Timmy Leiser

I first discovered the marimba at a friend's house. Later, when I went to music school, I discovered the drums, which I was really enthusiastic about.

I play drums and marimba to express my feelings and emotions in a different way. It's a lot of fun. I can also enter a different level of consciousness while playing and forget about everyday life. I then enter a so-called trance. That's a valuable quality that I can't find anywhere else in life. I love communicating with other musicians in a band context. And above all, I like to entertain the audience.

Timmy J. Leiser is a drummer, percussionist and marimba player born in Basel, Switzerland. He studied at the Jazzcampus Basel and has taken lessons from Walter Jauslin, Beni Bürgin, Leon Duncan, Samuel Dühsler, Thomas Möckel and Edith Habraken. In 2013, he completed the “Drum Encore Express Program” at the Musicians Institute (MI) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA. He currently plays with the blues-rock band “Blackcurrant Jam”. 

He has been teaching at the SMEH Riehen (Edith Habraken Drum and Marimba School) since 2022.