Jesse Kramer
Drum Set
Jesse Kramer is one of the most in-demand drummers in metro Detroit. He began learning to play the drums at age 5, and grew up studying and working with local jazz masters including Sean Dobbins, Paul Keller, Vincent York and Claude Black.
Jesse has performed with numerous local and national artists, and is himself a respected bandleader. He has recorded with fellow jazz artists Paul Keller, Demetrius Nabors and Vincent Chandler, and has performed and recorded in Bangkok with vocalist Natasha Patamapongs and her acclaimed group Mellow Motif. The live DVD recording Ao Vivo! was released in 2015, and his first solo record, “Acacia,” was released in 2014. “Acacia” was a tribute and celebration to the Africanisms that have shaped modern jazz and American music and culture.
Jesse graduated from the University of Michigan School of Music in 2011, where he studied with Ellen Rowe, Andrew Bishop, Michael Gould, Marion Hayden and Geri Allen. While attending U of M, he was awarded a Downbeat Magazine, Student Music Award in the Jazz Arrangement category, and was chosen to represent the university at the 2011 International Association of Schools of Jazz meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil, directed by Dave Liebman.