Jaz Sawyer

Jaz Sawyer [with one Z] began playing drums at age of 2 in the Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco, California. His musical studies has taken him through the music programs at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Stanford Jazz Workshop and The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Jaz possesses an eclectic and refined personal style of drumming that stems from his deep roots in his Classical, Jazz, West-African and Afro-Caribbean musical training. Jaz has worked with many notable artists, including Wynton Marsalis, Abbey Lincoln, George Benson, Bobby Hutcherson, Jacky Terrasson and Dee Dee Bridgewater in some of the world's premier concert venues, including The Blue Note, The Village Vanguard, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and the Sydney Opera House. Sawyer holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The New School/Mannes College (NYC), and a Master of Public Administration & Public Policy degree from the Metropolitan College of New York. Jaz is actively involved in music education in communities within New York, San Francisco Bay Area, New Orleans and Los Angeles. TV/Film 2015 Straight Outta Compto, extra 2008 The Angel Wars M'lumbo co-star, executive producer 2004 Live at the House of Blues, Los Hombres Calientes percussion, background vocals 2002 Treme HBO Season 1, extra