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Drum Set Exercise: India Rhythm Transliteration

Transliteration of an Indian Composition to drum set.

All credit goes to my teacher and mentor Kyle Jones for the original creation of this exercis...

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  4 Year Old Djembe Drummer
  
  Isaiah Chevrier from www.rootsyrecords.com play solo djembe.
  
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The George Lernis Jazz Quartet Live @ Ryles (Early Spring)

This is from our CD release concert at Ryles Jazz Club with the George Lernis Jazz Quartet. The band includes; Lefteris Kordis - piano, Mark Zalesk...

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Esthema - World Fusion Ensemble

Esthema - World Fusion Ensemble documentary/short film produced by Anita Diamantopoulou.

Camera by Lara Smith & Matt Hashiguchi, Audio by Wen-tzu...

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About George Lernis

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Dec 30, 2011

Date Joined

Apr 18, 2007

About this user

George Lernis was born on July 15th 1980 in Cyprus. At the age of 13 he started attending drum private lessons. In addition from a very young age George became interested in hand percussion. He currently plays a number of percussion instruments, such as; Riq, Hadjira, Kanjira, Frame drums, Darbuka, Pandeiro, Conga, Timpani and Marimba.

By the age of 15 George was playing music with several bands in the styles of jazz, rock and world music. In 1998 George joined the Cypriot Army Force where he eventually became a member of the military band playing drums and snare drum.

On 2001 he came to the United States to study music at Berklee College of Music. Throughout his studies George attended private lessons with musicians like John Hazilla, John Ramsay, Kenwood Dennard, Dave DiCenso, Mark Walker, Dave Samuels and Gary Chaffee. He graduated on April 2005 with a Bachelor degree in Jazz Performance.

In Boston George has performed in venues such as Berklee College of Music, New England Conservatory, LilyPad, MIT Kresge Little Theater, Zero Arrow Theater, Tsai performance center and many more.

George recently graduated from Longy School of Music with his masters' degree in Modern American Music. Throughout his studies at Longy George attended private lessons with drummer Bob Gullotti. Shapes of Nature is George's first album as a bandleader.

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United States

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Drummer/Hand Percussionist/Composer

Schools

B.A - Berklee College of Music (Jazz Performance)
M.A - Longy School of Music (Modern American Music)

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Drum Set Exercise: India Rhythm Transliteration

4 Year Old Djembe Drummer

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The George Lernis Jazz Quartet Live @ Ryles (Early Spring)

glernis liked 6 months ago

Esthema - World Fusion Ensemble