Results for "percussion"

Dan Prowse

Born: January 2, 1970

Drumset/Vocals Tympani Mallets (Marimba, Xylophone) Tabla Stage Piano Reading Teaching Studio (Virtual Synth Programming, Arranging) Travel BM 1986, NIU

Julian Julien

Cafe Da Silva

“Café” is Edson Aparecido da Silva, the Brazilian Percussionist, Singer, Composer, and Producer, whose over 40 year career has garnered international recognition and respect. As a prolific artist, powerful performer, sensitive musician, and consummate professional, Café has made an immeasurable contribution to Brazilian, Jazz, Popular and World Music. With his vast talent and unique perspective, he has enhanced the work of countless artists and served the spirit of the music. Café was born is Villa Maria, São Paulo, Brazil. He dedication to the drums began at the age of 8 when he became entranced by the Afro-Brazilian rhythms he heard and felt at the spiritual meetings he attended with his parents

Ghassan Bouz

Born: July 4, 1984

Born in Beirut and based in Bucharest, Ghassan is a self-taught Lebanese percussionist. He already has a rich musical experience in his native country and in the Arab world by stage appearances alongside some of the most famous musicians in the region. Ghassan's passion for Arabic music is strongly reflected in his performances, adding a unique touch to western contemporary music. He has collaborated with the Anton Pann Ensemble, Teodora Enache, Daniele di Bonaventura, Ilham Madfai, Basel Rajoub, Theodosios Spassov, Roots Revival, and other artists in the Arab world and in Romania.

June Lopez

Born: October 10, 1968

June Lopez is based in Philadelphia, PA, USAJune Lopez is an improvisational, interdisciplinary artist, a musician, sound designer, composer, an experimentalist of afro, latin, jazz, techno, punk and performer of electronic music. His work encompasses electronic textures of sounds, capturing acoustic sound, field recordings, scoring, and free-improvised compositional soundscapes. June is deeply invested in his latin/jazz afro roots in preserving the art of making music to inspire and communicate spiritually to others through the means of musical expression. Over the years, June has transported his craft out of his studio onto a stage and is currently experimenting with the sound art and silence for sound installation and performance.

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Bex Burch

Born: May, 1984

Composer, percussionist, producer and instrument maker Bex Burch has employed handmade xylophones and percussive instruments to carve out a unique sonic space. Her restless creativity and desire to embrace new challenges has seen her music straddle minimalism, avant-garde, post-punk, and improvisation with equal success.

Burch’s critically acclaimed 2023 solo album, 'There is only love and fear' was released via Chicago’s International Anthem and named The Guardian's Contemporary Album of the Month. She has previously released music as part of Boing! with Leafcutter John, and Flock with Sarathy Korwar and The Comet Is Coming’s Danalogue. She runs the band and label Vula Viel and has collaborated with influential artists like Peter Zummo, Dame Evelyn Glennie, Ben LaMar Gay, and Dan Bitney.

Fabio Freire

Born: July 15, 1956

Fabio Freire, 1956 in Brasilien geboren, als Sohn einer Baba Yalorixá aufgewachsen, erlernte das Trommeln schon im Kindesalter als Mitglied einer spirituellen Gemeinschaft. Später konnte er als gefragter Musiker auf grossen Tourneen viele Erfahrungen sammeln, mit Weltstars wie:Placa Luminosa Ney Matogrosso, Raul de Sousa, Cesar Camargo Mariano, João Bôsco,Zé Gomes & Heraldo Dumont,Farafina, Christoph Stiefel Jean Paul Bourelly, Teddy Bärlocher, Stephan Kurmann, Teresa Parodi, World Percussion Meeting Japan1990, Othella Dallas, Pat Hall Smith, Kazuo Ono, Lamin Gueey. Bei allem Erfolg, er fühlt sich immer seiner spirituellen Herkunft verpflichtet

Michael Waldrop

Michael Waldrop is arguably one of the most diverse percussionists in the world. He is comfortable in a jazz or commercial music setting as a drumset player, and he is equally at home in a classical orchestral setting. He is a virtuoso marimbist, whether performing his own music, or that of other composers. Michael is also adept at hand drumming, having studied with some of the greatest hand percussionists in the world. He is proficient on the tar as well as conga drums.

In addition to these impressive performance skills, Waldrop is a skilled composer in both the jazz and percussion idioms. His compositions are published by Drop6 Media. He was educated at the University of North Texas, receiving both his BM in Percussion Performance and completing his DMA in Percussion Performance in 1999. He was the drummer for the renowned One O'Clock band in 1994 and can be heard on three CD's with the group: Lab 94, Standard Time, and Fifty Years.