Adriel Vincent-Brown

Adriel Vincent-Brown is a Trinidadian born drummer, composer, and bandleader based in New York. He started playing professionally as a child in church and with local steel pan bands before moving to New York to study at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. He leads The Force, an ensemble that blends swing, bebop, hip hop, and Afro-Caribbean grooves, and works widely on the scene at clubs like Smalls, Dizzy's, and Zinc Bar. His credits range from jazz players such as Eric Wyatt to pop and hip hop stages with Trinidad James.