[ Jeffrey Jones ]

Group // Clinican/Instructor Drum World (Tulsa, OK). Band: Primal Swing

Stick  // 5B Wood / Cymbal Stick Teardrop / Retractable Wire Brush / MV7

Jeffrey Jones began playing the drums at age eleven. With the financial support and encouragement of his parents, Jeffrey began taking drum lessons with a local drum teacher, Kasey Thompson. Kasey taught Jeffrey how to read and write music and how to play Jazz, Rock, and Latin music. Jeffrey later studied in depth with several other great instructors including Brian Cupp, Steve Houghton, Will Campbell, and Jimmy Cobb. Later, Jeffrey received a music scholarship to Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK. While attending NSU, he earned a BBA-Marketing and a minor in music performance.

Currently, he is teaching over seventy students per week at Drum World (Tulsa, OK) and John Michael's Music (Muskogee, OK). In addition to Vater Percussion, Jeffrey is an artist/clinician for Sabian Cymbals, and Sonor Drums. He has performed clinics in numerous cities in the United States, Germany, Great Britain, Belgium, and France. He has also performed at various drum festivals including the Adams Drummersfestival (Belgium), Psalm Drummers Gathering (England), and the Drummers for Jesus International Celebration (United States).

Jeffrey has appeared in numerous drum magazines, taught several master classes, taught in several drum camps, and has directed some award winning high school marching drumlines. His published works include, six snare and drum set solos, one instructional DVD, and two drum set books (Groovology: The Study of Double Bass Drum Grooves and Groovology: The Study of Basic Drum Set Grooves).

Jeffrey's diverse performance credits include performances with Joe Lovano, Bobby Shew, Byron Stripling, Mike Williams, Frank Mantooth, Marvin Stamm, Slide Hampton, Jim Riggs, Bret Zvacek, Judi Silvano, John Dankworth, Leon Breeden, Dave Rieckenberg, Chris Vadala, Cleo Laine, D.C. Minner, 351 Windsor, and his band Primal Swing. He is also the director of the Oklahoma chapter of Drummers for Jesus. Feel free to find out more about Jeffrey at www.myspace.com/jeffjonesdrummer.

www.myspace.com/jeffjonesdrummer