Drummer, percussionist, and composer Jake Shandling has been playing music since he was 5 years old, and the drums since he was 10. After graduating from the renowned Berkeley High School jazz program, he went on to study with great teachers including Eddie Marshall, Jeff Ballard, Eric McPherson, and Manley "Piri" Lopez.

Jake has performed with artists including Slavic Soul Party!, Peter Stan, Kai Lyons, Jack Roben, Zach Moses, Joe Warner, Dayna Stephens, Ben Goldberg, Giulio Xavier Cetto, Noel Jewkes, Chris Aschman, and Groundation throughout the USA and Europe at venues including the Jazz Gallery, Jazz At Lincoln Center, NYC Winter JazzFest, the Brooklyn Museum, Dartmouth College, Stanford University, Bar Next Door, Barbés Brooklyn and National Sawdust, as well as on the musical scores of films including Off In The Far Away Somewhere: Georgia O'Keeffe's Hawaii (2018) and Musicians & Magicians (2018).

After a number of fruitful years on the New York music scene, Jake is now based in and can be heard playing around his native Bay Area.

Jake is grateful for the means and privilege to connect, express and uplift through music.