Joe Bergamini
Encyclopedia
Joe Bergamini is a drummer
from New Jersey
in the United States
. He is the front man of the jazz fusion
band 4 Front. Since 2000 Bergamini has been playing in the progressive rock
band Happy the Man
in its reunion, and appears on their 2005 album, The Muse Awakens. He performed in both the Broadway and national tour productions of the Billy Joel
musical Movin' Out
, and currently subs on drums at the Broadway shows The Lion King, Jersey Boys, and In the Heights. In addition to performing with Billy Joel (when Billy made one of his many appearances at Movin' Out
) Bergamini has also performed with Dennis DeYoung and Deborah Gibson
.
Bergamini was born in Belleville, New Jersey, and grew up in East Hanover. While attending the New Jersey Institute of Technology and getting his bachelor's degree in architecture, Joe studied intensively with the legendary drum instructor Dom Famularo on Long Island, as well as teachers Al Miller, John Riley, and Jim Chapin. During his college years he taught high school drum lines, built his teaching practice, and played in many bands. During the 1990s some of these bands included: Eternal Vision (where he met 4 Front bassist Frank La Placa), Friday's Child, Outskirts (with his brother Steve on guitar), Big Radio, and others.
Recognized internationally as an educator, Joe has given hundreds of drum clinics in schools, retail stores, and conventions. He has appeared at the Ultimate Drummers Weekend (Melbourne, Australia) (2002 & 2007), The Cape Breton Drum Festival (Nova Scotia, Canada), KOSA (Vermont, USA), and the Sonny Emory Drumset Camp (Atlanta, GA USA).
After many years as a columnist and contributing writer for Modern Drummer magazine (to which he still contributes), he served a brief stint as the drum editor for Carl Fischer publications. In 2007 became the Senior Drum Editor for Hudson Music. His responsibilities with Hudson include overseeing all of their print projects, as well as co-producing DVDs. Bergamini has also worked with Tama Drums during the R&D for their Bubinga Omnitune drums, and appears on the Tama website in various educational videos. He is also a featured endorser of Sabian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Evans drumheads, and Latin Percussion
An active author, Joe's works include:
MD Classic Tracks (Modern Drummer Publications),
Turn It Up and Lay It Down: The Book (Alfred Publications),
It's Your Move (co-author with Dom Famularo) (Alfred Publications),
Drum Techniques of Led Zeppelin (Alfred Publications),
Operation: Rockenfield (Carl Fischer),
Drumming Out Of the Shadows (Carl Fischer),
and Polyrhythmic Potential (co-author with Chris Pennie) (Carl Fischer).
He has won three Modern Drummer readers poll awards and one Drum! magazine "Drummy" for his books.
Joe is also the co-owner (with Dom Famularo) of the independent music publisher Wizdom Media LLC. Their books are distributed worldwide by the Alfred Publishing Company.
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
from New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He is the front man of the jazz fusion
Jazz fusion
Jazz fusion is a musical fusion genre that developed from mixing funk and R&B rhythms and the amplification and electronic effects of rock, complex time signatures derived from non-Western music and extended, typically instrumental compositions with a jazz approach to lengthy group improvisations,...
band 4 Front. Since 2000 Bergamini has been playing in the progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band Happy the Man
Happy The Man
Happy the Man is an American progressive rock band from the 1970s specializing in virtuoso instrumental tracks within complex time signatures.-Early days:...
in its reunion, and appears on their 2005 album, The Muse Awakens. He performed in both the Broadway and national tour productions of the Billy Joel
Billy Joel
William Martin "Billy" Joel is an American musician and pianist, singer-songwriter, and classical composer. Since releasing his first hit song, "Piano Man", in 1973, Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States, according to...
musical Movin' Out
Movin' Out (musical)
Movin' Out is a jukebox musical featuring the songs of Billy Joel.Conceived by Twyla Tharp, the musical tells the story of a generation of American youth growing up on Long Island during the 1960s and their experiences with the Vietnam War...
, and currently subs on drums at the Broadway shows The Lion King, Jersey Boys, and In the Heights. In addition to performing with Billy Joel (when Billy made one of his many appearances at Movin' Out
Movin' Out (musical)
Movin' Out is a jukebox musical featuring the songs of Billy Joel.Conceived by Twyla Tharp, the musical tells the story of a generation of American youth growing up on Long Island during the 1960s and their experiences with the Vietnam War...
) Bergamini has also performed with Dennis DeYoung and Deborah Gibson
Deborah Gibson
Deborah Ann "Debbie" Gibson is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. In 1987 she was pronounced the youngest artist to write, produce, and perform a No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100, with her song "Foolish Beat" and she remains the youngest female to write, record, and...
.
Bergamini was born in Belleville, New Jersey, and grew up in East Hanover. While attending the New Jersey Institute of Technology and getting his bachelor's degree in architecture, Joe studied intensively with the legendary drum instructor Dom Famularo on Long Island, as well as teachers Al Miller, John Riley, and Jim Chapin. During his college years he taught high school drum lines, built his teaching practice, and played in many bands. During the 1990s some of these bands included: Eternal Vision (where he met 4 Front bassist Frank La Placa), Friday's Child, Outskirts (with his brother Steve on guitar), Big Radio, and others.
Recognized internationally as an educator, Joe has given hundreds of drum clinics in schools, retail stores, and conventions. He has appeared at the Ultimate Drummers Weekend (Melbourne, Australia) (2002 & 2007), The Cape Breton Drum Festival (Nova Scotia, Canada), KOSA (Vermont, USA), and the Sonny Emory Drumset Camp (Atlanta, GA USA).
After many years as a columnist and contributing writer for Modern Drummer magazine (to which he still contributes), he served a brief stint as the drum editor for Carl Fischer publications. In 2007 became the Senior Drum Editor for Hudson Music. His responsibilities with Hudson include overseeing all of their print projects, as well as co-producing DVDs. Bergamini has also worked with Tama Drums during the R&D for their Bubinga Omnitune drums, and appears on the Tama website in various educational videos. He is also a featured endorser of Sabian cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Evans drumheads, and Latin Percussion
An active author, Joe's works include:
MD Classic Tracks (Modern Drummer Publications),
Turn It Up and Lay It Down: The Book (Alfred Publications),
It's Your Move (co-author with Dom Famularo) (Alfred Publications),
Drum Techniques of Led Zeppelin (Alfred Publications),
Operation: Rockenfield (Carl Fischer),
Drumming Out Of the Shadows (Carl Fischer),
and Polyrhythmic Potential (co-author with Chris Pennie) (Carl Fischer).
He has won three Modern Drummer readers poll awards and one Drum! magazine "Drummy" for his books.
Joe is also the co-owner (with Dom Famularo) of the independent music publisher Wizdom Media LLC. Their books are distributed worldwide by the Alfred Publishing Company.
Discography
- Happy The Man - The Muse Awakens
- 4Front - Radio Waves Goodbye
- 4Front - Gravity
- Joe Bergamini - Arrival
- BumblefootBumblefootBumblefoot may refer to:*Bumblefoot , an infection found on the feet of birds of prey and some animals*Bumblefoot , alias of musician Ron Thal...
- UncoolUncool (Bumblefoot album)- Track listing :-Credits:*LaFrae Olivia Sci - drums on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7*Sanford Oxenbery - drums on tracks 9, 11*Joe Bergamini - drums on tracks 5, 8, 10*Joe Bedford - drums on "Can't Take My Eyes Off You"... - Broadway's Greatest Gifts / Carols for a Cure Vol. 7 (1 track)
- Playground - What Was Is
- Flaud Logic - Flaud Logic