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Topher Stott, drummer and
percussionist, holds a BFA-Music from York University (Toronto),
where he focused on Carnatic music with Trichy Sankaran,
improvisation with Casey Sokol, and jazz. Recently Topher was
happily surprised to be asked back to York, acting a professor
in the modern improvisation program.
Topher has studied in private lessons with Andy Newmark, Joey
Baron and Joe Morello. As a performer, Topher has specialized in
drumset and percussion/hand drums as a hired gun with a variety
of artists in the fields of rock, folk, jazz, world music, funk,
pop and improvisation including Karen Durrant, Laurel James,
Janet Whiteway, Phillip Sayce, Jeff Healey, Stop Die, Andrea
Florian, Bruce Gordon. As a leader, Topher runs the Squawking
Heads, a deep ambient groove project, and co leads both the Tiny
Specks (Garage jazz) and The True Hot fo' Gandhi (live
Jungle/Funk) with Adam Faux.
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