Michael Zerang
Michael Zerang (born November 16, 1958 in Chicago) is an American jazz percussionist.
Zerang's parents both emigrated to the United States from the Middle East; his father is Iranian and his mother Iraqi.[1] He began playing professionally in 1976 (with Kent Kessler), and studied at Wilbur Wright College from 1977 to 1978 and Roosevelt College from 1978 to 1982.[1] He began touring internationally in 1981, and has recorded on more than 40 albums.
Zerang has played with many Chicago-based jazz musicians, such as Fred Anderson, Hamid Drake, Ken Vandermark, Jeff Parker, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Kevin Drumm, and Scott Fields; he has also played with international musicians such as Mats Gustafsson, Jaap Blonk, Fredy Studer, Mikolaj Trzaska, Luc Houtkamp, and Axel Dörner. He has been active as a jazz educator at the Art Institute of Chicago and Northwestern University, in addition to founding and directing the Link's Hall Performance Series from 1985 to 1989.[2]
Discography
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- 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)
- Tales Out of Time (HatHut, 2004)
- Guts (OkkaDisk, 2007)