{"id":54,"date":"2017-07-05T16:02:29","date_gmt":"2017-07-05T16:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/music\/faculty\/jeff_siegel\/"},"modified":"2017-07-24T14:29:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T14:29:32","slug":"jeff-siegel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/music\/faculty\/jeff-siegel\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Siegel"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Adjunct Instructor of Music<\/span>\"Jeff<\/span><\/b>
\nApplied Jazz Percussion, Jazz Combos<\/em><\/p>\n

Drummer Jeff \u201cSiege\u201d Siegel is leader of the Jeff \u201cSiege\u201d Siegel Quartet as well as co-leader of the Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson Trio and The New York Trio Project.\u00a0 He was a member of the Sir Roland Hanna Trio from 1994-1999.\u00a0 He studied drums with Freddie Waits, Barry Altschul and Akira Tana.\u00a0 He received his B.F.A. from City College in New York City, as well as his M.A. in Jazz from Queens College where he studied composition with Jimmy Heath.\u00a0 He is critically acclaimed in the October \u201892 edition of Modern Drummer <\/em>\u00a0magazine for his work on Ryan Kisor\u2019s Columbia Records debut \u201cMinor Mutiny\u201d, a date for which Siegel was chosen by its producer Jack DeJohnette.\u00a0 He regularly performs throughout Europe at festivals, clubs and concerts.\u00a0 Siegel has conducted drums clinics throughout Germany and the United States.\u00a0\u00a0 As part of the International Association of Schools of Jazz, Siegel has taught combos of international students in Italy and Latvia.\u00a0 Most recently, Siegel\u2019s quartet was featured at the Sud Tirol Alto Adige Jazz Festival in Bolzano, Italy (June, 2008).\u00a0 In addition to his work as a player and composer, Siegel also produced the upcoming cd\/dvd release \u201cLee Shaw Trio Live in Graz\u201d on ARC Records.<\/p>\n

Siegel has also performed and\/or recorded with Ron Carter, Kenny Burrell, Pat Metheny, Jack DeJohnette, John Scofield, Ravi Coltrane, Dave Douglas, Jimmy Heath, Benny Golson, Frank Foster, David \u201cFathead\u201d Newman, Lee Konitz,\u00a0 Frank Wess, Nick Brignola, J.R. Monterose, John Stubblefield, Arthur Rhames, Eric Person, Joanne Brackeen, Lee Shaw, Rufus Reid, Cecil McBee, Stefon Harris, Karl Berger, Richard Stoltzman, Romero Lubambo, Warren Bernhardt,\u00a0 Jay Clayton,\u00a0 Kurt Elling, Mose Allison, Sheila Jordan, Helen Merrill, Etta Jones, Carrie Smith, Grady Tate, Judi Silvano, Cecil Bridgewater, Johnny Coles, Terrell Stafford, Baikida Carroll, Valery Ponomarev, Wadada Leo Smith, Grahm Haynes, Steve Turre, Terrell Stafford, John Abercrombie, Claude \u201cFiddler\u201d Williams, Howard Johnson, Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble, Karole Armitage Dance Company with composer Jeffrey Lohn, Second Sight and several others.\u00a0 He received first prize in the International Grande Contest de Jazz, San Sebastian, Spain, as a member of the CCNY Jazz Quintet as well as third place for best soloist award.<\/p>\n

Siegel is the jazz drumming instructor at both Western Connecticut State University and The State University of New York at New Paltz.\u00a0 He is head of the percussion department of the National Guitar Workshop as well.\u00a0 Siegel has received several Meet the Composer grants.\u00a0 He is endorsed by Vic Firth drumsticks.<\/p>\n

