BIOGRAPHY

In addition to performing, Julian is an active studio drummer and percussionist, having recorded on over 150 albums to date. Some of the more notable records Julian is on include the top selling album, Live At Frankie’s Jazz Club featuring Harold Mabern and the Cory Weeds Quintet, The Promise by Jay Thomas, Aaron Parks’ First Romance, Mike Allen Quartet’s A Hip Cosmos, Go To Hell by Star Anna, Idyl Wild by Jon Hamar and featuring Rich Perry, Kasey Anderson’s Nowhere Nights, and the Miles Black Trio featuring Grant Stewart. Julian has been a member of orchestras for the musicals Man of La Mancha, West Side Story, Oklahoma!, Wizard of Oz, Falsettos, and 1940’s Radio Hour.

Julian is a passionate music educator and proud teacher of the Roosevelt High School Jazz Band in Seattle Washington. These hard working students took first place during the 2019 Essentially Ellington competition, regarded as the most prestigious competition in high school jazz. Julian is available for private instruction on a limited basis.

In 2014, Julian opened the Whatcom Jazz Music Arts Center in downtown Bellingham. Known colloquially as WJMAC, the 501(c)3 organization presents weekly concerts with the best regional and national names in jazz today in an intimate listening environment. Each October, the organization hosts the annual WJMAC Jazz Walk, featuring the Pacific Northwest's hottest jazz artists.

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