BIOGRAPHY

Julian is an active studio drummer and percussionist, having recorded on over 150 albums to date. Some of his more notable records include top selling album, Live At Frankie’s Jazz Club, featuring Harold Mabern and the Cory Weeds Quintet, The Promise by Jay Thomas, Aaron Parks’ First Romance, Mike Allen Quartet’s A Hip Cosmos, Go To Hell by Star Anna, Idyl Wild by Jon Hamar and featuring Rich Perry, Kasey Anderson’s Nowhere Nights, and the Miles Black Trio featuring Grant Stewart. Julian has been a member of orchestras for the musicals Man of La Mancha, West Side Story, Oklahoma!, Wizard of Oz, Falsettos, and 1940’s Radio Hour.

Throughout 2021, Julian lead a group of some of the Northwest’s best musicians as they recreated the spirit of the bebop jazz legends each Tuesday evening at the Aslan Depot in Bellingham. Showcasing the work of Art Blakey, they sought to embody the creative abandonment and excitement that often eclipses jazz today. This summer, find Julian touring the US as the newest member of the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio.

A passionate music educator, Julian has taught for several years as a guest teacher at the Roosevelt High School Jazz Band in Seattle Washington. These hard working students took first place during the 2019 Essentially Ellington competition, regarded as the most prestigious competition in high school jazz.

From 2014-2019, Julian opened and acted as Creative Director for the Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Center in downtown Bellingham. Known colloquially as WJMAC, the 501(c)3 organization presented weekly concerts with the best regional and national names in jazz in an intimate listening environment and acted as a staging ground to inspire and develop new talent in weekly workshops. Each October, they hosted the annual WJMAC Jazz Walk, featuring the Pacific Northwest's best jazz musicians.

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