Sentences with phrase «jazz drummer studying»

Whiplash stars Miles Teller as Andrew, as aspiring young jazz drummer studying at a New York conservatory.

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An aspiring jazz drummer taking classes at a prestigious, fictitious music conservatory in New York City, Andrew yearns to be legendary — the heir apparent to Buddy Rich, whose work he religiously studies and whose face he plasters across the walls of his dormitory.

Wanting nothing less than to be the best jazz drummer in the world, Andrew Neiman (Miles Teller) travels to one of New York's most prestigious music conservatories and finds himself studying under the sarcastic, abrasive, and hostile tutelage of Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons).

He studied fine art and graphic design in the late 1960s, then in 1971 — 72 participated as guitarist and flautist in the first improvisation workshops led by jazz drummer John Stevens.