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BIO
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Carrie
Jahde earned a great deal of notoriety in the past several years as the
drummer for a number of Eugene, Oregon musical groups including
Carmizin, Ritmo de la Noche and the Neil Bjorklund Trio. During
her seven-year residence in the Pacific Northwest, she maintained a
full recording, teaching and performing schedule with musical groups
ranging in style from jazz to Latin to funk to world folk.
Carrie's
unique drumming style comes from her non-traditional approach to
learning and playing the drums and her involvement in many different
styles of music. The first thing you will notice at a live
performance is her relaxed movement yet intense musical energy and time
feel. The thing you will not forget is the way the drums helped
to create a musical whole that allowed all of the musicians the freedom
to improvise, expand, and express.
Carrie's
musical training began with classical piano at the age of 8. By
the age of 13 she had added singing and trombone into her studies, and
began performing locally with musical groups. It was not until
the age of 24, however, that she discovered her love for
drumming. Carrie immediately exploded onto the Northwest music
scene, recording her first full-length album only six months after
purchasing her first drum set. Though initially self taught,
Carrie has studied with jazz drummers Alan Tarpinian and
Alan Jones, and attended the University of Oregon as a percussion
performance major, studying with Charles Dowd and Sean Wagoner.
In
2004, Carrie received a talent scholarship from Berklee College of
Music in Boston and began her drum set studies there, under the tutelage of great artists including Jamey Haddad,
Kenwood Dennard and Terri Lyne Carrington. She completed her B.M. degree in December 2006. In additional support
of her schooling, she has received several prestigious music awards,
including the
Eubie Blake Musicians Scholarship; the
John Kittredge Educational Grant for Artists; the USA Funds
Scholarship; the Sumasil Grant; the Mensa Scholarship Award and the
Miller Charitable Trust Tuition Grant. In March 2006
she represented Berklee alongside Berklee faculty performers in an
international jazz festival in Lucca, Italy.
Download Carrie's Full Resume: PDF Format
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