Kush Abadey

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Kush Abadey (born September 7, 1991 ) is an American jazz musician ( drums ) of modern jazz .

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Kush Abadey comes from a musical family; his father is the drummer Nasar Abadey , who u. a. played with Malachi Thompson . He started playing drums at the age of two. He began taking piano lessons from Harlan Jones at the New Sewell Music Academy in Washington, DC, from the age of six before switching to percussion and playing with the Fred Foss Jazz Youth Orchestra . He then studied jazz improvisation with Jeffrey Chappelle and percussion with Tom Teasley at the Levine School of Music . In 2005, at the age of 14, he was the youngest scholarship holder to date in the Strathmore Artist-in-Residence program for performance and composition . At the age of 16 he was a member of the Wallace Roney Quintet (heard on their albums Understanding (2013), Home (2012) and If Only for One Night ). In 2008 he had the opportunity to perform in an ensemble under the direction of Paquito D'Rivera in front of Michelle Obama in the concert series Jazz at the White House . The following year he received a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music in Boston; there he had lessons from Terri Lyne Carrington , Ralph Peterson and Darren Barrett .

In 2012 Adabey moved to New York City to work on the local jazz scene, including a. with Ravi Coltrane , Chris Potter , Nicholas Payton , JD Allen III , David Weiss , Andrew White , Gilad Hekselman , Azar Lawrence , Terence Blanchard , Frank Lacy , Jeremy Pelt , Tomasz Stańko , Barry Harris , Gary Thomas , Jared Gold , George Colligan , Dave Stryker , Greg Murphy and Josh Evans In the field of jazz he was involved in 18 recording sessions between 2009 and 2018, also with Géraud Portal . Currently (2019) he plays in the bands of Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz , Sharel Cassity , Mike DiRubbo and David Gibson .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Kush Abadey. Smalls, January 1, 2019, accessed January 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Cheverly drummer earns full ride to music school
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 5, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Abadey, Kush
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1991