Jerry Leake, North Indian Tabla

    Degree in Professional Music, Berklee College of Music.

    Faculty Positions:

    • New England Conservatory of Music  • NEC Intercultural Institute • NEC Continuing Education • Tufts University  • LearnQuest Academy of Indian Music • Berklee College of Music • University of Southern Maine

    Publications:

    • Relating Sound & Time • Master Drummers of West Africa • African Bell Ritual • Series A.I.M. Percussion Text (3 vols.): Vol. I:  Afro-American Aspects; Vol. II:  Indian Influence; Vol. III:  Mallets, Meters & Multiple Percussion • Drum Set Adaptations of North Indian Tabla • Clave

    Performing Groups:

    • Natraj (Indian/African/Jazz quintet) • Club d’Elf (dub/trance/groove) • Raga and Rhythm Ensemble (Karnatak) • Agbekor Drum and Dance Society (trad. W. African) • Moksha (Berklee faculty) • Portland Symphony Percussion Trio

    Select Appearances:

    JazzYatra, Bombay, India; Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto; Lake George Jazz Weekend, NY; PANAFEST, Accra and Cape Coast, Ghana; Oberlin College, OH; Prayojana Festival, Bangalore and Chennai, India; Guelph Jazz Festival, ON; New Year's Portland ME; Festival of Black Music, MA; Saranac Lake Concerts, NY; U. of Texas, TX; Portsmouth Jazz Weekend, NH; Tsai Performance Center, MA; Musikfest, PA; First Night, MA; Boston Globe Jazz Festival, MA; Regattabar Jazz Festival, MA; Waterfront Park Concert Series, MA; Columbia University, NY.

    Tabla Accompanist:

    Ali Akbar Khan, sarod; Chitravina Ravikiran, chitrivina (India & Boston); Deepak Ram, bansuri bamboo flute; George Ruckert, sarod; Steve Gorn, bansuri; Peter Row, sitar; Sharafat Fateh Ali Khan, Kumkum Sanyal, Purnima Sen, vocals; Gretchen Hayden, kathak dance.

    Guest Lecturer:

    U. of Wisconsin, U. of S. Maine, Gordon Col., Salem State Col., B.U., U. of Amherst, North Hampton Col., Dartmouth Univ., MIT, Harvard Univ., Holy Cross Col., Boston Col., Emerson Col., master class with Bob Becker (NEC) • In Chennai, India:  Sri Jaya Ganesh Tala Vadya Vidyalaya School of Karnatak music; Kalekshetra Dance Foundation; two-day workshop and performance (sponsored by the U.S. Consulate) with the National Folklore Support Center and the Tamil theatre group “Koothu-p-Pattarai.”

    Select Discography/Film Scores:

    • Natraj:  The Goat Also Gallops; Meet Me Anywhere; Deccan Dance, Song of the Swan • Club d’Elf:  As Above; So Below • Bu’ahbl, The Turning, Vibrance:  Percussion Vignettes, Expansions, Jazz Vibes by Jerry Leake • Ken Schaphorst Big Band:  Making Lunch; After Blue • Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra:  Flux • Turkish Time • Manisha Shahane:  Peace in Progress • Moksha:  The Origin of Time, Beyond Visible Light, Realm of the Invisibles, Journey to Inland, Return to Inland •        Indian percussion for films by Gayle Ferraro:  Sixteen Decisions, and GANGES:  River to Heaven.

    Private Instructors:

    • North India (tabla):  Rajeev & Shreeram Devasthali, Todd Nardin, Koashal Anand

    • West Africa:  Ewe music with Godwin Agbeli & sons, Dagomba music with Dolsi-naa Abubakari  Lunna, Souleymane Coulibaly of Badenya Les Frères Coulibaly, Prof. David Locke

    • South India:  T.K. Ramakrishnan, Jamey Haddad

    • Afro-Cuban:  Pablo Landrum, Hilary Noble, Eduardo Euribe

    • Vibraphone:  Gary Burton, Ed Saindon, Mike Hatfield