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Jake Cohen

http://go.berkleemusic.com/Jake122887

About Me

Albums I've been listening to Recently:
Funky Butter-Made Of You
Return To Forever-Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy
Motown-Everything
Marvin Gaye-Everything
Miles Davis-Second Quintet
Growing up in a house full of music, I started playing drums at the age of 4. By the age of 7 I was taking private lessons, and absorbing everything from Tower of Power to Zeppelin to Miles Davis. I have played with many different groups around Philadelphia such as Quick Step John, Shayne Wagman, The Jake cohen Trio/Quintet, and venues such as The Electric Factory, World Cafe Live, The Point, Milkboy Coffee, Chris's Jazz Cafe, Zanzibar Blue, and many others. I've recorded at Morningstar Studios, Widener University, Milkboy Studios, and others.

I currently attend Berklee College of Music as a Performance Major. In Boston, I've begun playing gigs and sessions regularly. I have played at such venues as The Berklee Performance Center, Cafe 939, All Asia, Wally's Jazz Cafe, TT The Bears Place, and Nick's Comedy Stop.
I've studied with drumming greats such as:
David Garibaldi (Tower of Power)
Mike Clark (Herbie Hancock and the Headhunters)
Terri Lyne Carrington (Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Independent)
Rob Brosh (Independent)
Steve Fidyk (Big Band Great)
Marc Dicciani (Independent)
Sean Skeete (Independent)

I've performed with:
Fred Wesley (James Brown, Parliament)
The Brakes (Nationally Recognized Rock Band)
Jason Palmer(Common, Greg Osby)
Danny Morris(Paula Abdul, Robben Ford)
I love playing music and am normally down for anything. I am available for Tours, Gigs, Recording Sessions, Weddings, Etc. Feel free to contact me at [email protected]. Thanks!

Check me out with these great artists:

PolySky
Sam R-P
Paul Sipio
David Cousins
The Berklee Tower of Power Ensemble

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/16/2006
Band Members: Jake Cohen-Drums, Percussion, Vocals, Bass2-28-08 W/ Berklee James Brown Ensemble and FRED WESLEY @ Berklee Performance Center (Kenwood Dennard Directs)
Influences: Steely Dan, Tower Of Power, Radiohead, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Yes, Jaco Pastorius, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Return To Forever, Weather Report, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, Jack Johnson, Miles Davis, John Mayer, John Scofield, Pat Metheny, Stanley Clarke, Billy Cobham, Funky Butter, Meshell Ndegeocello, Erykah Badu, The Roots, The Philadelphia Experiment, Jeff Buckley, Ben Folds, Bill Withers, Fiona Apple, Damien Rice, David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Little Feat, Lowell George, Incubus, Beck, Queen, Dave Matthews Band, Joshua Redman, Brian Blade, Bill Stewart, John Coltrane, Thelonius Monk, The Police, Stewart Copeland, Aretha Franklin, Bernard Purdie, Yonrico Scott
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Type of Label: None

My Blog

New Videos, Tracks, Slideshow

What's up everybody. Just wanted to let you all know that I posted two new videos, both from a performance at the Berklee Performance Center on 11-13-07. Also, i posted 4 new tracks, all recorded at B...
Posted by Jake Cohen on Sun, 02 Dec 2007 02:21:00 PST