Eliot Zigmund (born April 14, 1945) is an American

jazz drummer Jazz drumming is the art of playing percussion (predominantly the drum kit, which includes a variety of drums and cymbals) in jazz styles ranging from 1910s-style Dixieland jazz to 1970s-era jazz fusion and 1980s-era Latin jazz. The techniques an ...

, who has worked extensively as a

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Biography

Zigmund studied at

Mannes School of Music Mannes School of Music is a music conservatory in The New School, a private research university in New York City. In the fall of 2015, Mannes moved from its previous location on Manhattan's Upper West Side to join the rest of the New School c ...

and

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, where he graduated in 1969. After moving to

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, he found work in the 1970s playing with

Ron McClure Ron McClure (born November 22, 1941) is an American jazz bassist. Early life McClure was born in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. He started on piano at age five, and later played accordion and bass. McClure studied privately with Joseph I ...

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, and

Vince Guaraldi Vincent Anthony Guaraldi (; né Dellaglio, July 17, 1928 – February 6, 1976) was an American jazz pianist best known for composing music for animated television adaptations of the ''Peanuts'' comic strip. His compositions for this series includ ...

. He moved back to

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in 1974, where he played with

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from 1975 to 1978. He also played with

Eddie Gómez Edgar Gómez (born October 4, 1944) is a Puerto Rican jazz double bassist, known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio from 1966 to 1977. Biography Gómez moved with his family from Puerto Rico at a young age to New York, where he was raised. ...

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, Richard Beirach, Jim Hall,

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Fred Hersch Fred Hersch (born October 21, 1955) is an American jazz pianist, educator and HIV/AIDS activist. He was the first person to play weeklong engagements as a solo pianist at the Village Vanguard in New York City. He has recorded more than 70 of his ...

, and

Red Mitchell Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell (September 20, 1927 – November 8, 1992) was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet. Biography Mitchell was born in New York City. His younger brother, Whitey Mitchell, also became a jazz ...

before the end of the 1970s. He played with

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from 1979 to 1984, and then joined a trio with

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until the late 1980s. After this he worked both as a leader in small ensembles and as a

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with

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(1980), Carl Barry (1982), Keith Greko (1985), Eiji Nakayama (1988), and Stefan Karlsson (1995). Zigmund has also done work as a session player for

Neil Sedaka Neil Sedaka (; born March 13, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Since his music career began in 1957, he has sold millions of records worldwide and has written or co-written over 500 songs for himself and other artists, collabo ...

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, and

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, among others. A resident of

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,"The State of Jazz: Meet 40 More Jersey Greats"
''

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'', September 28, 2003, backed up by the

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as of September 27, 2008. Accessed September 15, 2017. "A scintillating drummer, Zigmund lives in Teaneck." Zigmund has taught at William Paterson College and

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Discography

As leader

* ''Time Was'' (

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, 2017) * ''Live at Smalls'' (SmallsLIVE, 2018)

As sideman

With

* ''Crosscurrents'' (Fantasy, 1978) * ''

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'' (Warner Bros, 1979) * '' I Will Say Goodbye'' (Fantasy, 1980) * '' You Must Believe in Spring'' (Warner Bros., 1981) * ''From the 70's'' (Fantasy, 1983) * ''The Paris Concert'' (Fantasy, 1989) * ''In His Own Way'' (West Wind, 1989) * ''The Secret Sessions'' (Milestone, 1996) * ''On a Monday Evening'' (Fantasy, 2017) With

* ''

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'' (television soundtrack, 1974) * '' Live on the Air'' (D&D, 2008) With

* '' Live at the Village Vanguard'' (Concord Jazz, 1985) * ''Live at the Village Vanguard Vol. 2'' (Video Artists, 1982) * ''

Pianism ''Pianism'' is a jazz album by Michel Petrucciani. The album was recorded at RCA Studio "C", and was produced by Mike Berniker, engineer Mike Moran. The Blue Note catalogue number is CDP 7 46295 2. This was Petrucciani's first album recorded ...

'' (Blue Note, 1986) With others *

Joshua Breakstone Joshua Breakstone (born July 22, 1955) is an American jazz guitarist. Breakstone came into contact with the music business early in life through his parents and siblings. His sister was a lighting technician at the Fillmore East theater, wher ...

, ''No One New'' (Capri, 2009) *

, ''Half & Half'' (Insights, 1986) *

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, ''Down Stretch'' (Trio, 1976) * Amy London, ''Bridges'' (FiveCut, 2014) *

Giovanni Mirabassi Giovanni Mirabassi is a Paris-based Italian jazz pianist, born 4 May 1970 in Perugia, Italy. Self-taught, he learned by listening to Bud Powell, Art Tatum, and Oscar Peterson. He is strongly influenced by Enrico Pieranunzi. At seventeen, after a ...

, ''Tribute to Bill'' (Star Prod 2011) *

, '' Shift in the Wind'' (ECM, 1980) *

Marvin Stamm Marvin Louis Stamm (born May 23, 1939) is an American jazz trumpeter. Career Stamm was born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Stamm began on trumpet at age twelve. He attended North Texas State University, where he was a member of the O ...

, ''Elegance'' (2001) *

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, ''The Good Life'' (Stunt, 2014) * Christina von Bulow, ''On the Brink of a Lovely Song'' (Storyville, 2018)

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