Listed as one of the 10 “young drummers to watch” by the New York Times in 2009, Percussionist/composer Mike Pride (b. 1979) was raised in the Portland, Maine area. He studied composition and jazz at the University of Southern Maine and with Matt Wilson and Les Harris, Jr., & performed with legendary jazz educator David Baker.

Mike moved to New York City in the year 2000 to study at the New School of Jazz & Contemporary Music and later began studying privately with the legendary percussionist/free-jazz icon, Professor, Milford Graves.

Since his move, Mike Pride has been featured on over 60 recording - as a sideman or leader - for many of the world’s leading record labels including: NotTwo (Poland), Tzadik, Clean Feed (Portugal), Cadence, CIMP & Doubt Music (Japan) among many others.

Mike has performed and recorded throughout North America, Europe, Asia, & Australia with many of the worlds most varied & important musicians, bands & composers including:

Jeb Bishop, Karen Borca, Boredoms, Anthony Braxton, Tyondai Braxton, Califone, Eugene Chadbourne, Chinese pop-star Priscilla Chan, Nels Cline, Anthony Coleman, Andrew d'Angelo, Trevor Dunn, Marty Ehrlich, Michael Formanek, Milford Graves, Mary Halvorson, Curtis Hasselbring, Jon Irabagon, Vijay Iyer, Mark Helias, Haino Keiji, George Lewis, Frank Lowe, Bill McHenry, punk legends MDC (Millions Of Dead Cops), Tony Malaby, Ikue Mori, Butch Morris, Bob Musso, William Parker, Zeena Parkins, Bobby Previte, Marc Ribot, Matana Roberts, Jamie Saft, Sonny Simmons, Chris Speed, Trey Spruance, Jason Stein, Craig Wedren, Matthew Welch, Jack Wright, Otomo Yoshihide & John Zorn.

An experienced educator, Pride has been teaching in NYC since 2001. He has taught master-classes and performed at Universities around the United States including: Princeton University, Ryder University, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Wesleyan University, Bennington University, Virginia Technical University, SUNY Newpaltz and SUNY Purchase.

An in demand sideman, Mike also leads or co-leads and composes for many ensembles including:

Mike Pride Quartet: FROM BACTERIA TO BOYS ("statement musics" & modern jazz quartet)
Mike Pride's DRUMMER's CORPSE (cathartic installation composition for "rock shows")
OV (power trio w/ Andrew D'Angelo and Jamie Saft)
Dynamite Club (noise avant-rock)
Pride/Moritz Quartet: Evil Eye (modern jazz quartet w/ Jonathan Moritz, Ben Gerstein & Ken Filiano)
Kalashnikov (epic microtonal doom improv w/ Jamie Saft)
PERIOD (austere, semi-improvised ensemble w/ Charlie Looker, Darius Jones and Chuck Bettis)
Whoopie Pie (blues power trio w/ Bill McHenry & Jamie Saft)

Mike has been part of many festivals including:
Bay Chambers Concert Series 1998 (Rockport, Maine), Vision Festival 2001/02, 2009 (NYC), Block Island Music Fest 2002 (Rhode Island), CMJ Music Festival 2002, 2005 (NYC), Improvised & Otherwise 2002-2004 (Brooklyn), Now Now Jazz Festival 2003 (Sydney, Australia), Spring Scream 2003-2006, 2008 (Kentig, Taiwan), Shi Mo Tsu Ki 2003 (Brooklyn), Bud Fest 2003 (Prague), North By Northeast 2003 (Toronto), K-Town Festival 2003 (Copenhagen), Holidays In The Sun 2003, 2004 (UK), Angry Fish Music Festival 2004 (Windham, Maine), Future Of Experimental Rock Festival 2005 (NYC) & Dumbo Arts Festival 2005 (Brooklyn), Foo Fest 2006 (Providence, Rhode Island), Frequencies 2007 (NYC), Live Sh*t 2007 (Queens), Spring Reverb 2007 (San Diego), Stoner/Doom Fest 2007 (Portland, Maine), Kitchen Block-Party 2007 (NYC), Radar Festival 2008 (Mexico City, Mexico), Jazz Festival Pt. 2008 (Lisbon, Portugal), Krakow Jazz Fall Festival 2008 (Krakow, Poland), and Toxic Assets 2009 (Brooklyn) among others.


Mike has composed and produced music for the MTV Production "Room Raiders" & has written and produced music for countless TV shows, radio jingles, video games & independent films.

Mike Pride is also an active painter, cartoonist, creative-writer & photographer, whose works have been shown in 4 different galleries in the New York City area, and featured in 4 publications.

www.mikepride.com
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