professor of Drum Set Studies at Escuela Superior de Música Jam Session Barcelona, España and is the founder / artistic director of The International Drum Academy Lisbon, Portugal.
Michael has performed and/or recorded with Benny Golson, Tom Harrell, Bob Stewart, Bob Mintzer, Milt Hinton, Ted Curson, Rick Margitza, Bill Frisell, Paul Anka, Chuck Berry, Charles Brown, Tom Jones, Darlene Love, Martha Reeves, Don Sebesky, Teo Macero, Jerry Jemmott, Kenny Davern, Mike Stern, Silje Nergaard, Dena DeRose, Robert Kraft, Cornelius Bumpus, The Drifters, The Coasters, Bobby Radcliff, Popa Chubby, Grant Green Jr., T.M
Live At Mobydick Records
Label: Mobydick Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Biji, Ritual do Cabrito, Bonfim Blues, Sempre em Frente, Looking Back At Life, Fresco,
A Bridge Remembered
Live At Mobydick Records
Label: Mobydick Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Biji; Ritual Do Cabrito; Bonfim Blues; Sempre Em Frente; Looking Back At Life; Fresco; A Bridge Remembered.
Biji
Album: Live At Mobydick Records
By Michael Lauren
Label: Mobydick Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 5:22
The Michael Lauren Trio: Live At Mobydick Records
by Mark Sullivan
Drummer/educator Michael Lauren's Live At Mobydick Records project is a compact trio outing with guitarist Vasco Agostinho and double bassist João Custódio. Lauren moved from New York City in 2003 to become the Professor of Drum Set studies at the Escola Superior de Música, Artes e Espectáculo (ESMAE) in Porto, Portugal. This performance came about as ...
Michael Lauren: Give My Regards To Portugal
by Jim Worsley
From Broadway to jazz to Portugal. A circuitous route for sure. One that has, however, served international musician Michael Lauren well. The now seventy-year- old multi-styled drummer came out of the womb with a kick pedal and has been holding down a symphony of beats ever since. Over the years he has played or recorded with ...
The Michael Lauren All Stars: Old School / Fresh Jazz
by Jim Worsley
A second outing for drummer and composer Michael Lauren and his All Stars continues and strengthens their fresh path through intelligent modernism. Their brightly-lit road intersects again and again with a variety of classic jazz genres. This energetic sixteen-track outing is presented in a unique style. Interspersed between the songs are six short drum duets with ...
Old School / Fresh Jazz
Label: Why Not Music
Released: 2018
Track listing: A Fresh Jazz Intro; More Soul; One More For The Road; A Fresh Jazz Drum & Saxophone Duet; The Right Wrong Topic; A Fresh Jazz Drum & Guitar Duet; Lisboa Boogaloo; A Fresh Jazz Drum & Contrabass Duet; You Want It You Got It; A Fresh Jazz Drum & Vibraphone Duet; Wapita; A Fresh Jazz Drum & Piano Duet; Virgin In Times Square; A Fresh Jazz Drum & Trumpet Duet; 2-4; Song of Bernadette.
Once Upon A Time In Portugal
Label: Why Not Music
Released: 2016
Track listing: Minor Strain; Bonfim Blues; Outras Viagens; Who Said Monopoly Was Fun; The
Nearness of You; Seven Ties Corp.; Trains; Smoking Gun; Barro E Cal.
Michael Lauren All Stars: Once Upon A Time In Portugal
by Mark Sullivan
Drummer/educator Michael Lauren moved from New York City in 2003 to become the Professor of Drum Set studies at the Escola Superior de Música, Artes e Espectáculo (ESMAE) in Porto, Portugal. He formed his All Star band with some of Portugal's best jazz musicians to continue performing the hard bop he loves. Almost everyone contributes a ...
