Tina Raymond is a musical force of nature. With over 20 records (as a leader and a side person) to her credit, she can play anything. Her newest record called Divinations is one of the best drummer-led records I’ve heard in a while. Her playing with Rachel Eckroth on Humanoid is genre breaking beauty. Her playing with Dan Rosenboom is best described as “heavy metal free jazz,” her playing with avant-garde jazz legend Bobby Bradford is jaw-dropping, and her playing in the band The Esthesis Quartet will shock you with subtle beauty. She is also the director of jazz studies and the drumming instructor at California State University Northridge. Tina has a midwestern soul wrapped inside a Los Angeles aesthetic. And her drumming has all of that, and much, much, more… MD: Tell me about your musical background. TR: I grew up playing in metro Detroit and played in the […]

June 2024 Issue