Larry Marc-Aurele

Specializing in hand and foot percussion, clave-based rhythms.
Age, 57-North Jersey area.

Live Performances
(Partial list)

In 1974, Larry Marc-Aurele and Kenny Simmons co-founded Daybreak a top 40 and original band, playing the tri-state area and touring the east coast. Jazz, disco, pop, and funk were all styles mastered by this group. In 1980, Daybreak’s ‘Everybody Get Off’ reached # 65 on Billboard’s Top 100 soul charts. Performed with Daybreak until 1982.

From 1982 to 1985 Larry was Tuesday night dance accompanist for Westminster Dance Company, then of Elizabeth, NJ. Currently on call for three orchestras, including Hank Lane Orchestras of NY. Performed with Hank Lane’s 20-piece big band Dec. 12th, 1998 at The Plaza Hotel in Manhattan for Joan Rivers’ daughter Melissa Rivers’ wedding. This event was videotaped, and small segments aired on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

Since 1999, Larry has been the first-call percussionist for Framework, a quartet featuring bass, guitar, violin, and percussion. Since 2001, he has also been MazzJazz’s first-call percussionist in a group consisting of flute, bass, guitar, and percussion. Larry works about 2-3 times weekly with these 2 groups, both of who specialize in Brazilian/Latin music, along with swing, shuffle, calypso, and songs coming from the Great American Songbook. He also plays as first and fourth Sunday percussionist at Bethel A.M.E Church in Morristown, NJ. Larry is also a dance accompanist at Mason Gross Dance in Rutgers University of New Brunswick, NJ since 2003. In addition to Rutgers, Larry also drums for dance classes at Arts High School of New Brunswick, NJ, and Montclair State University of Montclair, NJ. Larry has also performed with flute master Mark Wienstein and jazz guitar great Vic Cenicola.

Larry has also headed group and private instruction and has created, 4 Elements Of A Latin Rhythm (as part of Hand & Foot Rhythms for the Advanced Percussionist). This is a self study rhythm chart that can stand alone as a learning aid, or be the perfect companion to private or group rhythm study of three of the most important Latin rhythms, the clave, the tumbao, and the cascara, plus basic time. With his heavy focus on 4-way independence, he easily demonstrates these rhythms at once.

Recording Sessions
(Partial list)

June-October, 1973 March 1982
4 sessions for 1 session for
Producer Gihl Kaplan Producer Patrick Adams
Carolina Rice Jingles 5 songs for Melba Moore
Sound Ideas Studios Park South Studios
New York, NY New York, NY

June-July, 1975 December 1981-February 1983
4 sessions for Countless sessions for
Producer Mickey Joe Yannick Producer Mickey Joe Yannick
45 record Records and radio jingles
Century Production Studios Century Production Studios
Sayreville NJ Sayreville, NJ

June 1976 August, 1998
2 sessions for 1 session for
Producer Jesus Alvarez Producer Joe Kurasz
‘ Daybreak’ record CD track for album
House of Music studios Ren Media Studios
West Orange, NJ Rahway, NJ

August 1976-October 1977 February, 2000
7 sessions for 1 session for
Producer Patrick Adams Producer Joe Kurasz
‘ Daybreak’ record album CD track for album ‘Soul Searching’
Minot Studios Ren Media Studios
White Plains NY Rahway, NJ

updated at december 2004