Jake Reed (23 years old) has been selected as the recipient of the 2008 PAS Hudson Music Drumset Scholarship. Established by Hudson Music in 2006, the PAS Hudson Music Drumset Scholarship shows Hudson’s commitment to music education and to the support of student drummers. Funding is provided through proceeds from the sales of Hudson Music’s Classic Jazz series dvds with the annual $1000 scholarship awarded to a full-time student registered in an accredited college or university school of music during the academic year.\"The video is from my senior recital which was performed at the Blue Wisp Jazz Club in Cincinnati. It’s my arrangement of Victor Feldman’s Seven Steps to Heaven in 7/4 time. I chose this video to represent my playing because I felt there was a lot of good interplay happening among the trio. It was one of those exciting, unexplainable musical moments. I’m just thankful that the scholarship selection committee thought so, too.\"
After growing up near Kansas City, Missouri and attending the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, Jake Reed recently relocated to Los Angeles where he is working on a Master Of Music degree at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music.
According to Jake, his drumming influences range from legendary big band and jazz drummers such as John Von Ohlen, Jeff Hamilton, Mel Lewis, Shelly Manne, Jimmy Cobb, Roy Haynes and Peter Erskine to contemporary rock and pop players like Steve Jordan, Clyde Stubblefield, David Garibaldi, Airto Moreira and Brian Blade.
