Jeanette Kangas aka Jeanette Wrate teaches drum and percussion lessons for San Diego Drum and Percussion Lessons.
Jeanette also plays drums with the San Diego free-jazz collective group Ensemble Off n On.
Jeanette Kangas, aka Jeanette Wrate, who is featured on drums on this CD can also be heard on Jeanette Wrate and the Northern Lights Ensemble.
Jeanette has been described by Cadence Magazine as a "whirling dervish of rhythmic coloration", an "exceptional drummer" by Jazz Times Magazine and a "creator of brilliant compositions and exquisite sound" by Modern Drummer Magazine.
Jeanette Kangas has performed in major venues in Europe, Canada and the USA, including the Monterey Jazz Festival, Jazz Festival at Sea, Playboy Jazz Festival, Freiburg Jazz Festival, Carnegie Hall, the Great American Music Hall, Zellerbach Hall and the Hollywood Bowl.
Artists Jeanette Kangas has performed with include Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Witherspoon, Cris Williamson, Charlie Haden, Stacy Rowles, Big World, Maiden Voyage, Michael Vlatkovich, Steuart Liebig, Ellen Burr, Holly Hoffmann, Tokeli, Peter Sprague and Bob Magnusen.
Jeanette Kangas is featured on recordings by Big World, Cris Williamson, Tret Fure, Glenn Horiuchi, Steuart Liebig, Ellen Burr, Nate Jarrell, Ensemble Off n On and her own quartets.
Jeanette Kangas received her Master of Fine Arts in Jazz Studies from California Institute of the Arts and a Master of Music from San Diego State University. She served as a member of the music faculty at Los Angeles Harbor College and El Camino College from 1987-2006.
Jeanette Kangas currently resides in San Diego where she is actively teaching, performing and recording.
