Ed Uribe
 “Multi-talented”
barely begins to describe Toca’s artist Ed Uribe. Besides being a top
performing and recording drummer and percussionist, Ed is an author,
educator, composer, producer, and music technology consultant.
Ed’s drum and percussion performance credits include work with Ray Barretto,
Paquito D’Rivera, Randy Brecker, Michel Camilo, Tania Maria, Dave Samuels,
Claudio Roditi, Angela Bofill, Gary Burton, and the Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew
Tabakin Orchestra, among many others. He is currently recording and producing
a collection of works with Grammy award-winning composer and keyboardist
Carlos Franzetti in a new trio that also features Brazilian bassist Nilson
Matta.
As a producer, editor, and consultant, Ed has helped a “who’s who” of
the music industry realize award-winning audio, video, and print projects.
This list includes Tito
Puente, Giovanni
Hidalgo, Richie
Garcia, Vinnie
Colaiuta, Mike
Portnoy, Johnny Rabb, Ed Thigpen, Horacio Hernandez, Marco
Minneman, Jamie
Haddad, Carmine Appice, and many others. Ed now operates
his own studio—called Dancing
Planet MediaWorks—where he works on the
design and production of audio, video, print, web, and multimedia projects.
Ed established his reputation as an educator at Boston’s prestigious
Berklee College of Music, where he was a professor for seventeen years.
There he developed the school’s Latin percussion program and wrote much
of its curriculum. Ed was also key in bringing an electronic drumset
and percussion technology program to the Berklee percussion department.
In addition, he has twice been an artist-in-residence for the graduate
school of the New England Conservatory of Music, and has been a guest
educator at numerous universities and for trade organizations worldwide.
Living and touring extensively in Latin America and the Caribbean gave
Ed a unique perspective on the music and culture of those regions. This
perspective resulted in two books published by Warner Bros. Publications. The
Essence of Afro-Cuban Percussion and Drum Set is considered the
definitive text on that music. The book is used by educators and students
worldwide, including the National Conservatory and other music academies
in Cuba. The Essence of Brazilian Percussion and Drum Set is
used in Brazil by the University of Sao Paolo and by the Biblioteca Virtual
do Estudante Brasileiro (Brazil’s premiere online study site). Ed has
also published numerous articles and educational materials in the fields
of Latin music, music technology, and drumset education.
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