Vita / Biography

Tom Gerke, Drums & Percussion, Cologne

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  • professional drummer & drum teacher Cologne area, Germany
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  • bands, engagements, recordings, tours, musicians see downwards under musical activities
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  • studied drums in Aachen, Köln, Maastricht, Düsseldorf 
  • music examples on  www.myspace.com/drumpages
  •  drum teacher at Tom's Drum School Cologne, Groove Institute Mönchengladbach, music school Leichlingen
  • drum concepts drumpages on  drum pool
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    • Studies:

    ·  Classical percussion at Musikhochschule Köln, Aachen

    (Musical College)

    ·  studies big band drumming  in Cologne with

    Sperie Karas (USA), WDR-Bigband

    ·  Drum studies  Conservatorium Maastricht,
    with Chris Dekker and Arnoud Gerritse, jazz-vibraphone with Ruud Wiener, jazz vocals with Janice Lakers, USA

    ·  Lessons and workshops at the Drummers Institute Düsseldorf with Jan Rohlfing, Rene Creemers , Kim Plainfield

    ·  Further education for drum teachers  "Das Schlagzeug im Unterricht" at  Bundeskademie Trossingen with  Udo Dahmen , Wolfgang Basler, Jose Cortijo, Andrea Schneider, Claus Hessler, Dom Famularo

  • Workshops, studies, lessons with:

    Jim Chapin, Joe Morello, Danny Gottlieb,  Pierre Favre,
    Rene Creemers    , Eric Ineke, John Marshall, Kim Plainfield,
    Duduka da Fonseca, Michael Küttner, Jost Nickel,
    Werner Schmitt    , Steve Smith, Chad Wackermann,
    Hakim Ludin, Russ Miller, Wolfgang Haffner, ZORO,
    Johnny Rabb, Jeff Hamilton, Ed Thigpen, Karuna Murthy, Pete Lockett, Rhani Krija, Phil Maturano, Drori Mondlak, T. A. S. Mani, Karnataka College of Percussion

  •   musical activities:

    since 2008
    drummer of the blues / r&b / fusion band OLDSCUL
    since 2002
    		 Tom Gerke, drummer of the trio TR3PANINI

    since 1991
    		 Member of the group Fleisch
    2005-2010
    		 drummer live-band
    Hänneschen Theater
    of the city Cologne
    2007-09
    guest musician at Schauspielhaus Köln, Die Nibelungen
    1995-2004
    "Tom the bomb", drummer of the blues band     Little Roger & The Houserockers, gigs & festivals in Germany & the Netherlands
    2004

    Concerts with Ray Collins' HOT-CLUB
    2003
    Concerts with "Ensemble 4'33",  Alexei Aigui, Moscow, Paris
    2000 Russia tour with the German Russian Composer Quartet,  Goethe-Institut
    Okt. 94
    Russia tour with Fleisch (Goethe-Institut)

  • some other bands, engagements, recordings: Obst-Label, WDR-recordings, Schauspielhaus Köln, Stadttheater Aachen, Brass Band "Dicke Luft" , Jürgen Sturm Quartett & Trio Soli Sono, Ray Collins' HOT-CLUB, Ensemble 4'33 Alexei Aigui / Moskau, German-Russian Composer-Quartet (tour with Goethe-Institut), Fleisch (russia tour Goethe-Institut), Oldscul, Little Roger & The Houserockers, , Peter Driessen Blues Express, Rejoicing, Take Off-Bigband, Olaf Jane Show Band, Spotlights, Tom Gerry Band, Bigband Timeless, Midnight Flyer
  • some musicians I play or played with: Manfred Niehaus, Dietmar Bonnen, Luciano Prandini, Andreas Schilling, Caro Thon, Alexei Aigui, Ivan Sokolov, Ramesh Shotam, Jürgen Sturm, Anirahtak, Lothar Galle-M., Gregor Lindemann, Jens Foltynowicz, Wolfgang Seyffert,  Andreas Schleicher, Gregor Salz, Shawn Spicer, Wolfgang Kohlert, Sbiggi Warot, Ebasa (Sebastian Lutz, Pallada), Philipp Köbele, Ralf Weifenbach, Sven Ostrowski, Torsten Lehmen, Dirk Pawelka, Thomas Cap Gier, Claudius Valk, Marc Muellbauer, Christoph Eisenburger, Ralph Beerkircher, Thomas Nordhausen, Urban Elsässer 
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  • Music productions as drummer

    2007

    Hölscher / Bonnen: Das Licht im Dunkel der Wolke / Ryoan-ji
    2006 Bonnen "Die Wolke des Vergessens"
    2006 Obst-Almanach 2007
    2006 Peter Rühmkorf
    »Früher, als wir die grossen Ströme noch...«
    Rühmkorf poems with music
    spoken by Peter Rühmkorf
    RANDOM HOUSE AUDIO
    2005
    Russian-German Composers Quartet "kak stranno/wie seltsam"
    100 years: Daniil Kharms
     2005 Obst-Almanach 2006
    2004
    Bonnen,     Quatuor Plus 2
    2004 Obst-Almanach 2005
    2003
    Trepanini, „Red House“
    Coproduction Obst & WDR
     2003 Obst-Almanach 2004
    2002
    Little Roger & The Houserockers
    „Cut it while it’s hot“
     2002
    Charly Kemmerling, Hänneschen Theater
    “En Stemm für d’r Speimanes“
     2002 Bonnen „Euroboros“
     2002 Schilling/Bonnen „Anny D.“
     2002 Obst Almanach 2003
    2001
    Obst-Almanach 2002
     2000

    Bonnen
    “    You can’t judge a record by it’s cover”
     2000 Obst-Almanach 2001
     1999
    Russian German Composer Quartett     “Charms”
     1999  Little Roger & The Houserockers “No  kiddin’….”
     1999 Les Saxosythe “Sozusingen”
     1996
    Little Roger & The Houserockers     “Jumpin' the Blues"
     1993

     

    Fleisch „Die 14. Nacht“ coproduction Obst & WDR