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Robert "Bobby" Previte (born July 16, 1951, Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls, New York

Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, New York, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the city had a total population of 55,593....
) is a drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and bandleader
Bandleader

A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
. Previte earned a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin language Artium Baccalaureus, is an Undergraduate education bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
 in Economics at the University at Buffalo
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly known as the University at Buffalo or , is a public university research university which has multiple campuses located in Buffalo, New York and Amherst, New York, USA....
, where he also studied percussion
Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
. He moved to New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 in 1979, and became active in the city's thriving jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 and experimental music
Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-twentieth century, particularly in North America, and whose most famous and influential exponent was John Cage ....
 scenes. He began professional relationships with John Zorn
John Zorn

John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, orchestration, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn's recorded output is prolific with hundreds of album credits as a performer, composer, or producer....
, Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz

Wayne Horvitz is a composer, keyboardist and producer.Horvitz has led the groups The President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, and the Four Plus One Ensemble....
, Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp

Elliott Sharp is an United States multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer.A key figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City for over thirty years, Sharp has released over sixty-five recordings ranging from blues, jazz, and Orchestra to Noise music, no wave rock, and techno music....
 and others that have continued, intermittently, to the present.
e Previte is a talented drummer he has also received critical acclaim for his "exceptional abilities as a composer and orchestrator." A review of his 1988 album Claude's Late Morning reports that "Perhaps most striking is Previte's skill in composing music that fully integrates these disparate instruments — including drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
 and drum machine
Drum machine

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. Drum machines are very useful instruments for a wide variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music....
, electric guitar
Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickup to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current, which is made louder with an instrument amplifier and a speaker....
 and keyboards, trombone
Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass instrument family. Like all brass instruments, it is a lip-reed aerophone: sound is produced when the player?s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate....
, harp
Harp

The 'harp' is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the Sounding board. It is also considered to be a percussion instrument....
, accordion
Accordion

The accordion is a portable box-shaped musical instrument of the hand-held bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox....
, banjo
Banjo

The banjo is a stringed instrument developed by Slavery in the United States Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments....
, pedal steel guitar
Pedal steel guitar

The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal slide to stop the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar....
, tuba
Tuba

The tuba is the largest and lowest pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped Mouthpiece ....
, and harmonica
Harmonica

The harmonica is a free reed aerophone wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes....
 — while emphasizing each instrument's unique, individual sound." Another critic notes Previte's "driving and propulsive compositions, featuring both fiery jazz expressionism and layered counterpoint
Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more Register that are independent in contour and rhythm, and interdependent in harmony....
 that suggested elements of contemporary minimalism
Minimalist music

Minimalist music is an originally American genre of experimental music or Downtown music named in the 1960s based mostly in consonance and dissonance, steady pulse , stasis and slow transformation, and often reiteration of musical phrase or smaller units such as Figure , Motif , and Cell ....
.

Like fellow New Yorker
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 Henry Threadgill
Henry Threadgill

Henry Threadgill is an United States composer, saxophonist and flautist....
, Previte's compositions are often tightly arranged, with little or no improvisation.






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Robert "Bobby" Previte (born July 16, 1951, Niagara Falls, New York
Niagara Falls, New York

Niagara Falls is a city in Niagara County, New York, New York, United States. As of the United States Census 2000, the city had a total population of 55,593....
) is a drummer
Drummer

A drummer is a musician who plays a drum or drums, particularly a drum kit , marching percussion or hand drums. The term percussionist applies to a musician performing on any percussion instrument, but usually refers to one who plays Classical music or Latin percussion....
, composer
Composer

A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
 and bandleader
Bandleader

A bandleader is the leader of a band of musicians. The term is most commonly, though not exclusively, used with a group that plays popular music as a small combo or a big band, such as one which plays jazz, blues, rhythm and blues or rock and roll music....
. Previte earned a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin language Artium Baccalaureus, is an Undergraduate education bachelor's degree awarded for either a course or a program in either the liberal arts, the sciences or both....
 in Economics at the University at Buffalo
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

