Lorca Hart
Drums – Jazz Institute, Advanced Package, Jazz Institute Vocal Program
Drummer Lorca Hart grew up in Taos, New Mexico in a musical family. He was exposed to a variety of instruments and musical styles as a child butearly on it became clear that the drumset was his passion. In high school he started to perform and focus on Jazz. He attended California Institute of the Arts from 1992-96, studying with Albert “Tootie” Heath, Joe La Barbera, Charlie Haden, Wadada Leo Smith, and many others. Since that time Lorca has worked consistently in a variety of musical situations, performing with many of the West Coast’s (and beyond) finest artists including : Bobby Hutcherson, Stanley Jordan, Ralph Moore, Carmen Lundy, Freddie Hubbard, Calvin Keys, Craig Handy, Kyle Eastwood, Herman Riley, Azar Lawrence, Red Holloway, Plas Johnson, John Heard, Danny Grissett, Justo Almario, Bennie Maupin, Phil Ranelin, Dave Pike, Don Menza, Hugh Masekela, Anton Schwartz, the Clayton Brothers, Anthony Wilson, Julian Lage, storyteller/radio personality Joe Frank, actor/musicians Jeff Goldblum and Peter Weller, Ronald Muldrow, and the Cross Hart Jazz Experience ( the project that he co-leads with bass player Ryan Cross). He also leads his own trio featuring Josh Nelson on piano and Edwin Livingston on bass. Lorca can be heard on recordings by Hugh Masekela, John Heard, Justo Almario, Ronald Muldrow, Dave Pike, Phil Ranelin, the Cross Hart Jazz Experience, Meklit, Anton Schwartz and the Lorca Hart Trio. Lorca has been on faculty teaching drumset at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California, and he continues to teach drums and coach ensembles at: Healdsburg High School in Sonoma County, CA; SF JAZZ/OPC in Oakland, CA; and Marin School for the Arts in Marin County, CA.

Mikailo Kasha

Anisha Rush

Jenny Xu

Kilan Thorns

Alicyn Yaffee

Zach Adleman

Hannah Marks

Jhoely Garay

Jayla Chee

Kenny Barron

Rufus Reid

Johnathan Blake

Russell Hall

Jeremy Pelt

Taylor Eigsti

Joshua Redman

Lemar Guillary

Dena DeRose

Charles McPherson

Charles Altura

George Cables

Lisa Fischer

Paul Cornish

Lorca Hart

Maya Kronfeld

Daniel Rotem

Caroline Davis

Joshua White

Michael Mitchell

Max Jaffe

Sam Reider

Tomoko Funaki

Steven Lugerner

Carmen Staaf

Richard Sears

Peter Bernstein

Patrick Wolff

Yosvany Terry

Eric Harland

Mikailo Kasha

Victor Lin

Sasha Berliner

Anisha Rush

Jenny Xu

Kilan Thorns

Andrew Stephens

Alicyn Yaffee

Vincent De Jesus

Zach Adleman

Hannah Marks

Jhoely Garay

Patrice Rushen

James Francies

Jayla Chee

Kenny Barron

Rufus Reid

Johnathan Blake

Russell Hall

Ben Flocks

Shawn Williams

Jeremy Pelt

Christopher Sullivan

Taylor Eigsti

Joshua Redman

Lemar Guillary

Luther Allison

Kushal Talele

Markus Howell

Tyler Kaneshiro

Adi Meyerson

Valerie Troutt

Dena DeRose

Charles McPherson

Charles Altura

George Cables

Lisa Fischer

Paul Cornish

Lorca Hart

Dena DeRose
