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Steve Ferraris

Steve Ferraris, affiliate artist, hand drums

  • Dartmouth College
Area of expertise

hand drums

Steve Ferraris is a free-lance percussionist who is comfortable performing and recording in a wide variety of musical situations. He has appeared with big bands, Latin Jazz groups, Jazz/funk super-groups and trios. Steve has also appeared as a solo percussion performer playing congas, timbales, bongos and African djembe. He has toured the U.S. and Europe as a sideman and with his own Rootsystem Drummers. Steve is also very active as a teacher of percussive arts. He has taught percussion at the Latin Jazz Immersion summer camp with Ray Vega and Alex Stewart and presented percussion clinics at the Urbino Jazz Festival Music School in Italy, the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College and is a frequent artist in residence at schools throughout New England.

Published works: Recent recording credits include Habib Koite's 2007 release Afriki, Rick Davies and Jazzismo 2006 Siempre Salsa and Phish bassist Mike Gordon's first CD as a leader in 2008.

Groups accompanied: Big bands (Sun Ra Arkestra, Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, the Burlington Discover Jazz Fesival Big Band with Paquito D'Rivera), Latin Jazz groups (Rick Davies and Jazzismo, Zabap), Jazz/funk super-group Michael Ray and the Cosmic Krewe and trios (Dr Gam-acoustic Reggae).

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