Jason Nazary (born January 24, 1984) is an American jazz and improvisational musician (drums and electronics). He was born in

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, Italy, while his father was in the US military, and grew up in the

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area. In 2002, he played in

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's Jazz Ahead concerts at the

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. He moved to

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in 2005, and, as of 2019, he is based in

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Discography

;Solo as So Ghost * 2018: ''Companion II'' (Jass) * 2019: ''Boss a Nova'' (Jass) ;Solo * 2021: ''Spring Collection'' (

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) ; With Little Women ( Darius Jones, , Jason Nazary) * 2007: ''Teeth'' ( Gilgongo Records), with

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* 2010: ''Throat'' (

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), with Andrew Smiley * 2013: ''Lung'' (AUM Fidelity), with Andrew Smiley ; With and Joe Morris * 2008: ''Fine Objects'' () ; With Darius Jones Trio * 2009: ''Man'ish Boy (A Raw & Beautiful Thing)'' (AUM Fidelity) * 2011: ''Big Gurl (Smell My Dream)'' (AUM Fidelity) ; With Noah Kaplan Quartet * 2011: ''Descendants'' ( hatOLOGY) * 2017: ''Cluster Swerve'' (hatOLOGY) ; With Chris Pitsiokos Quartet * 2016: ''One Eye With A Microscope Attached'' ( Eleatic Records) ; With Terrie Ex (Hessels) and * 2018: ''Live at Space is the Place'' () ;With

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* 2018: ''Slideshoe Junky I'' ( Iluso) ;With Clebs (Jason Nazary, Emilie Weibel) * 2018: ''I'm Here'' (Jass) * 2019: ''Fault Sequence (Thanksgiving Dump)'' (self released) ;With Anteloper (

Jaimie Branch Jaimie "Breezy" Branch (June 17, 1983 – August 22, 2022) was an American jazz trumpeter and composer. Life and career Branch was born in Huntington, New York, on June 17, 1983. She started playing trumpet at age nine. At age 14, she moved to ...

, Jason Nazary) * 2018: ''Kudu'' ( International Anthem) * 2020: ''Tour Beats Vol. 1'' (International Anthem) ;With Bloor * 2019: ''Drolleries'' ( Astral Spirits) ;With Dim Thickets * 2019: ''s/t'' (Anticausal Systems)

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* American jazz drummers American electronic musicians 1984 births Living people American male drummers {{US-jazz-drummer-stub