Anne Drummond

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Anne Drummond (* 1980 ) is an American musician ( flute , also piano composition ) of modern jazz .

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Born in Seattle and performing internationally since 1997, Drummond studied piano at the Manhattan School of Music between 1999 and 2003 . Her teacher Kenny Barron brought her to his group Canta Brasil (album of the same name in 2002) as a flautist , with whom she toured Europe. Since then she has worked with Stefon Harris ( The Grand Unification Theory , African Tarantella & Dances With Duke , Urbanus ), Bobby Hutcherson and Ravi Coltrane ; She also worked on recordings by Victor Gould , Avishai Cohen ( Home ), Andy Milne / Grégoire Maret , Meg Okura , Nilson Matta , David Chesky and Benny Green . In 2009 she released her debut album Like Water , followed by Revolving (2013) and the EP Flute Ballads . In the field of jazz, she was involved in 23 recording sessions between 2001 and 2018, according to Tom Lord .

As a composer, Drummond has not only written works for her own albums and for Duduka da Fonseca since 2006 , but also for string ensembles and woodwind quintets.

Drummond has taught at The New School and the Manhattan School of Music, and has led workshops and master classes at Blackhawk College, Utah Valley University, and the University of Louisville . She also works with Don Robin and other cognitive neuroscience researchers at the University of New Hampshire to study the effects of musical improvisation on the brain, and is interested in the biological foundations of creativity and the relationship between music education and neuroplasticity . In 2020 she was nominated in the category Best Flutist by the Critics Poll of the JazzTimes magazine .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry (Smalls)
  2. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 31, 2020)
  3. ↑ a b biography (MillerTheatre)
  4. ^ Music to their Brains
  5. ↑ 2019 Expanded Critics' Poll Results. JazzTimes, January 28, 2020, accessed January 31, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Drummond, Anne
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (flute, composition)
DATE OF BIRTH 1980