\u201c…a brilliant drummer\u201d—Armen Donelian, Jazz World<\/em>
\n\u201c…<\/em>He is so tasty as a percussionist and hasbecome a fine composer\/arranger with a good melodic concept and harmonic depth—Jimmy Heath
\n\u201c…<\/em>A major performative and compositional talent…Siege reminds one of a blend of Brian Blade and Andrew Cyrille or a player out of both the Max Roach \u201cmelodic\u201d academy and the polyrhythmic school of Elvin Jones.\u201d—Bob Margolis, Ulster Publishing Almanac<\/em>
\n\u201c…<\/em>Siegel\u2019s compositions are original and colorful\u201d—Scott Yanow, All Music Guide<\/em>
\n\u201c…an inspired percussionist\u201d—Andre Maub, Bordeaux-Loisirs<\/em>
\n\u201c…<\/em>forward energy and abundantly attractive ideas\u201d—Hal Howland, Modern Drummer<\/em>
\n\u201c…plus there is Siegel the instrumentalist, active, inventive, experimentive — all without being overpowering or overplaying\u201d—George Chevalier, Woodstock Times<\/em>
\n\u201c…His playing is always tasteful whether it be in forceful, intense situations or in quiet
\nsupporting roles.\u00a0 His writing is intriguing.\u201d—Carlos Aamolla, Green Mountain Jazz\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Messenger<\/em>
\n\u201c…<\/em>He\u2019s one of those rare, instinctive, \u201cauric\u201d drummers, who assimilates and colors as he stick-paints.\u201d—Kitty Montgomery, Daily Freeman<\/em>
\n\u201c…The phrase \u2018melodic\u2019 drummer may sound, to some ears, like an oxymoron.\u00a0 But chances are that anyone who thinks so hasn\u2019t caught Jeff \u201cSiege\u201d Siegel of the Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson Trio.\u201d—Mikhail Horowitz, Woodstock Times<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

DISCOGRAPHY (selected)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Live in Europe, <\/em>Jeff \u201cSiege\u201d Siegel Quartet, ARC Records<\/em>
\nMagical Spaces,\u00a0 <\/em>Jeff \u201cSiege\u201d Siegel Quartet, CAP Records<\/em>
\nDreamstuff, <\/em>Jeff Marx\/Jeff \u201cSiege\u201d Siegel, Ayler Records <\/em>
\nBrazilian Wish, <\/em>Matt Finley
\nMinor Mutiny, <\/em>Ryan Kisor, Columbia Records<\/em>
\nArthur Rhames Trio Live From Soundscape, <\/em>Arthur Rhames, D.I.W. Records<\/em>
\nLee Shaw Trio Live in Graz, ARC Records<\/em>
\nOriginals,\u00a0 <\/em>Lee Shaw Trio, Islandview Records<\/em>
\nA Place For Jazz, <\/em>Lee Shaw Trio, Cadence\u00a0 Records<\/em>
\nLittle Friend, <\/em>Lee Shaw Trio, Luvlee Records<\/em>
\nFifth House, <\/em>New York Trio Project, Imaginary Records<\/em>
\nGet Out of Town, <\/em>\u00a0Siegel & Ferguson, Imaginary Records<\/em>
\nTriologue, <\/em>Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson, Imaginary Records<\/em>
\nPanorama, <\/em>Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson w\/ Valery Ponomarev, Imaginary\u00a0\u00a0 Records<\/em>
\nPoints of View, <\/em>Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson, Imaginary Records<\/em>
\nOne of a Kind, <\/em>Stevens, Siegel & Ferguson, Imaginary Records<\/em>
\nMaya the Bee, Nancy Harrow and Sir Roland Hanna, <\/em>Harbinger Records
\nFlying With the Comet, <\/em>Second Sight, Sun Jump Records<\/em>
\nGreat Unknown, <\/em>Jeff Marx, Naugual Records<\/em>
\nUp Until Now, <\/em>Mark Dziuba, Joobtone Records<\/em>
\nMusic from Paradise, <\/em>Jeffrey Lohn, Daisy Records<\/em>
\nAlique\u2019s Song, <\/em>Steve Geraci, Beat City Records<\/em>
\nA Spell Like This, <\/em>Katie Bowen, Eleven: Eleven Records<\/em>
\nHumans Don\u2019t Fly, <\/em>Katie Bowen, Eleven Eleven Records<\/em>
\nMoonlight and Mistletoe, <\/em>Eileen Fulton, Eilful Productions<\/em>
\nI Think About You, <\/em>Eileen Fulton, Eilful Productions<\/em><\/p>\n

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Contact: siegelf@wcsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

www.jeffsiegeljazz.com\u00a0<\/a>
\nwww.sonicbids.com\/jeffsiegel <\/a>(electronic press kit)
\nmyspace.com\/jeffsiegelquartet<\/a><\/p>\n

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