https://www.bradbillmaier.com/home daily 1.0 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/e57b7dbb-ed97-4dfa-80dd-81ed475cbcd3/IMG_0347.jpg Home - Brad Billmaier is an Ohio based jazz drummer, composer, and educator who performs regularly throughout the region with both his own projects and notable musicians from various stylistic backgrounds… https://www.bradbillmaier.com/about daily 0.75 2025-05-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/7817b3dc-4305-4128-b02b-a782d4083d74/IMG_0338.JPG About During a performance at one of Toledo’s longest running jazz sessions, hosted by Brad at the Ottawa Tavern. https://www.bradbillmaier.com/media daily 0.75 2024-08-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/0c81dc54-cc82-4dba-948e-1ebef3d200b4/IMG_0580.JPG Media Photographed by Detroit jazz photographer Jeff Dunn during a performance by Brad's Artificer Quartet at the Blue Llama in Ann Arbor, MI. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/0ee2057b-2991-42cb-8fe7-ff0ea7b96cfb/Lucille%27s+Pic.jpg Media Performing at Lucille's Jazz Club in Toledo with vocalist Kim Beuhler https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/bbdb5282-e5dc-490e-96e4-522511562fb7/Merriman%27s+5.jpg Media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/2c2f43f8-c493-4b26-8d89-a2b873e94b0e/2021-12-18_20-19-40_153.jpeg Media In the studio Dec. 2021 recording with the Zakk Jones Trio https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/69cefe17-9cac-43f8-97e7-0523aa279860/3rd+Shore+1.jpg Media During a performance by the modern jazz quintet Third Shore Collective at the Collingwood Arts Center in Toledo. l-r: Zakk Jones; Dylan Bretz; Kyle Brooks; Brad Billmaier; Will Schneider. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/bb1c8849-e255-4682-97a7-2cc50321a726/Headshot+2.jpg Media Toledo, OH, ca. 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/252b30b6-333c-41cb-8373-e2fe3743ff36/Willis+group+2.jpeg Media The personnel of Brad's album "Starless". l-r: Max Bowen (guitar); Peter Formanek (saxophone); Kenton Davey (piano); Brad Billmaier (drums); Aidan Cafferty (bass). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/20a9c306-80e2-4f37-a31c-1093a74654a5/Promo+pic+2.png Media On stage at the Tecumseh Michigan Center for the Arts accompanying Noah Martis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/4cc9f469-3542-472d-8662-b1cc765643af/287238362_513237367153381_7765430116113974622_n.jpg Media Third Shore Collective after performing at Fulton Street Collective. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/273f1e5a-1323-45af-9615-e89d32e1b5ff/pic.jpg Media Brad during his trio residency at the Whisky Parlor in Detroit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/1959b391-56e4-4633-943a-842b40f02461/Willis+Promo+%282%29.jpeg Media In the studio at Willis Sound in Willis, Michigan recording the Album "Starless" in July of 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/d8827678-70a5-4ef4-b2c0-ea71308c078e/Jazz+Loop+Pic.png Media Brad with his self-titled quartet during a special performance at the Truth Gallery in Toledo for the Toledo Arts Commission "Jazz Loop" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/b3256338-b58c-4aaa-8406-8f6436d97eac/Llama+Pic+2.jpg Media Brad Billmaier's Artificer Quartet on stage at the Blue Llama Jazz Club in Ann Arbor, MI. l-r: Max Bowen; Andy Peck; Peter Formanek; Brad Billmaier. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/70b83d93-4ea2-4037-9c49-80367bef0262/FSC.jpg Media Third Shore Collective during a performance at Fulton Street Collective in Chicago. l-r: Will Schneider; Dylan Bretz; Kyle Brooks; Brad Billmaier; Zakk Jones https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/2173a34c-280d-4a34-b582-701103a8fed0/Merriman%27s+2.jpg Media Brad performing at Merriman's Playhouse in South Bend, IN https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/28a15c7d-6b61-40d3-b174-33850d479959/Merriman%27s+6.jpg Media With the Zakk Jones Trio at Merriman's Playhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/26c02a98-5d4e-4c8b-b525-16573d054f2a/IMG_0230.JPG Media After performing with Estonian guitarist Jaak Sooaar at Ginger Rabbit in Columbus, OH. l-r; Brad Billmaier, Nate Smith, Zakk Jones, Jaak Sooaar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/1697842911473-ELL9JF1239FTDFIE0MLC/tempImageanym2t.jpg Media Brad with acclaimed alto saxophonist Vincent Herring after Vincent's feature in Brad's university big band. