Fabio Rojas

Fabio Rojas, Drummer, Film Composer & Educator based in New York City, originally from Valencia, Venezuela.

Rojas has performed with artists such as Geri Allen, Grace Vanderwaal, Greg Osby Band, Pepe de Lucia, Bill Pierce, Terri Lyne Carrington, Sean Jones, Kevin Harris, Jon Cowherd, Regina Carter, Pablo Menares, David Bixler, Dan Loomis, Gregg August, Mike Rodriguez and in venues such as Daegu Jazz Festival, MusiKFest, SXSW, Lincoln Center, Smoke Jazz Club, Boston Symphony Hall, BU Agganis Arena, NAMM Show, TEDx, RIFF, among many others.

On September 19th, 2024 Fabio Rojas is releasing his album debut as a leader called "PERSEVERANCE", featuring jazz legend Greg Osby on Alto Sax, Gustavo D'amico on Soprano/Tenor Sax and Flute, Kevin Harris on Piano/Rhodes, Osmar Okuma on Double/Electric Bass and Fabio Rojas on Drums/Compositions/Production.

Fabio Rojas earned his M.M. in Jazz Studies (Magna Cum Laude) at CUNY-Queens College 23', where he studied with Michael Mossman. Prior to this Fabio Rojas earned his B.M. with a dual major in Performance & Professional Music 14' at the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston, thanks to a scholarship and hard work. There he had the honor of being mentored by Terri Lyne Carrington and Kim Plainfield.

Besides performing and composing music for films, Rojas also educates and is currently a Faculty member of the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. He also has given master classes at the University of Montana, Youngstown State University (OH), Jazz St. Louis, New Tier HS, Berklee College of Music, NYC Public schools and many other institutions around the globe.

Before moving to the US, Rojas studied jazz performance at UNEARTE (previously called IUDEM), while being Drums Instructor at the Taller de Jazz Caracas and Percussion Instructor at the Colegio Emil Friedman, Fabio also studied at the Colegio Emil Friedman prior to this.

Fabio Rojas plays Zildjian cymbals, Vater drumsticks, Roland, Canopus drums and ADV Sound iem's exclusively.

Gear

Cymbals: (Zildjian)

15" HiHats - Avedis
20" Crash K prototype (K sweet/paper scissor thin)
8" splash A custom
22" K Constantinople Overhammered - Thin Ride
22" K Constantinople Renaissance - Thin Ride
22" K Constantinople Bounce - Thin Ride
18" A custom EFX Crash

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Drums:

Toms: 12", 13".

Floor Toms: 14", 16".

Bass Drum: 20".

Snare Drum: 14".

Roland: SPD-SX-PRO

David Bixler: Inside the Grief

Read "Inside the Grief" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
February 2, 2021

Following his 2019 nonet offering, Blended Lineage (Red Piano), alto-saxophonist David Bixler, no stranger to the stress and strains of our collectively jagged, irregular days, sets out heroically to make sense of it all on Inside the Grief. And make sense of it all he does with six probing, conversational originals that manage to restore some balance of life and light into many of today's darkest recesses. Stripping it all down to a trio format, Bixler, bassist Gregg August and ...

"The diverse experiences of this artist make him a unique creator whose works cannot be compared to others. Accepting this artist’s musical propositions also means opening our minds to the world. The thirst for freedom is felt in his writing. Like all immigrants in the USA, including him, me, and others, it is primarily this thirst for freedom that was lacking in our countries of origin that changes our views of the world and life in general." The Paris-Move. Aug 2nd, 2024. Thierry De Clemensat