Timothy Angulo

Timothy Angulo is a drummer and composer whose music follows the lineage of Black musical innovators. Originally from Berkeley, California, Angulo now calls two coasts home and is currently based in New York City. A glimpse of his sound can be heard in the score of Starz’s newest hit series Blindspotting. Angulo has worked with renowned artists including Ambrose Akinmusire, Reggie Workman, Wallace Roney, Kamasi Washington, Jeff Parker, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, and Marlena Shaw. He is also a current member of the experimental music group L'Rain.

Angulo has performed at festivals the Umbria Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Vienne Jazz Festival, and the Bern Jazz Festival in Switzerland. In Montreal, he performed alongside Mulatu Astake at the Corona Theatre. Angulo continued his performances eastward with Charnee Wade at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Shanghai.

Angulo was a fellow at the Brubeck Institute in Stockton, California. While in the program, he joined the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra where he played alongside Wynton Marsalis. Angulo went on to complete his B.F.A at in Jazz and Contemporary Music at The New School in New York City. While at The New School, Angulo was admitted to the Banff International Workshop in Jazz & Creative Music where he studied under Vijay Iyer and Tyshawn Sorey.