More recently, Jojo has been venturing into New York's Techno / Multimedia / Avantgarde / club scene by promoting his own weekly party event called PROHIBITED BEATZ. Besides his work as a drummer, he also is involved in projects as a writer and producer.

His international touring schedule has taken him all over Europe, the US, South America, The Far East and Africa. Residing in New York City since 1991, Jojo engaged in numerous activities including Live and Studio work. Musik Messe Frankfurt', to name a view, were he was featured amongst the greatest names in the drumming community today (Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl, Jack de Johnette, Terry Bozzio, Billy Cobham, Dennis Chambers etc). Budapest Dob-Gala (1994, 1995), Manny's Drumm Mania NYC (1998) and the 'int. He appeared at most of the important Industrial Events and Drum Festivals like the Modern Drummer Festival (19), the Buddy Rich Memorial Scholarship NYC (1995), the International Drummer Meeting in Koblenz, Germany (1989, 1991, 1995), PASIC (1996), the Montreal Drum Fest (1996), the NAMM-Show's 'Drums along the Hilton' (1996), int.

Jojo has also built himself a reputation as a skilled and creative solo performer/ clinician. Jojo Mayer performed and / or recorded with a great variety of artists covering a wide range of musical styles such as The Screaming Headless Torsos, Meshell n'dege Occello, Vernon Reid's science project, DJ Spooky, Emergency Broadcast Network, the Vienna Art Orchestra, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Harry Pepl, Gerald Veasley, Monty Alexander, Lunar Crush, John Zorn, James Blood Ulmer, Chico Freeman, George Adams, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, John Medeski, Family of Percussion, Hiram Bullock, Leni Stern, Depart, Wolfgang Puschnigg, The intergalactic Maiden Ballet, Friedrich Gulda, Harry Sokal, Steve Coleman's 5 Elements, Passport, Wah Wah Watson, and many more. Growing up in the influence of a musical environment Jojo is basically self-taught (autodidact).Īt the age of 18 he joined Monty Alexander's group and toured extensively all over Europe, playing all the major jazz -festivals including the North-Sea-Jazz Festival, Montreux, Nice, Antibes, Athens etc.This lead to back-up gigs with other jazz-greats such as Dizzy Gillespie and Nina Simone and introduced him to an international audience. At the age of 2 he got his first drum set, and his first public performance took place in Hong Kong when he was only 3 years old.

Son of a musician (bass player Vali Mayer), he spent his early childhood on the road traveling throughout Europe and the Far East. 'SONOR is the weapon of choice to express my drumming soul!'īorn January 18.

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