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Aage Tangaard
AAGE TANGGAARD Born 1957. Studied with a.o. Ed Thigpen and Michael Carvin. Played from mid-seventies and onward with numerous danish groups and visiting American soloists. From late seventies very active free-lance musician in radio-TV-...Aaron Abrahamson Cote
Originally from Rhode Island, Cote obtained a Bachelor of Music in Percussion Performance and Minor in Religion from Butler University before attending the University of Illinois as a Percussion Graduate Teaching Assistant. Cote...Aaron Alexander
Drummer/Composer Aaron Alexander grew up in Seattle, where he co-founded the collective bands BABKAS and Timebone (which won the Earshot Jazz, "Golden Ear" Award in 1990, for Best Acoustic Jazz Band in the N.W.) Alexander was also a member...Aaron Mercae
I'm a drummer working in and around the Kansas City area. I primarily play straight-ahead jazz, but love to play funk, rock...you name it. I've been playing drums since childhood, and have at least 10 years gigging experience.Aaron Siegel Ensemble
The group’s debut album, Every Morning, A History (Peacock Recordings), features Siegel’s exploration of transition-less composition. “From a compositional standpoint, transitions pose a troubling dilemma,” explains Siegel. ...
Aaron Staebell
Aaron Staebell hails from the frozen community of Buffalo, NY and now lives in the slightly warmer metropolis of Rochester, NY. Holding two undergraduate degrees (Jazz Drumset and Music Education) and a Master's Degree (Jazz Drumset)...
Abbey Rader
A powerful and relentless searcher for the union of spirit and body in his interpretations of rhythm and melody, Abbey Rader was raised in the Bronx and influenced by swing, bop, and free improv that were prevalent in his upbringing,...
Abe Laboriel, Jr.
A highly sought after session drummer, Abe Laboriel, Jr. is the son of veteran bassist Abraham Laboriel, Sr. and grew up surrounded by music. He was playing drums by the age of four, and studied with several high-profile drummers,...Abe Lagrimas, Jr.
Abraham (or Abe) was born in March 1983 in the U.S. territory of Guam. His father, a U.S. Navy sailor and semi-pro musician, moved the family all over the Pacific Rim eventually settling in Hawaii. It was here that Abraham began playing...
Abel Ramirez
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I play the drums. I make up songs. I mess around on piano. I dabble on guitar, bass, trumpet, harmonica, recorder. I fiddle around with electronic synthesizers and digital music, reason, beats and loops. I sing to myself. I freaking LOVE...
Adam Cruz
An undeniable creative force on the international jazz scene for the last two decades, drummer and composer Adam Cruz is best known for his work with Danilo Perez, Steve Wilson, David Sanchez and Edward Simon. Born in New York City in...
Adam Nussbaum
Adam Nussbaum moved to New York City in 1975 to attend The Davis Center for Performing Arts at City College. While there he began working with Albert Dailey, Monty Waters, Joe Lee Wilson, Sheila Jordan and he played with Sonny Rollins in...
Ade Sulaiman Kramadibrata
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Aditya Singh is a drummer from New Delhi, India who has gained acclaim playing with the modern jazz trio Fubar Ghetto. Aditya's playing is based on feel and improvisation and not really knowing where the "1" is.Adonis P. Rose
Adonis Rose, hailed by New Orleans Magazine as a “Contemporary Jazz All Star,” is one of the most sought after drummers in jazz today. He has played with some of the world’s most esteemed jazz artists, from nine-time Grammy winning...Adrian d'Souza
In 1997 Adrian was offered the drummers seat in Roseanna Vitro's trio. Since then there has been no looking back. New York offered him a chance to study and play with some of the the best musicians in the Tri state area. In 1999, while...Adrian Peek
By: Isaac “Zeke” Bibby photos ©2004 Jack Mader It’s a very dark and cold January night. Minus 30 degrees outside, windchill about minus 45. But inside The Dakota, Minneapolis’ premier jazz club, the crowded floor and balconies...Adriano Santos
Adriano Santos was born in São Paulo, Brasil in 1966. Part of a new generation of Brazilian drummers, he began his drum studies at the age of twelve at Zimbo Trio Music School ( CLAM) in his hometown. In 1988 he moved to Boston to study...Aivar Vassiljev
Percussionist and jazz musician Aivar Vassiljev was born on December 11, 1971 in Otepää, Estonia. 1990-1994 studied classical percussions in Tartu H.Eller Musical College by Raivo Rebane and Margus Tammemägi. Master courses followed in...Ake Ériksson
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Ake Eriksson
All my life i've been drumming and it looks like that's what i'll continue to do until i'm six feet under. I've done every kind of gig you can think of but my heart is with jazz-rock fusion which also means i'm not the wealthies guy...
Al Foster
Al Foster, master drummer, has been a major innovator in the world of jazz for several decades. As a member of the Miles Davis band for thirteen years, Foster's contribution to Davis' music is articulated by Davis himself in his...
Alan Dawson
Alan Dawson was a respected jazz drummer and widely influential percussion teacher based in Boston. He was born in Marietta, Pennsylvania and raised in Roxbury, MA. Serving in the Army for Korean War duty, Dawson played with the Army Dance...Alan Jones Music
Born in Longview, Washington in 1962. Alan was raised in Portland, Oregon where at the age of 6 he began playing the drums and guitar. In the fertile artistic climate of 1970's Portland he spent his early years listening outside of jazz...Alan Trebat
Alan Trebat began playing drums at age 10. He studied technique with Charlie Tappan, and performed on drums percussion and timpani in school orchestral and marching bands. As a teen, Alan began his schooling in jazz improvisation with...
Albert Heath
The younger brother of Percy and Jimmy Heath, Albert "Tootie" Heath has long been a top hard bop-based drummer with an open mind toward more commercial styles of jazz. After moving to New York (1957), he debuted on record with John...Alden Taro Ikeda
Alden Ikeda has played with many great Artists including Don Cherry Bill Lang Scott Newell Scott Fultz Butch Morris Roscoe Mitchell Carei Thomas Adam Linz Joe Smith Julius Hemphill Steve Neil Brock Thorson John Devine Steve Gnitka Billy...
Aldo Romano
Aldo Romano was born in France in 1941, the son of Italian immigrants. His first instrument was the guitar, but he decided to switch to drums in 1961. Essentially self-taught, he nonetheless benefited from the advice of Michel Babault and...Alejandro Hurtado
Biography missing, add it now.Alessandro Minetto
Curriculum Vitae Alessandro Minetto.Drummer. Born inAlessandria on giune the 23th1969 begins his music studies at the age of 15 attending the drum classes of acnowledged italian teachers like:Alberto Bucci, Giorgio Gandino, Maurizio...Alex Cline
Born January 4, 1956, in Los Angeles, Alex Cline began playing the drums at age eleven, first in rock bands with his twin brother, guitarist Nels Cline, then, as his interests and experience expanded, in numerous musical situations....
Alex Riel
Alex Riel was born September 1940 in Copenhagen, Denmark, and has since the sixties remained firmly established as one of the most significant and influential jazz drummers in Europe. His career began in the early sixties where he was the...
Ali Jackson Jr.
Ali Jackson Jr. developed his talent on drums at an early age. After earning a degree in music composition at the New School University for Contemporary Music, he studied under Elvin Jones and Max Roach. He has performed and recorded with...
Aljosa Jeric
Aljosa Jeric (drums) was born in Koper, Slovenia in 1973. Along formal classical studies Jeric focused on jazz and latin music by studying with Reggie Workman, Jimmy Cobb, Albert "Tootsie" Heat, Nat Adderley, Victor Lewis, Jose Luis...Allan Browne
Homage is the exciting new release by the extremely talented Sam Anning, Allan Browne and Marc Hannaford. The Trio perform versions of works by Jazz luminaries such as Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton and Thelonious Monk...
Allison Miller
NYC-based drummer Allison Miller defies all boundaries bringing her individual sound to diverse types of music while preserving their stylistic authenticity. Allison goes from playing with legendary songwriting vocalists Ani DiFranco,...
Alphonse Mouzon
Chairman/CEO of Tenacious Records, composer, arranger, producer, multi-instrumentalist and actor ALPHONSE MOUZON has been composing and producing beautiful music that has captivated and enthralled audiences throughout the world for...
Alvester C Garnett
Biography missing, add it now.Alvin Atkinson, Jr.
Alvin Atkinson, Jr., six-time Jazz Ambassador, drummer, bandleader and Jazz educator, has traveled the globe performing America’s classical music. As an ambassador of jazz, Atkinson possesses the characteristics of a diplomat whether...Alvin D Boudreau
Grew up in Boston and started playing in 1957. Now have own Band called " The Barbara and Al Boudreau Jazz Quartet.Have worked with and featured: Herb Pomeroy, Dick Johnson, Grey Sargent, Billy Novick , Greg Hopkins,Ira Sullivan and many...
Alvin Fielder
To make an impact on the world, a person isn't required to be famous or rich. This is exactly the case with jazz drummer Alvin Fielder. "Al," as he is called by many of his friends, has put all his efforts and skills into bringing jazz...
Alvin Queen
Alvin Queen was born on August 16, 1950 in the Bronx, New York, but his family relocated to Mt. Vernon when he was 2 years old. The Queens were poor, but the Levister Towers projects where Alvin grew up proved to be rich territory, as he...Alyn Cosker
Alyn Cosker was born and raised in Ayr, Scotland and studied at Strathclyde University in Glasgow where he graduated with a BA (Hons) degree in 'Applied Music'. A regular on the Scottish jazz scene he has performed with many artists of...Alyssa Falk
Alyssa Falk is a drummer, percussionist, educator, clinician & composer, based in the NYC area. Her talents and unique style have led her around the world to perform in many popular venues. Alyssa recieved both a Masters in Jazz drumset...
Ambrose Pottie
Ambrose Pottie, originally from Spryfield, Nova Scotia is a Torontobased musician and graphic designer. He studied design and photography at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Primarily a self taught musician, he has recorded...
Amit Shamir
Born and raised in nyc.Ananda Gari
Ananda Gari, batterista.Inizia molto presto lo studio della batteria con il M° Tony Russo e dall'età di dieci anni studia con il M° Antonio Di Lorenzo.
Si perfeziona frequentando numerosi seminari con musicisti di...
Andrea Marcelli
Andrea Marcelli: born in Rome, Italy. During his career he performed in USA, Japan, India, Brazil, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Tunisia, Italy, Germany, England, Spain, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Russia, Estonia, France,...Andreas Luescher
Andrea "Andy" Luescher... Born 1953 in Neuhausen on the Rhine, Switzerland, he moved with his parents to Mexico in 1957. At age 13 he joined a local band as a singer/harmonica player, but soon became the drummer (self-taught) of various...Andres Marin
Andrés Mar�-n plays drums and is a songwriter, arranger and producer from Costa Rica, Central America.Andres Saavedra
Este es un proyecto de investigación, sobre las polirritmias y polimetrias en la música colombiana y del mundo. el proyecto nace a finales del 2008, cuando se hace la primera presentación en vivo como proyecto de grado del...
Andrew Cyrille
Andrew Cyrille was born in Brooklyn, NY. As well as studying privately, he attended the Juilliard and Hartnett schools of music. He has performed with Jazz artists ranging from Coleman Hawkins, Illinois Jacquet and Mary Lou Williams to...Andrew Dickeson
Andrew Dickeson was born in Newcastle, Australia in 1969. He grew up in a musical family and studied a number of instruments before taking up the drums at age ten. He was working professionally from age 13 in both classical and jazz...
Andrew Drury
I am a drummer, composer, improviser, and educator. My work is animated by a lifelong fascination with rhythm, space, and a drum-based sensibility for melody and energy. I was born and raised in the Seattle area, and studied with Ed...
Andrew G. Wood
Born in Nottingham in 1991, Andrew is a jazz musician and has played drums professionally since 2008 and is currently based in the East Midlands, currently studying Jazz at the prestigious Leeds College of Music under the tutelage...Andrew King
I am a Grade VIII standard drummer and percussionist, any one looking for a drummer/percussionist?
Andrew Swift
Chopsticks. Folks generally eat with them. Matter of fact, so does Andrew Swift. However, long before learning to eat with chopsticks, Andrew used them as makeshift drumsticks, playing on the family’s pots and pans. Unfortunately...
Andrew Wilshusen
Whether drumming with avant-garde or Coltrane influenced jazz groups such as trumpeter Eddie Gale or recording his own improvisations, Andrew Wilshusen is always seeking to explore the boundaries of music. His keen ears and fluid...Andrew Wood
Andrew Wood is a jazz drummer based in Nottingham, UK. Having his professional debut at 16, Andrew is now an experienced performer working in the Midlands region and further afield. Playing with a diverse range of East Midlands jazz...Andy O'Neill
I'm originally from St. Louis but have been living in the NYC area for over 10 years. I play mostly jazz and improvised music, but i love all music played by/with the right people. I'm always looking for new people to play with.Andy Polay
Andy Polay Quintet: Rahn Burton- keys, Christopher Brelochs- saxaphones, John Castleman- trumpet, Andy Polay- drumsAnthony Cerabino
Anthony Cerabino was first recognized for his talents by performing in the New York State All-State Jazz Ensemble in 1979 and further recognition by performing in the world renowned One O'clock Jazz Band at North Texas State University...Anthony Michelli
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and currently based in Toronto, Anthony has been involved in music since a very young age. Having played the accordion, and then alto and tenor saxophones but being driven by the ever present urge to want...
