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A seasoned creative and working musician, Ian Froman
moved to the US from Ottawa, Canada, where he began
playing drums in his early teens, to study Jazz Performance,
first at Berklee College of Music (B.M., 1984); selected
to attend the Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida
to study with Elvin Jones), and then with Miroslav
Vitous at the New England Conservatory (M.M., 1986).
Ian is a faculty member at Berklee College of Music,
Drummers Collective, New School University and City
College of New York. Ian lives in New York City, where
he has performed and recorded with many of the city’s
top artists. His extensive touring in North America,
Europe, and Asia has included club, concert, and festival
appearances, as well as television and radio broadcasts
with such artists as: John Abercrombie, Jerry Bergonzi,
Michael Brecker, Gary Burton, Marc Copland, Garry Dial,
Mathew Garrison, George Garzone, Larry Goldings, Mick
Goodrick, Larry Grenadier, Tim Hagans, Craig Handy,
John Hart, Kevin Hayes, Dave Holland, Dave Liebman,
Rick Margitza, Cecil McBee, Ron McClure, Ben Monder,
George Mraz, Mike Stern, John Taylor, Mirosolav Vitous,
and Kenny Wheeler.
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| Ian has received two Canadian Juno Awards (1998,
1999), two Jazz Report Magazine awards (1998, 1999),
and a West Coast Music Award (1998) for his work
with the Canadian group Metalwood.
Ian’s discography is also extensive. The
range of his work can be appreciated by listening
to his contributions to Rick Margitza’s Heart
of Hearts, Sheryl Bailey’s Power
of 3 CD’s,
Wolfgang Schalk’s Quartet CD’s, The
Mike Murley/David Braid Quartet, Laszlo Gardony’s
The Secret, Manu Pekar’s Passages, Ahmad
Mansour’s Penumbra,
Episode, Oxiana and Tumbleweed.
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