Joel Spencer
Exploration of Modern Jazz Drumming Techniques
Drumset Master Class
Saturday, 2:00 p.m.

Drumset artist Joel Spencer has performed with a number of internationally known jazz artists in Chicago and throughout the world. He has appeared with such artists as Wayne Shorter, David Liebman, Clark Terry, Michael Feinstein, Cissy Houston, Scott Hamilton, Chet Baker, Phil Woods, Wynton Marsalis, Benny Golson, and pianist/conductor Daniel Barenboim of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In recent years, Spencer has traveled to Europe appearing at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen with the Jazz Members Big Band, the Umbria Jazz Festival in Perugia, Italy with vocalist Joe Williams and pianist Dorothy Donegan, The North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland with jazz pianist Ellis Marsalis and bassist Major Holly, and the Red Sea Jazz Festival in Eilat, Israel with Frank Tiberi and a select group of Chicago musicians sponsored by the Ameritech Corporation, As a studio and session drummer, Spencer has recorded commercial radio and television ads and movies soundtracks such as A League of Their Own. In addition to performing and recording, Spencer has presented clinics and master classes across the United States. Currently, Spencer serves as a faculty member and coordinator of jazz studies at Northwestern University School of Music.

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