LES DEMERLE

Vocal Jazz / Big Band / Fusion / Funk Jazz / Exotica / Soul Jazz / Pop/Art Song/Folk / Hard Bop • United States
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Native New Yorker Les DeMerle is a veteran jazz drummer who is also known for his talents as a vocalist. DeMerle, in fact, is one of the few jazz drummers who has been able to sing and play drums simultaneously. Some jazz drummers who have had vocal skills have opted to compartmentalize the two; Grady Tate, for example, is both a skillful drummer and a skillful singer (although he is better known for the former), but when he recorded his vocal-oriented session, TNT: Grady Tate Sings, for Milestone/Fantasy in 1991, Tate did not play the drums at all and asked Dennis Mackrel to handle all of the drumming. DeMerle, on the other hand, has not put his drums aside when he decided to do some singing. It is safe to say that DeMerle has been one of jazz' more singer-friendly instrumentalists; he has been featuring his wife, singer Bonnie Eisele, read more...
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LES DEMERLE Spectrum album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Spectrum
Exotica 1970
LES DEMERLE Transfusion album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Transfusion
Fusion 1978
LES DEMERLE On Fire album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
On Fire
Big Band 1982
LES DEMERLE Jazz Party album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Party
Vocal Jazz 1993
LES DEMERLE You're the Bop! A Jazz Portrait album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
You're the Bop! A Jazz Portrait
Vocal Jazz 2001
LES DEMERLE Hittin' the Blue Notes, Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hittin' the Blue Notes, Vol. 1
Big Band 2003
LES DEMERLE Hittin the Blue Notes, Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hittin the Blue Notes, Vol. 2
Big Band 2004
LES DEMERLE Jazz Spirit of Christmas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Spirit of Christmas
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2004
LES DEMERLE Gypsy Rendezous, Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gypsy Rendezous, Vol. 1
Vocal Jazz 2009
LES DEMERLE Gypsy Rendezvous vol.2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Gypsy Rendezvous vol.2
Vocal Jazz 2011
LES DEMERLE Les DeMerle Sound 67 – Once In A Lifetime album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Les DeMerle Sound 67 – Once In A Lifetime
Soul Jazz 2023

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LES DEMERLE Concerts by the Sea - Les DeMerle Live! album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Concerts by the Sea - Les DeMerle Live!
Funk Jazz 1978
LES DEMERLE Transcendental Watusi album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Transcendental Watusi
Fusion 1979
LES DEMERLE Havin' a Ball album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Havin' a Ball
Vocal Jazz 2004
LES DEMERLE Cookin' at the Corner, Vol. 1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cookin' at the Corner, Vol. 1
Hard Bop 2006
LES DEMERLE Cookin' at the Corner, Vol. 2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cookin' at the Corner, Vol. 2
Vocal Jazz 2007
LES DEMERLE Feelin' Good album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Feelin' Good
Vocal Jazz 2013
LES DEMERLE Comin' Home Baby album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Comin' Home Baby
Vocal Jazz 2016
LES DEMERLE Hot Night In Venice: Live at the Venice Jazz Club album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Hot Night In Venice: Live at the Venice Jazz Club
Vocal Jazz 2021

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Live At Concerts By The Sea
RnB 2004

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