Peter Charles 'Pete' Magadini (born January 25, 1942) is an American Jazz drummer, percussionist, educator and author of drumming and drumming. He is known for his work body (instructional and video books) on the understanding and implementation of musical polyrhythms, especially the book The Musician's Guide to Polyrhythms . Magadini has recorded and performed with Diana Ross, Bobbie Gentry, George Duke, Al Jarreau, Don Menza, John Handy and Mose Allison.
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Biography
Magadini was born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts to Charles and Ruth Magadini. At the age of 6 the family moved to Palm Springs, California where he played in an elementary school band. Magadini's professional career began recording singles for Lee Hazlewood and Lester Sill while attending high school in Phoenix, Arizona. At Phoenix he studied with Donald Bothwell's first and most influential teacher and was heavily influenced by Max Roach's game.
In 1960, Magadini studied drum sets with Roy Burns at Henry Adler Drum School in New York City. He then enrolled at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he studied tympani with New York Philharmonic drummer Roland Kohloff, graduated with a Bachelor of Music in 1965. During his time in San Francisco he formed a trio with keyboardist George Duke, also a student at Conservatory, and performed with the Oakland Symphony Orchestra. In 1973 he graduated from the University of Toronto (Toronto, Canada) with a Master's degree in Percussion & amp; Performance - "w.distinction"
In 1968, while teaching at his alma mater, Magadini was awarded a fellowship to perform with The Berkshire Music Festival Orchestra at Tanglewood. The following year he moved to Los Angeles where he taught drums at the Hollywood Professional Drum Store and played with Don Menza's quartet. Magadini toured with Bobbie Gentry until 1969 before joining Diana Ross's first band as a solo artist. After a tour with Ross from 1970 to 1971 he attended the University of Toronto, receiving a Master of Music degree in 1973.
In 1976 he produced Polyrhthym, for the IBIS label, featuring him, George Duke, Don Menza and Dave Young. Her second album, Bones Blues, with Dave Young, Don Menza and Wray Downs, received a Juno award nomination for Best Jazz Album of 1979. Magadini has also done a lot with and produced recordings for blues vocalist -jazz Mose Allison.
From 1988 to 1997 he taught at McGill University and Concordia in Montreal and at the Brubeck Institute, University of the Pacific from 2003-2007. He also maintains a private teaching practice in the California Bay Area.
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Polyrhythyms
Magadini is widely known for his interest and expertise in polyrhythms as applied in western music and drum sets. Originally inspired by his studies with tabla player Mahapurush Misra in 1966, he has published two major works on the subject: Polyrhythms for Drumset and Polyrhythms: The Musicians Guide (first published in two volumes in 1967) in which Modern Drummer magazine ranked 6th in their survey of "25 Best Drum Books." In 2012 he published Missile 26 Official Polyrhythm .
Pedagogy
Teacher:
- Don Bothwell, 1959-1961, Phoenix, AZ
- Roy Burns, 1961, New York City, NY
- Roland Kohloff, 1962-1965, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, San Francisco, Ca.
- Mahapurush Misra, 1966, Ali Akbar Khan School, Berkeley, Ca.
- John Wyre & amp; Robin Engleman, 1972-1973, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Formal education:
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Bachelor of Music (Percussion) 1965
- University of Toronto, Master of Music (Percussion/Performance) 1973
Leading Students: Steve Smith (Polyrhythms For Drumset) - Michael Shrieve (Santana) - Mike Johnston (Lessons with Mike) - Paul Delong - Ches Smith - Tim Carr - Diane Vitalich- (Ace of Cups ) And Tomlinson - Robert Kaufman - Chad Wackerman - Dave Brogan (ALO) - Leah Bowden - Cory Jerome Cox (Brubeck Institute) - Nick deRyss (Dawn Day) - Dawn Richardson (Tracy Chapman, Shana Morrison)
Discography
(as drummer/leader/producer)
1971 "Diana" Diana Ross (Motown) drms. 1976 - Polyrhythm (Rekaman IBIS) prdcr drms. 1977 - Bones Blues Sackville Records prdcr. Drms. Juno award Nominee 2000 - Night Dreamers (Timeless) prdcr.drums 2015 - Mose Allison Live di California (Sebagai sideman dan produser untuk IBis) www.moseallisonamericanlegend.com 2015 - < i> "Outside in the Present" (Musik Quadwrangle)
Video
2006 - Drum Jazz Hal Leonard Corporation | Hal Leonard
Books
1980 - Learning to Play Drumset (Book 1)
(Hal Leonard Publishing) 1982 - Learning to Play Drumset (Book 2)
(HL Pub.) 1982 - Music We Can See and Hear
Music book for children in class 1986 - Drummer's Guide to Music Theory
(out of print) 1995 - Polyrhythms for Drumset Site (Alfred Publishing) 1998 - Complete Drumset Missile Site (HLPub & gt;) 2001 (First Published 1968) - Polyrhythms - the Musician's Guide (1993) 6 the 25 Worlds Greatest Drum Books 2017 'All In One' " Learn to Play The Drumset "Peter's complete method ranges from beginner to advanced (HL Pub.)
References
External links
- Official Website of Pete Magadini
- Interview with Peter Magadini at the Jake Feinberg Show
- Paiste Artist: Peter Magadini
- Yamaha Drum, Pete Magadini
- Artist Vic Firth: Peter Magadini
- Applegate Music Review, Peter Magadini, Bones Blues
- The Pete Magadini YouTube Channel
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnC9iihhvGc&feature=youtu.be (drum solo) Cherokee
- Pete Magadini - Hal Leonard Publishing
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