Lafrae Olivia Sci
LaFrae Olivia Sci is a rock, jazz, and session drummer. She is also a composer, arranger, and bandleader who was musical director for Sandra Bernhard's Broadway musical Everything Bad and Beautiful.[1] She participated in the jazz ambassadors program.[2]
LaFrae is a founding member of the Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls.[3] She leads a music education program sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center[4] designed to expand the jazz knowledge of middle school musicians in New York City.
She has performed with Burnt Sugar,[5] Hot Caramel with Irene Cara,[6] and she formed The 13th Amendment with members of Melvin Van Peebles wid Laxative.[2] LaFrae played with Bumblefoot from 2000-2003 and recorded with them on two albums, Uncool and 9.11. She recorded with Reuben Wilson, Andrew Beals, and Doug Monroe on "Boogaloo to The Beastie Boys – A Tribute."
In 2026 LaFrae was co-musical director and drummer for Stevie: A Life in the Key of Songs, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, during which five Stevie Wonder albums were performed in three days.[7]
LaFrae has received press from Modern Drummer[8] and TomTom magazine.[9]
References
- ↑ Everything Bad & Beautiful
- 1 2 "US Embassy presents 13th Amendment". Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
- ↑ "wmrc - About". wmrc.
- ↑ "Middle School Jazz Academy | Jazz at Lincoln Center". Retrieved 2013-07-12.
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- ↑ "IreneCara.com - Meet the Members of Hot Caramel". www.irenecara.com.
- ↑ Cristi, A. A. (2026-04-27). "STEVIE: A LIFE IN THE KEY OF SONGS To Have World Premiere At BAM". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2026-06-01.
- ↑ "LaFrae Sci - Modern Drummer Magazine". 5 October 2006.
- ↑ "LaFrae Sci Launches Drummer Blog". Tom Tom Magazine.