Brian Slawson 

Brian Slawson has been critically acclaimed as a "musical original." While playing marimba on the streets of New York City to finance his scholarship studies at the Juilliard School, Brian was discovered by Mikie Harris, assistant to legendary Columbia Records producer and talent scout John Hammond. (Brian was 1 of 100 all-time alumni to be featured in, "Juilliard - 100 Years of Dance, Drama, Music.")

BACH ON WOOD, Slawson's debut album on the Sony/CBS label, earned him a Grammy nomination for 'Best New Classical Artist' and remained on the Billboard charts for over a year. Slawson has since cut solo albums BOOMERBEATS, XCLASSICS, BOOMER, BACH BEAT, THE BACH ON WOOD VARIATIONS, and DISTANT DRUMS, which features cameos by late blues great Stevie Ray Vaughan, jazz trumpet legend Freddie Hubbard and drummer Michael Shrieve of Santana fame.

Slawson has performed with Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern, John Cage, Robert Shaw, Bernard Haitink and opera great Jessye Norman. He has punctuated jokes on stage for Jerry Seinfeld, Paul Reiser, Don Rickles, Bill Maher, David Brenner and Eddie Murphy. Brian's pop credits as drummer and percussionist include: Pat Benetar, Marie Osmond, Marvin Hamlisch, Peggy Lee, Johnny Mathis, Bob Newhart, Savion Glover, Michael Crawford, Steve Lawrence & Eydie Gorme, Art Garfunkel, The Mamas and Papas, Xavier Cugat, Regis Philbin, Barbara Eden, Mary Wilson (Supremes) and Bond.