Chris 'Fatoye' Theberge
Chris is a musician/entrepreneur, founder of the Music Works NYC label, and founding member of the internationally renowned, Grammy-nominated band Groove Collective. He serves as Director of The Bowery Jazz Messengers, a 501c3 non-profit band and charity that plays at The Bowery Mission in New York City, providing a positive environment for young jazz musicians to perform & develop their craft while performing service to their community. As a musician, Chris specializes in Afro/Latin drumming and its application to Jazz and contemporary music styles. He has studied and produced music in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Nigeria and performed at Montreaux Jazz, North Sea & JVC Jazz Festivals, Red Rocks, WOMAD in New Zealand, Mount Fuji Jazz Fest, and Newport Jazz in Japan. With his band Groove Collective, he performed as support for tours with James Brown, BB King, Dave Mathews, and Widespread Panic. He is currently based in the New York area where he performs and mentors young musicians.
Misha & Andrew Theberge bata drums performance with Anthony Carrillo at Ilé Ìlù | House of Drums
Ilé Ìlù | House of Drums 10/28/23 @ Otura Rigbe Temple in NYC
Los Papines "Estoy enamorado de ti"
Pello El Afrokan conga original footage
Grupo Jazz Batá - Live at Ilé Ìlù | House of Drums
Bowery Jazz Messengers performing Wayne Shorter's composition "Yes or No" at Bowery Mission NYC.
Jazz Batá - Rehearsal for NYC performance Saturday May 13, 2023
Bowery Jazz Messengers performing at Bowery Mission Chapel NYC - 12-17-22
Pello El Afrokan - Creator, Cuban Mozambique rhythm and dance
Bowery Jazz Messengers performing at Bowery Mission NYC
Bowery Jazz Messengers workshop with Craig Harris - IBeam - Brooklyn NY, 6/29/22
Trying out newly finished & skinned Bata shells from Nigeria with my boys in a park in NJ.
Bobby Rodriguez - Latin Bass Colossus
Eddie Bobè - Master percussionist | audio-visual memorial tribute
Young Giovanni with his clave & stick concept circ '82
NYC's Grammy-nominated Groove Collective Live @ Nublu NYC
Bowery Messengers Youth Orchestra 2021 clip reel. Bowery Mission, New York City
Wilson "Chembo" Corniel Live ! at Nuyorican Poets Cafe NYC 12/1//15
Bata drumming for His Imperial Majesty the Ọọ̀ni of Ilé-Ifè̀, Nigeria
Giovanni Hidalgo conga solo @ Sheila E-Spot Lounge w/ Pete Escovedo Band, Los Angeles 5-6-15
Tito Puente Cumbanchero Solo 1965
Marlon Brando on Congas
Gio Solo Volcan
Michel Camilo Giovanni Hidalgo & John Benitz Newport Jazz
FREDDIE _Hubbard 1973.mov
Master Drummer Michael Carvin Drum Solo : 1973 Singing into the drum