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Sam Ulano is known for his methods of drum teaching and his progressive approach to percussion writing. He is a performer, instructor, educator and author and has been in the music profession for 65 years. Starting at an early age of 14 and studying with most of the top professionals, in those years, Sam has studied with his drums all the time. Some of his teachers were: Jules Wischick, Aubrey Brooks and Irving Torgman, one of the percussionists at the famed Radio City Music Hall; David Gussikoff who played many Broadway shows; Al Bromell of the NBC Radio Orchestra; Gus Schmell; Many others including brass, harmony and theory teachers; Four years at Manhattan School of Music with Dr. Alfred Freizie, Fred Albright and others. At the young age of 17, Sam opened his first drum studio in the Bronx. (Some of his earliest students are still on the music scene playing.)
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| In these early years Sam started to write some of this first drum instruction books: Bass Bops; Drummers Roll Study Guide; The Solo Guide; The Drummer's Rudimental Guide; The ABC guide to reading Books 1 and 2. At the age of 22 Sam joined the 98th Division Band. In his high school days, he went to James Monroe High School in the Bronx and won the gold medal for music. While in the United States Army Band, Sam trained a 100 piece Drum Corps. | |||||||||||||||
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Some of his outstanding students who are making their mark in the music world are: John Sarracco, Alan Schwartzberg, Joe Bonadio, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Rudy Collins and Mousey Alexander who passed away just recently. Ron Tierno who is playing the Broadway show Cats, Dave Baily who now heads up The Famed JAZZMOBIL, with Billy Taylor, Stu Martin, Charlie Perry, Stan Spector, Russ Moy, Bill Rotella, Glen Weber, Fred Klatz who now teaches at the Drummer's Collective, Les Jenkins and many others. |
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| As a performer, Sam Ulano played at most of the better places in New York. He did the summer resorts, played the concert field and has been known as Mr. Rhythm doing shows for young audiences in over 500 schools throughout the New York school system. He also appeared on quite a few TV shows: Gary Moore, Steve Allen and the Tonight Show, Ernie Kovacks, Joe Franklin, and others. Sam played for 14 straight years with Sol Yaged's quartet and then his own quartet at the New York Gaslight Club, until 1980. Sam heads up Sam Ulano and the Red Blazers at the famous Red Blazer in NY since 1985. | |||||||||||||||
| Sam's son Mark Ulano is a gifted sound engineer who in 1999 won an Oscar for his work in the movie Titanic. Mark is the number one sound man in Hollywood. | |||||||||||||||
| In the past few years, Sam Ulano has produced over three hundred new instruction study works. He feels there is lack of information for the up-and-coming drummer. | |||||||||||||||
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Along with 2500 drum instruction books, audio-cassette tapes there are 41 hours of video tapes covering many areas of percussion: Bongos, congas, how to play timbales, do drum solos, play with brushes, use cymbals, play with small groups, big bands, play shows, teach drums, learn to read and hundreds of other important topics for the "now" player. |
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| His modern approach to drum instruction has many times been distorted but Sam Ulano tells it like it is and at the present age of 79 is still active as an educator, performer and writer. Sam invented the square drum stick back in 1960 and was one of the first to run regular drum seminars and lectures. He has published Ulanotes, Drum Files, Drummerworld Newspaper and the Magaset the first magazine for drummers on cassette. | |||||||||||||||
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On April 27th, 1997, Sam Ulano was presented with the Drum Master Award at the Red Blazer Too in New York City, Pictured here are Russ Moy, John Sarracco, Sam Ulano, Glenn Weber, & Bill Rotella |
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| Along with all these items, there are five LP 331/3rd instruction records: The art of playing brushes, The art of show drumming, Trading Fours, Latin Rhythms & The time keeper. Others are: The art of commercial Drumming, Latin for the Layman, Follow the Leader Bongos. For the drum educator, there are five manuals on how to teach drums, six audio cassettes called, "How to Teach Drums" in which the teacher can get some first hand insight to teaching new students. There are 24 audio cassettes called Sam Ulano Broadcasts on Station D R U M. These are one hour tapes talking about the problems of playing drums and being in the music business. | |||||||||||||||
| Sam Ulano has been signed as an endorsee for Sabian Cymbals and feels Sabian is making some of the finest cymbals for the drummer who wishes to play better and sound better. Sam is available for lectures and in-person appearances so drummers can talk to him about his concept of drum study and playing. Many have said about Sam Ulano that He Will Open Your Mind and Make You Think.... | |||||||||||||||
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