Jazz vibraphonist, mallet percussionist, and
pianist, Bryan Carrott has toured and/or recorded with David “Fathead” Newman, Ralph Peterson, Henry Threadgil, Muhal Richard Abrams, Sam Rivers, Don Byron, Dave Douglas, Charlie Hunter, Bob Moses, Roy Campbell, Herbie Mann, Cassandra Wilson, John Lurie & the Lounge Lizards, Greg Osby, Tom Harrell, Bennie Wallace, Steve Kroon, Joe Batan, & Kip Hanrahan. For several years consecutively, Bryan has been cited in Down Beat Magazine's International Critics' Poll, and has been featured on several film soundtracks, including “3A.M.”, with Branford Marsalis. As a clinician for Ross Mallet Instruments, Bryan has lead educational performances at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference, Percussive Arts Society Int’l Convention, Berklee College of Music Percussion Festival, Rutgers University, Princeton University, Day of Percussion in Sayville, N.Y, & the Taipei Int‘l Percussion Summer Camp in Taiwan. Bryan was also a featured soloist with Cologne, Germany's WDR Orchestra conducted by Gunther Schuller, and was a mallet percussionist for Disney’s Broadway production of “The Lion King”. He currently serves as coordinator & professor of percussion studies at Five Towns College in Dix Hills, N.Y.  |
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 Do you know whose baby picture this is? Give you a hint....he has a shaker in his left hand!!! If you think you know...email me your guess!!! |
 A percussionist, singer and composer Hasan Bakr has been performing most of his life. He has studied in the master-teacher discipline for most of his adult life with great masters of instruments like the Djembe, timbales, shekere, congas, and berimbau. He's also toured with several popular artists including Snow, Thomas Mapfumo, The Winard Harper Sextet and Hasan Hakmoun. In addition to playing music, he's an incredible photographer and father to a cool 15 year old daughter named Chi Chi (go Chi-Chi, go Chi-Chi!). Hasan started playing music as a child - but it wasn't the drums - it was first trombone; just like Melik (the bass player)! The drums called Hasan in his teen years and we're glad he answered the call of the beat! And yes, he also sings, plays drum kit, and guitar as well.....quite a talented man, yes?!?!?! |
 Favorite Color: Yellow
Favorite Foods: Caribbean Favorite Instrument(s): voice Favorite TV Show: Court TV Favorite Music: what I'm playing at the time - which can be almost anything for a percussionist! Victor Y. See Yuen hails from the island of Trinidad and Tobago. Immersed from childhood in the swinging Trinidadian rhythms, Victor has forged a sound of his own which sparkles in the hit song recordings he made for “Arrow” (Hot Hot Hot) and “Bryon Lee” (Tiney Winey). Victor plays a variety of percussion and melodic instruments including congas, bongos, mbira and the Vietnamese dant’rung. He has a passion for record producing, poetry and song writing.Victor has recorded and toured with a long list of mega-stars including jazz legend Sonny Rollins, Kathleen Battle, Sarah Vaughn, Wynton Marsalis, Mos Def, Ron Carter, The Mighty Sparrow and Luther Vandross. |
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