Results for "percussion"

Anansi Trio

The Anansi Trio is a group of like-minded musicians drawing from a wide range of musical influences. Using the language of Jazz as their starting point they also use elements of Afro-Cuban and Indian music as well as other global traditions. Using percussion, saxophones and acoustic bass they create a music that’s unique and experimental yet remains accessible. With a diverse rhythmic approach and a focus on improvisation, The Anansi Trio hopes to put their own stamp on the American legacy known as Jazz. Band Bios Mark Merella is a musician whose versatility on drum set and hand percussion has made him an in demand player for live, studio and educational settings

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Deanya Schempp

Born: April 12, 1963

Okay, seriously, I just hit things and make noise. But I seem to be good at it. My parents both played music, my father with the Grand Ole Opry, with his own bands, with others, and as a studio musician; he played guitar, banjo, drums, and sax. But it was my mother who played the bongos on stage between the other acts I blame for my percussive nature. My grandfather likely also gave me incentive to carry this dream beyond childhood when the drum set I received for Christmas magically disappeared after I went back to school a week later. One of my husband’s bands at the time needed a washboard player, and I had always wanted to learn, so I read a lot, watched a lot of videos, then ordered one and practiced

PETER DOIRON

Peter studied and focused on music from a very early age. He played in his middle school and high school bands fine-tuning the required rudimentary skills needed for success at the college level and as a professional percussionist. Peter then studied at Berklee College of Music with a focus on jazz drum set skills and jazz music theory, and also studied at The Boston Conservatory of Music with an expanded focus on timpani & mallet instruments. Peter played professionally for many years within many music genres and later returned to school to fulfill additional academic goals. He completed a B.A

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Arjun Bruggeman

Arjun Bruggeman, world percussionist and session recording artist, is highly acclaimed for his unique hybrid of East-meets- West rhythms. At the age of 14, Arjun embarked on a touring career with punk rock bands. His interest in early progressive, metal and jazz rhythms led him into a creative journey and later found himself enthralled by world percussion. Simultaneously, Arjun practiced many forms of Eastern spirituality. Through these explorations he merged the inner quest with the exterior expressions of sound and found himself supporting spoken word with Coleman Barks and David Darling. Arjun recalls, “I wanted to go deeper

Tai Adelaja

Born: August 14, 1961

Tai "TMon" Adelaja is a percussionist, music technologist and sound designer living in the coastal city of Lagos in Nigeria. A trained journalist, Tai also moonlights as an arts critic and entertainment writer. A global music afficionado, he likes to write about music, musical instruments and music technology.

Tai is a trained master of the djundjun (an African bass drum), a competent accompanist on djembe, and a passionate scholar and champion of themes and concepts in global percussionism. Tai studied African drum and dance concepts with the late great Babatunde Olatunji in 1992 and completed a 3-year cultural residency program with master drummer Aidoo Mamadi Holmes' and Wo’se African Dance Theater in Washington DC in 2000.

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Neeraj Mehta

Neeraj Mehta is an active performer and educator, having presented concerts, clinics and master classes in North America and Europe. With interests in a wide variety of percussive styles, Dr. Mehta has performed and recorded with numerous artists and ensembles including: Michael Udow, the Michigan Chamber Players, Alan Abel and Anthony Orlando of the Philadelphia Orchestra, New Music Detroit, Linda Maxey, Michael Spiro, John Santos, and Clyde Stubblefield of the James Brown Band. In 2008 Dr. Mehta was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to study in Copenhagen, Denmark with solo-percussionist Gert Mortensen at Det Kongelige Dansk Musikkonservatorium (DKDM)

Alejandro Coello

Born: July 25, 1989

Alejandro Coello Calvo (born 25 July 1989 in León, Spain) is a Spanish percussionist and composer. Known for a rich diversity of genres and a delicate style, Alejandro has been illuming the percussion world both nationally and internationally. His works have been premiered in renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York and the Berliner Philharmonie. He has been invited to perform, lecture, teach masterclasses and serve as jury in competitions by prestigious organizations from Asia, Latin America and Europe.​ His most recent project, the music album "One Minute Later" — a collaboration with Diego Barber, Eric Harland and Ben Williams — has just introduced him into the jazz scene. Currently he teaches at the University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar and runs an arts management, music and film production company Art Government which he co- founded.