ABOUT

Originally from Greece, Gary Kerkezou has become one of the most in-demand young drummers in New York. Performing nightly at world-class jazz clubs like Birdland, Dizzy’s Club, Cafe Bohemia, the Django, Smalls, Bar Bayeux, Mezzrow, Cellar Dog and Ornithology, she quickly built a reputation for herself

as an extraordinary musician. She has already collaborated with stellar names in the jazz world (Christian McBride, Regina Carter, Troy Roberts, Michael Dease, Bill Pierce, Javon Jackson, Geoff Keezer, Pasquale Grasso, Cyrus Chestnut, Lage Lund, Grant Stewart, David Wong, Jeb Patton, Adam Birnbaum and others) and has recorded multiple albums as a sideman.

 

In addition to a busy performing

schedule, she is an instructor at Jazz

House Kids, “one of the most

successful and respected jazz

education programs in the country”

according to Jazz Times. She has

also given masterclasses at some of

the nation’s finest jazz programs

(Frank Sinatra School of the Arts,

and KC Area Youth Jazz) as well as

at multiple public schools around

the city.

 

Moving to USA 8 years ago to

study, she got her undergraduate

degree from Berklee College of

Music where she was accepted

with multiple scholarships and

afterwards enrolled in Manhattan

School of Music with an almost

full ride to get her Masters in

Music degree.

 

Raised in a family of professional

musicians, she also has a Diploma

on classical violin from her home

country and has been performing

as a violinist since she was a child,

with orchestras, smaller ensembles

and as a session musician, with

artists like Lalah Hathaway, Jacob

Collier, Christopher Brubeck, AJR,

and Patrick Doyle.