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Tycoon’s renowned family of artists is comprised of hundreds of professional touring percussionists and drummers from all over the world. They come from a wide variety of countries with differing musical backgrounds, and their performances range anywhere from the recording studio to playing live in front of jam packed stadiums, but they all have one thing in common: They place their complete trust in Tycoon percussion instruments to deliver the exact sounds they need in every situation.

“One of the best Latin American drummers nowadays” - Billboard Magazine With more than 25 years of professional experience, Randolf Jimenez is an accomplished Venezuelan-born Canadian drummer, percussionist, composer and educator. Since moving to Canada in 2013, he rapidly became the most sought-after Latin drummer in Toronto. Randolf has worked, performed or recorded with many international artists such as: Latin Grammy-Winners Sergio George, Guillermo Mandrafina and Jean Sanchez, Latin Grammy Nominee Gerald Chacon, Juno Award Winner Quique Escamilla, Shahin Najafi, Babak Amini, Yahaira Plasencia, Katie Angel, Mackie, Bill McBirnie, SashaBoychuk, Brownman Ali, Awardwinning trio “Cruzao”, Sina Bathaie, Miguel de La Bastide, Leonardo Barilaro, Stanislas Vitort, Serge Grinkov, Alexandra Templier, Maria Rivas, Cheo Valenzuela, Roberto Lugo, among many more. Randolf stays active in education by teaching an average of 60 students per week in the Toronto area. Over the years, he has taught hundreds of students privately and has conducted masterclasses, clinics and workshops in different parts of the world. Randolf is currently the Drum and Percussion teacher at El Sistema Toronto and a Percussion accompanist for the Dance Program at York University. His work has been featured on websites, newspapers and magazines in South America, Europe, Japan and Canada including: Billboard Magazine, All About Jazz, Malta Core, Drum Fills Kafe, Acid Conga, Tokyo Jazz Review, A Uno Magazine, Caras Magazine and many others. His drum method “The Groove Schoolbook” is currently distributed worldwide through Mel Bay Publications. Randolf is an official endorser for Sonor drums, Paiste cymbals, Tycoon Percussion, Vater drumsticks, Audix microphones and Humes&Berg cases. He is also a voting member for LARAS (Latin Grammys) Learn more at: www.randolfjimenez.com

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Randolf Jimenez

Toronta, Canada