Anthony Smyth
Anthony started playing drums at the age of 13. During the late 1970s, while still at school, Anthony was playing professionally in various bands in Canberra Australia. A move to Sydney in 1979 brought regular work in Fusion, Funk & Pop...
Antonio Sanchez
Antonio Sanchez was born in Mexico City November 1st, 1971. At age five, he discoreved an irresistible attraction towards the drumset. After a few years of private study he started performing in a wide variety of musical...
Antwon A. Owens
ANTWON OWENS DRUM KIT/PERCUSSION: Mr. Owens was born and raised in the City of Denver where jazz is thriving. He started out at the tender young age of fifteen with learning music for his first time. Since the graduation of high school in...
Ari Hoenig
As a drummer, Ari Hoenig's success has been unprecedented. Few have risen so quickly and deservedly into the upper ranks of the jazz. But it wasn't always clear that drumming would be his calling. Growing up in Philadelphia PA, his...
Arnoud Gerritse
Date of birth: 6-2-1957 The Hague, The Netherlands Studied classical percussion at the Koninklijk Conservatorium in The Hague, and later jazzdrums at the Rotterdams Conservatory. Started playing professionally in 1977, and played in a lot...Art Bernstein
Art Bernstein has been playing drums for more than 25 years and has been teaching for 17 years. Currently Art is a contributing writer for Drumhead Magazine writing the lessons for the department Drum U & contributing regularly to...
Art Blakey
Born in 1919, Art Blakey began his musical career, as did many jazz musicians, in the church. The foster son of a devout Seventh Day Adventist Family, Art learned the piano as he learned the Bible, mastering both at an...
Art Lillard
Art Lillard is a musician with many gifts. In each of his musical roles - drummer, composer, arranger and bandleader - he shares with us his unique and refreshing contribution to our musical culture. He has been leading his own jazz...
Art Taylor
Art Taylor - drums (1929 - 1995) One of the premier hard bop drummers of his era, by 1948 while still a teenager in Harlem, Art Taylor had played drums in church with Jackie McLean and Sonny Rollins. He also played with Howard...Art Vint
Biography missing, add it now.Arthor von BLOMBERG
Born in New York studied with Al Miller, Jim Chapin, Fred Gruber. Performed with Chet Baker, Bob Haggart, Anita O'Day, Richie Cole, Sonny Russo , Frank Schifano , Jay Oliver, Big Jay McNeeley..... Commutes between Europe,Asia and North...
Arthur Vint
Originally from Tucson, Arizona, Arthur Vint began studying music seriously at the age of twelve and by the time he was fifteen was already performing professionally. He has performed everywhere from dive bars to concert halls,...
Asaf Sirkis
Born in 1969 in Petah-Tikva, Israel, Asaf later moved to the town of Rehovot, where he spent his teens and early twenties. This was an influential move for Asaf, as it was here amongst the diverse cultural influences he found in Rehovot...
Asle Fjeldstad
Coming soon.Atiba-Osayande Kenyatta
Formerly a studio musician with Philadelphia International Records,Sigma Sound and Alpha Recording Studio Sessions.
Augusto Monk
Augusto Monk was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1971. As a child, he played the drums and later on the piano, the vibraphone and the orchestral percussion. At the age of 24, he went to Berklee College of Music in Boston where he...
Austin McMahon
Austin McMahon is an american jazz drummer/accompanist and composer of the highest caliber. His sensitivity combined with his constant pursuit of artistry, have led him to wide recognition amongst musicians and audiences alike both...Aviv Cohen
Born in Israel in 1983, drummer and composer Aviv Cohen started playing music at the age of fourteen. In 1999, he enrolled in the Jerusalem's School of Arts. After graduating in 2001, he continued to grow at the prestigious School of Arts...
Avreeayl Ra
Chicago master drummer / percussionist AVREEAYL RA was born in Chicago on May 21st, 1947 and still lives there today. He is a renowned musician always in demand among visiting jazz artists in Chicago. Avreeayl’s father, Arthur...Aziz Bucater
Aziz Bucater Filho - Drums&Percussion - Guitar Aziz received musical training in drums & percussion at the Conservatory of Music Meyrelles. Also studied piano, harmony, arrangement, and composition with Professor Joao Goddoy. He has...
Babatunde Lea
Babatunde Lea is one of those old souls. You know the type: wise and serene, blessed with a culturally diverse perspective, bubbling over with ideas and creative energies that strongly suggest theyve been this way before; someone deeply in...Babatunde Olatunji
Babatunde Olatunji - African Drums (1927-2003) Before there was world beat music, before there was Afropop or any of the other genres of African music marketed to Western audiences, there was Babatunde Olatunji. Olatunji's 1959 “Drums...
Baby Dodds
There is a heritage that is traced, followed and respected by New Orleans drummers. They consider themselves part of a living continuum, musicians of a tradition which dates back to Congo Square, to the source of the African rhythms. There...Bajram Istrefi Jr.
Brooklyn residing Bajram Istrefi Jr., aka LAMY is a jazz drummer, percussionist and composer who was born in Mitrovice (Republic of Kosovo), where he grew up and started his musical career at the age of 13 playing different percussion...Balázs Bágyi
Jazz drummer, composer, educator, producer from Hungary.
Barrett Martin
Barrett Martin is an American drummer and composer who played with several prominent rock and jazz groups during the alternative music explosion of the 1990's, including Skin Yard, The Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Tuatara and REM. He was...
Barry Altschul
Barry Altschul is a drummer who gained fame in the late 1960s with the pianists Paul Bley and Chick Corea, playing in the "outside" style of jazz that had been evolving steadily since the innovations of Cecil Taylor, Ornette Coleman, John...
Barry Romberg
Barry has been a major fixture on the Canadian jazz scene for over 25 years and has been featured on over 70 recordings including 12 as leader/co- leader,with groups such as The MRC Trio, Inside Out & Random Access. Over the years Barry...Barry W. Elmes
International performer, drummer, composer, record producer, educator and multi-award winning Barry Elmes is a mainstay of the Canadian jazz scene. His work has been documented on over 70 jazz CDs and he has performed and/or recorded with...
Bart Weisman
Bart Weisman is performing with his group on Cape Cod, Massachusetts and he has backed Suede, Shawnn Monteiro, Stephanie Jordan, Greg Abate, and Lou Colombo, to name a few. Bart is the Founder, Executive Producer & Performer for the...
BB Davis
Multi-instrumentalist BB Davis founded THE RED ORCHIDSTRA with French virtuoso keyboardist Daniel Biro. It has already produced one of the all time groove classics their version of Roy Budd's theme from the seminal '70's gangster movie...
Ben Cox
20 years old, Playing drums since age 8. Currently studying for a Bachelor of Contemporary Music at Southern Cross University, Lismore. Performing with the Hans Lovejoy quartet and various others.
Ben Makinen
Ben Makinen - member BMI - is a performer, composer, and producer living in Denver, Colorado. He is president of Bmakin Music, a label he created to carry music from all points of the globe, regardless of genre. Seeing Miles Davis...
Ben Perowsky
Ben Perowsky plays the drums. He's played them since he was 3 years old. He was born in New York City. He has played with a lot of very famous musicians and has had a lot of fun. When he was very young, he started playing...
Ben Riley
Ben Riley (b. 17 July 1933) is an American jazz drummer who has worked with Thelonious Monk, Alice Coltrane, Stan Getz, Woody Herman, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Ahmad Jamal, and Kenny Barron, and was a member with Barron of Sphere. Riley was...
Ben Scholz
Ben Scholz is a drummer/percussionist who lives and works in Chicago. A native of Portland OR, Ben began studying classical piano at age 8 and continued his studies through college. While attending high school and working as a sub in the...
Bernard Linnette
A native of Norfolk, Virginia, Bernard's fascination with the resounding thunder of the drum set began at an early age. His legacy of playing percussion is rooted in his childhood, where he was the drummer for his church choir at age 9....
Bernard Purdie
Bernard Purdie was born June 11, 1939 in Elkton, Maryland as the eleventh of fifteen children. Purdie began already as a six-year-old to bang out rhythms on improvised equipment. At 14 years of age he purchased his first real drum set and...
Bill Bruford
Bill Bruford grew up with jazz. As an amateur drummer in the 1960s, and after a handful of lessons from Lou Pocock of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, he began his professional career in 1968. He was a guiding light in the so-called...Bill Carbone
Buru Style is a half-Connecticut/half-Boston based Live Dub group that meditates on ultra-ethereal riddims from the catalogues of Jamaican Nyabingi artists such as Count Ossie and Cedric Brooks, mixes in newer tracks from the likes of Jah...
Bill Cosby
Charlie Chaplin. Groucho Marx. Richard Pryor. Over the past century, few entertainers have achieved the legendary status of William H. Cosby Jr. His successes span five decades and virtually all media, remarkable accomplishments for a kid...
Bill Elgart
Bill Elgart, often credited as Billy Elgart is one of many American jazz musicians who have settled in Europe. Quite often based out of Munich, Elgart's credits include appearances on some choice {{m: Paul Bley = 5083}}...
Bill Goodwin
An almost completely self-taught drummer, Bill attributes his early interest in the drums to Shelly Manne's playing on the movie soundtrack of “The Man with the Golden Arm.” Before that he had taken piano lessons and studied the tenor...
Bill Higgins Jr.
Bill Higgins is one of the most sought after drummers, instructors, and clinicians in the Detroit area. He has performed all over the United States, as well as international engagements.
After attending Wayne...
Bill Sargent
This year, Bill is celebrating 40 years as a professional drummer. In that 40 years, he has never missed an engagement for any reason! Bill began playing piano at age 8 and switched to the drums at age 10. He was very fortunate to have...
Bill Stewart
Percussionist Bill Stewart made his name as the rhythmic force behind guitarist John Scofield 's band, working with him for five years between 1990 and 1995. Self-taught on drums, Stewart is also a capable pianist, the instrument on...
Billie Davies
Idiosyncratic/Polyrhythmic drummer and band leader Billie Davies is mostly an autodidact whose natural talent, relentless, explorative spirit and multifaceted experiences have led to an innovative approach to jazz. With a background in...
Billy Cobham
The legendary Billy Cobham, with his matchless, dazzling, ambidextrous skills as a drummer, has applied the same insistent fervor to his long list of monumental achievements. He’s an accomplished composer and record producer. It is a...Billy Dean
Cardinals, Pacific Jazz Band, Suspicious Minds, Connaught Village Jazz Quartet' Various bands.
Billy Drummond
"Drummond's playing exudes a wealth of jazz history along with a surprisingly adventurous approach...he arrives as one of the most promising leader-drummers in jazz," states a recent feature article about Billy in Modern Drummer magazine....
Billy Hart
His first steady gigs of note were with Shirley Horn and Buck Hill. In the 1960’s he toured with Jimmy Smith, Wes Montgomery, Eddie Harris, and Pharoah Sanders. In 1970 he joined Herbie Hancock’s Sextet, and after that band broke...
Billy Higgins
Billy Higgins was reportedly the most recorded jazz drummer in history, and certainly one of the most beloved. Higgins was one of the most musically sensitive jazz players around, with a light but active swing. His style did not draw...
Billy Kilson
Like most young drummers, Billy Kilson began his career in his mother's kitchen with her pots and pans. Billy's love for the drums began to grow as he grew. Pots and pans, twigs and sticks were used to create a beat. Seeing her son's...
Billy Martin
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Billy Mintz
In an extraordinary career spanning nearly 40 years, drummer Billy Mintz has played with some of the biggest names in the jazz and pop worlds.
Mr. Mintz was born in Queens, New York in 1947. By the age of 15 he was firmly...
Bjorn Nyberg
Bjorn Nyberg; Drummer of Hybrid Freak Division. Born in Sweden, in 1972. Bjorn has been playing drums since kindergarden, which has led him to a diversity of musical educations. He has worked several years as a drumteacher and freelance...Bob Haft
NY club date drummer all styles. Can read well with big bands, theater shows/percussion, concerts. Presently live in South Florida during winter months, New York, June,July, August. Available for most GIGS truly reliable.
Bob Holz
Thanks for stopping by. As a drummer, I've shared the stage with Peter Tosh, The Outlaws, Mountain, Noel Redding, Robben Ford, Foghat, Molly Hatchet, Head East,Savoy Brown,Tonio K, Benny Mardones,Wolfman Jack, The Winters...Bob Leto
"Bob Leto, heard for the first time on record in Burn'in the Blues (CAP 2000), is a jazz drummer's drummer. Bob's fastidious, provocative drumming is a cornucopia of jazz styles," says Proctor Lippincott of the New York Times. "Mixing the...
Bob Meyer
BOB MEYER Drummer, Teacher 49 Furnace Brook Drive Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567 Phone (914) 734-9290 Fax (914) 737-1929 e-mail: bob@bobmeyermusic.com website: www.bobmeyermusic.com EXPERIENCE Playing on Joe Lovano’s Blue Note release and...
