Cliff Almond

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Cliff Almond (* around 1969 in San Diego , California ) is an American jazz and fusion musician ( drums , also percussion).

Live and act

Almond comes from a musical family; his mother was a piano teacher and his father a choir conductor. He received a classical education and was taught the violin and piano according to the Suzuki method at the age of five . After choosing the drums, he attended the School of Creative and Performing Arts in San Diego , where he played in orchestras, theater orchestras and jazz ensembles. Soon he was also performing in the San Diego and Los Angeles areas. At the age of 18 he began studying at the Percussion Institute of Technology in Hollywood with Steve Houghton , Casey Scheurell , Ralph Humphrey , Joe Pocaro and Peter Erskine . Drummer Dave Weckl discovered him at the age of 20 and recommended him to pianist Michel Camilo . He moved to New York City, where he was henceforth engaged in various styles and genres. From the early 1990s he worked in the New York jazz scene with Camilo and Ralph Bowen , with whom he made his first recordings in 1990 ( On the Other Hand ). In the following years he played a. a. also with the Manhattan Jazz Quintet, Pete Levin , Jeff Berlin , Charles Flores and Bunny Brunel. He also worked with Camilo on the soundtrack of the film Two Much (Directed by Fernando Trueba ) and played (together with the soloists Camilo, Michael Mossman , Lincoln Goines , Johan Hörlén and Shannon Barnett ) with the WDR Big Band ( Repercussions ) .

From the 2000s on, Almond continued to work with Wayne Krantz , John Tropea , Raul Agraz and David Finck ( BASSically Jazz , 2018). In the field of jazz, according to Tom Lord , he was involved in 21 recording sessions between 1990 and 2018, and as a session musician in productions by Patti LaBelle . Currently (2019) he is also a member of the Ralph Bowen Quartet with Jim Ridl and Kenny Davis .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cliff Almond in the Internet Movie Database (English)
  2. ^ WDR media library
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 27, 2019)
  4. ↑ Cliff Almond, Drums. Smalls, October 1, 2019, accessed October 27, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Almond, Cliff
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz and fusion musician (drums)
DATE OF BIRTH around 1969