Biography

Ian West has been teaching drums in the South Yorkshire region for the last 20 years. From his base at Electro Music Doncaster, he offers drum tuition and drum lessons in all musical styles and also offers specialist tutoring in advanced drumming techniques. Ian's successful drum teaching methods have encouraged students from all over the Yorkshire region to attend his drum school. His high class reputation and excellent student exam pass rate has attracted students to the school from many areas including Doncaster, Rotherham, Barnsley, Sheffield, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Humberside.

Born Sydney Australia, Ian came to the UK and studied drums with John Ellis MBE with the Doncaster Jazz Association. Ian has been playing drums professionally for over twenty five years and is a respected and influential drum tutor and drum clinician.

Ian is a long serving member of Doncaster Jazz Association and has toured and performed at all the major jazz festivals in the world including Montreaux, Nice, New York and all Jazz Festivals in Great Britain.

One of Ian's achievements was being awarded the BBC Kenny Clare prize for best Jazz drummer in 1996 (check out Flying Home audio track on myspace)

Artists

Ian is in great demand as a both a live player and session musician and has performed with the following artists:

Ian's career as musician

Ian also has a very active session career, recording all types of music including, Jazz, Rock, Pop, Latin etc recently including Abbey Road sessions.

Ian is a regular performer with the Mark Ellis of Vibe Music and has toured with Award Winning, well known Jazz Singer/personality Gary Williams.

Artists

Ian has also spent many years as a highly sought after performer on the Cabaret circuit and has worked with many famous artists including:

Audio Tracks

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