Jocelyn Pleasant Quartet: Medusa

Jocelyn Pleasant is a percussionist and educator from Bloomfield, CT. She received her first formal training from the Hartt School Community Division in classical percussion at age 10. In addition, she studied African percussion and jazz drum set at the Artists Collective, Jackie and Dollie McLean’s community arts center in Hartford, CT. She continued her music studies at the George Washington University in Washington DC, as a Presidential Arts Scholar and American Studies major.

Jocelyn now resides in Middletown, CT and teaches and performs in a variety of genres and settings. She is currently on staff at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, the Artists Collective, and Green Street Arts Center. She has performed with on drum set and percussion with such artists as Jay Hoggard, Steve Davis, Warren Byrd, Phil Bowler, Kim Clarke, Paul Brown, Nat Reeves, Shawnn Monteiro, Sumi Tonooka, Sankofa Kuumba (Hartford, CT). As a member of the North End Artist Cooperative, she runs a free weekly African percussion class, focusing on djembe and dundun rhythms of West Africa.

Performers include Jocelyn Pleasant, Matt Dwonszyk on bass, Orice Jenkins on piano, and Corey Hutchins tap dancing.

Check them out here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYs11frmTWA&app=desktop