Kristina Raymond
Assistant Professor

Brief Biography

CSUN Director of Jazz Studies Tina Raymond is an accomplished drummer, composer, bandleader. A unique voice in the contemporary improvised music scene, Raymond blends traditional jazz vocabulary with African polyrhythm and classical percussion technique. Brian Zimmerman of DownBeat Magazine writes, “Raymond displays ferocious chops and a remarkable sense of balance.” She has toured the US, Europe, and Asia as a leader and sideman.

Raymond’s 2023 acclaimed release, “Divinations,” showcases the first-call Los Angeles drummer in a groove-centric, melody-drenched context that may surprise admirers of the more abstract tonal personality she’s documented with SoCal avant luminaries like Eric Revis, Bobby Bradford, Vinny Golia, and Dan Rosenboom, or, for that matter, on two recent albums by the acclaimed eclectic Esthesis Quartet.

Raymond received a DownBeat Educator Achievement Award (2020), and serves as President of California Alliance for Jazz. Raymond has presented globally and her teaching credits include Los Angeles City College, The Herbie Hancock Institute, University of Michigan, Bard College, and Idyllwild Arts. She received an M.F.A in Jazz (drum set) from CalArts in 2010, and a B.M. in double performance, classical percussion and jazz studies, from University of Cincinnati’s CCM in 2008. She is an endorsed educator with Remo and Sabian.

For more information about Tina, visit tinaraymond.com.

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