Bob Moses
A fine drummer, Bob Moses has received his strongest recognition as a colorful and adventurous arranger/composer for large ensembles. He played as a teenager with Rahsaan Roland Kirk (1964- 1965), formed the early fusion group Free Spirits...Bob Wyatt
Atuando no Brasil desde 1981, Bob teve a oportunidade de tocar com Paulo Moura, Leni de Andrade, grupo Pau Brasil (incl. Free Jazz Festival, 1985), Joao Donato, Maur�-cio Einhorn (incl. Free Jazz Festival, 1985), Hélio Delmiro, Nivaldo...
Bobby Cottonwood
Originally from Philadelphia, Bobby Cottonwood started singing at the age of 2. Moving to Los Angeles at age 12, Bobby not only took with him the early Philadelphia vocal influences but at age 16 turned pro as a drummer, singer and...
Bobby Durham
Part of the enormous Philadelphia family tree of jazz players, Bobby Durham has amassed a long list of impressive jazz credits while alternating residencies between Italy and his hometown. He is perhaps best known as a member of several...Bobby Falk
Bobby Falk is a drummer/teacher in Louisville, Ky.. The leader of the BOBBY FALK GROUP (progressive and contemporary jazz), he merges a strong bond with the audience, while blending the art form with other genres and instrumental covers...
Bobby Previte
Bobby Previte "can break your heart with one cymbal crash." Bobby Previte began his life in music as a great way to meet girls, but then fell in love with the drums instead. At thirteen, he fashioned his first set out of a rusted iron...Bodek Janke
Magic Rhythm The polish - born Bodek Janke is one of the most exceptional young musicians of the current Jazz and World Music scenes. Based in New York City, he is a cultural commuter between the USA, Kazakhstan, Russia, Poland and...
Bombastic Meatbeats
Remember the good old days, when jazz-fusion wasn't all about showing off your chops, and was more about creating sweeping moods, and the importance of songwriting? Well, the Bombastic Meatbats certainly remember those days. Having...Bones Jones
I Don't Know What You Heard Bou't Me ? Bones Jones - Drums,Bass, Keyboards, Guitar,Trumpet and many more. Bones Jones hails from Cincinnati, Ohio. A professional Musician,Artist, Arranger and Producer.Bones' career spans over 30 years...Boris Hrebtukov
Biography missing, add it now.Borislav Petrov
Borislav (Bobby) Petrov (Bulgaria) Born in Sofia Bulgaria 07.09.1979. Started playing drums at the age 14. Performs professionally from age 19. After particpating in numerous projects and bands in Bulgaria he moved to Holland to get jazz...Brady Miller
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Brannen Temple
Brannen is an accomplished and highly versatile drummer, composer, producer and band leader. Born in Austin, Tx and beginning his musical journey at age 10 he was able to develop many musical skills via the large blend of sounds from...
Brett Chalfin
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Brian Adler
Argentine-American percussionist/composer Brian Shankar Adler had his first musical experience at the age of five, studying North Indian music. Adler grew up in an Ashram in upstate New York and was taught to recite classical Indian drum...Brian Albano
Experienced in jazz performance and recording since 1964(Latin/Jazz; R&B; Soul Music; Piano & Organ Jazz Trios). Audio engineer producer since 1984 and have performed and/or recorded with the following: Randy Anderson; Rockett '88; Andy...
Brian Blade
"I remember when I first read the words hanging in a frame on my grandma Rosa's wall. The serenity prayer was something I couldn't understand until almost thirty years later, but now after experiencing some peaks and valleys of life, those...
Brian Czach
Brian Czach's career has taken him all over the world time and again. Making his living as a successful freelance musician based in New York City and Las Vegas has allowed Brian to perform in all different musical styles and genres while...Brian E Harmon
Brian Harmon is an up and coming drummer from the Dallas area. His smooth grooves and driving hits show he is accomplished in many forms of music. He was born in Midland, Texas and raised in Dallas, TX. His formal training began in the...Brian Hamada
Brian Hamada - closet cowbell enthusiast, drummer and jazz educator - has performed with many modern jazz greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney, Lanny Morgan, Bobby Shew, Ernie Watts, Bud Shank, Bob Mintzer,...Brian J. Donohoe
Raleigh, NC. Starmount, Razor Wire Safety Net, Volaré and more.
Brian Menendez
Brian Menendez can be heard in clubs and private engagements throughout the Delaware Valley, both as leader of the popular Brian Menendez Trio and as a versatile sideman with some of Philadelphia’s most notable musicians. An...Brian Willson
THINGS HEARD UNHEARD is the first recording by Brian Willson as a leader. This recording is a combination of completely free improvisation and composed pieces, nothing written, just some words. Influenced by free jazz of the 60’s,...Brian Woodruff
Drummer Brian Woodruff has toured the United States, Asia, and Europe and has performed with Bobby Watson, Marian MacPartland, David Lahm, Harvie S, Jiggs Whigham, Jerry Hahn, Gary Versace, Adam Niewood, Stacy Dillard, and on the Today...Brock Woerner
Brock approaches the drums melodically, commenting on what each soloist is stating and adding to the group creation. He plays with his ears wide-open allowing each player to interact and place their mark on tunes. "You can choose to stay...Brooke Sofferman
Drummer / composer Brooke Sofferman has been performing throughout the East coast for the past twenty years, in a vast array of musical situations. Originally from Colchester, Vermont, Brooke moved to Boston to further his musical...Bruce Jackson
Typical of many working class homes in the sixties, jazz was an important part of everyday life for Bruce Jackson. There was always music being played. “Two things I remember vividly about my early childhood”, Bruce recalls, “My...
Bruce Klauber
Bruce Klauber is an editor, writer and multi-instrumentalist who has contributed to and edited dozens of area and national periodicals. His works have appeared in All About Jazz, Jazziz, Jazz Times, Down Beat and others. As a professional...
Bruno Tocanne
"For the past 20 years , musician, teacher and activist Bruno Tocanne has been a catalyst for improvised music, bringing together some of the most creative musicians on the French and International scenes. Bruno's travels around the...Bryan Bisordi
Throughout his professional playing career, drummer and percussioninst Bryan Bisordi has performed with a wide range of musicians. These experiences have taken him all over the US and abroad, led to television and radio appearances on the...Bryson Kern
Bryson Kern is emerging as a unique voice on the drum set, gaining prominence and notoriety for his sensitive, yet creative approach to the instrument. Bryson has performed with such jazz notables as Fred Hersch, Benny Golson, Terell...
Buddy Harman
Buddy Harman, one of Nashville's outstanding session drummers, has played his solid, driving beat on over 18,000 recording sessions in the last 40 years. Harman, along with only a handful of top musicians, is recognized by the Hall of Fame...
Buddy Miles
Best known as the drummer in Jimi Hendrix's Band of Gypsys, Buddy Miles also had a lengthy solo career that drew from rock, blues, soul, and funk in varying combinations. Born George Miles in Omaha, NE, on September 5, 1947, he started...
Buddy Rich
Arguably the greatest jazz drummer of all time, the legendary Buddy Rich exhibited his love for music through the dedication of his life to the art. His was a career that spanned seven decades, beginning when Rich was 18 months old and...Buddy Rich Tribute
After his thrilling London jazz festival sell-out show…. Top UK Drummer STEVE TAYLOR leads His "Fiery and Hard Hitting" (Time Out) Big Band in more live performances which promise to be worthy of the late-great icon Buddy Rich...
Butch Ballard
George Edward “Butch” Ballard (b. December 26, 1918) is an American jazz drummer who during his long career has played with musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Duke Ellington. Ballard was born in Camden, New Jersey and...
Butch Miles
Butch Miles was born in Ironton, Ohio on July 4, 1944 and raised in West Virginia. He started playing the snare drum at age 9 in his school band. He became interested in drumset at age 14 and started drum lessons with Frank Thompson...
Byron Landham
In the ‘90s, Byron "Wookie" Landham came to be recognized as one of the top jazz drummers in Philadelphia, where he has been employed by well known hard bop and soul-jazz improvisers like organist/trumpeter Joey DeFrancesco and the late...Calvin Mark Smith
Calvin Mark Smith is the owner and operator of SmithWorks Music, a music publishing company started with the intent to distribute music composed, recorded and performed by various local musicians and entertainers based in the New England...
Calvin Weston
G Calvin Weston was born June 6, 1959 in Philadelphia, PA. He became interested in drums at the age of 6, when he (and his neighbors) discovered his talent for rhythm as he beat on every car on the block. He lived in North Philadelphia...Campbell Youngblood-Petersen
Studying percussion performance and jazz at The University of Montana... to be continued
Carl Allen
The pursuit of knowledge, experience, and ever-present swing is a recurring theme in the life of drummer/composer and Milwaukee native Carl Allen. It's a theme that began to take shape when, as a teenager, he performed with such greats as...Carl Bahner
At the age when many drummers started banging on pots and pans, I was pounding out "chromatic reharmonizations" of my favorite nursery rhymes on a piano. My parents didn't quite understand the raw emotion that was spewing out of my...Carl Manna
Capeable of drumming many styles. UNF jazz school graduate, 1997 alumni. High School band director for eight years, now teaching private lessons and performing. Freelance performer and studio drummer. Experience with sound engineering for...
Carlo Bernardinello
Carlo Bernardinello A polyhedric and versatile drummer, both in the professional and artistic sector. He is born in Italy, Galliate on the 12th January 1958. During the ’80s he begins his collaboration with many musicians and arranges....Carlo Cavallini
VISIT www.carlocavallini.itCarlos López
Musical Training: "Berklee College Of Music" (Boston, U.S.A.), "Drummers Collective" (New York, U.S.A.) and "Taller de Músics" (Barcelona), where he obtained the Higher Degree in Modern Music as an instrumentalist in Jazz Specialty. Drum...Carmen Bruno
Born January 5 1976
Carmen Intorre
Born in Buffalo, NY, Carmen developed an early interest in music and began playing drums at age five. By age 16, he was performing with local jazz groups most notably with Al Tinney. Also during this time he was the house drummer at The...Carrie Jahde
Carrie Jahde has earned national awards and a great deal of notoriety over the past decade for her versatile, passionate, and unique approach to drumming. Currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she maintains a full-time touring,...Carsten Lindholm Hansen
Carsten Lindholm is a Drummer,Composer and Producer born in the small town og Kerteminde on the island Fünen He moved to Copenhagen in 1990 and began studying at the music concervatory D.A.R.K. He later took private lessons with...Casey Dodd
Casey Dodd was born March 19th, 1986 in Satellite Beach, Florida. He began playing Drums when he was 10 years old and quickly began playing along to the radio and old Vinyl records. Casey's first introduction to Jazz was in high school...
Cassius M. Goens III
Cassius Goens III is one of Indiana's finest drummers and graduate of Ball State University. He is now pursuing a Masters of Arts in Jazz Studies at the University of Iowa, where he is a Graduate Teaching Assistant. At the University of...
Cecil Brooks III
A contemporary drummer and aggressive, polyrhythmic stylist, Cecil Brooks, III has worked in the New York area with such musicians as Greg Osby, Geri Allen and Lonnie Plaxico. He recorded his debut album as a leader for Muse in 1989,...Celumusa Selepe
I grew up in Swaziland where I attended primary and High school. I did A'levels at Waterford College and then enrolled at the University of Swaziland to do Bsc, majoring in Maths and Physics. In between my studies I would experiment with...
Chacho Ramirez
Berardo “Chacho” Ramirez is bandleader, composer and drummer of his band “MetroTang” playing Latin Jazz with an Afro-beat. MetroTang opened the Narrowsburg JazzFest in May 2006 as its premiere performance. The recently released...Chad Anderson
I was born and raised in Starkville, Mississippi, a small university town, and grew up in a musical family. My mother, an outstanding pianist and accompanist, taught piano lessons for years and also alternated between the piano or organ...
Charles David Stuart
Jazz/Fusion/Blues/Multi-Style drummer Charles David Stuart has been playing professionally and teaching for over 25 years. He was born in Detroit and began playing drums and percussion in the early 1970's. He was performing by the...
Charles Foldesh
Charles Foldesh: DrumsA native of Prescott, Arizona (USA), Charles Foldesh began playing drums at age ten. Since then, he has obtained a long list of accomplishments. A recipient of the John Coltrane Scholarship, Charles received his...
Charles Hayward
CHARLES HAYWARD is known as the pioneering drummer with This Heat and Camberwell Now, an ever growing list of solo concerts and CDs (most recent release Abracadabra Information on Locus Solus label), special collaborative performances, and...Charles Moffett
Charles Moffett was a free jazz drummer. Moffatt began his musical career as a trumpeter before switching to drums. He is probably best known for his part in Ornette Coleman's trio with David Izenzon in the 1960s. He also appeared on...Charles Rumback
Kansas roots, Chicago branches.
Charlie Collins
Drums, vibraphone, frame drums, mbiras, percussionBorn and raised in Sheffield UK, Charlie is a product of the city’s rich improvising tradition. He started playing drums age 11, began playing improvised music in 1969, played...
