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Timothy OrrLink to home page : Timothy Orr  Biography: Timothy Orr began playing the drums in 1976 at the age of 8. He studied with Edward Blackwell from 1985-89 at Wesleyan University and has worked in the music industry since then. He has held positions in alternative radio promotion and classical marketing at Virgin Records, publicity at MCA, retail sales at HMV and warehouse and operations management at TVT Records.He spent five years with the Arkadia Jazz label as Sales and Marketing Director, and two-and-a-half years as Associate Director of the Brubeck Institute at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. He has also been a journalist for DRUM! Magazine since 1993, and has worked with Oakland's Jazz In Flight since 2002. Tim has played with a number of musicians in many fields, including local and international artists Josh Roseman, Stephen Schwartz, Damon Smith, Josh Allen, Marco Eneidi, Richard Hell, Randy Hunt, Adam Lane, Scott Looney, Joris Teepe and many more. Tim makes rent with a number of Cajun and Zydeco Bands as well: Kenny Menard, Motordude, Tete Rouge, Andre Thierry, The Zydeco Flames and Zydeco Slim. He has played nearly 1400 gigs since 1989 in a variety of venues across the country. Tim has appeared on a number of CDs in a variety of genres, including 2003s "Sunday's Farce" with Josh Allen. Email: timorr@mindspring.com CDs on which Timothy Orr appears:
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