Devin Gray’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American drummer
Is Musician 
Drummer 
From United States of America 
Type Music 
Gender male
Birth 7 June 1983
Age: 37 years
Star sign Gemini
Genre:
Jazz
Instruments:
Drum kit

Devin Gray (* 7. Juni 1983) ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz- und Improvisationsmusiker (Schlagzeug).

Leben und Wirken

Gray begann mit sieben Jahren Schlagzeug zu spielen und war während seiner Highschoolzeit Mitglied der All State Big Band. Bereits als Jugendlicher hatte er Gelegenheit mit Cleo Laine zu spielen und eine Meisterklasse von Christian McBride zu besuchen. Er besuchte das Peabody Conservatory of Music an der Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, wo er als Stipendiat u. a. bei Gary Thomas und Michael Formanek Harmonielehre, Improvisation und Jazz-Vibraphon studierte, außerdem Perkussion. Seine Studien setzte er am Banff Centre for the International Jazz and Creative Music Workshop in Alberta fort. Dort hatte er Unterricht bei Gene Lake, Clarence Penn und Gerald Cleaver.

In dieser Zeit spielte Gray mit Dave Ballou und in den Formationen Birkholz Trio, Corpulent (mit Gary Thomas, Joel Grip) und The Jolly-Boat Pirates. Er begann ein Masterstudium in Jazz Performance an der Manhattan School of Music in New York City bei John Riley. Er arbeitete Mitte der 2010er Jahre mit Frank Gratkowski, Michael Formanek, Ellery Eskelin, Josh Sinton, Anna Webber und seinem eigenen Quintett Slicing and Dicing (mit Niklas Barno, Marcelo Gabard Pazos, Ville Bromander, Erik Lindeborg).

Diskographische Hinweise

  • Dirigo Rataplan – Ellery Eskelin / Michael Formanek / Dave Ballou / Devin Gray (Skirl Records, 2012)
  • RelativE ResonancE – Chris Speed, Kris Davis, Chris Tordini (Skirl Records, 2015)
  • Fashionable Pop Music – Chris Tordini / Jonathan Goldberger / Ryan Ferreira / Devin Gray (DGM, 2016)
  • Sound Clouds Trio – Ingrid Laubrock / Cory Smythe / Devin Gray – (DGM, 2017)
  • Meta Cache – Elias Stemeseder / Jeremy Viner / Kim Cass / Devin Gray – (DGM, 2018)
  • Dirigo Rataplan II – Ellery Eskelin / Michael Formanek / Dave Ballou / Devin Gray – Dirigo Rataplan II (Rataplan Records, 2018)
  • Algorhythmica Quartet (Maria Grand / Mara Rosenbloom / Carmen Rothwell / DG) (Rataplan Records, 2019)
  • GPS Trio – Blast Beat Blues (Chris Pitsiokos / Luke Stewart / Devin Gray) (Rataplan Records, 2019)
  • Socialytics (Dave Ballou / Ryan Ferreira / Devin Gray) (Rataplan Records 2020)
  • 27 Lick (Gerald Cleaver & Devin Gray) (Rataplan Records 2020)
  • Melt All the Guns (Ralph Alessi / Angelica Sanchez / DG) (Rataplan Records)
  • Vone it in – Drum Solo 1,2,3 (Devin Gray) (Rataplan Records 2020)
  • Case by Case (Jessica Pavone / Wendy Eisenberg / DG) (Rataplan Records 2020)

