Carmen Intorre

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Carmen Intorre Jr. (* around 1980 in Buffalo , New York ) is an American modern jazz musician ( drums ) .

Live and act

Intorre began playing drums when he was five. As a teenager he performed locally in Buffalo with Al Tinney , but also with David Fathead Newman , DD Jackson and George Garzone . In 1999 he moved to New York City , where he enrolled at the New School . At the Juilliard School he completed his bachelor's and master's degrees. He worked from the early 2000s a. a. with George Benson , Larry Coryell , Wynton Marsalis , Monty Alexander , George Coleman , Eric Alexander , George Cables , Benny Golson , Richie Cole , Lew Tabackin , Bobby Watson , Ira Sullivan or Bucky Pizzarelli . He was a member of the sextet or quintet of Ernie Krivda and Dominick Farinacci . He has also recorded with Sharel Cassity , Pat Bianchi , John Basile , Joey DeFrancesco ( Never Can Say Goodbye: The Music of Michael Jackson ), Randy Johnston , Greg Skaff , Joshua Breakstone , JC Stylles , Pat Martino and Joe Locke .

Around 2011 Intorre recorded the album For the Soul under his own name , on which Jon Irabagon , Pat Bianchi, Joey DeFrancesco and John Hart participated. Currently (2019) he is also a member of the Akiko Tsuruga Quartet. In the field of jazz he was involved in 23 recording sessions between 2001 and 2017, according to Tom Lord . a. also with Whitney Marchelle , most recently in the Massimo Farao Trio.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b entry (AllAboutJazz)
  2. ↑ a b Tom Lord: The Jazz Discography (online, accessed August 9, 2019)
  3. ↑ Carmen Intorre Jr., drums. Smalls, August 1, 2019, accessed August 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Intorre, Carmen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Intorre Jr., Carmen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (drums)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Buffalo