I play with a lot of different groups featuring a lot of great musicians. Some of them are Phil Degreg's Brasilia, the Dave Hawkins Band, the 4Track All-Stars, and my own steel drum group Pancaribbean. I also sub with a lot of groups like Tropicoso, Zumba, the Mark Schulte Trio, the Bacchanal Steel Band, and others.
Stan holds a Bachelor of Music in percussion from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and has since studied privately in New York, San Fransisco, and Havana, Cuba. His teachers have included Jim Culley, Allen Otte, Ben Toth, Mike Spiro, Jesus Diaz, Regino Jimenez, and Jose Eladio Amat. He has experience teaching and/or performing orchestral music, chamber music, concert and marching band, rock, jazz, funk, hip hop, West African, East European folk, Celtic, steel drum, musical theater, and Afro-Caribbean music. He has performed with Louie Bellson, Mary Wilson and the Supremes, Pan Ramajay, Fred Hersch, The Chabot Panhandlers, Dr. Loco’s Rockin’ Jalapeño Band, and the Cincinnati Composers Guild. He has been teaching privately for twenty years helping students learn snare drum, drum set, mallet percussion, steel drum, and various styles of hand drumming. He currently performs with a wide variety of groups in the tristate area including Brasilia, the Bacchanal Steel Band, the Dave Hawkins Band, the Mark Schulte Trio, and his own group, Pancaribbean.
Hello Stan! Damn that sound sample takes me back! Was fun hearing it again. Was that Oakland? I'm gigging with Loco all week at Stanford for a dance thing. So sorry we didnt hook up over the Holiday, I'll write you a "catch up" email soon.
Yo yo YO!!! So great to hear from you, man! And such a blast in the past playing with you. Can we do it again on THIS coast, now?!? Keep in touch always and let's get together when you're nearby....Cheers!
p.s. Who the HELL is that guy in the picture right below me???
