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Artist
Ed Pias
12+ albums
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Ed Pias earned a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the University of Washington in 1996 in Percussion Performance completing his Dissertation: ‘North Indian Rhythms On The Drum Set’. He received his Masters Degree from the California Institute of the Arts in 1988, and his Bachelors Degree from the Berklee College of Music in 1986. Ed performs regularly on drum set, frame drums and hand percussion in the Seattle area both as a soloist and with groups such as The Mike Bisio Quintet, The Bill Smith Trio, in duos with cellist Lori Goldston (Nirvana), violinist Eyvind Kang, and in groups led by Stuart Dempster, Joe McPhee, Vinnie Golia and Jabali Billy Hart. He also accompanies North Indian Classical Dhrupad singer Shantha Benegal and David Hykes, Founder and Master of Harmonic Chant, playing pakhawaj. In addition, Ed has artist endorsments with SABIAN Cymbals, REMO Inc., and is a GRAVELVOICE recording artist. Ed is featured on CD recordings by LAND (Extreme), PROJECT W (Apraxia) and THE MIKE BISIO QUINTET (Cadence). In addition, Ed has articles published in 5/4 Magazine (Feb.- March ’96), and in Rhythm Magazine (Aug.-Dec. 1989), where he wrote a monthly article, ‘Inside World Music’, on the application of various World Music concepts to the drum set. At Cal-Arts, Ed studied Jazz and World Music with Charlie Haden, John Bergamo, Taranath Rao and K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat. He also accompanied a list of visiting artists that includes Branford Marsalis, Dewey Redman, Andrew Hill, Henry Th