Charlie Harrington
The Consummate {{Charlie Harrington = 18378}} has played drums since the age of 5 and has performed professionally since the age of 15. He studied with and became the protege of jazz drumming legend {{Ray Bauduc = 3700}}. Charlie...
Charlie Heim
Charlie Heim, a drummer residing in Philadelphia, is active in the busy music scene of the Delaware Valley. A founding member of Philly’s experimental rock outfit The March Hare and the jazz trio Sixtanato, Charlie’s busy schedule is...
Charlie Persip
An excellent drummer both in big bands and combos, Charli Persip changed his name from Charlie in the early '80s. He had early experience playing locally in New Jersey and with Tadd Dameron (1953), but gained his initial recognition for...
Charlie Watts
Over the past two decades The Rolling Stones drummer, Charlie Watts, has been able to pursue his passion for jazz, playing in a variety of settings whenever he wasn't otherwise engaged with the "World's Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Band." In...Chauncey Morehouse
Chauncey Morehouse (March 11, 1902 - October 31st, 1980) was an American jazz drummer. Chauncey Morehouse was born in Niagara Falls, NY in 1902. He was raised in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, where he played drums from a very early age. He...
Chick Webb
“The King of the Savoy” reigned supreme over jazz drummers in New York in the 1930’s. He was the consummate showman and with his fluid and rhythmic style, was perfectly suited for the swing era. He raised the standard for drummer...
Chico Hamilton
Legendary jazz drummer and bandleader Foreststorn ‘Chico’ Hamilton, born September 21st, 1921 in Los Angeles, had a fast track musical education in a band with his schoolmates Charles Mingus, Illinois Jacquet, Ernie Royal, Dexter...
Chris Beck
Born into a musical family, Chris Beck, a native of Philadelphia has been exposed to an assortment of music genres. At a young age he acknowledged his strong desire for music and accepted his responsibility to continue in the legacy of his...Chris Bitten
Biography Chris Bitten Drummer/Songwriter,Chris Bitten has been involved in music since the age of 6.His parents discovered his ability to play along to music in perfect timing while emulating playing drums on the kitchen table.At the age...
Chris Broomhead
Chris Broomhead is a professional drummer based in Melbourne, Australia. He attended the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) where he completed a Bachelor of Music Performance followed by the Honours year program, and recently...Chris Cawthray
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Chris Covais
Chris Covais: drummer/vibraphonist/composer/producer/leader of Chris Covais & Exit 36. Chris Covais has been playing drums since he was three. An interest in jazz came early after hearing Dave Brubeck, The Modern Jazz Quartet, Vince...Chris DeRosa
This Bio was copied from Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_DeRosa Chris DeRosa is a Professional Freelance Drummer/Producer/Composer who currently lives in New York City, although his experience has taken him to many parts of...
Chris Golinski
Drummer Chris Golinski began performing live at the age of sixteen in Kentucky where he played at various restaurants, cafes, and private events. Since making the move to NYC three years ago, Chris has performed at venues such as Mo...Chris Lacinak
New Orleans Drummer , composer
Chris Massey
Chris Massey is following his ambition of making a name for himself as a new breed of young talented player in the world of jazz. Growing up in small town Uniontown, Ohio where he picked up his first pair of drumsticks a the age of nine he...
Chris Parker
Born in Chicago, Chris was playing drums at age three and began performing his first professional gigs at eleven. At nineteen, Parker began recording and touring with blues great Paul Butterfield and broke into the New York studio scene in...Chris Stassinopoulos
-Chris Stassinopoulos Drummer,pianist,keyboardist,composer of Progressive Rock & Jazz Fusion music. -is composer of album(cd Light in the Dark)(production at 2008). *Drummer- ex axis,zao,clear light(lp -forever blowing bubbles),catherine...Chris Stromquist
Chris Stromquist is a New York based drummer and percussionist with wide- ranging experience in Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Balkan, Jazz and experimental music. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Seattle-based ex- Yugoslavian Folk/Punk band...
Chris Teal
Chris Teal is a drummer & percussionist based in Rochester, New York. He currently leads the progressive jazz group "Quintopus", featuring original music as well as interpretations of recent popular artists including Bjork, Radiohead, and...
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace was born in Canada in 1971. He toured and recorded extensively in the rock and pop field in Canada, the US and Europe through the 90s. As the year 2000 emerged Wallace finally dedicated himself fully to jazz and improvised...
Christian Finger
Christian Finger is an award winning drummer who has played and recorded with some of the world’s most famous musicians. His new CD "Andanda" featuring Jeff Ballard (in an exciting Drum Duo), Dave Stryker, Zach Brock, Vadim Neselovskyi,...Christian Moran
“Latinova” is a Latin Jazz band made up of six Berklee College of Music graduate players and composers. All from different countries with different backgrounds and upbringings, this benefits the music with cultural...
Christian Pamerleau
Christian Pamerleau was born in the Saguenay region in Quebec Canada and began his professional career in the late 1980’s after completing studies at the Conservatoire de Musique de Québec , Cegep St-Laurent and University of Montreal....Christian Skjødt
CHRISTIAN SKJØDT was born in Aalborg, Denmark and started playing drums at the age of 7, after first trying out the violin and the recorder. Since then he has been awarded Jazz Musician of Northern Jutland, Denmark 2007, received...
Christopher A. Copland
My name is Chris Copland, from Seattle, WA. I have studied with David Jette, David F. Gibson, Amir Ziv, and Byron Vannoy. I'm currently a student at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in NYC. I'm available for gigging, session...Christopher Icasiano
Chris Icasiano is quickly establishing himself as a force in Seattle's new music and avant-garge jazz scene. He performs regularly in the co-led duo Bad Luck with long-time friend and collaborator, saxophonist Neil Welch, which was...Christopher K. Acree
Born in Cleveland, OH. More to come later on.Christopher Massey
Chris Massey, melodic jazz/groove drummer, originally from Buffalo; NY, attended the Berklee College of Music in the late 1970's and studied with jazz great Joe Hunt. He has since been a resident of New York City, London, England, Austin,...Christopher Teal
Spurred on by a love of early Frank Zappa recordings and Denny Wilson memorabilia, Chris Teal took up drums and percussion at age 11 and began his career in school bands and orchestra. In August 2005, he participated in the School for...Chuck Ferrell
Chuck Ferrell, often referred to as, “the quiet drummer,” began his professional career at the age of 14. He has performed with jazz, Motown, rock and country artists all over the world. Hailing from Danville, Virginia, he attended...
Chuck Riggs
Born in Westerly, Rhode Island in 1951, Chuck Riggs began playing the drums at the age of ten and played with many rhythm and blues bands before beginning his jazz career. In 1972 Chuck joined the Hamilton-Bates Blue Flames Band, which...
Cindy Blackman
Born in Ohio and raised in Connecticut, Cindy began her musical career as a New York street performer. She spent three semesters at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts and also studied with legendary teacher Alan...Claes Brondal
Born in Denmark in the mid-70s and playing the drums since 1983. Studied with drumming greats such as Ed Thigpen, Dom Famularo and many others. Versatile in many styles of music - especially big band, funk, jazz, Afro/Cuban, Brazilian and...
Clarence Penn
Clarence Penn ranks high among drummers who are versatile and savvy enough to play any style of music. Having played in a semi-professional capacity since the age of 15, Penn has toured, performed and recorded with a veritable who's who of...
Claudio Scolari
Claudio Scolari has always been focused on the study of timbre with regard to his instruments, paying particular attention to the compositional aspect and to the writing techniques of contemporary jazz, jazz rock...Clay Grossman
Clay Grossman, a mainstay on the Chicago jazz scene for almost four decades, began his professional career at the age of the 19. He has been passing on his sage drum knowledge and wisdom to aspiring students of the drum-set over 20...
Cody Rahn
On the way....Colin Bailey
Born in Swindon, England on July 9th 1934, Colin Bailey began playing drums at age four. He also studied piano and theory at an early age, and worked with English name bands from age eighteen. Colin lived in Australia in the late fifties...
Connie Kay
Connie Kay will forever be remembered as the legendary drummer/percussionist for the Modern Jazz Quartet. Self-taught on the drums, Kay played in the mid-'40s with Sir Charles Thompson, Miles Davis, and Cat Anderson. He was in Lester...Connor Burnside
Connor has been playing from the age of 11. He was taught by john wilson the drummer from taste and rory gallagher and them with van morrison. John taught connor for 5 years and now he is taking lessons from david lyttle. Connor has been...Corrie Dick
Young Scottish drummer/composer/bandleader Corrie Dick was named as 'one to watch in 2011' by Jazzwise magazine. He is fortunate to be involved in a few exciting bands and to have shared the stage with a diversity of influential...Courtney Williams
Mr. Courtney "C-Will" Williams has proven that you can reach audiences of all ages by his music which he calls "Nu-Jazz, Pop-Hop Soul". C-Will will be doing a world tour in the year of 2007-2008 and he looks forward to seeing you in his...
Cozy Cole
Cozy Cole is considered to be one of the most perfect drummers jazz has produced, possessing an incomparably solid tempo with dreamy clearness and unstoppable power! William Randolph "Cozy" Cole,was a life-long student of the drums,...Craig Bryan Jr
Musician since 4th grade. Craig has been teaching lessons for nearly 20 years. B.A. in music education and a diverse list of performance experience. Currently teaching band at the high school and middle school level. Performing with...
Craig Holiday Haynes
The Drummer Mr. Craig Holiday Haynes (named after Billie Holiday), studied the accordion, piano, and guitar, before playing the French horn in elementary school in St. Albans (Queens) NY. Craig began his professional music career playing...Craig Pilo
Craig Pilo - Drummer
Cubby O'Brien
Carl "Cubby" O'Brien was born July 14, 1946, in Sun Valley, California, not far from Burbank. He was the youngest male to audition to be a Mouseketeer. Discovered by Disney talent scouts in December 1954, while performing at a Screen...Curt Newton
Education and InfluencesCurt studied drum set with Bob Gullotti and has a Master of Music degree in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music. His musical influences and interests, in no particular order, have...
Curtis Andrews
Curtis Andrews is a Canadian musician with global persuasions.He creates music that is informed by his many years of experience with West African, South Indian and traditions yet transcends any neat box to fit into. In Decemeber...
Curtis Nowosad
Curtis Nowosad is a Winnipeg drummer and a recent graduate of the Jazz Studies degree program at the University of Manitoba, mentoring with master drummers Terreon Gully and Quincy Davis, and internationally-recognized jazz bassist...CWill
Mr. Courtney "C-Will" Williams has proven that you can reach audiences of all ages by his music which he calls "Nu-Jazz, Pop-Hop Soul". C-Will will be doing a world tour in the year of 2007-2008 and he looks forward to seeing you in his...Cyndy Russell
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D. James McRae
from 2010... needs to be updated.... I've been involved in a professional music context for too long to count! 30 years or more if you want to include what was probably my first gig with a friends uncle at a legion when i was about 16...D.A. Jones
D.A. has performed with Sun Ra , Sonny Stitt, Pharoah Sanders, Monette Sulder, Gloria Gaynor, The Orlans, Danny and the Jrs. The Drifters, The Tymes, Bo Diddley, David Amram, Forecast, and White Elephant.
Dafnis Prieto
Dafnis Prieto - drums, percussion His arrival in the U.S has been compared by to that of an asteroid hitting New York. Indeed, within a short period of time Dafnis Prieto's revolutionary drumming techniques had a powerful impact on...
Daihachi Oguchi
Daihachi Oguchi, the master Japanese drummer who led the spread of the art of taiko drumming to the United States and throughout Japan. Oguchi helped found top taiko groups, including San Francisco Taiko Dojo, which has performed in...
Dale W Miller
Why not start from his roots? Dale was brought up in the mostly upper middle class town and suburb of Philadelphia, Marlton, NJ. The occupations of his immediate family varied from being in warehouse management to being a factory worker,...
Dalius Naujo
Dalius Naujokaitis began his musical career in the late eighties and was an avant-garde feature of the Vilnius jazz scene performing with Juozas Milašius, Vladimir Chekasin, Petras Vyšniauskas, Skirmantas Sasnauskas and others. He moved...Dalton Drum Syndicate
Dalton Drum Syndicate is a 4-drummers band based in Brussels, Belgium. DDS was founded in 1999. After having jammed on a drum event in a music shop, three of the actual drummers decided to work out something for real. The band members of...
Damian Maguire
7 X PIECE DW DRUMKIT & PERCUSSION (FULL RANGE) JAZZ/WORLD DRUMMER & COMPOSER BSC GRADUATE (MUSIC, BUSINESS/FINANCIAL INV.) AKA-SPACE 2ND INSTRUMENTS: BASS, VIOLIN, GUITAR, PIANO, VOCALS Started career as professional Jazz...Dammis de Neef
1978-1998 euroband RotterdamDamon Short
I'm a percussionist and composer in Chicago, IL. My main interest is all forms of jazz, along with contemporary classical music and many forms of non-Western music. I mainly perform around the Chicago area, primarily with my own ensembles...
Dan Aran
Dan Aran established himself as an in demand side man in the New York Jazz scene shortly upon arrival to the US in 2001. Aran started his musical journey in his hometown of Jerusalem, fascinated with the dumbek and drum set Dan got his...
