Makane Kouyate - Percussion
-Private Trombone and Arranging lessons
Biography
Internationally regarded as cutting-edge trombonist and a renown producer, composer, orchestrator and “arranger of the first-class” (Harvey Siders, JazzTimes), Doug Beavers has earned a Grammy® for his work on Eddie Palmieri’s Listen Here (2006) and has performed, toured and recorded with Eddie Palmieri (La Perfecta II, Ritmo Caliente, Listen Here), Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Rosemary Clooney (Sentimental Journey, The Last Concert), Don Omar, Brian Culbertson, Mingus Big Band, and Pete Escovedo, and many others.
His most recent release, Two Shades of Nude (Origin Records), has drawn wide critical acclaim and has currently peaked at #33 on the Jazzweek national radio jazz chart. The recording, featuring a modern jazz nonet, has drawn a wealth of notable critical reviews from Downbeat and Jazztimes magazines. His previous studio production, Jazz, Baby! (2007, Origin Records), was dedicated to young fans of big band swing and received radio airplay in the US and was also reviewed extensively by national jazz publications.
Currently based in New York City, Doug Beavers continues to exercise his firm belief in musical advocacy. He has recently established the Harlem School of Urban Music and Recording Arts, enabling urban students of New York City to study their specific brand of urban jazz, salsa, hip-hop and rock through a program of formal music training. Students then carry this education into the recording studio, adopting the recording arts and contributing to professional recording sessions on-site at the Harlem School's state of the art recording arts facility.
He has taught previously as an adjunct professor of music at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, CA and continues to maintain his post as professor of jazz trombone at California State University, East Bay via interactive media teleconferencing.
Discography
Doug Beavers 9 - "Two Shades of Nude", September 21, 2010
Doug Beavers y Su Conjunto Rovira “Paraiso”, March 25, 2009
Doug Beavers Rovira Jazz Orchestra – “Jazz, Baby!” (Origin 82488), October 23, 2007
Eddie Palmieri “Listen Here” (Concord CCD-2276)†, June 2005
Eddie Palmieri “Ritmo Caliente” (Concord CCD-2180-2), June 2003
Eddie Palmieri “La Perfecta II” (Concord CCD-2136-2)*, April 2002
Rosemary Clooney “Last Concert” (Concord CCD-2166-2)*, November 2002
Rosemary Clooney “Sentimental Journey” (Concord CCD-4952-2)*, November 2001
“Santa Claus is Coming to Town” – A Rosie Christmas
with Rosemary Clooney and Rosie O’Donnell, November 1999
Big Kahuna Band “Hawaiian Swing” (Concord CCD 4860), June 1999
Big Kahuna Band “Shake Your Hula Hips” (Concord CCD 4960), August 2000
Rev. Cecil Williams & The Glide Ensemble “The Sounds of Hope”, May 2002
Quotes
“Exhilarating...Exceptional Work Throughout”
Bill Milkowski, JazzTimes Jan/Feb 2012
“My pick for top jazz album of the year (2010)”
Rick Erben, Jazz Junction Review<>
“Beavers has found his voice”
Kyle O’Brien, Jazz Society of Oregon
[Beavers] is experimenting with a sound that works! - ****1/2 stars
Tim Taylor, Audiophile Audition
"A new star is emerging with his trombone in his heart and salsa dura in his soul."
Jesse "Chuy" Varela - Latin Beat
"For the efforts of Mr. Beavers, the new millennium finds me truly grateful."
Eddie Palmieri - La Pefecta II Liner Notes
"An arranger of the first-class"
Harvey Siders, JazzTimes
“Beavers is only 31 - a mere infant in jazz speak - but he's already accomplished more than some jazz musicians do during entire careers.”
Jim Harrington - ANG Newspapers/The Concert Blog
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