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Abe Lagrimas, Jr.

Rank #72 Los Angeles, CA Jazz / Pop

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Members: Drums, Ukulele, Vibraphone, Composer, Educator

Sounds Like: Brian Blade, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Brad Mehldau, Eric Harland

Label: Universal Music Japan, Sony Music Entertainment Korea, Pony Canyon Records Japan, Pass Out Records

Manager: Eric Lagrimas

Bio: Abe Lagrimas, Jr. started playing drums at the age of four, but gained an interest in learning other instruments as his music career progressed. Predominantly known as a drummer, he is equally proficient on the vibraphone and the ukulele, and tours throughout the world on all three instruments. H... See Full Bio

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Ukulele Concert & Workshop this Saturday! (Los Angeles, CA) http://rvrb.fm/10PAtfC

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“The evening’s most remarkable set was provided by the versatile Abe Lagrimas. After playing sturdy drums to back the other acts, he took center stage, playing a harmonically lush version of “The Nearness of You” (on the vibraphone) before demonstrating the ukulele’s jazz possibilities with his own swinging “Centipede.””
—  Don Heckman, The Los Angeles Times
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    Apr 27


    Honolulu, HI, US | 7:00pm

    Honolulu, HI, US
    Sat Apr 27 7:00pm

    Details

    Hot off the heels of the 2012 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Drums Competition where he made it to the semifinal round and a series of Don Tiki Hot Lava Holiday shows, rising star drummer and virtuoso ukulele player Abe Lagrimas Jr., who now resides in LA, returns to Hawaii to perform at the Doris Duke Theatre. He is joined by Reggie Padilla, Dean Taba, & Matt Politano from LA. Hosted by HPR's Don Gordon.

  • 2012

    Dec 20


    Los Angeles, CA, US | 8:00pm

    Los Angeles, CA, US
    Thu Dec 20, 2012 8:00pm

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    DON TIKI DOES DISNEY! December 20, 2012, 8:00pm Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012 (323) 850-2000 Tickets go on sale August 19 http://www.laphil.com/tickets/performance-detail.cfm?id=4957 ------------------------------------- EXPERIENCE PAGAN LOVE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AS DON TIKI UNLEASHES AN EXOTIC MUSICAL STAGE SHOW Honolulu's Don Tiki; the collaborative of top-tier musicians, vocalists and dancers that reinvented the jungle jazzy sounds of exotica, makes their Los Angeles debut on December 20, 2012 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall with a festive Hot Lava Holiday Show. Drawing inspiration from the original Mid-Century masters of the exotica sound, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman and Les Baxter, Don Tiki has moved this evocative genre of music into the 21st century. After triumphant appearances bringing down the house headlining the 11th annual Tiki Oasis event in San Diego and their 2011 Pagan Holiday Show at the Doris Duke Theater in Honolulu, Don Tiki brings their vibrant and luscious stage show to Los Angeles. Don Tiki features virile vocalist Delmar deWilde from Portland, bassist and purring song stylist Hai Jung from Phoenix, multi-talented Abe Lagrimas on vibes, percussion and guitar, chanteuse Sherry Shaoling from Los Angeles, plus special guests from Brazil Tita Lima and Carlinhos de Oliveira. They will join O'ahu-based members percussionist Lopaka Colon, who continues his illustrious father Augie Colon's bird call tradition, funky drummer Jason Segler, Tim Mayer on reeds, bandleader Kit "Perry Coma" Ebersbach on keyboards, Ryoko Oka on keyboards and t'rung (a Vietnamese bamboo xylophone), MC Lloyd "Fluid Floyd" Kandell and dancer Violetta Beretta. The band will perform their signature tunes such as "The Natives Are Restless" and "An Occasional Man". "Even though we're tiki-worshipping Pagans, we'll drop a holiday song or two," says Kandell, who was one of Anthony Bourdain's drinking guides when the food impresario visited O'ahu for his series No Reservations in 2008. Bourdain came away raving, "Tiki supergroup Don Tiki knows the world, the subculture of tiki...it really doesn't get much better than this!" Don Tiki is a creative collaboration of Kit Ebersbach and Lloyd Kandell. The band features Hawaii's top musicians, with cumulative experience ranging from punk to jazz fusion to world beat. Don Tiki has played everywhere from local tiki dives to the Honolulu Symphony, and from Waikiki and Las Vegas showrooms to headlining the sold-out Wassermusik festival in Berlin. www.dontiki.com ------------------------------------- “Tiki supergroup Don Tiki knows the world, the subculture of tiki…it really doesn’t get much better than this!” ~Anthony Bourdain/Host of Travel Channel's No Reservations "Don Tiki is providing the soundtrack for this Technicolor projection of a Polynesian pop paradise." ~Sven Kirsten/The Book of Tiki "Don Tiki have a sexy allure, along with flair and a good sense of humor" ~Time Out/NY

