Tanel Ruben is one of Estonia’s most influential and famous jazz drummers known as an extremely active and versatile musician. Being himself the creative leader of numerous multifarious projects, at the same time, he also actively participates in different projects and ensembles which are not only from Estonia but also from Europe, Israel, Russia and the United States. Just to name a few of musicians he is cooperating with: David Liebman, Avishai Cohen, Anders Jormin, Anat Fort, Olivier Ker Ourio, Paul Bollenback, Brian Melvin,Omar Torez,Alexey Kruglov,Jaak Sooäär,Miguel Cruz,Vardan Ovsepian, Jukka Perko, Yasuhito Mori, Kristian Blak, Andrei Kondakov, Sergey Manukyan, Leonid Vintskevich, Raimonds Pauls, and many others.
Tanel has recorded more than 60 CD albums. In 2008, Tanel was awarded the title of Estonia’s jazz musician of the year – the Elion Jazz Award, which is issued by Elion, a telecommunications company, and Jazzkaar, the international jazz festival. This is the most prestigious jazz-related acknowledgement in Estonia.
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