Maurice Carr

Maurice "Reese" Carr has been playing drums for over 40 years — and by his own account, he started well before that, banging on whatever he could find around the house growing up on the south side of Chicago.

A professional drummer and producer, Reese has performed at South By Southwest, Lincoln Center, and The Apollo Theater, and has recorded and toured internationally — through Italy with jazz singer Amalia Gre', across London and Spain with rock band Pagoda, and through Ivory Coast, West Africa with his World Roots ensemble, Brown Rice Family.

He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Film and Video Production from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where he developed a creative range that extends well beyond the kit — writing, directing, and acting in independent film projects along the way.

What to Expect

Drum lessons with Reese are shaped by more than four decades of real-world performance — and over 23 years of facilitated rhythm workshops.

Those workshops have reached children and adults of all ages, hospital patients, and individuals with a wide range of clinical and special needs. That breadth of experience means Reese knows how to meet students exactly where they are.

Lessons can cover drum-set fundamentals, rhythmic theory, and other forms of rhythmic self-expression — whatever the student in front of him needs most.

A Bit More About Me

Reese is, at heart, a renaissance man.

Alongside his performing and recording career, he leads private clinics and remains deeply involved in community arts. His work spans continents, genres, and contexts — from international jazz tours to rock recordings to West African-influenced ensemble work — and that worldliness finds its way into every lesson.

He is fully devoted to growing as an artist, a facilitator, and a person, and he brings that same commitment to every student he works with.