Tan Boon Gee

A sought-after drummer on the Singaporean jazz scene, Boon Gee has performed in many music festivals, both Singaporean and overseas, such as Kutchan, Jazz Yatra, Batam, Heineken Jazz Under The Stars and the IAJE Conference 2003 held in Canada.
Boon Gee has also performed alongside jazz luminary Ernie Watts at the Singapore International Jazz festival in 2001.

Currently the resident drummer at jazz@southbridge, Boon Gee has played with prominent international artistes such as Eugene Pao (H.K.), Marcus Printup (U.S.), Aaron Goldberg (U.S.), Bob Reynolds (U.S.), James Flynn (Aus). Charito, Hakan Rydin (Sweden) and Harry Happel (Holland). His previous residencies include performances with O'Donel Levy at Bernie Goes To Town and subsequently with Mildred Jones at the Somerset’s Bar.

With beginnings in the rock/indie scene, Boon Gee with his then band – 7-days-with-jayne – recorded a series of songs that made their way into the local compilation CD “Here Come the Young Ones”, with the song “All Alone” garnering much radio airplay. He later joined the band Red Cow (subsequently known as Ugly in the Morning) and won the Best Drummer Award in the Yamaha Band Alert 2000. His recorded self-titled album “Stupid’A’ Song” also saw much radio success.

A popular face with the local musicians, Boon Gee has recorded with Jacintha Abisheganaden for her CD "Love Flows Like A River) and toured with her on Singapore Encore to San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has also performed with Paul Ponnudorai at the Mosaic Festivals and Esplanade Lunchbox as well as Jeremy Monteiro at the Chicago Connection Concert Esplanade. Constantly exploring new arenas, Boon Gee has worked with Wild Rice on Cinderel-LAH – a musical pantomime production, as well as RiceBall – a prominent annual fundraising concert. He is now making his foray into music arrangement and sound design.