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/e8a5d5cb-eae8-4f66-8b98-e3babdeb1ee9/IMG_1136+2.JPG Media With RJ Spangler and T-Bone Paxton in Detroit https://www.bradbillmaier.com/recordings daily 0.75 2025-10-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/2e70f535-674b-45d2-9b9d-7856e87aa5fe/Reaching+for+a+Fall.jpeg Recordings - Reaching for a Fall Reaching For a Fall is the second full length release from contemporary jazz quintet Third Shore Collective. The album continues the tradition of showcasing compositions from multiple band members. Zakk Jones, Will Schneider, Kyle Brooks, and Brad Billmaier each contribute two pieces, forming a cohesive but diverse array of music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/63c3c191-a72a-458b-8233-1b6700c1f796/Album-2.png Recordings - In the Lurch Brad’s sophomore effort as a bandleader is a full-length release featuring his Artificer Quartet. focused on illuminating the individual players within a group sound through collective improvisation and high-level musical communication, the quartet is heard here performing entirely Brad’s compositions. Featuring SE Michigan musicians Kenji Lee (saxophone), Max Bowen (guitar), and Andy Peck (bass). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/64fbf321-2b56-45d8-92d3-0b3a4072f741/a0697908373_10.jpg Recordings - Coalition 2 The second installment in Will Schneider’s Coalition series featuring mostly improvised music in settings utilizing two drum sets (played by Brad Billmaier and Simon Metzger) bass (Andy Peck) and two horns (Will Schneider, Andy Peck). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/595668ee-92dc-44eb-91e5-bf507f216f13/a3475441090_10.jpg Recordings - Tomorrow Comes Early Recorded in 2021 over two late nights at North Coast Studio in Fremont, OH and released in 2025, this installment in Zakk Jones’ catalog is a time capsule featuring Zakk’s original compositions and arrangements of songbook, Americana, and jazz standards. Dylan Bretz Jr. on bass and Brad Billmaier on drums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/1a1b5458-9647-4f1a-8a2f-eda389fe1292/Spring+Song.jpg Recordings - Spring Song (EP) The Precursor to Will Schneider’s debut album as a bandleader featuring Dylan Bretz on bass, Zakk Jones on guitar, and Brad Billmaier on drums and cymbals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/31e55de5-5f48-41e6-937a-1be434a8dcfe/Trio+Featuring.jpg Recordings - Trio Featuring The full length follow-up record to the EP listed above. “A chordless trio under the leadership of hornist Will Schneider, the group draws influence from a range of chordless ensembles from musicians such as Joe Henderson and Sonny Rollins to the avant garde expressionism of Ornette Colman, Old and New Dreams and Albert Manglesdorff.” Some tracks feature Zakk Jones on guitar, others feature Logan Maccariella on piano. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/b5e9c6a4-7cba-48cd-8a77-991f51f7f71c/Starless-01.png Recordings - Starless Starless is Brad Billmaier’s debut recording. It features saxophonist Peter Formanek, pianist Kenton Davey, trumpeter Ben Wolkins, guitarist Max Bowen, and bassist Aidan Cafferty. The 7-song album was recorded over the span of two days at Willis Sound in the summer of 2020 during the beginnings of the Covid-19 pandemic. Many tracks were composed as direct reflections on the socio-political and biological issues that came to a fever-pitch at the turn of the decade. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/c592619f-9ceb-4c7d-8d84-1bda322cad5a/TSC+album+cover.png Recordings - Third Shore Collective This full-length, 8-song album features the unique instrumentation of alto sax, horn, guitar, bass, and drums and contains compositions from four of the five members of the ensemble. The collective’s first unified recording effort was recorded, mixed, and mastered by Eric Sills at Stone Soup Studios in Maumee, Ohio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/62840d97a18f004814752221/3f5dd098-72d1-4609-9732-4187ea477abe/Pride+Suite.jpeg Recordings - Pride Suite The debut recording from Philly-to-Indiana based alto saxophonist and composer Geoff Schneider. Geoff’s poignant compositions provide a unique and musically enriching perspective. In his words, “An eight-movement addition to the canon of great (jazz) civil rights suites (a la Mingus, Rollins, Ellington, Roach, Peterson, etc.) discussing the life, beauty, trials, and tribulations of queer life in modern day America.” https://www.bradbillmaier.com/events- daily 0.75 2025-10-12 https://www.bradbillmaier.com/donate daily 0.75 2025-05-13