Jamie Murray

Gretsch Artist Since: 2021

Country: GB

Band or Affiliations: Beat Replacement, JZ Replacement, Valmuz

Current Kit Setup:
Gretsch Renown in Vintage Pearl
16x20 BD, 7x10 RT, 8x12 RT, 14x14 FT, 14x14 FT (Left Side)
5x14 USA Custom Bronze Snare
12x5.5" Black Hawk Mighty Mini Snare

Influences:
Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Art Blakey, Vinnie Colaiuta

We asked...Why Gretsch?:
"All of my heroes play Gretsch and I understand why. They help me to honestly express myself in any given situation without fail."

Advice to aspiring musicians?:
Find your crew, create your own world and believe in yourself!

Bio:
Jamie Murray is one of the great upcoming drummers on the scene today. A forward thinking and conceptual player with a solid groove style yet he has an open-minded approach to free experimentation. His performances are always fresh and exhilarating! Jamie has a strong sense of writing, his compositions are personal and original with an Electronic/Jazz /Fusion style attached to them.

He has played with most of his contemporaries and peers in the London Jazz Scene as well as crossing into the electronic pop world, playing and recording with Jazz giants from the Sun Ra Arkestra, Knoel Scott and Cecil Brooks as well as many other musicians in today's Jazz scene.

Currently Jamie is involved in a number of projects consistently touring Europe and the USA as a sideman and also as a bandleader. His current projects “Beat Replacement” and “JZ Replacement” have enabled Jamie to perform across the world in the Jazz/Crossover scene performing with some of the most innovative and forward-thinking musicians of today.

His first album "Disrespectful" featuring bass legend Tim Lefebvre (David Bowie, Donny McCaslin, Vinnie Colaiuta) and Russian sax master Zhenya Strigalev (Eric Harland, Ambrose Akinmusire, Aaron Parks) is out via "Rainy Days" record label on all music platforms.