BERNIE DRESEL - DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST, CREATIVE DIRECTOR & PRODUCER

Established in 2014, The BBB Featuring Bernie Dresel plays monthly at jazz clubs and concert venues in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The BBB has earned a reputation as one of LA’s most exciting large jazz ensembles, if not on the planet.

At the helm of The BBB is jazz drummer extraordinaire Bernie Dresel. The BBB provides potent testimony to the sheer exhilaration of big band jazz... a combination of intense swing and fiery soloing, as well as tight ensemble playing, powered by Bernie Dresel’s extraordinary drumming talents.

He has been one of the busiest studio and live musicians in the world as both a drummer and percussionist since moving to Los Angeles in 1983 after graduating from the prestigious Eastman School of Music.

Dresel’s rendering style is nothing less than exciting, driven by one of the most accomplished jazz drummers in the world.

Prior to forming his own jazz orchestra, Bernie backed Maynard Ferguson, the Brian Setzer Orchestra, and Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band. Bernie served 15 years for both Setzer and Goodwin.

He has been the drummer on numerous Brian Setzer Grammy Award®-winning recordings, and prior to forming his own orchestra, he had played on every recording that Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band had released, including the Grammy Award winners.

Modern Drummer magazine’s readers’ poll named Bernie “Best Big Band Drummer” and Drum! Magazine has put him on their list of “53 Drummers Who Made a Difference in the ’90s” as well as honoring him with a Drummie® for Best Big Band Drummer.

Bernie’s credits with respect to motion picture and television soundtracks represent “A” movie projects, such as Incredibles 2, and such television work as The Simpsons and Family Guy.

“Bernie Dresel and his sixteen-piece big band were absolutely killer.”
Modern Drummer, The 2016 Hollywood Custom and Vintage Drum Show
-Kerry Crutchfield, Producer