Louie Palmer (born 22 November 1985) is an English drummer and

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Biography

Palmer began playing the drums aged five, learning drumming from his father. He played drums in school jazz orchestras, and received an endorsement from

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aged 17. He performed at various drum clinic events with former

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drummer Steve White. In 2004, Palmer moved to

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to study drumming at the

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. After returning to the UK, he played with former

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sideman

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and

Laurence Cottle Laurence Cottle (born 16 December 1961) is a Welsh bass guitarist and composer. Career His solo recordings have been mostly in jazz and jazz fusion. He was a member of the fusion quartet The Fents and appeared on their second album, ''The Ot ...

. Palmer has also studied with

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and

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. He returned to the US in 2013 to play with US Jazz guitarist

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. In 2014 he recorded with saxophonist

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with

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and Bob James. Palmer currently resides in Los Angeles and runs his online drum school - playbetterdrums.com - in addition to recording and touring work. In 2018 he performed at the Baked Potato for the first time as a leader with

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and

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2021 Equipment

Palmer endorses

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drums, Meinl cymbals, Pro Mark sticks,

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drum heads, Alclair in-ears and

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microphones.

Drums

Pearl Masterworks Studio Drum Set (maple/gum shells) * 1× 22″ × 16″

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* 1× 18″ × 14″ Bass Drum * 1× 10″ × 7″ Tom * 1× 12″ × 8″ Tom * 1× 13″ × 9″ Tom * 1× 14″ × 14″ Floor Tom * 1× 16″ × 16″ Floor Tom * 1× 14″ × 5.5″ Snare Drum

Cymbals

* 14" Byzance Traditional Medium bottom over Extra Dry bottom * 20" Byzance Vintage Pure Crash * 23" Byzance Traditional Medium Ride * 20" Byzance Dark Crash * 20" Byzance Vintage Crash * 22" Byzance Jazz China Ride

Drumheads

* Evans UV1 on Snare Drums & Toms * Evans UV1 or G1 on Bass Drum

Sticks

* Pro Mark 'Bob Gatzen' signature stick

Microphones

Earthworks * DM20 on toms and snare * SR25 as overheads * SR20LS for bass drum * 2x TC20 for room mics

Discography

* ''Time of Spring'' by Baki Duyarlar (2011) * ''MW Trio'' by Marcus Wolf (2014) * ''Red'' by Nelson Rangell (2014) * ''Blue'' by Nelson Rangell (2014) * ''Salvation'' by Malcolm Bruce (2017) * ''A Lifetime Away'' by Ruslan Sirota (2017) * ''Me and My Radio'' by Anthony Strong (2019) * ''Light'' by Nelson Rangell (2019)

References

External links

Louie Palmer Online Drum School

Louie Palmer on Instagram

Louie Palmer on Facebook

Louie Palmer on YouTube
* 1985 births Living people English drummers British male drummers 21st-century drummers 21st-century British male musicians {{England-musician-stub