Jazz Fusion Drummer forming a collective

Evanston IL

Description

I'm a degreed percussionist/drummer and putting together a group to play our pick of Yellowjackets, Pat Metheney, Kinfolk, Chick Corea, Snarky Puppy, Ghost Note, Funky Knuckles, and straight-ahead and latin gooves... solid jazz fusion and skunk funk. We have a rehearsal space with amps, piano, PA and self-roasted coffee for practices. Looking to play out when we can but mostly driven by the joy of playing these killer cuts. Amazingly, we now have strong bass, sax, trumpet, guitar, vocal and piano players that have expressed interest (all degreed, teaching, experienced players) so... IF YOU PLAY KEYS/SYNTH and are into these jams, PLEASE CONTACT ME. We have professional charts from Snarky Puppy, Yellowjackets, Chick Corea and Pat Metheney in hand and are building our library and set lists and taking input on additional tunes/artists from the players. The concept is more of a collective of players so several of each instrument, all that read. With this, if one of our players has another gig, it won't prevent the group from accepting a job or rehearsing and we can play out more (although, again, that isn't the main goal). We won't rehearse endlessly given the reading ability in the group. Charts are provided well in advance of rehearsals and we're scheduling them now for Jan. 2020. If you read music well and play any of these instruments: bass, woodwinds (sax/bass clarinet/EWI), trumpet, guitar, piano/synth or drums/percussion, please contact me as we're looking for more players.