Poli Club presents Philippe Lemm Trio

WATERBURY >> The Spring Jazz Series continues with the Philippe Lemm Trio on Friday March 31 at the Palace Theater Poli Club.

The series is produced by New England Arts and Entertainment. Show times are 7 and 9 p.m. with the bar and doors opening at 6:15 p.m.

Philippe Lemm, a New Yorkbased drummer, was born in Amsterdam, The Netherlands where he started his musical journey at the age of 16. At the age of 19 he was admitted at The Amsterdam Conservatory. In his second year at the conservatory, Lemm began touring internationally with jazz trumpeter Saskia Laroo as well as leading his own group Wazabe. At the end of his studies in Amsterdam Lemm was extensively playing with renown Dutch jazz musicians including Karel Boehlee (Toots Thielemans), Jorg Kaaij (Jazz Orchestra of the Concert Gebouw) and Peter Tiehuis (Metropole Orchestra).

In 2009 he started and led his second group, Philippe Lemm Group, releasing two records and touring extensively in Europe. In 2011 he was a recipient of one of the most prestigious scholarships in The Netherlands, the Huygens Scholarship, which allowed him to continue his studies at Manhattan School of Music with John Riley.

Lemm graduated in 2013 with a master’s degree, and was the first Dutch drummer to do so at the Manhattan school. Lemm was then invited by India’s leading school for contemporary music, True School of Music in Mumbai, to be an Artist in Residence and Head of the Drum Department for four months. He also collaborated with Bollywood superstar Shilpa Rao and accompanied her in her “Hard Rock Café India Tour 2013”

Lemm performs on drum set and percussion alike, covering a broad range of styles reflecting his wide interest in everything music and his natural feel for groove and texture regardless of genre. Renowned stages Philippe performed at include Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center DC, Concert Gebouw, Bimhuis and North Sea Jazz Festival. He appears on over 50 CDs as a side man and released six records with groups that he leads or co-leads.

Lemm is working with the New York based group Life Size, Angelo Di Loreto Trio, Olli Hirvonen Quartet, Sharik Hasan New York Quartet, Pat Carroll Group, Roman Rofalski Trio and vocalist Andrea Wood.

Tickets are available at the Palace Theater Box Office at 203-3462000 or www.PalaceTheaterCT.org. Information on all the Jazz Series Shows is at www.neaae.com

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Jazz drummer Philippe Lemm performs March 31 with his trio at the Poli Club in Waterbury.