Graham Lear
Graham Lear, of Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario, is a citizen of Canada and the United States concurrently, touring internationally, as well as teaching, recording and performing in the Niagara and Southern Ontario region.
Artists he has toured and/or recorded with include Gino Vannelli; Santana, Carlos Santana (solo); REO Speedwagon; Saga; Paul Anka; Tom Grant; Gary Richrath; Enrique Toussaint; Randy Porter; Gary Small; Clovis; Bidondo Bros.; Truck; Ian Tyson; George Olliver; Natural Gas; Riverson; Syberia; Paris Black; Johnny Martin; Joey Ortega; and Percussion Des Montreal. Also, for producer/arrangers Dave Tyson; David Foster; Henry Mancini; Dennis Lambert; Steve Sexton and Canadian great Domenic Troiano.
Recordings include, Gist of the Gemini; Powerful People; Storm at Sunup; Yonder Tree with GinoVannelli. Moonflower; Inner Secrets; Marathon; Zebop; Shango; Viva with Santana. Silver Dreams Golden Reality; Swing of Delight; Havana Moon; Blues for Salvador with Carlos Santana. Also, Second Decade: REO Speedwagon; Digital Remaster: Natural Gas; Instinct: TomGrant; Only The Strong Survive: Gary Richrath; Secret Seduction: Paris Black; Syberia; Forest 4 The Trees: Randy Porter; Humanly Possible: Johnny Martin; Clovis.
Major concerts include the historic Live Aid; US Festival; Moscow Walk for Peace and Cal Jam 2, and the Cincinnati, Washington, Atlanta and Nashville symphony orchestras in conjunction with Paul Anka. Also with Mexican jazz ensemble Sacbe for the Latin Cultural Festival at Berklee College of Music in Boston.
Video includes Saturday Night Live; Soul Train; P.B.S. Sound Stage; Kennedy Center Concert of the Americas, Viva Santana (C.B.S. Video); REO Speedwagon ( Vina Del Mar Festival Chile & Live in Hawaii), Paul Anka- Night of a Lifetime P.B.S.and Live at Montreal Jazz Festival '05.
The sampling and loop CD, Graham Lear's Latin Rock Drumscapes featuring Orestes Vilato on perc., released by Northstar prod., garnered a 4.5 (out of five) rating in Electronic Musician. "Head, Hands and Feet" the drum solo from Santana's Moonflower CD and the track "Where Am I Going?" from Gino Vannelli's Storm At Sunup CD were transcribed for Modern Drummer issues. Other print articles include two cover features in theGerman publications Drums and Percussion (Jan/84) and Sticks (April/90). Graham was first interviewed for Modern Drummer magazine in July /82, and in the Feb.99 issue.
Personally, the track ' Storm At Sunup', from Gino Vannelli'sCD of the same name, was covered by drumming legend Buddy Rich.
Always endevouring to reach out to young musicians, Graham has performed at clinics in St.Louis; Tampa; Toronto; Frankfurt; Portland OR and Musicians Institute.
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