State University of New York at Buffalo, commonly known as the University at Buffalo or , is a public university research university which has multiple campuses located in Buffalo, New York and Amherst, New York, USA....
, where he also studied percussion
Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
. He moved to New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 in 1979, and became active in the city's thriving jazz
Jazz

Jazz is a primarily American musical art form which originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States from a confluence of African and European music traditions....
 and experimental music
Experimental music

Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-twentieth century, particularly in North America, and whose most famous and influential exponent was John Cage ....
 scenes. He began professional relationships with John Zorn
John Zorn

John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, orchestration, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn's recorded output is prolific with hundreds of album credits as a performer, composer, or producer....
, Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz

Wayne Horvitz is a composer, keyboardist and producer.Horvitz has led the groups The President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, and the Four Plus One Ensemble....
, Elliott Sharp
Elliott Sharp

Elliott Sharp is an United States multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer.A key figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City for over thirty years, Sharp has released over sixty-five recordings ranging from blues, jazz, and Orchestra to Noise music, no wave rock, and techno music....
 and others that have continued, intermittently, to the present.

Composer

While Previte is a talented drummer he has also received critical acclaim for his "exceptional abilities as a composer and orchestrator." A review of his 1988 album Claude's Late Morning reports that "Perhaps most striking is Previte's skill in composing music that fully integrates these disparate instruments — including drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
 and drum machine
Drum machine

A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. Drum machines are very useful instruments for a wide variety of musical genres, not just purely electronic music....
, electric guitar
Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a type of guitar that uses pickup to convert the vibration of its steel-cored strings into an electrical current, which is made louder with an instrument amplifier and a speaker....
 and keyboards, trombone
Trombone

The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass instrument family. Like all brass instruments, it is a lip-reed aerophone: sound is produced when the player?s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate....
, harp
Harp

The 'harp' is a stringed instrument which has the plane of its strings positioned perpendicular to the Sounding board. It is also considered to be a percussion instrument....
, accordion
Accordion

The accordion is a portable box-shaped musical instrument of the hand-held bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox....
, banjo
Banjo

The banjo is a stringed instrument developed by Slavery in the United States Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments....
, pedal steel guitar
Pedal steel guitar

The pedal steel guitar is a type of electric guitar that uses a metal slide to stop the strings, rather than fingers on strings as with a conventional guitar....
, tuba
Tuba

The tuba is the largest and lowest pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped Mouthpiece ....
, and harmonica
Harmonica

The harmonica is a free reed aerophone wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes or multiple holes....
 — while emphasizing each instrument's unique, individual sound." Another critic notes Previte's "driving and propulsive compositions, featuring both fiery jazz expressionism and layered counterpoint
Counterpoint

In music, counterpoint is the relationship between two or more Register that are independent in contour and rhythm, and interdependent in harmony....
 that suggested elements of contemporary minimalism
Minimalist music

Minimalist music is an originally American genre of experimental music or Downtown music named in the 1960s based mostly in consonance and dissonance, steady pulse , stasis and slow transformation, and often reiteration of musical phrase or smaller units such as Figure , Motif , and Cell ....
.

Like fellow New Yorker
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
 Henry Threadgill
Henry Threadgill

Henry Threadgill is an United States composer, saxophonist and flautist....
, Previte's compositions are often tightly arranged, with little or no improvisation. Also like Threadgill, Previte often uses unusual instrumentation and also draws on many non-jazz musics for his compositions.

In 1991, he wrote the score for "Cirk Valentin" (Moscow Circus on Stage), a stage show consisting of circus acts created by Valentin Gneushev
Valentin Gneushev

Valentin Gneushev is a Russian circus artistic director and choreographer.Gneushev was born in the city of Nizhny Tagil in the Sverdlovsk Oblast....
 that performed at the Gershwin Theatre on Broadway
Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located in the Theatre District, New York in Manhattan, New York City....
.

