• Bio •
JL works as a freelance drummer & private instructor in CT & MA. His area of expertise as a “Groove Specialist” is recording great drum tracks & relaying his knowledge through a Masterclass Series entitled “Improve the Groove”. Along with having displayed a signature pocket at over a hundred venues on the East Coast, including dozens of festivals within New England, he’s taught over 400 students. In Addition, his self-produced videos have been viewed thousands of times over – on more than 40 websites across the globe. JL’s a Life Member of the Funk Phi Mob Drum Line in North Carolina & a Berklee College of Music Graduate (with a concentration in drum set performance). He’s a member & clinician of Drummers United & the CT Drummers Association (as Educational Program Coordinator & Curriculum Writer for the Ed. Division). Mr. Claybourne has served as an adjudicator for the International Association of Jazz Educators (IAJE), Guitar Center’s national “Drum Off” competition & was recently invited to perform at Boston Soul fest 2011. He currently performs around New England with various freelance projects & lives in West Hartford, CT with his wife & daughter… Some of his teachers have included: Alan Dawson, Dave (yP) Cowan, Steve Wilkes, Larry Finn, John Ramsay, Jackie Santos & Kenwood Dennard.
>> I also laid down some of the Acoustic & Electric Drums (w/ my Roland OCTOPAD SPD-30) for Voigt-Kampff's SoundCloud joints @ The Bridge in Cambridge, MA >> Very pleased w/ how they came out!!! (contains some language)