Dan Barman
*Catch Dan Barman with his new quartet every Monday evening beginning October 3rd as he pays tribute to the late saxophone great Michael Brecker. With some of the most talented young jazz musicians NYC has to offer at his side, each...Dan Bodanis
Hello, We would like to invite you to explore our website. Once there, you will find several jazz-related articles, video clips, MP3 audio clips, a picture gallery, and more that is sure to capture your attention. Would you like to be...Dan Garmon
Dan's passion for music began early in his life, and was further solidified when he began studying classical piano at age 7. At age 10 he began to show an interest in the drums as well, with guidance from his peers and teachers, soon...
Dan Weiss
Dan Weiss started playing the drums at the age of 6. He studied privately since he began. His main teacher as a child and teenager was Jeff Krause. While in high school he studied classical piano and classical composition. He studied drums...
Dana Hall
Born in Brooklyn, New York, drummer Dana Hall has been an important musician on the international music scene since 1992. After completing his education in aerospace engineering at Iowa State University, he received his Bachelor of Music...Daniel Alejandro Siles Mendoza
From a very early age, Daniel was musically influenced by his parents. However, his formal musical education began at the age of 14, when he began taking private drum lessons with Berklee Alumni –and the most renowned drummer in...
Daniel Freedman
Drummer and Percussionist Daniel Freedman was born in New York City and grew up in a musical family. In high school he studied with Max Roach, Billy Higgins, Vernel Fournier and later traveled to study with master drummers in West Africa...Daniel Joseph Dorff
Dan Dorff is a drummer, percussionist and keyboardist who specializes in styles ranging from jazz, blues, gospel and folk to rock, pop, afro-cuban, brazilian and other dance genres. The depth of Dans musical interests has sparked a...Daniel Messina
BIOGRAPHY * Daniel Messina was born on April 9th, 1965 in José C. Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina. * At the age of six, he began to play drums and guitar. He learned to play drums on his own for almost ten years by playing along different...
Daniele Cavalca
Daniele Cavalca was born in Montecchio Emilia (RE) on 8th October 1987. He began to play drums when he was six years old at the music school of Praticello di Gattatico. In 2001 he attended the Conservatory during the High School period in...
Dannee Fullerton
Dannee Fullerton Born 1944 in Los Angeles, CA. In 1948 moved to Saudi Arabia with his mother to join his father who worked for the Arabian American Oil Company (Aramco)located in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. At the young age of 11 years,...
Dannie Richmond
Dannie Richmond was a drummer whose long association with Charles Mingus made him one of the leading percussionists in modern jazz. Richmond was one of jazz's most flexible and responsive drummers, able to supply anything from a gospel...
Danny Gottlieb
Danny Gottlieb is one of the most popular drummers in jazz and contemporary music. While best known as the drummer in the original Pat Metheny Group, Danny, during the past 25 years, has performed and recorded with some of the world's...
Danny Seraphine
Danny Seraphine is one of the world’s most highly-respected rock drummers, rated by the legendary Buddy Rich as one of his favorite young drummers. He was the drummer, percussionist and a founding member of the multi-million selling,...Danny Wolf
I am a drummer/composer located in Long Island, New York. I have an undergraduate degree in jazz performance from the University of Miami and a graduate degree from Queens College. I teach music and gig regularly in New York City. I am the...Darren Lyons Group/Quartet
Biography missing, add it now.Darrifourcq
Born in 1979 in Orthez, he was first trained as a classical music percussionist. At the age of 15, he finally choosed to play drums and made his stage entry in a rock band. He discovered jazz music only later on, when he had a chance...Darryl Alexander Sr.
Entertainment, Lifetime, Saturday Night Live (NBC), Good Morning America (ABC), and NBA Inside Stuff (NBC) are all recent television soundtrack credits that jazz artist/producer/composer Darryl Alexander Sr., has recently added to his...
Darryl Chalmers
Darryl Chalmers is a professional drummer from Queens, NY, who has been playing drums for 31 years. Darryl has worked with several groups including The Bridge, First Circle, Called, and Chosen. He is currently working with Ufouria...Dave Bailey
Born in Portsmouth, Virginia, Bailey studied drumming in New York City at the Music Center Conservatory following his stint in the Air Force in World War II. He played with Herbie Jones from 1951-53, and later with Johnny Hodges, Charles...Dave Christianson
Here's some biographic information about singer-songwriter, producer-arranger, drummer and piano player Dave Christianson. Dave has played, sung, and recorded jazz, blues, and soul music styles with many outstanding musical artists, and...Dave Hampton
Professional jazz drummer Fusion and classical jazz. Mature, dependable, and professional . Well versed in playing in time signatures, 4/4, 3/4, 5/4, 7/4, 6/8. I have played with many local groups including Carl Hines, Billy Wooten, Mo...
Dave King
Born on June 8, 1970, King grew up in Golden Valley, Minnesota. He listened to a wide variety of music and musicians, including Buddy Holly, John Coltrane, Led Zeppelin and Hank Snow. He started playing piano at age four and switched to...Dave Kobrehel
Studierte 3 Jahre an der Musikhochschule Luzern klassisches Schlagzeug - mit dem Schwerpunkt Jazz Vibraphone & Drumset - bei Prof. Erwin Bucher, sowie Musiktheorie und Musikgeschichte bei Marc Hunziker. Während der Ausbildung am...
Dave Mohn
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Dave Scoven
Dave Scoven was born in Richmond, VA. He has been playing since age 12. Dave is an avant garde composer/producer/percussionist. Dave currently plays with guitarist Gary Titi in the jazz duo, Tele-Phonic. Dave is also the founder of the...Dave Tiede
Dave holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music from the University of Northern Iowa. During his years of study at UNI, Dave studied under Tom Giampietro, Randy Hogancamp, Chris Merz, and Bob Washut. While maintaining an active performance...
Dave Tough
A son of affluent Oak Park, Illinois parents, Tough's interest for drumming was not fully supported by his family or community. Fortunately his suburban Chicago home allowed Tough to find his way to southside Chicago exposing him to an...
Dave Weckl
For more than 20 years, Dave Weckl has developed and maintained a reputation among fans, peers, and the international music community as one of the great living drummers. For this, he has received numerous accolades and honors; Modern...David Akrish
David Akrish is a modern, smooth jazz, funk, soul drummer from Seattle,WA. He started playing at age seven listening to soul, funk and rock. He now has a split musical personality playing and studying between post-bop jazz [Miles, T....
David Ashkenazy
David Ashkenazy began his musical journey by studying piano and guitar at the age of nine and was later introduced to the drums. Growing up in Southern California he immersed himself in a wide variety of musical styles including Rock,...David Brady
Musician for last 47 years Drums, Vibraphone, Piano, Vocalist, author, teacher, writer, arranger.David Cifelli
David Cifelli, currently a jazz performance major at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, has been studying drums since he was seven years old. By the age of 13, Dave was gigging with groups throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania....David Crigger
At the age of 18, drummer David Crigger was asked to join the legendary Don Ellis Orchestra, whose blending of jazz, odd-meters and multi-ethnic rhythms helped define "world music" long before the term had been coined; later he went on to...
David Dyson
David is a young percussionist studying A Levels at The Dixie Grammar School, and Jazz at the Birmingham Conservatoire. He receives drum lessons from Dave Hassell and piano lessons from Robert Foreman. He plays percussion in the Graff...
David F. Gibson
Philadelphia born musician Dave Gibson is paving his way toward that pantheon of jazz greats. Paying all the dues required to develop his prodigious talent. Gibson has earned an impeccable reputation in the jazz world. He’s one of the...
David Hansen
David W. Hansen A New Orleans drummer and entrepreneur who performs worldwide, maintains a heavy performance schedule in New Orleans and operates a music booking agency for Louisiana artists. David has travelled, toured and...David Keister
Starting in 1973 Dave began his musicianship at an early age. He was lucky to have performed with many jazz musicians while in elementary school learning from touring players with decades of performance knowledge. Classical, rock and...David Krebs
David is a populary music drummer and classical percussionist and timpanist playing in the Ceará Philharmonic Orquestra (www.filarmonicadoceara.com.br)and the Dunas Jazz Band in Fortaleza (Brazil). He is formed at the High Scool of Music...
David Lyttle
David Lyttle began performing professionally at the age of four in his family folk group, playing bongos, bodhrán and mini lambeg drum. A few years later he added uilleann and lowland pipes, cello and, at eight years old, drum kit....
David Miller
Dave Miller (drums) is a freelance performer, composer and educator living in Brooklyn, NY. Originally from Grinnell, IA, Miller moved to New York in the spring of 2007 after graduating cum laude from the Jazz Studies program at William...David Palazola
EL5 is the best.
David Rozenblatt
David Rozenblatt’s talents have drawn him to all corners of the globe and all styles of music, performing in the world’s most revered concert halls as well as intimate nightclubs. He has performed and collaborated with some of the...David Yoho
I drum. Since 1995, I have been performing with The Blues Orphans of Pittsburgh, PA. Est. 1979. CD Recordings / Releases: 2007, ROOT ROT - The Blues Orphans. 2003, SCHISM 'N BLUES - The Blues Orphans. 1999, BLUES from the 'BURGH (WYEP...
Dean Christesen
Dean Christesen is a jazz drummer residing in Richmond, VA.
Dennis Chambers
Dennis Chambers started playing drums at the age of 4 and by the age of 6 he was playing in nightclubs. Chambers had no former schooling in music. All his musical training came from playing in nightclubs. At the age of 18 he went from High...
Dennis Mackrel
Dennis was born, April 3, 1962. A child prodigy, he began playing the drums when he was two. He became a professional musician at the age of ten when he performed in the Anchorage Community Theater's production of "A Funny Thing Happened...
Dennis Wilson (Beach Boy)
Dennis Carl Wilson was an American rock and roll musician best known as a founding member and the drummer of The Beach Boys. He was a member of the group from its formation until his death in 1983, though he was often supplemented in the...
Derek Gray
At 22 years-old, Derek Gray has established himself as an up-and-coming drummer and percussionist on the Canadian music scene. In the spring of 2011, Derek completed a Bachelor of Contemporary Music Degree at Humber College where he...Derek Henderson
One of the most versatile, energetic and popular drummers on the Chicago music circuit today. Plays all music styles with more than 10 different bands. Has played on all the major clubs,stages, events and festivals for many years. His...
Deric Dickens
Deric Dickens, a percussionist and composer living in Brooklyn, New York, draws roots from southern Georgia. A graduate of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Deric performed with various groups including a recording and...
Devin Gray
An artist interested in multiple musical directions and one who strives for quality and sincerity in his work. His exciting energy has compelled him towards many different musical directions and projects. Considered by his...
Devin Kelly
Devin Kelly is a freelance percussionist based out of Los Angeles, California. A native of Ithaca, New York, Devin began studying music at an early age. His studies led him to the State University of New York at Geneseo where he earned a...Dezzy McKenna
Better known to his fans as 'Animal' the comic drummer on TV's 'Hey Hey Its Saturday'.... Dezzy has drummed some serious Jazz, Latin and Afro Caribean with Brian Batie from Al Green's Band, Tim Neal, Wendy Saddington, Roberto Pla, Kia...
Dick Cully
Cully, Dick (Richard) was born on April 19th, 1949 in Manhattan, New York to his parents, Richard born 1917 and Jeanette born 1921 in New York. In 1955 they moved to Lyndhurst, New Jersey where he began his musical career at the age of 16...
Didier Lasserre
Born in Bordeaux, France, march 1971. Started the drums at the age of sixteen, in order to live «something else" After learning some drums rudiments in the local music school, he works essentially in autodidact, in order to find his own...Diego Maldonado
Venezuelan Drummer and Composer, graduated from The Collective School of Music in New York City in 2003 under the guidance of such greats drummers as Kim Plainfield, Peter Retzlaff, Michael Laurent, Memo Acevedo, Fred Klatz. Since Diego...Dino Casillas
Dino heard jazz at home while growing up, but not until 1962 at the age of nine did he attend his first jazz concert with his mother. Claremont University in southern California headliners included the Jazz Crusaders, Shelley Manne, Stan...
Dion Parson
Dion Parson is one of New York's finest young drummers. Born in St. Thomas, Dion's musical foundation ranges from classical, reggae, calypso, jazz, African, and pop music. Parson's first musical instrument was the trombone, but at the...
Django Carranza
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Dominik Burkhalter
1975 Born in Zurich, Switzerland 1978 Instructed in Drums 1982 First Concerts Instructed in Piano 1995 Jazzschool Luzern 1995 Works as a musician and composer. 1999 Major in Drums at Jazzschool Luzern 2000 ...
Don Joham
Biography missing, add it now.Donald Bailey
Donald "Duck" Bailey has helped define the pulse of jazz for more than five decades. Oddly, you're unlikely to find his name listed among fellow trap set innovators; but there is no doubt about Bailey's far-reaching and enduring influence,...Donivan Bailey
Donivan C. Bailey - is a native of Kansas City, Kansas. In addition to performing with Alaadeen & group 21, Chris Burnett Quartet, leading his own groups, and working as a freelance musician, Donivan is also a composer and producer. He has...Doug Grant
Big band drummer in late 40's, early 50's. Three sons all professional drummers. At age 80, still actively playing with my own groups & others. Regular performer at The Vernon Jazz Club in Vernon, British Columbia.
