Artist description Led by award-winning composer and multi-instrumentalist Alex Weiss, ...Different Drum blends the musical styles from Africa and the Americas with original compositions. Playful South African sax jive, haunting melodies from the Andes, and the intricate rhythms of Afro/Cuban rumba are some of the fabric that holds this band together.

Music Style Jazz, Ethnic Folk & original compositions.

Musical Influences Mongo Santamaria, Hugh Masekela, and Eddie Palmieri.

Artist History Since 1992 Different Drum has been performing at festivals and events from Georgetown, SC to Charlotte, NC. This versatile ensemble is also available through the North Carolina Arts Council Touring Directory and The South Carolina Commission for the Arts, for educational performances and residencies in the schools.

Group Members Alex Weiss: musical director, percussion, congas, cornet, recorder, and harmonica. Willie Lockett - bass. Richard Tazewell - keyboards. Jeff Brown - sax. Ray Codrington - trumpet and percussion. Osie Appiagyei - Djun-jun,congas, balafon, and percussion.

Instruments tenor and soprano sax, bass, keyboard, cornet, djun djun, congas, flugelhorn, trumpet, recorder, percussion, harmonica

Albums Changes In A Dream, Nourishment

Press Reviews "Different Drum is exactly that; this is not your run-of-the-mill jazz ensemble. There is something almost primitive in these works, calling forth that being inside us that makes us want to leap and dance. The many subtle and not so subtle rhythms that the group incorporates add more than simply another dimension to the music; they add a magnetic, hypnotic siren song that invites the listener into the music" (The Chapel Hill News, 6/95)."

Location Durham, NC - USA

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