Als Kollektiv

  • Circus of the Sun – Sam Caldwell, Lucas Dunlap, Jenny Wing (1997–2002)
  • Corpulent: (Gary Thomas / Joel Grip) Wolfwalk (Umlaut Records, 2004)
  • Dave Ballou / Terrence McManus / Devin Gray: Thirty9thirty8 (Flattened Planet Records, 2005)
  • Satyagraha (Robin Verheyen / Ryan Pate / Devin Gray) 2008
  • Small Gray Sea Bass: Mark Small, Sebastian Noelle, Devin Gray (2011)
  • Old Salt – Northern: Owen Stewart-Robertson, Alex Samaras, Devin Gray – 2012
  • VAX (pronounced-fasjsh) –2013 Trix, Biz, Vone (Patrick Breiner, Liz Kosack, Devin Gray)
  • VAX (pronounced-fasjsh) –Count to VAX 2014 – Trix, Biz, Vone (Patrick Breiner, Liz Kosack, Devin Gray)
  • Jagged Spheres Trio (Anna Webber, Elias Stemeseder) 2014
  • Memory Magnetic – Memory Magnetic: Ryan Pate, Dov Manski, Devin Gray – 2015
  • Jagged Shperes II (Anna Webber, Elias Stemeseder) 2017
  • DNR TRIO – Nathaniel Morgan / Ryan Ferreira / DG – 2018

As a Sideman

  • Power Lunch, 2004 – (Evan Lipson, Matt Frazao, DG) Headless Body, Topless Bar
  • Power Lunch, 2005 – Freak the Big Head
  • The Jolly Boat Pirates – „Live in Sweden“ 2004
  • The Jolly-Boat Pirates (Umlaut Records, 2005), mit Joel Grip, Lars Åhlund, Niklas Barnö
  • The Jolly-Boat Pirates -End of Tour Live (Umlaut Records, 2009), mit Joel Grip, Lars Åhlund, Niklas Barnö
  • Birkholz Trio: Flora Fauna (Umlaut Records, 2006), mit Jon Birkholz, Michael Formanek
  • Kęstutis Vaiginis – Unexpected Choices (Austin Becker, Tatum Greenblatt, Andy Hunter, David Berkman, Hernan Romero, Linda Oh, Joe Saylor, Devin Gray) 2008
  • First Blush – First Blush: Charles Sekel, Carlo Neda, Jonathan Goldberger, Devin Gray (2010)
  • Daniel Guggenheim – The New York Quartet (Beyond Moments and Time) Musicians: Daniel Guggenheim, Peter Madsen, Sean Smith, Devin Gray – 2012
  • Ryan Pate– Human/AlienMusicians: Ryan Pate, Dov Manski, Noah Garabedian, Devin Gray 2014
  • Nico Soffiato with Eli Asher, Greg Chudzik: OST Quartet (Setola di Maiale, 2014)
  • Luise Volkmann Large Ensemble (Florian Leuschner, Fritz Moshammer, Athina Kontou, Johannes Bigge, Julian Schließmeyer, Otis Sandsjö, Inez Schaefer, Patrick Grahl, Vincent Bababoutilabo, DG) 2015
  • Frantz Loriot Systematic Distortion Orchestra – The Assembly (Flin van Hemmen, Carlo Costa, Pascal Niggenkemper, Sean Ali, Nathaniel Morgan, Brad Henkel, Joe Moffett, Sam Kulik, Ben Gerstein, DG) 2015
  • Santiago Leibson Trio – Out of Orden (Drew Gress / DG) 2016
  • Nate Wooley’s Argonautica (Nate Wooley, Ron Miles, Cory Smythe, Jozef Dumoulin, Rudy Royston, Devin Gray) 2016
  • Daniel Levine’s Knuckleball (Daniel Levine, Marc Hannaford, Devin Gray) 2016
  • Zack Foley Quartet – LMSW (Jesse Elder / Chris Tordini / DG) 2017
  • Eli Wallace: Slideshow Junky I (Brandon Lopez / DG) (Iluso, 2018)
  • Ryan Pate – Calamities of Silence (Ryan Pate / Aaron Kruziki / Devin Gray) 2018
  • Adam Hopkins Sextet – Crickets – (Jonathan Goldberger, Anna Webber, Ed Rosenberg, Josh Sinton, DG) (Out of your Head Records 2018)
  • Huw V Williams Trio – Vague means Vague – (George Crowley / Devin Gray) 2019
  • Marc Jufer Trio – Trip to the Center – (Lisa Hoppe / Devin Gray) 2019 – QFTF Records
  • Eva Novoa Trio (Drew Gress, Devin Gray) 2019
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