Doug Hammond
Doug Hammond (born December 26, 1942) is a avant-garde jazz drummer, professor, composer, poet and producer from Tampa, Florida, U.S.A. His first major release was Reflections In The Sea Of Nurnen on Tribe Records. He has worked with...Doug Kassel
DOUG KASSEL
A native Chicagoan, Doug has led a double life as part of the Bay Area music and improvisational theater scenes since 1972. Having his initial roots in Jazz from both his grandfather, Chicago Jazz cornetist Jimmy...
Dr. David Glover
Dr. David Glover is the Assistant Professor of Percussion at Slippery Rock University, where he teaches applied lessons, percussion ensemble, music technology, jazz band, and the steel band (SRU Panorama). He received music degrees from...Dr. Shaun F. Hedgepeth
Shaun F. Hedgepeth, Ph.D. received instruction (music/drums-in chronological order) from Victor Robleto (1976-1977 at Neil Armstrong Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas), Hector Ponce (1977-1978 at Alan B. Shepherd Middle School in San...
Drori Mondlak
Drori Mondlak is one of the outstanding jazz drummers and bandleaders on today's international jazz scene. His touch, subtlety, and interactive approach to music have brought him critical acclaim and performing opportunities with...Drumsunlimited or Funkman53
I,m 57rs Old Professional Drummer 43 years 35 of them with Wm Morris Agency Graduated Berklee School of Music with a BA +BM Degree Performance , Jazz Theory Performance, Advance Music Theory,Hartt College Music, Studied with Al LePak ,...Duane Berge
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Duduka Da Fonseca
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Duduka began playing the drums at the age of thirteen. By fifteen, he was appearing on television, performing with the top musicians in Brazil. In 1975 Duduka moved to New York where he established numerous...Duncan Branom
Played with Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Leroy Vinnegar, Barney Kessel, Wilber Ware, Major Holly, Dizzy Gillespie, Peter Appleyard, Gap Mangione, Jof Lee, Lou Perrine and many more.
Duncan Moore
I grew up in Des Moines, Iowa and began my drum studies at the age of 8. After years of school bands and orchestras, as well as weekend gigs with various rock bands, I moved to Iowa City, majoring in music at the University of Iowa....Dvv Cvvv
Dvc dvc dvc.Dylan Hicks
Dylan "Sticks" Hicks is originally from right outside of Chicago, Illinois. He started studying drums in Jr. High School, and began private lessons with Don Skoog. He played in his school bands, as well as attending Jazz jam sessions all...Dylan Howe
Born in London in 1969, Dylan Howe grew up in leafy Hampsteadwhere he distilled a unique kaleidoscope of influences, notions and musical styles to create his own distinctive sound inspired by the metrropolis.
E.J. Strickland
Drummer E.J. Strickland is currently a member of the long-lived quartet of {{Ravi Coltrane = 5852}} (along with {{Luis Perdomo = 15107}} and {{Drew Gress = 7228}}), and his brother {{Marcus Strickland = 13700}}'s celebrated...
Earl Palmer
Earl Palmer was the New Orleans drummer who largely defined the beat of rock 'n roll on thousands of recordings from the late 1940s on. Dapper and outspoken, Earl Palmer may well have been the most recorded drummer in the history of...Ebbert Gepner II
Ebbert "Ebb" is 36 and lives in Nashville, TN. Recently moved to TN from Phoenix, Arizona, he started his professional career at age 16 and has been a full-time musician since 1995. As a freelance musician in Phoenix, Ebb has worked...
EC3
Ernest “EC3 Coleman III BIO Ernest, a second generation musician, was born in Naples, Italy to Ernest and Rebecca Coleman. His father, Ernest Jr., was a jazz musician who played tenor sax and was also a great arranger and...
Ed Blackwell
Edward Blackwell and his drumming skills were a prime influence on New Orleans drummers in the 1950s. He was a member of the original American Jazz Quintet, which also included Alvin Battiste, and Ellis Marsalis. Blackwell...Ed Breazeale
Ed is a sexy, sweaty, all-American drumming juggernaut. Ed wakes up every morning, drinks some coffee, wathches Sportscenter and then proceeds to lay down a gauntlet of percussive mayhem so fearsome his drumsticks are registered as lethal...Ed Dennis
Ed Dennis, trap drums & djembe- A versatile percussionist, Ed is conversant in be bop, R&B, gospel and Latin styles of drumming. Ed has studied with drumming greats Bernard Purdie, Armand Santarelli, Craig McIver, Harry "Butch" Reed and...
Ed Shaughnessy
Edwin T. Shaughnessy was born 29 January 1929, in Jersey City, New Jersey. A self-taught drummer, Shaughnessy came to prominence, mainly in the New York area, in the late 40s working with George Shearing, Jack Teagarden, Georgie Auld and...
Ed Thigpen
Receipient of the 2002 IAJE (International Association for Jazz Education) HUMANITARIAN AWARD, the IFPI (International Federation of Phonagraph Industry) 2002 Danish Jazz Awards and also Inducted into The PAS (Percussive Arts Society) HALL...Ed Thorne
Biography missing, add it now.Eddie Dougherty
On one of his very first visits to the United States in 1935, the young jazz critic Leonard Feather made special mention of drummerEddie Dougherty, at that point only 18 years old but already employed in a club managed by trombonist Dicky...Eddie Locke
Eddie Locke (February 8, 1930 - September 7, 2009) was an American jazz drummer. Locke was associated with the Detroit jazz scene in the 1940s and 1950s, playing from 1948 to 1953 with drummer Oliver Jackson in a variety show called Bop &...
Eddie Marshall
Coming from a family of musicians in Springfield Massachusetts, Eddie Marshall is acknowledged as a leading figure in the evolution of San Francisco's contemporary jazz sound. For over fifty years he has played drums with nearly every...
Eddie Prevost
Drummer Eddie Prevost was born on June 22, 1942 in England. As a teenager he played drums in Skiffle and trad jazz bands before showing signs of the creative musician that was forming. After his initial exposure to his greatest influences...Eddy Clayton
Started playing drums at age eleven. Formed own Band at fourteen. Fronted own 'Big Band' 16 piece thro' fifties and sixties. Since then have been leading and playing with own Trio/Quartet. Also run 6 piece 'New Orleans' style Band on...Edgar Bateman
Drummer Edgar Bateman Jr. has been around music his entire life. An aunt played piano, her husband played trumpet in jazz bands, and, ironically, his sister introduced him to the drums. She was in the drum corps, and, he says, "She brought...Ediz Hafizoglu
Musical life of Ediz Hafızoglu, who was born in Silistra/Bulgaria on 19 September 1980 started with his father’s teaching him how to play "darbuka" and especially with his learning to play "saz" as a result of the insistence of his...
Edwin Walter
I'm from Sweden. I study drums at -rebro University of Music in Sweden.Einar Scheving
Einar Scheving is a drummer/composer from Iceland. He started playing jazz and rock music professionally at the age of fifteen and soon became one of the country's foremost drummers. Einar has been gaining considerable attention for...
El Eco
EL ECO with Guillermo Nojechowicz -- the Brazilian-Argentine jazz ensemble that has been called "the seedbed" of much of the Latin jazz scene in the Northeast (US)-- performed live on NPR's "Jazz Set" with host vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater...
Eliot Zigmund
Veteran jazz drummer Eliot Zigmund has enjoyed a wide and varied career in jazz spanning forty years of playing. Past and present associations with artists include {{Bill Evans = 6592}}, {{Michel Petrucciani = 10260}}, {{Vince Guaraldi =...
Elvin Jones
Elvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer. He was born in Pontiac, Michigan, the youngest child in a family of ten. His father worked for General Motors. Two of Jones' brothers were also jazz musicians: Hank (piano), and...
Emanuele Maniscalco
Born in Brescia (Italy) in 1983, he started playing piano at the age of eight and drums at twelve. He studied drums on his own, and took piano lessons with Roberto Soggetti and Corrado Guarino. In...
Emil Astrand-Melin
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Enrico Quaranta
Enrico Quaranta intraprendente batterista del panorama musicale nel 1989/92 entra far parte della band di Enzo Avitabile dove ha avuto la possibilità di allargare ulteriormente i suoi orizzonti musicali verso generi come :...
Eric Alabaster
Eric has been playing professionally since his early teens. Eric is a drummer, composer, Tabla player & music educator. He was born in and resides in New York City. Eric studied composition with the legendary Jimmy Heath; Drumming with...Eric Allen
Eric Allen began his career in percussion with a proverbial bang (no pun intended). He was spotted at the age of eleven while doing outreach work in south central Los Angeles by an advertising executive for Wuhan Percussion, who after...
Eric Harland
Eric Du'sean Harland, composer and drummer, is a 29 year old native of Houston, Texas who currently resides on the east coast. Education He began his professional career in 1993 playing locally as he finished high school at The High...
Eric John Eigner
Eric John Eigner plays Drumset, Table-top Percussion and Bass Clarinet. Eigner has released three CD’s from his Mysterium Project on Eavesdrop Records, a label he set up as a platform for contemporary work. Eigner works in a number of...
Eric McPherson
Born and raised in New York, Eric was immersed in music from birth on: Richard Davis, his godfather and an icon among jazz bassists, was present at his birth. It was Richard who suggested he be named after Eric Dolphy. Before Eric was...
Eric Rosenthal
Drummer Eric Rosenthal is based out of the Boston area. The former student of Ed Blackwell has studied and performed more than American jazz drumming; he has also delved into West African traditional and South Indian classical percussion....Eric Starr
Eric Starr is well known as a drummer, and drummers are meticulous. There are rules in drumming that go beyond the obvious. Keeping a beat is not everything. Yet Eric is also a composer, and what truly distinguishes his music is its...Eric Woolston
Eric Woolston is a recent arrival to the Toronto music scene. After completing his Honors Bachelor of Music degree in orchestral percussion from Wilfrid Laurier University where he studied percussion with Dave Campion and Michael Wood,...
Ernesto Cervini
Drummer Ernesto Cervini has quickly become in demand as a sideman but also as a bandleader in New York City because of his unique and deep musicality. Ernesto has, at the young age of 24, had the opportunity to share the stage with many...
Ernie Adams
Ernie Adams studied Jazz at North Texas State University and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Since then, he has been one of the most sought-out drummers and percussionists in the area. Ernie has played on 3 CDs and a DVD with The...Ernst Bier
Ernst Bier - Biographyborn in Barntrupp / Lippe
Studies * 1975 - 77: studied with Billy Brooks (Swiss Jazzschool, Bern) * 1982 - 85: private studies in New York with Charlie Persip and Vernell Fournier * 1985:...
Ethan Parcell
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Ethan Winogrand
Ethan Winogrand was born in New York City. He started playing guitar at five years old, teaching himself songs from the radio and the various records of his family. He began private lessons and added piano to his studies. When fifteen he...
Evan Sherman
A native of New Jersey, Evan Sherman began playing the drums at age five, inspired by Charlie Watts of the Rolling Stones. At eleven, Evan toured through France and Switzerland with the Sussex County Youth Orchestra and by age...Evan Stone
Evan Stone is a drummer that knows how to put together great bands, and that’s exactly what he’s done for his first release on the Red Jazz label. On Sticks & Stone, Vol. 1 Evan Stone is the bandleader, co-producer, and still provides...Evan Woodle
Drummer Evan Woodle has established himself as one of the Northwest’s preeminent creative musicians; his inimitably bombastic style and energetic performances behind the drum set have captivated audiences worldwide. Evan got his start in...
Famoudou Don Moye
Famoudou Don Moye - drums, percussion The man most associated with the Art Ensemble of Chicago as its percussion master, drummer extraordinaire Famoudou Don Moye was born on May 23, 1946, in Rochester, New York. In high school, he...
Federico Ughi
"Federico Ughi is characteristically splendid, his drums serving as much more than a rhythmic undercurrent..." Steven Loewy, Cadence Magazine Federico Ughi is a drummer and composer based in New York. Federico Ughi's music infuses the...Federico Ughi and Steve Swell
“He just might be downtown's best under-recognized jazz drummer at present.” Downtown Music Gallery, NYC, April 2006 Federico Ughi is an artist based in New York with a particular interest in improvisation. He has performed or...
Ferenc Nemeth
Ferenc Nemeth was born in Keszthely, Hungary. He started to play the drums when he was three years old. His father gave him his first drum lessons. At age fourteen he moved out of the family house and went to the Richter János...
Ferit Odman
Ferit Odman (1982) is an on demand and busy jazz drummer based in Istanbul. He started his music studies in Sweden as an AFS exchange student (1999), got a full scholarship to get his B.A. in Music at Istanbul Bilgi University (2001),...
Fidel Morales
Fidel Morales is a Cuban Drummer, General Percussionist, Composer, Arranger, Musical Director and Author.Morales began his formal music education at the age of 12, having previously studied music reading and theory with the great Cuban...
