{"id":504,"date":"2021-04-04T15:19:45","date_gmt":"2021-04-04T15:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianwoodruffmusic.com\/?page_id=504"},"modified":"2021-04-04T15:30:54","modified_gmt":"2021-04-04T15:30:54","slug":"reviews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brianwoodruffmusic.com\/index.php\/reviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"504\" class=\"elementor elementor-504\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7db1df4d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7db1df4d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3721fe2a\" data-id=\"3721fe2a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-634acb96 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"634acb96\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-289648\" data-id=\"289648\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-64e82043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"64e82043\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-58266aa9 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58266aa9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3a75e099\" data-id=\"3a75e099\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-749bbec9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"749bbec9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; white-space: pre-wrap; background-color: transparent;\">Drummer Brian Woodruff has performed with Bobby Watson, Marian McPartland, Rufus Reid, Gary Versace, James Spaulding, Jimmy Heath, Harvie S, Sherman Irby, Robin Eubanks, Genes and Jazz at the Kennedy Center, Peter Evans, Stacy Dillard, Ledisi, Melba Moore, and on the Today Show.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: transparent;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; background-color: transparent;\">Recently, Brian has been playing with Brenda Earle Stokes, the Takaaki Otomo Trio, the Lee Tomboulian Trio, Lauren Lee, Takeshi Asai, Elizabeth Tomboulian, the New-Trad Octet, Andrea Balducci, and Marieann Meringolo.&nbsp; Since 2002, he has been the house drummer for Unity of New York, a new-thought church that holds their Sunday gatherings at Symphony Space.&nbsp; Mr. Woodruff has made three recordings as a leader: \u201cThe Tarrier,\u201d which garnered critical acclaim for Brian\u2019s drumming and compositions.&nbsp; &nbsp;2018\u2019s \u201cthe Ing\u201d with the OKB Trio (a collective trio featuring pianist Oscar Perez and bassist Kuriko Tsugawa), which received glowing reviews and stayed on the RMR jazz charts for 15 weeks, peaking at number one. 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