Karl Latham

Jazz Drummer

Karl’s career has spanned the globe performing, recording, and producing with Grammy Award winning artists, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members and multitude of internationally acclaimed musicians.  Karl is known for his exceptional ability to dig into a variety of musical styles, playing with acclaimed artists in funk, rock, R&B, Latin, modern jazz, straight-ahead jazz, avant-garde, and Broadway. 

 As a freelance drummer Karl has performed with notable artists including: The Bernie Worrell Orchestra; Michal Urbaniak; Andy Snitzer; Edgar Winter; Johnny Winter; The Shirelles; John Lee (Executive Director Dizzy Gillespie Alumni Groups);  The Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars; Paquito D’Rivera with the Dizzy Gillespie Afro-Latin Experience; The CD101.9 Fantasy Band featuring Dave Valentine; Slide Hampton; Clark Terry; Michael Dease; Sharrel Cassidy; Jon Faddis; Johannes Mossinger Quartet with Joel Frahm, Don Braden, Seamus Blake and Joe Lovano; Howard Paul, President Benedetto Guitars with Tom Scott, Laurence Hobgood,  Anat Cohen and Jody Espina; Ali Ryerson; Wolfgang Lackerschmid. Karl has subbed on the Broadway productions of “Bring It On”, “Hamilton”, “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”, and “Ain’t Too Proud”.  Karl is a current member of the Percussive Arts Society Education Committee.  Karl is included in the Drummerworld Top Drummers list. 

Karl is an endorsing artist for Paiste Cymbals, Yamaha Drums, ProMark Drumsticks, Evans Drumheads, Big Fat Snare, AEA Microphones, Radial Engineering, Heil Sound and RME.  

Karl received a B.S.S. from Ohio University and studied music performance at Rutgers University, Ohio University and Berklee College of Music, including private studies with drumming greats Gary Chester and Joe Morello.