Recent compositional works as of Spring 2007 include:
  • "The Constellations Ensemble," a chamber group touring the multi-media show, The 23 Constellations of Joan Miró.
  • "The Separation," a collaboration with writer/director Andrea Kleine "dealing with the role of religion in society. Based on the 15th century composer Guilliaume Dufay’s Missa Sancti Jacobi and written for early music pioneers the Rose Ensemble with electric band."


Performer

Previte has received excellent reviews and full articles in major newspapers such as The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Guardian for playing a wide range of genres and venues and for qualities as diverse as his intellectual aesthetic to his ability "to groove." Recent and current projects as of Spring 2007 include :
  • "Dialed In," a solo electronic drum show collaboration with video artist Benton-C Bainbridge.
  • The Coalition of the Willing
    The Coalition of the Willing (band)

    The Coalition of the Willing is an instrumental jazz and rock "all-star" ensemble led by Bobby Previte. Live performances are improvisational emphasizing groove, experimental and cross-genres.The The Coalition of the Willing was released 2006 and the tour began in early 2006....
    , a guitar quartet featuring Charlie Hunter
    Charlie Hunter

    Charlie Hunter is an American guitarist, composer and bandleader.First coming to prominence in the early '90s Hunter has since become one of the leading names in jazz, recording 17 albums....
    , Steven Bernstein and Jamie Saft
    Jamie Saft

    Jamie Saft is a keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer and producer living in upstate NY. Saft was born in Flushing Queens, New York in 1971 and is a graduate of both Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music....
    .
  • "Strike," a new quartet with organist Marco Benevento
    Marco Benevento

    Marco Benevento is a pianist, organist and composer from Brooklyn, New York. Benevento is known for his effected piano work with his trio as well as his Hammond Organ and Wurlitzer Electric Piano work with the Benevento Russo Duo....
     and two saxophones.
  • "Groundtruther," a duo with Hunter.
  • "The Beta Popes," a power trio with Skerik
    Skerik

    Skerik is an United States saxophonist from Seattle, Washington. Performing on the tenor saxophone and baritone saxophone, often with electronics and loops, Skerik is a pioneer in a playing style that has been dubbed saxophonics....
     and Saft.
  • "Swami LatePlate," a duo with Jamie Saft.


Much of Previte's work is also improvisational. One of Previte's own favorite recorded improvisational collaborations was with John Zorn
John Zorn

John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, orchestration, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn's recorded output is prolific with hundreds of album credits as a performer, composer, or producer....
, "Euclid's Nightmare
Euclid's Nightmare

Euclid's Nightmare is an album of improvised music by Bobby Previte and John Zorn. The album was released on the Depth of Field label in 1997....
" (Depth of Field 1997). In the 1990s, he performed with the Seattle-based 100% improvisational musical collective Ponga
Ponga (band)

Ponga was a Seattle-based improvisational quartet composed of Dave Palmer , Bobby Previte , Skerik and Wayne Horvitz . Ponga's performances and recordings were entirely improvised with no over dubs....
 with Wayne Horvitz
Wayne Horvitz

Wayne Horvitz is a composer, keyboardist and producer.Horvitz has led the groups The President, Pigpen, Zony Mash, and the Four Plus One Ensemble....
, Skerik
Skerik

Skerik is an United States saxophonist from Seattle, Washington. Performing on the tenor saxophone and baritone saxophone, often with electronics and loops, Skerik is a pioneer in a playing style that has been dubbed saxophonics....
, and Dave Palmer
Dave Palmer (American keyboardist)

Dave Palmer is an American session keyboardist native to Texas and living in Studio City, California. Palmer has toured, performed, or recorded with Air , Fiona Apple, Seal , Chris Isaak, Joe Henry, Bobby Previte, Wayne Horvitz, Ponga , Critters Buggin, MC 900 Foot Jesus, Aimee Mann, Solomon Burke, Turin Brakes, Cake , Lindsey Buckingham and...
. Previte has collaborated with Jamie Saft
Jamie Saft

Jamie Saft is a keyboardist and multi-instrumentalist, composer, sound engineer and producer living in upstate NY. Saft was born in Flushing Queens, New York in 1971 and is a graduate of both Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music....
 as "Swami Late Plate." Also the improvisational Bobby Previte, Jamie Saft, Skerik: Live in 2003 (DVD - Word Public) was released in 2006. April In New York, is a 5-DVD set released 2007 of improvisational duets.

