Settlement Staff

Bill Ransom - Percussion

Percussion Ensemble

Bandleader, drummer and percussionist Bill Ransom is a musical chameleon - equally at home with classical, jazz, R&B and rock. With a style described as "physical, stirring, demanding, rare and personal," Bill has toured and recorded with leading artists including Patrice Rushen, Beth Hart, Marion Meadows, Cecil Bridgewater, Diane Reeves, Mary Wilson, and James Newton. He spent much of the 90's on the road with contemporary saxophonist Najee and R&B crooner Gerald LeVert and was featured percussionist on Mr. LeVert's solo debut, "Private Line." Bill has appeared a number of theatrical productions including "Love, Janis", under the musical direction of Big Brother & the Holding Company's Sam Andrew who noted "?When Bill Ransom plays the drums he looks as if he is made of rubber and he makes every time special because he acts it out." 

For the past several years Bill has directed "Jazz Meets Hip Hop" for the Tri-C JazzFest in Cleveland, Ohio and is a consultant to both the Shaker Heights school system and Cleveland Music School Settlement. His debut CD, Generations, was released nationwide in November, 2005 on Bongo Time Records.

Bill Ransom also does a lot of recording work for the Discovery Channel. Furthermore, he is a professor of Jazz Percussion and World Percussion at Cleveland State University.

Discipline

E-Mail
bransom@themusicsettlement.org

Direct Phone
(216) 421-5806, ext. 741

Courses
Advanced Percussion Ensemble
Percussion Ensemble