  • 2012

    Dec 15


    Honolulu, HI, US | 7:30pm

    Honolulu, HI, US
    Sat Dec 15, 2012 7:30pm

    Details

    THIS IS THE SHOW WE WILL BE DOING AT THE DISNEY CONCERT HALL IN LOS ANGELES, CA. SEE IT LIVE IN HONOLULU! Honolulu Academy of Arts - Doris Duke Theater 900 S. Beretania St. Honolulu, HI 96814 ------------------------------------- EXPERIENCE PAGAN LOVE THIS HOLIDAY SEASON AS DON TIKI UNLEASHES AN EXOTIC MUSICAL STAGE SHOW Honolulu's Don Tiki; the collaborative of top-tier musicians, vocalists and dancers that reinvented the jungle jazzy sounds of exotica, makes their Los Angeles debut on December 20, 2012 at the Walt Disney Concert Hall with a festive Hot Lava Holiday Show. Drawing inspiration from the original Mid-Century masters of the exotica sound, Martin Denny, Arthur Lyman and Les Baxter, Don Tiki has moved this evocative genre of music into the 21st century. After triumphant appearances bringing down the house headlining the 11th annual Tiki Oasis event in San Diego and their 2011 Pagan Holiday Show at the Doris Duke Theater in Honolulu, Don Tiki brings their vibrant and luscious stage show to Los Angeles. Don Tiki features virile vocalist Delmar deWilde from Portland, bassist and purring song stylist Hai Jung from Phoenix, multi-talented Abe Lagrimas on vibes, percussion and guitar, chanteuse Sherry Shaoling from Los Angeles, plus special guests from Brazil Tita Lima and Carlinhos de Oliveira. They will join O'ahu-based members percussionist Lopaka Colon, who continues his illustrious father Augie Colon's bird call tradition, funky drummer Jason Segler, Tim Mayer on reeds, bandleader Kit "Perry Coma" Ebersbach on keyboards, Ryoko Oka on keyboards and t'rung (a Vietnamese bamboo xylophone), MC Lloyd "Fluid Floyd" Kandell and dancer Violetta Beretta. The band will perform their signature tunes such as "The Natives Are Restless" and "An Occasional Man". "Even though we're tiki-worshipping Pagans, we'll drop a holiday song or two," says Kandell, who was one of Anthony Bourdain's drinking guides when the food impresario visited O'ahu for his series No Reservations in 2008. Bourdain came away raving, "Tiki supergroup Don Tiki knows the world, the subculture of tiki...it really doesn't get much better than this!" Don Tiki is a creative collaboration of Kit Ebersbach and Lloyd Kandell. The band features Hawaii's top musicians, with cumulative experience ranging from punk to jazz fusion to world beat. Don Tiki has played everywhere from local tiki dives to the Honolulu Symphony, and from Waikiki and Las Vegas showrooms to headlining the sold-out Wassermusik festival in Berlin. www.dontiki.com ------------------------------------- “Tiki supergroup Don Tiki knows the world, the subculture of tiki…it really doesn’t get much better than this!” ~Anthony Bourdain/Host of Travel Channel's No Reservations "Don Tiki is providing the soundtrack for this Technicolor projection of a Polynesian pop paradise." ~Sven Kirsten/The Book of Tiki "Don Tiki have a sexy allure, along with flair and a good sense of humor" ~Time Out/NY

  • 2012

    Oct 17


    Honolulu, HI, US | 6:30pm

    Honolulu, HI, US
    Wed Oct 17, 2012 6:30pm

    Details

    REGGIE PADILLA QUINTET Reggie Padilla (reeds) Jim Howard (piano) Dean Taba (bass) Abe Lagrimas, Jr. (drums) Wednesday October 17, 2012 6:30pm-9:30pm 1 Aloha Tower Dr. #1123 Honolulu, HI 96813 (808) 599-4877

  • 2012

    Oct 13


    Chicago, IL, US | 7:00pm

    Chicago, IL, US
    Sat Oct 13, 2012 7:00pm

    Details

    Charmaine Clamor - Live at the University of Chicago Co-Presented by the U.P.A.A. of Greater Chicago Charmaine Clamor (vocals) Abe Lagrimas, Jr. (drums, ukulele) Piano (TBA) Bass (TBA) Saturday, October 13, 2012 Show starts at 8:00pm, doors open at 7:00pm University of Chicago International House Assembly Hall 1414 East 59th Street Chicago, IL 60637 For info: (773) 753-2270 Tickets: $25-$40 http://ihouse.uchicago.edu/

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