Drew Shoals

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  www.wweek.com/story.php?story=6899 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/2/2005    Last Visited: 11/2/2005  

  Portland native Drew Shoals is a laid-back, extremely likable player who exudes an infectious ease and remarkable finesse behind the drums.Irreverently referring to his music as "gangstajazz," Shoals has been busy working with Three-Fifths Compromise, Ben Darwish, Fiction Junkies, Warren Rand, Janice Scroggins, Renato Caranto, the Chris Mosley trio and others, quickly becoming the drummer to watch in town.
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  An award-winning soloist at the 2005 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, Shoals is a sly bandstand presence who joyfully interrogates tunes.An African-American studies major at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Wash., Shoals first encountered jazz through spoken word.While at Jefferson High School, he was heavily influenced by local jazztronaut Mike Van Liew, who introduced him to the wide-open possibility of the music, which led him from Mahavishnu Orchestra and fusion to Love-inspired grooves,and eventually to the jazz equivalent of a gateway drug: The Bad Plus.This opened the door for a further, speculative (at times, impolite and bone-worrying) take on jazz.Solidly grounded in pulse and forward motion, Shoals is able to balance on the fulcrum between boom-chick-a-rocka-chick and ching-chicka-ching.He is also faithful to all schools, old (and older) and new, and is one of the most talented, fresh voices on the scene.

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  The producer, dressed in a wife-beater and baggy shorts, is discussing the thrill of hunting for rare vinyl when we are interrupted by a particularly tight Bridgetown break from the Fiction Junkies' drummer, Drew Shoals, called "The Untimely Death of Computers."
  
  "I like that.

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  Published on: 8/31/2008    Last Visited: 8/31/2008  

  Drummer Drew Shoals is leaving town.2.Drew Shoals is going to law school.3.Drew Shoals is going to be the Governor of Oregon.
  
  The first two are true.Number three, I'd put money on.It isn't so much that he's pulling up stakes and leaving, but he's going to be in New York to be with a certain person for at least six or eight months.He's going to take the LSAT and depending on the results, it's law school.Harvard?Fordham?Berkeley?Check the scoreboard.
  
  Law? He said if Mel Brown can be Mel Brown the full-time CPA and still be Mel Brown the drummer, why can't he practice law and be a drummer?A sly smile crossed Drew's face when I asked him if he was going to eventually run for office.Yeah, it had occurred to him.
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  I wish you could have seen SBJ backstage experiencing Drew Shoals for the first time.He was blown away.

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  Published on: 8/3/2006    Last Visited: 5/25/2007  

  Speaking of radio, last Saturday we played live at MHCC on KMHD 89.1. Willy and I were joined by drummer Drew Shoals and percussionist Chuk Barber.

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  Published on: 4/8/2008    Last Visited: 11/18/2008  

  E4 is Clay Giberson, Damian Erskine, and Drew Shoals.
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  Clay Giberson, Damian Erskine, Drew Shoals, E4, John Nastos
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  Damian Erskine, Dan Duval, Drew Shoals, John Nastos, Zaytoon
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  Damian Erskine, Drew Shoals, Paul Evans
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  Drummer Drew Shoals is releasing his debut CD, "The Greatest Haven't Been Born Yet" (Diatic Records) on Saturday, December 22nd.
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  Drew Shoals
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  The band features Clay Giberson on keyboards, Drew Shoals on drums, and Damian Erskine on bass.
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  Clay Giberson, Damian Erskine, Drew Shoals, John Nastos

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  Published on: 12/17/2008    Last Visited: 12/31/2008  

  "The Old Country," one of those obscure but gold tunes comes to life with some interesting rhythmic adaptations by drummer Drew Shoals, Davis and Gaynor.

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  www.jsojazzscene.org/ClubsceneArticles/20060414_Fiction - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 4/14/2006    Last Visited: 12/10/2007  

  Drew Shoals is a busy guy.
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  Drew received the Outstanding Drum Soloist award in the college division at the 2005 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival, while graduating the same year with a degree in African American Studies from Whitman College.He's returned to Portland and one of his projects is Fiction Junkies http://www.fictionjunkies.com/, a young talented group who play original music.The band members are Matt Weiers on Fender Rhodes and guitarist Dan Duval, who co-write their music, the soulful Eric Gruber on acoustic bass, and Drew on drums http://www.drewshoals.com/.
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  Late in the set, they performed the song Fire, beginning with Matt combing the keys, Drew using mallets, and Dan's guitar was discordant, adding to the cacophony.

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  Published on: 12/21/2007    Last Visited: 4/8/2009  

  Drew Shoals - The Official Drew Shoals Website
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  Drummer Drew Shoals is on the verge. He is already known as the brightest young star in Portland's music firmament, and national recognition is on the way. Behind the drum kit, he's all arms and legs, moving his whole body and using cymbals as much as the drums themselves. You can draw comparisons to Jack DeJohnette and Tony Williams, but Shoals is coming from an entirely different place.
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  Drew Shoals on MySpace Diatic Records

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  Published on: 2/12/2007    Last Visited: 7/31/2007  

  "Drew Shoals is possibly the most talented young drummer in the Pacific Northwest ... " - Willamette Weekhome bio calendar projects press lessons blog links contact
  
  Lessons
  
  Drew teaches students ranging in ability level from beginners to advanced players.If you are interested in learning his perspective on funk, hip-hop, rock, and modern-jazz drumming and improvisation, you can contact Drew at: 503.504.7156 or drew.shoals@gmail.com

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  Published on: 12/12/2007    Last Visited: 11/18/2008  

  Drummer Drew Shoals is releasing his debut CD, "The Greatest Haven't Been Born Yet" (Diatic Records) on Saturday, December 22nd.
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  Drew Shoals
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  Ben Darwish, Damian Erskine, Dan Duval, Design Counsel, Diatic, Drew Shoals, Jeff Picker, John Nastos, Nick Sweet

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