Jazz Re:freshed Weekly presents: Jas Kayser

Jas Kayser is 26-year-old drummer, composer, band leader and Paiste Cymbals and Yamaha Drums artist from the UK, previously based in Boston and New York, and currently based between London and Panama City.

An alumni of the prestigious Berklee College of Music, Jas has found herself playing alongside her mentors Terri Lyne Carrington, Danilo Perez and Ralph Peterson steadily carving out her own niche, with a little help from an ever-expanding collective of musical ‘chums’.

Alongside her original project Jas and Chums, she currently drums for Jorja Smith, Alfa Mist and Poppy Ajudha and has featured in bands with leading British lights Nubya Garcia, Ashley Henry as well as American drummer Ralph Peterson’s Big Band.