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Darren Michael Jessee [1] (born April 8, 1971) is an American musician best known as the drummer of the alternative rock trio Ben Folds Five. He has also worked as an instrumentalist for Sharon Van Etten and Hiss Golden Messenger and released three solo albums and four albums as singer and songwriter for indie band Hotel Lights .
Aug 21, 2010 · I read somewhere that he was a big jazz drummer and loved Elvin Jones, though he played pop. I can easily hear a jazz sensibility in his playing. To add to his great drumming he often provided some of the classic Ben Folds Five backing vocals.
Oct 16, 2020 · He’s best known as the drummer for Ben Folds Five, the North Carolina band with whom he achieved breakout success in the mid-1990s.
Feb 15, 2010 · On a whim, I threw in my DVD of 'Ben Folds Five - The Sessions at West 54th Street', a sensational performance from 1997 featuring a young, intense and determined band from North Carolina. In the 20 plus years I've owned the DVD, I've grown more impressed with drummer Darren Jessee.
He played drums for Sharon Van Etten in support of her celebrated 2014 release Are We There, and since 2016, he's been a member of the Durham-based band Hiss Golden Messenger, performing most recently on their 2017 Merge release Hallelujah Anyhow.
Darren Jessee’s drumming. I’ve been listening to a lot of BF5 stuff as part of this subreddit’s voting of songs per album. It’s tough to christen an individual drummer as the best, but I’ve got a personal list of top tier drummers.
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Aug 2, 2021 · In an exclusive interview, Darren Jessee charted his successes as the drummer for rock trio Ben Folds Five, frontman for Hotel Lights and, most recently, his quiet transition into producing...
