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BIO
Photo by Az Samad
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Carrie
Jahde has earned national awards and a great deal of notoriety over the
past decade for her versatile, passionate, and unique approach to
drumming. Currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area, she
maintains a full-time touring, recording and teaching schedule, working
with musical groups ranging in style from jazz to Latin to funk to
R&B. Strongly committed to creative, improvised music, she
also composes for and leads the electro-jazz project Planet Loop, which
performs regularly throughout the West Coast.
Carrie's musical background began with classical piano at the age of
8. By the age of 13 she had added singing and trombone into her
life, and began performing locally. 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 later studied with Alan
Tarpinian and Alan Jones, and attended the University of Oregon as a
percussion performance major.
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 (Paul Simon), Kenwood
Dennard (Jaco Pastorious/Miles Davis), Francisco Mela (McCoy Tyner), and Terri Lyne Carrington (Herbie
Hancock). She graduated summa cum laude in December 2006 with a
focus in jazz performance. In additional support of her
schooling, she has received national 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.
Carrie’s performance venues have spanned the East Coast, West
Coast, and Europe. Highlights include the LuccaJazzDonna
International Jazz Festival in Italy; Riga Music Festival in Latvia;
Boston Symphony Hall; San Francisco Carnival; San Francisco Pride;
Eugene Celebration; Napa City Nights; Y2K9 International Live Looping
Festival; Sonoma Vintage Festival; Tiburon Art Festival and the
Downtown Berkeley MusicFest. She has performed with
internationally recognized artists including Joel Frahm (Brad Meldau),
Victor Mendoza, Oscar Stagnaro (Paquito D’Rivera), Juan Escovido
(Pete Escovido), Tata Vega, Donna McElroy, Larry Monroe, Rosa Passos,
and Eric Levy (Garaj Mahal). Her recording credits include
twenty-one albums to date; the independent film The Eyes of Thailand; the instructional book Tips for Singers; the Spanish textbook Spanish Chat for Business;
and in-house drumming at the Center for Digital Imaging Arts in
Boston. Carrie is currently on the staff of Mills College as a dance accompanist; and is an endorsed artist with Allegra Drum Crafters.
Download Carrie's Full Resume: PDF Format
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