Janet's CD, "Give the Drummer Some" is a collection of songs that she has composed, arranged, tweaked, added/deleted lyrics, and what not. They have been influenced by the various groups and genres Ms. Cramer has been involved with. The singers featured on the tracks on Janet's Myspace is Dr. Kelly Boyd on "Snow in Houston", Hugo Castillo on "Vamos a la Playa", and Anita Chase on "Martha Graham". Janet plays drums/percussion on all the tracks; Brian James keyboards on 2; Greg Nergard upright bass on 2; David Luciano bongo/cero, Kerry Potter bass, J. Cramer on accordian, feat. La Banda Hispanica horn section on track 3; track 4 features 1/2 Mad Poet- Anita Chase, gtr. and vocals, Sheela Reddy, bs, J. Cramer drums and background vocals.
Influences
Michael Spiro, Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, John Coltrane, all my Cuban teachers, all my Brazilian teachers and everyone Janet makes music with.
Sounds Like
begins with a samba and ends with a samba with everything in between.
Welcome to Chicago-based drummer/percussionist Janet Cramer's myspace!
Audiences in the Chicago area can see Janet perform with a variety of groups. If your taste is Brazilian or Latin jazz, check out Bossa Saravah featuring Adam Haus on bass, vocals, guitar, and melodica, Mercedes Landazuri on vocals, banjo, cavaquinho, and percussion, Marylee Bussard on guitar and vocals, and Janet on drums. Bossa Saravah performs every Wednesday nights and Saturday brunch at Coobah on Southport and Newport in Chicago. They also will be performing once a month at Katerina's 1920 west Iriving Park Rd. www.myspace.com/bossasaravah.
Janet recently formed a Cuban jazz group with Chichi Armstrong - piano, Lisa Kleis - bass, and Lise Gilly - flute/sax called CHI CHI's CHA CHA. This "clave with cleavage" group performs EVERY THURSDAY at Coobah.
www.myspace.com/chichischacha
If you like blues, funk and R&B, check out Rodney Brown and Hotrod or Toronzo Cannon and the Cannonball express! Rodney Brown and his band, Hotrod perform twice a month at BLUES on Halsted. www.saxplyr.com.
Torronzo Cannon and the Cannonball express can be seen performing their style of rock and blues at BLUES on Halstead as well as various venues around the Chicago area.
www.myspace.com/torronzocannon
The songs featured on Janet's myspace are from her recently finished CD project, "Give the Drummer Some". Also, view Janet in action on the following Youtube channels: swingbossa, mercedezzz, and Janet's channel, tenajennaremarc.
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I'm proud to give you "Heavy In The Beats Vol. 1 - A Different Drum", the first installment in my FREE mixtape series dedicated to drums and percussion. "Volume 1" focuses on the avant garde side of the instrument, and features pieces from Billy Martin (of Medeski Martin & Wood), myself, and others!
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