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Here Come The Drums

Drumjazz

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Percussion Music for Ballet Class

Testimonials

  • " ...The "Here Come the Drums," "Drumjazz," offer great variety and energy for our classes. Keep Recording...PLEASE! Our students enjoy it - actually prefer it to the top "pop" music. I appreciate that there isn't a forced/imposed emotional component. Thank you!!"
  • "I like your work very much, have used it in many classes, and at many convention classes. I have turned my colleagues on to it, as well. Two are tappers - works so well for tap."
  • "I think your music is fantastic for dance classes. I even use them for Ballet for something different for the kids."
  • "I used the "Here Comes the Drum" CD for across the floor steps, as a sub in some summer ballet classes. Students LOVED it. They said, "Is this CD made for ballet class?". I said, "Uh, no, not really. But it's for dancing... any kind, and fun dancing." Love, the music... make more CD's."

About drumjazz.com

John Hanks is a multifaceted musician based in Durham, NC. John is currently the full-time Music Coordinator for the Duke University Dance Program and has been a long-time faculty musician for the American Dance Festival’s summer intensives. He was the drummer for the Jazz Dance World Congress in the 1990's, playing for Gus Giordano, Matt Maddox, Frank Hatchett, and others. In North Carolina, John drums with the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble, as well as their annual NC Rhythm Tap Festival that features notable tap dancers Michelle Dorrance, Derick Grant, Brenda Buffalino, and others.  As a jazz drummer he has appeared with many notable artists, including Randy Johnston, Bill Easley, Stephanie Nakasian, Hod O'Brian, Mose Allison, the Glen Miller Band, Butch Thompson, Scott Hamilton, Warren Vache, Mary Lou Williams, and many others. He played drums for the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra, directed by James Ketch, from 1991-2008.  As a Classical musician, John has performed as timpanist and percussionist with the Mallarme Chamber Players, Duke Chapel Choir, the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle, the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, and the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. He has played drums/percussion for many Triangle musical theater presenters, including Theater Raleigh, North Carolina Theater, and Durham Performing Arts Center.  He also performs with rock and blues bands, including the Willie Painter Band, Jim Quick & the Coastline Band, and Mel Melton & the Wicked Mojos. From 1987-2012 he was the faculty percussion instructor for the Duke University Music Department. He composes electro/acoustic percussion scores and audio collages for dance and has released several albums of his music, including: “Here Come the Drums” and “Drumjazz”, both widely available online (iTunes, Spotify, etc.)