Filippo Provenzale
Drummer and Scientist, Filippo Provenzale has been dedicating for years on his natural approach to improvised music, on multidirectional rythms, avant-garde forms, unexplored and creatively free musical territories. Played...Florian Stocker
Florian Stocker Freier Architekt BDA Diplom-Ingenieur Architektur und Design Master of Science 1967 * 2. 5. Pforzheim, Vater Prof. Dr. Karl Heinz Stocker, freier Architekt BDA Musik 2003 Tambosi 1987 Golliwoggs Cakewalk 1982 Caren...
Francesco Ciniglio
Francesco Ciniglio was born in Naples in 3/05/1989. At 6 he started to attend private lessons with Sergio di Natale up to 20 years old. He graduated in Foreign Languages (English, French and German) at the Istituto linguistico Don Lorenzo...
Francesco Di Lenge
Born in Milan, Francesco Di Lenge started studying drums at the age of 16 with Bruno Fraimini. He started to move his first steps in the professional career in the early 90’working with several musicians (ranging from rock to jazz, latin...Francis Clay
Francis Clay was the definite blues drummer who played drums in the Muddy Waters band during its heyday in the late 1950s, then rejoined Waters in 1965 for a stint of almost two years, thus solidifying his enduring contribution to the...
Francisco Mela
Recently featured in the Zildjian Add in "Modern Drummer," "Down Beat," & "Jazz Times." The Afro-Cuban jazz composer and bandleader drummer, Francisco Mela, born in 1968 in Bayamo, Cuba. At the age of seventeen, he started at the Music...
Frank Briggs
Personnel: Frank Briggs: composer, drums, keyboards, programming; Brian Price: guitar (1-7,9); Kit Walker: Fender Rhodes, synths (1, 3, 7, 8); Steve Weingart: piano, Fender Rhodes, synths (2-4, 6, 9); Ric Fierabracci: bass (1-3, 5,...
Frank Capp
Frank Capp, a flexible and consistently swinging drummer, loves to drive a big band. As leader of the Juggernaut (a group he co-led with Nat Pierce starting in 1975, until the pianist's death in 1992), he got to push and inspire some of...Frank J. Piatek
Soul jazz and blues oriented. Accustomed to playing with Hammond B-3 organists, tenor sax players, and jazz guitar. Enjoy jamming.
Frank Rosaly
Frank Rosaly (Francisco Javier Rosaly Amoros b. 5/30/74 Phoenix, AZ) is a Chicago drummer and composer who has been involved in the improvised and experimental music community for 10 years. He has developed a unique approach to creating...
Franklin Kiermyer
for a biography of Franklin Kiermyer, please visit: http://mobilitymusic.com
Fred Kennedy
Drummer Frederick Kennedy is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia"a beautiful city on the eastern edge of Canada. Growing up in Halifax can only be described as “laid back.” The landscape is gorgeous, and the people are friendly and...
Fred Taylor
Fred Taylor is a drummer, pianist, composer and arranger, born in Spokane Washington in 1954. He started classical piano studies at the age of 5 with Rosalyn Moldenhauer at the Spokane Conservatory, then drums starting at age 10 with Fred...
Frederic Vaudaux
Frédéric begins playing music in 1980 and studies the drum kit in the Contemporary Musical Center of Nice where he obtains two first prizes. After various experiments in regional bands he dashes into the composition, investigates and...Frogman Tsubasino
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Gabacho Connection
This 2008 Jazz quintet owns a repertoire of compositions: an inventive, melodic jazz that is, above all, eclectic. Charley Rose: sax Baptiste Techer: trombone Willy Muñoz: piano, Eric Oxandaburu: double bass Vincent Thomas: drums The very...
Gaetano Di Giacomo
Worked with bands/artists in the jazz and fusion genre. Played many festivals and clubs around Italy, UK, Japan, Finland, USA, south of France.Gareth Hughes
Gareth's work encompasses a wide variety of musical situations; His live work sees him performing and touring all over the UK and Europe. Other performances include work on Brittany ferries and the QM2 (Cunards flagship cruise liner)....Garrett Brown
Drummer Garrett Brown graduated from William Paterson University's jazz department. While attending, he studied with artists such as Kevin Norton, Ari Hoenig, Rich Derosa, John Riley and Ben Perowsky. Garrett has performed in some of the...Garry Leonard
Garry Leonard After graduating from Eastern Michigan University on a full music scholarship, Garry toured the U.S. with brother Gerry, singer Leslie Kendall, and pianists Alan Broadbent, John Serry and Gus Sims. He settled in Kansas City...
Gary Husband
Gary Husband is one of a rare breed of musicians in that his expression is divided equally in his capacity as a drummer and a keyboardist of international repute. His classical roots, his quest and development in the improvisational, jazz...
Gary Johnson
Drummer, Gary Johnson, has been keeping time for 37 years with, among others Scott Hamilton, Dave McKenna, Ken Peplowski, Keely Smith and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. For four years, he traveled extensively with the Artie Shaw Orchestra...
Gary Pearson
Trained in DCI Drum Corps and US Army Field Band. Have tour and show experience having played with numerous acts both national and local. Former house drummer for regional recording studio in Maryland/DC area. Well versed in all styles.Gary W Norwell
born 1950, studied Sydney Australia, Early 70s, Recorded "Sun" 1972-on RCA records--"Free Time"1974 with Keith Shadwick released on Candid Records UK 2008
Gasper Bertoncelj
Born in 1978 in Kranj. He started his music career by learning trumpet at the Kranj music school. Towards the end of the primary school he got his first drums. He immediately started playing in the local jazz band. Later he joined the...
GayeLynn McKinney
GayeLynn McKinney's drumming style is electric; transitioning from jazz to latin to rock to funk, she is a woman with many facets. Her signature style of drumming can be seen through her uncanny improvisation, power,...
Gene Black
My name is Gene Black. I grew up in New Orleans, in a musical family. I play drums, and bass professionally, and some other instruments, very unprofessionally. A list of artists that I have worked for includes: Leon "Kid Chocolate"...
Gene Krupa
Gene Krupa was easily one of the most colorful personalities of the big band era. Despite his outrageous stage persona, Krupa was a serious and disciplined musician whose vision changed the role of drummer forever and who helped...
Gene Lake
An all around drummer who cut his teeth on Midwestern funk and avant-garde jazz, Gene Lake embodies the contradictions of modern music. His resume reflects his passion for the great funk icons of the 1970s and 1980s such as...Geoff Clapp
Geoff Clapp has been performing, touring and recording as a drummer since the age of 12. He grew up playing in the church and still loves to play and grow as an artist. With a very unique and wide palette of musical styles, Geoff is...
George Fludas
George Fludas was born in Chicago on October 10, 1966. His interest in drumming began when he was very young due to the influence of his father, who played drums and was an avid jazz fan. His father taught him the basics and frequently...George Mel
George Mel has worked as a freelance drummer and percussionist in New York City since late 2000. While in New York, he has performed at such landmark venues as Carnegie Hall; Blue Note, NYC;Irridium,NYC; The Kitano,NYC; Zinc Bar, NYC;...
George Schuller
Drummer, composer, arranger and producer George Schuller, a native of New York City, moved to Boston in 1967 where he was raised and educated, and later received a Bachelor's Degree in Jazz Performance at the New England Conservatory of...
Gerald Cleaver
Drummer Gerald Cleaver was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and is a product of the rich music tradition found there and also in his home. Inspired by his father, John Cleaver, also a drummer, he began playing the drums at an early...Gianni Insalata
Nato a Foggia nel 1974, figlio d'arte (papà bassista) coltiva la passione per la musica sin da piccolo. Come tanti inizia ascoltando dischi e suonandoci sopra, studia da autodidatta il proprio strumento, la batteria, per poi studiare e...
Gianpaolo Camplese
Sitting on a Drum-set since he was a little kid (father also Drummer) he’s being playing many kind of music, rock, funk, reggae, but since more than 10 years he's true passion has been Jazz, from the roots (New Orleans ragtime) until the...Gil Graham
Performances - Jazz and Show Music- 1970 - Present ~ Active member of the music scene in Boston, including club work, dance music, concerts, shows and recording. House drummer at two resorts in the Catskill Mountains, playing...
Ginger Baker
Peter Edward 'Ginger' Baker found his way into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame by playing the drums with a degree of proficiency and expression matched by few others. He first gained fame in the late 1960s with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce...Giovanni Lo Cascio
Bio: GIOVANNI LO CASCIO composer/drummer/percussionist I was born in Rome in 1963 and start studying music in 1969 with Maestro Vincenzo Ricciuti. In 1976, I studied drums privately with Ivano Nardi and then with Roberto Gatto....
Glenn Astarita
I own a jazz/blues club (Water's Edge Bar & Grill) in Slidell, LA and write for Downbeat magazine, the New Orleans Weekly Gambit, All About Jazz and other music related mags/zines. Play the drums...
Glenn Johnson
Born in Detroit, drummer and composer Glenn Johnson studied percussion with Allen G. Smith, and studied music at Cass Tech High School. After playing in assorted basements, garages, theaters, and jams, he joined with Dimitri Mugianis in...Glenn Pinto
Started playing drumset in 1984.Will always be A STUDENT of the drumset(self taught).Played in various dance bands in hometown GOA-INDIA.current playing situation DANCE BAND and GOSPEL BAND.
Grady Tate
Born in Durham, N.C., Grady Tate began singing at age four and he began playing drums at age five. For the past three decades his distinctive sound has graced literally hundreds of recordings with world-renowned artists such as...Graham Doby
Graham Doby was raised in Charlottesville, Virginia. He received his first drum at the age of five, and when he got his first full drum kit at the age of 9 it was “love at first sight.” He continues to play today gigging in D.C. and...Grass Roots Foundation
Grass Roots Foundation Perform exclusively improvisation In the spantanious music musitians see the basics of the music itself, What could bee seen in the name of the band - what should be taken as the cause, the roots and the...
Greg Bandy
To FollowGreg Burrows
Greg Burrows is a drum set and multi-percussion player based in The Bronx, New York City. Performance styles/specialties: Jazz, multi-ethnic ("world music"), funk/soul, samba/bossa nova, calypso, chicha (Peruvian Cumbia), bluegrass/folk,...
Greg Camphire
Greg Camphire has been playing drums for more than 25 years, beginning as a 7-year-old in his Pittsburgh, PA hometown and continuing with a variety of great teachers & self-taught techniques as he moved through Philadelphia, San Francisco...
Greg Williamson
BIO - The Short Version Greg Williamson, drummer, percussionist and composer, has toured as a member of the swinging big bands of Woody Herman, Glenn Miller and Harry James. He has appeared on over 30 CDs, including the recent "JazzIn It"...
Gregg Bendian
Gregg Bendian was born on July 13th, 1963 in Englewood, New Jersey. His family lived in Fairview NJ, until moving to Teaneck NJ at the age of seven. Gregg grew up in a house where music was always in the air. His parents, Martin and...
Gregg Brennan
Gregg Brennan is a composer, drummer, educator, bandleader and painter currently living in London, England. He is a graduate of Berklee College of music and has studied with, among others Bob Moses, Ian Froman, Skip Hadden and Joe Hunt....
Gregory Hutchinson
Ever since his professional debut as a teen-aged sideman for trumpeter Red Rodney, Greg Hutchinson has offered eloquent testimony that youth must have its say. Today he is still a young man, and still thick with the freshness of invention...Gritz
Born in Salgtarjn, it is after the VAT that Peter Gritz can enter to the Higher Academy of Jazz of Budapest. 2 years later, he records his first disc with two of his professors, Bela Szakcsi, Gyula Babos. However there are others of...Guido May
Born in 1968 in Bad Reichenhall/Germany he took classical piano lessons at age seven for about eight years.In 1983 he started to take lessons at the "Drummers Focus" drumming school in Munich for two years and attended several...
Guillermo Nojechowicz
Instrumentation Kim Nazarian (ARMENIA/US): vocals (New York Voices) Helio Alves (BRAZIL): piano (Joe Henderson) Fernando Huergo (ARGENTINA): bass (Tom Harrell) Guillermo Nojechowicz (ARGENTINA): drums, vocals (Claudio...Gunter Gruner
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Hal Blaine
Hal Blaine may well be the most profilic drummer in rock and roll history. He's certainly played on more hit records than any drummer in the rock era, including 40 #1 singles and 150 that made the Top Ten. Eight of the records he played on...
Han Bennink
Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Han Bennink was born in Zaandam near Amsterdam in 1942. His first percussion instrument was a kitchen chair. Later his father, an orchestra percussionist, supplied him with a more conventional outfit, but...Hannes Lingens
Drum Set and Five Row Free Bass Button Accordion.
Hans Schuman
About Hans Schuman, Founder, JazzReach & Metta Quintet Born in Lansing, Michigan, Hans Schuman began playing drums at the age of 13 while growing up in Tucson, Arizona. After high school, Hans enrolled at Boston's Berklee...Hans W. Giesholt
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Harris Eisenstadt
”Eisenstadt is strong proof that jazz is still young and growing,” declares L.A. Weekly's Greg Burk. Critics have called him “a rising presence as a composer of note” (Troy Collins, AllAboutJazz.com), “vital and...
Harvey Mason
You will have only begun to scratch the surface by identifying the masterful Harvey Mason as just a drummer. Yes, his precision time keeping and versatility have placed him among THE most in-demand and most recorded session drummers of...