Selected Discography

  • 1985: Bump the Renaissance
  • 1986: Dull Bang, Gushing Sound, Human Shriek
  • 1987: Pushing the Envelope
  • 1988: Claude's Late Morning
  • 1988: Michel Camilo with Camilo
    Michel Camilo

    Michel Camilo is a pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is known as a great jazz, Latin American music and European classical music pianist with superb technical ability, and has played and recorded with many world-famous musicians....
     himself and Tracie Huntington
  • 1989: On Fire with Michel Camilo
    Michel Camilo

    Michel Camilo is a pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is known as a great jazz, Latin American music and European classical music pianist with superb technical ability, and has played and recorded with many world-famous musicians....
     and Tracie Huntington
  • 1990: Empty Suits
  • 1990: On the Other Hand with Michel Camilo
    Michel Camilo

    Michel Camilo is a pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He is known as a great jazz, Latin American music and European classical music pianist with superb technical ability, and has played and recorded with many world-famous musicians....
     and Tracie Huntington
  • 1991: Music of the Moscow Circus-Moscow Circus on Stage
  • 1991: Weather Clear Track Fast
  • 1993: Hue and Cry
  • 1994: Slay the Suitors
  • 1996: Too Close to the Pole
  • 1996: Ponga - Ponga
  • 1997: My Man in Sydney
  • 1997: Euclid's Nightmare
    Euclid's Nightmare

    Euclid's Nightmare is an album of improvised music by Bobby Previte and John Zorn. The album was released on the Depth of Field label in 1997....
     - John Zorn
    John Zorn

    John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, orchestration, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn's recorded output is prolific with hundreds of album credits as a performer, composer, or producer....
     & Bobby Previte
  • 1998: Remixes - Ponga
  • 1998: Dangerous Rip
  • 1998: Latin for travellers
  • 1999: Psychological - Ponga
  • 1999: In the Grass
  • 2002: Just Add Water
    Just Add Water

    Just Add Water is an instrumental album that was released by drummer Virgil Donati in 1997. Alongside Donati is Scott Henderson on guitar and Ric Fierabracci on bass....
  • 2002: The 23 Constellations of Joan Miró
  • 2003: Counterclockwise
  • 2004: Latitude - Groundtruther
  • 2005: Longitude - Groundtruther
  • 2006: Live Hate - Beta Popes
  • 2006: Bobby Previte - Jamie Saft - Skerik - Live in Japan 2003 (Word Public - DVD)
  • 2006: The Coalition of the Willing
    The Coalition of the Willing (album)

    The Coalition of the Willing is the 2006 album by drummer Bobby Previte. It combines elements of both jazz and classic rock. Featured artists include Charlie Hunter on guitar, Steven Bernstein on trumpet, Jamie Saft on the Hammond Organ and Skerik on saxophone....
  • 2007: Live at Tonic
    Live at Tonic (Marco Benevento)

    Live At Tonic is an album by keyboardist Marco Benevento.Inspired by Ropeadope's recent release Christian McBride Live at Tonic, Benevento invited his old friend Andy Hurwitz along to document the proceedings....
     - Marco Benevento
  • 2007: Altitude - Groundtruther
  • 2007: April In New York (DVD)
  • 2007: The Separation (DVD)
  • 2007: Doom Jazz - Swami Lateplate
  • 2007: White Hate - Beta Popes
  • 2008: Set the Alarm for Monday
    Set the Alarm for Monday

    Set The Alarm For Monday is studio album by New York City Jazz drummer Bobby Previte & The New Bump. Composition and arrangement is credited to Previte....


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