Bio

Dann Sherrill is a percussionist and drum set player from Nashville, Tennessee. He focuses on Afro Cuban Percussion and Brazilian Percussion. He is an in-demand session drummer in Nashville and has recorded many CDs, jingles and publisher demos. He has performed or recorded with the most diverse array of artists imaginable: Steve Winwood, Michael English, The Nashville Jazz Orchestra, Percy Sledge, Engelbert Humperdinck, Mel Tillis, Mary Gauthier, Bonnie Bramlett, Armando Perazza (percussionist for Santana), Oscar Castro Neves, Nino Segarra, Maelo Ruiz, Al Delory and Mambo ’98, Mose Allison, Arturo Sandoval, The Carter Brothers, Tony McManus, Guthrie Trapp, Rory Hoffman, Jeff Taylor, Jeff Coffin, Mike Farris and Jamie O’Hara. Dann and his percussion are regular fixtures on the live Latin music scene with the regions best Salsa dance orchestras such as Chaika la Banda, Willie Crespo and Nashville’s first Salsa band, Orkesta Eme Pe. Dann also plays and records Brazilian music with Music City Samba a Carnaval drumming group, Trio Ginga and Lori Mechem’s Ritmos Picantes. As much as he loves to play, Dann also has a great passion for teaching. He teaches Cuban and Brazilian ensemble classes at the Nashville Jazz Workshop, has a private teaching practice and does secondary school and college workshops, clinics and performances. In 2008 Legacy Learning Systems released Dann’s Learn and Master Drums, the most exhaustive self-study course for drumset ever published. Dann is a teaching artist with the Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts program, in which he works with Head Start pre-school children.

Words of Praise

“Everyone loved Dann’s Brazilian Percussion clinic and are still talking about it. Dann was well organized and his skill, as well as his love of music came through.”

• Tom Vanarsdel, Director of Percussion Studies, Murray State Univ.

“I have been working with Dann for over 10 years. In addition to being one of Nashville’s finest percussionists, Dann excels as a teacher. His knowledge of Brazilian music is extensive and his communication skills make him an excellent educator. We are very fortunate to have someone with his depth and background in the Nashville music scene.”

• Lori Mechem, Director and Founder of The Nashville Jazz Workshop