Harvey Sorgen
Harvey Sorgen, Hot Tuna's sizzling drummer, started playing drums and percussion instruments in 1964. His mastery of many styles-jazz, rock, funk and pop-is evident on recordings and gigs with Ahmad Jamal, Robbie Dupree, Roswell Rudd, Dry...Håkon Berre
Norwegian drummer. Former student of drummers such as Per Oddvar Johansen, Martin Andersen and Stefan Pasborg. Has also studied Max/MSP with Jakob Riis. Lives in Copenhagen where he is mainly focusing on the avantgarde scene, working on...
Henry Cole
Drummer Henry Cole is at the forefront of a growing wave of jazz innovation and cross-cultural rhythm in the 21st century. With his flexibility, grace and sheer power behind the drum kit, he has proven indispensable to the sound of some of...Herbie Lovelle
Herbie or Herb Lovelle (1 June 1924 - April 8, 2009) was a versatile American drummer, who played Jazz, R & B, rock and folk. He was also a studio musician and an actor. Lovelle's uncle was drummer Arthur Herbert. Lovelle began his...
Herlin Riley
Herlin Riley was born on February 15, 1957, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Born into a musical family, Mr. Riley was always surrounded by music. He began playing the drums at age three. Mr. Riley studied trumpet throughout high school and two...
Hernan Hecht
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1975, he studied the career of drums performance at Argentina’s Technological Institute for Contemporary Music (ITMC). Took private drum lessons with Pablo LaPorta and Fernando Martinez, and has taken...
Hugo Alcazar
Hugo Alcazar Drummer, percussionist, composer, educator, Vic Firth artist and "Best Latin Jazz Drum Kit" 2008 and 2009 by Latin Jazz Corner (USA). His beginnings Hugo Alcazar was born in Lima - Peru (may 23, 1971) and started playing...Hugo Garcia
"HUGO GARCIA out of Argentina, is one of the finest jazz drummers on the scene today. Hugo has a great sense of time, rhythm and feel, as well as knowing Where and When to utilize shading, placement and dynamics. He also has the innate...
Ian Dylan
Ian Dylan, born 11/28/1969, in New York, N Y,, currently residing in the Washington DC metro area, is a jazz musician. He plays drums, and drum set in particular. He’s become known for his control of the instrument, keen ear, and...Ian Evans
Ian is a professional drummer and percussionist from the South West of England. Years of playing experience is backed up with a solid musical education. Whatever the gig, Ian's professional performance and attitude are what you need, along...Ian M. Davis
Ian Davis started drumming at 15 as an R&B drummer with The Barons, playing gigs on the South Carolina "chittlin' circuit" with Earl Davis, George McCauley, Craig Washington, Phil Griffin, and "Cool" John Ferguson. He played folk and...
Ian Petillo
“Legacy Jazz Band brings ambiance and sophistication to any affair” Legacy Entertainment specializes in music for all occasions: corporate functions, private parties, cocktail hours, weddings receptions, ceremonies and concert venues....
Idris Muhammad
Idris Muhammad was born on November 13,1939, and began playing the drums at age 8 in his native New Orleans. By the time he was 16, he was performing in jazz bands. Muhammad became known as one of the most innovative drummers in soul music...
Ignacio Berroa
Grammy Award winner and international drum star Ignacio Berroa has been recognized by many as one of the greatest drummers of our times. His numerous contributions to the American music scene have earned him a place among a very selective...Isaac Wiley
GRAMMY AWARD winner Ike Wiley is one of the co-founders of the DAZZ BAND, which he and his brother Michael (bass player) helped build from the ground up. The group recorded nine albums toured in the 70's& 80's and performed before millions...
Isaiah Ceccarelli
Musique actuelle, jazz, improvisation, art brut
Jack DeJohnette
Born in Chicago in 1942, Jack De Johnette is widely regarded as one of jazz music's greatest drummers. Music appreciation flourished in De Johnette's family. He studied classical piano from age four until fourteen before beginning to...
Jack Gold-Molina
As well as being a photojournalist, I am also a drummer and percussionist. I have a performance history dating back to about 1980 when I was performing with blues/rock group The Opening and avant-rock group Quantum. I have also studied...
Jack Parnell
John Russell Parnell was an English bandleader and musician. Parnell was born into a theatrical family in London. His father Russ Carr was a music hall artist, before becoming a theatrical agent. His uncle Val Parnell was general manager...
Jack Sperling
The definitive American Big Band and studio drummer. He was a recording artist, versatile jazz combo and dynamic Dixieland musician. In 1941 he played with trumpeter {{Bunny Berigan = 4938}}. Following the end of World War II Jack, along...Jacob Armen
Jacob Armen is a true child prodigy drummer. Born in 1982, this drummer was playing like a pro at the ripe old age of 18 months. By the age of 6, he was playing with a full jazz ensemble. He was on tv many times between the ages of 7 and...Jacob Kaye
Biography of Jacob Kaye
For more than 20 years, Jacob Kaye musician, drummer,...
Jacob Melchior
Jacob Melchior, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, came to New York in 1994 and has performed with such notables as Eric Alexander, Harry Whitaker, Rob Bargad, Joe Cohn, Sam Yahel, Tulivu Donna Cumberbatch, Valerie Capers, Bertha Hope, Stjepko...
Jae Sinnett
Jae Sinnett has 8 recordings out as a leader, the first of which was released in 1986--called "Obsession." Featured on this project were: The former director of the Count Basie Orchestra--Frank Foster playing saxophone, John Hicks, piano,...
Jaimeo Brown
Percussionist and composer, Jaimeo Brown, began his drum career at age 16, growing up in the San Francisco Bay area with a rich musical heritage on both sides of his family. He tagged along with his father, bassist Dartanyan Brown, and...
Jaimoe
Johanson came up in the R&B world and began drumming at an early age, often accompanied by friend Lamar Williams on bass. Johanson backed soul singers, including a membership in Otis Redding's touring band in 1966, and afterward touring...
Jake Burton
Jake Burton began drumming "formally" at the age of 7, although he had a drum kit as early as age three. In college, Jake obtained a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering while studying drums and symphonic percussion with St. Louis Symphony...
Jake Watson
Jake has been playing drums for well over twenty-five years. Being involved in numerous performing and recording projects around the country, he brings a great sense of time and direction to the music, as well as knowledge of guitar, bass,...James Black
He is one of the key players in New Orleans drumming continuum. In what has to qualify as a lifetime of accomplishments, he played with Cannonball and Nat Adderley, Horace Silver, and Yusef Lateef, and toured with Lionel Hampton. He was...James McLaughlin
Combining instrumental jazz with some of Virginia's best acoustic musicians, sesshin melds musical elements of Jazz, Funk, Latin and Folk. Bringing a Jam-Band energy to the Jazz aesthetic, sesshin features Charlottesville based drummer...Janne Ersson
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Janne Tuomi
Janne Tuomi was born in 1973 in Tampere, Finland. Coming from a family of musicians and music educators, it was only natural that this first-born began playing the piano at the age of six. But the infatuation was not to last as percussion...Jared Fein
—-Ambition to explore and bring you the fusion of Jazz and Hip-Hop in it's purest form. Give a listen—— I've been playing the drums since I can remember. I've explored many genres with many different people as I grew up...
Jared Ribble
Jared Ribble was born in Neenah, Wisconsin on May 2, 1979. It was growing up in this small paper industry town that God cultivated in young Jared a desire to play drums. His parents graciously bought him his first drum set when he was...
Jared Schonig
Born 1983 in Los Angeles, CA to a family of professional musicians, Jared Schonig began playing the piano at age 5 and the drums at age 14. While a young student in Los Angeles, Jared had numerous opportunities to perform professionally...Jared Steer
Growing up in the hub of the world, Rochester, NH, I fell in love with the tubs at an early age. My music teacher, Ms. Z, introduced me to percussion in third grade and asked if I would join the school band. Immediately I was in the School...
Jason Haugland
Just getting going on some new tunes and collaborations hope to provide some great entertainment soon..
Jason Marsalis
“Music is always in motion,” states Jason Marsalis, and whenever he’s behind the drum kit, the music moves with graceful swing and crackling intensity, hurtling away from the familiar into fresh, exciting territory, like a bullet...
Jay Epstein
A jazz drummer with an extensive career, Jay has played in many diverse jazz groups. After graduating from college in Minnesota, he studied polyrhythmic concepts in New York with Barry Altschul, the drummer in Chick Corea's Circle. He...Jay Frederick
Originally from Birmingham, Alabama, Jay Frederick is a New York City-based artist who has impressed musicians and critics alike with his highly personal approach to the drumset as a...
Jay Lawrence
Celebrated musician Jay Lawrence has enjoyed a diverse career as a performing and recording artist, composer, arranger, clinician, educator and adjudicator. He has been voted the “Best Drummer in Utah” and “Utah’s Favorite Jazz...
Jay Norem
After several years of playing standards and blues, I came to the realization that what I really wanted to do was play in a band that featured original music. Since there weren't any bands like that around, I decided I'd better start...
Jay Rosen
Jay Rosen was born in 1961 in Philadelphia. His family moved to Long Island, N.Y. in 1964. Jay's musical interest took shape from recorded music that was played around the house as well as two aunts and a brother that were all musicians....Jean-marie Corrois
Jean-marie Corrois, drummer. Jean-marie started his career in the city of Tours (France) where he performed with the funk African band “Trans African Express” touring in the south of France for the national radio station “Radio...Jean-Philippe Larpin
Born in a musical family (father drummer and mother singer) he fell into jazz at a very early age. Later on he turned to drums as there was always a set at home. Played in Switzerland a lot in clubs, festivals (Montreux, Cully) and onstage...
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts is one of the most in demand jazz drummers in the world today. Jeff Watts majored in classical percussion at Pittsburgh's Duquesne University, where he was primarily a timpanist, followed by enrollment at the Berklee...
Jeff Abbott
Jazz, Free Jazz, Big Band and Show Drummer New Project: http://www.facebook.com/SugaWack Performed with Ira Sullivan, John Bunch, Karl Berger, Nicole Yarling, Randy Johnston, Perry Robinson, Ed Schuller, Badal Roy, Tom...
Jeff Ballard
Jeff Ballard grew up in Santa Cruz, California. He recalls when he was a child laying in bed listening to the music his father would play every weekend: Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald, Louie Armstrong, Sergio Mendez, Oscar Peterson, Milton...
Jeff Cosgrove
For the past few years drummer Jeff Cosgrove has been developing his personal and interpretive style while performing in groups across diverse musical genres. Growing up in the Washington, D.C., area, Jeff was exposed to all types of...
Jeff Crouse
Jeff Crouse is a drummer/ percussionist living in Cary, NC with a passion for music, performing, and teaching. His education includes a Bachelors of Arts in Percussion Performance from Virginia Tech and a Masters of Music in Studio Jazz...Jeff Donavan
The Donavan/Muradian Quintet is a Straight Ahead Hard Swinging Band thats been playing in and around Southern Califorina over 20 years. Our new CD features Chuck Manning:Tenor sax,Kye Palmer:Trumpet and Curtis Brengle:Piano. "Pacifico" has...Jeff Goold
Jeff lives in the Nashville area.
Jeff Hamilton
Originality is what versatile drummer Jeff Hamilton brings to the groups he performs with and is one of the reasons why he is constantly in demand, whether he is recording or performing with his trio, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, and...
Jeff Reilly
History I was born in New Jersey and started playing trombone in the 7th grade, that didn’t last very long. I was very drawn to the drums and percussion. I have been a working professional since age 18. I spent a lot of time going into...
Jeff Williams
Jeff Williams was raised in Oberlin, Ohio where he began playing drums at age eight. Self-taught, with the aid of his parents’ collection of jazz recordings as a guide, he started playing gigs with local professionals at age fourteen....Jeffrey Jones
I was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma and I have lived here all of my life. I am married and have two wonderful daughters. I have studied with several phenomenal drum instructors and now I give drum lessons. I went to college at...
Jeffrey Lien
Contact at 773.396.1735 or jeffreyliendrums@gmail.com - B.M., Berklee College of Music, Magna Cum Laude Honors - Performances at Montreux Jazz Festival, South by Southwest and NEMO - National Tours with Rich Price (Geffen/Indie) and...Jeffrey Wasilauski
Jeff Wasilauski was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania and grew up in a musically talented family. Jeff was first inspired by his cousin John to start playing the drums at age 9. Jeff received a B.M. degree in Music Performance(Jazz Studies)...
Jeno Somlai
Latin/Jazz artist heavily influenced by many diffrent styles in the Afro-Cuban genre.
Jeremy Carlstedt
Performed with: Chico Hamilton, Tim Motzer, Andrew Bemkey, Ursula Rucker, Brian Settles, Neil Podgurski, Corcoran Holt, Evan Schwam, Will Connell Jr., Tom Abbs, and many more great musicians. Location: Brooklyn, NYJeremy Jones
"Jeremy is shredding his drum kit like a samurai, using weapons that range from shakers to bells to mallets to the butte end of his own drumsticks. I have never seen a man play jazz drums with more intensity." - Colorado Music Buzz...
