Michael Zerang (born November 16, 1958) is an American jazz percussionist and drummer.

Career

Zerang's parents both emigrated to the United States from the Middle East; his father is Iranian and his mother Iraqi.Biography
, Encyclopedia of Jazz Musicians. Jazz.com. He began playing professionally in 1976 with Kent Kessler and studied at

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from 1977 to 1978 and

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from 1978 to 1982. Zerang has played with

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and Northwestern University in addition to founding and directing the Link's Hall Performance Series from 1985 to 1989.Michael Zerang biography
AllMusic ''See also Winter solstice concerts by Drake & Zerang Duo.''

Discography

As leader

* ''Improvisors'' (Kontrans, 1996) * ''Redmoon Theater's the Ballad of Frankie and Johnny'' (Eighth Day Music, 1997) * ''35 Grapes (19 Sown)'' (BoxMedia, 1998) * ''Scratch Match '' (Penumbra, 2000) * ''Guts'' (

OkkaDisk Okka Disk is an independent American jazz record company and label founded in Chicago by Bruno Johnson in 1994. Okka began as a rock music label, but Johnson soon changed direction to record free jazz.

, 2007)

As guest

* '' Bull Fiddle'' with Kent Kessler ( Okka Disk, 2002) * '' Tales Out of Time'' ( Hathut, 2004) * ''Yakuza - Transmutations'' ( Prosthetic, 2007)

References

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