1. Jim Gelcer was born in Cape Town, South Africa and moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1968.
12 Facts About Jim Gelcer
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Jim Gelcer attended Eastman School of Music in 1980, studying drums, vibraphone, arranging and improvisation with Ray Ricker, Bill Dobbins, Dave Ratajczak, and Lee Musiker.
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In 1984, Gelcer studied jazz with David Mott at York University.
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Jim Gelcer has performed, recorded, and toured with acts as diverse as Lee Aaron, and the Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band.
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Jim Gelcer has worked with Lorne Lofsky, Paul Hoffert, Don Thompson, Russ Little, Terry Clarke, Pat LaBarbera, Guido Basso, Steve Wallace, John Sherwood, Nancy Walker, Richard Underhill, George Koller, Reg Schwager, Dave Young and Bratty and the Babysitters.
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Early in his career, Jim Gelcer composed music for film and television, including Price of Vengeance, The Journal on CBC, and My Happy Days in Hell.
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Jim Gelcer studied Sivananda Yoga and became serious about Kirtan after a visit to Sivananda Ashram in the Laurentian Mountains where he was invited to chant in the temple.
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Jim Gelcer completed yoga teacher training at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat in Paradise Island, Bahamas in March 2006, and shortly after that began leading Kirtan.
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In 2013, Jim Gelcer released his second album, Bhakti Groove Machine, which was recorded with Grammy-nominated producer Ben Leinbach.
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Jim Gelcer teaches a daily yoga class on the meditation app Insight Timer.
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Jim Gelcer worked with the Harvard University digital media start up, Noank Media Inc.
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Jim Gelcer has served on the boards of several arts organizations including the Glenn Gould Foundation from 2010 to 2013 as Fundraising Chair, Toronto Summer Music Festival, Via Salzburg Chamber Orchestra, and Mariposa in the Schools.