Shirazette Tinnin

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Shirazette Tinnin, Cosmopolite Oslo (2017)

Shirazette Tinnin (* in North Carolina ) is an American jazz musician ( drums , percussion ).

Live and act

Tinnin grew up in Burlington, North Carolina , where her parents sang in gospel choirs. Then she studied at the Appalachian State University , then she completed from 2005 the master's degree in percussion and jazz education at Northern Illinois University with Ronald Carter ; she also had private lessons a. a. with Cindy Blackman , Lewis Nash , Terri Lyne Carrington , Allison Miller . In 2008 Shirazette won the Sisters in Jazz Competition of the International Association of Jazz Educators .

During her master's degree she worked in the Chicago jazz scene; In 2008 she taught at Columbia College there . In 2009 she moved to New York City. There she became a member of Gabriel Alegria's Afro-Peruvian Sextet and worked with Alicia Keys , Tom Browne and Hugh Masekela . In Tia Fuller's band , she performed at Umbria Jazz and Moldejazz . In 2013 she recorded her debut album Humility: Purity of My Soul ; In addition, the Christmas album How the Groove Stole Christmas was created with Rachel Eckroth and Willerm Delisfort . Her polyrhythmic playing is influenced by Elvin Jones ' work in the John Coltrane Quartet .

In the field of jazz she was involved in ten recording sessions between 2006 and 2016, including a. with Ron Baxter , Nicole Mitchell's Black Earth Strings ( Renegades , 2009), the Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet, Willerm Dellisfort, Camille Thurman , Tia Fuller and Mimi Jones .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gabriel Alegria Afro-Peruvian Sextet
  2. ↑ a b Portrait at Hot Tone Music
  3. ^ Review of the album at All About Jazz
  4. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (accessed December 29, 2018)
personal data
SURNAME Tinnin, Shirazette
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH North Carolina