Jo Beyer

Jo Beyer (*1991) is a German drummer, producer and composer, who reached and delighted a wide audience across the globe with his unique and energetic manner of playing drums, composing and collaborating with different artists.

As child he started playing the piano and switched to drums later on, which he studied at Hochschule Osnabruck (Germany) as well as Royal Academy of Music Arhus (Denmark). He primarily works with his own quartet JO, his electronic popmusic project MIC IN THE FACE IS NOT ON PURPOSE and the trio MALSTROM.

All projects he works with and composes the music for, play with all elements of musicals parameter, which combines his unique way of playing drums and expressing his music to arrive at a very communicative and improvised interpretation as well as uncompromised fun with his own catchy compositions. He also works a lot with the extreme dynamic range of playing highly energetic music and does research in creating experimental sounds on the drumset.

The experimental quality of Jo Beyer's music coupled with his signature emotive expression, has led jazz- award juries to recognize him as being disruptive and innovative in the contemporary scene and supported his musical idea with awarding him a bunch of renowned international new comer jazz prizes. Next to intense touring all over the world and giving workshops in about 20 countries he regulary participates in radio- and television productions. Additionally to his work as bandleader he plays in different bands and projects as sideman and recorded and released about 15 albums. He also produces electronic music as well as movie soundtracks.



During international touring Jo Beyer was invited to renown festivals such as Int. Jazzwoche Burghausen (Germany), Elbjazz (Germany), Jazzfest Bonn (Germany), Jazzfestival Saalfelden (Germany), Oslo Jazzfestival (Norway), OCT Jazz Festival Shenzhen (China), B-Jazz Festival (Belgium), Krokus Jazz Festiwal (Poland), World Youth Jazz Festival (Malaysia), Getxo Jazzfestival (Spain), Santiago a Mil (Chile), Tremplin d'Jazz Avignon (France), Summerfestival Alexandria (Egypt), Khalagoda Arts Fesitval Mumbai (India), Kolkata Jazzfestival (India), EU Jazzfest Shanghai (China) etc.