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Released: Jan 1, 2007

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Genre: Experimental / Jazz / Latin
Location NATICK, MA, US
Profile Views: 40788
Last Login: 9/26/2011
Member Since 9/1/2006
Website wiggage.com/markwalker.html
Record Label unsigned
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Grammy award-winning drummer/percussionist/composer/educator Mark Walker was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began playing drumset at age ten and played his first professional club, concert and recording gigs barely out of high school. He gained valuable experience performing an extremely wide range of styles in the Chicago area and later became a first-call session drummer and percussionist, playing on hundreds of jingles and record dates. While still living in Chicago in the 1990’s, he began a long stint with sax/clarinet virtuoso Paquito D’Rivera, which continues to this day. He also toured for two years with Lyle Mays..... Since moving to New York in 1995, he has performed extensively and recorded with: Oregon, Paquito D’Rivera, Rosa Passos, Michel Camilo, Caribbean Jazz Project, Dave Samuels, Andy Narell, David Liebman, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Diane Schuur, Linda Eder, Cathy Richardson, Ivan Lins and many more..... He has also performed onstage with major artists such as Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, Mike Manieri, Airto Moreira, Don Alias, Flora Purim, Dizzy Gillespie, Sammy Davis Jr. , Chu Cho Valdes, Amadito Valdes, Bebo Valdes, Sakesho, Eliane Elias, Jerry Gonzalez, Giovanni Hidalgo, Jovino Santos Neto, Chano Dominguez, Diane Reeves, João Bosco..... He has appeared on major television shows such as: “Late Night with David Letterman”, “The Rosie O’Donnell Show”, “PBS presents…” and “BET On Jazz”. He also appears on screen with Paquito D’Rivera in Fernando Trueba’s Latin jazz documentary “Calle 54”(Miramax)..... He was appointed Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston (2001) creating a new curriculum, serving on the Education committee and teaching drummers, percussionists and ensembles. He has also served on the faculty at Drummers Collective in New York City. Mark has given master classes, clinics and workshops in South America, North America and Europe..... As an author he’s written for the all-star instructional drum set book “Killer Grooves” published by Carl Fischer. He is currently working on a book for Berklee press tentatively titled “World Jazz Drumming”. His solo projects include the sample/loop discs “Chameleon Drums, Vol 1 & 2”(Sonic Emulations) and “Ritmo De Las Americas”(Sampleheads)..... He has also composed and arranged for the group Oregon, the Paquito D’Rivera Quintet, Bob McGrath and David Onderdonk. His compositions can be heard on the CD “1000 Kilometers”, by Oregon, and also on “Funk Tango”, by the Paquito D’Rivera Quintet..... He has won 3 Grammy Awards and earned several Grammy nominations for his work with various artists, including Oregon, Donato Poveda, Paquito D’Rivera and Caribbean Jazz Project. He is currently nominated for two Grammy awards, one for best instrumental composition (for the track “Deep Six” from Oregon’s CD “1000 Kilometers”) and best Latin jazz album as a drummer/composer with the Paquito D’Rivera Quintet..... He’s won in 1996 the grand prize for Jazziz magazine’s competition “Percussion On Fire”. Mark has also earned the Indie award and the Jazz award (German record manufacturers) for his work with Oregon..... Mark Walker is a Yamaha, Paiste, Remo, Vic Firth and LP artist. His website is www.wiggage.com/markwalker.html. He currently lives in the Boston Metrowest area with his family, teaching at Berklee, writing, recording and touring..... .. .. .. I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. OREGON Live at Jazztage, Leverkusen, Germany 2006 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Oregon Live 2006 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Mark Walker with Andy Narell and the Trinidad All-Stars October '07 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Michel Camilo/Anthony Jackson/Mark Walker live at Jazz Plaza, Havana, Cuba 1998 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cesar Camargo Mariano featuring Michael Brecker Live in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil 1997 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Caribbean Jazz Project featuring Paquito D'Rivera, Andy Narell and Dave Samuels Live in Lugano, Switzerland 1995 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Caribbean Jazz Project featuring Paquito D'Rivera, Andy Narell and Dave Samuels Live in Lugano, Switzerland 1995 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cesar Camargo Mariano featuring Michael Brecker Live in Rio de Janeiro 1997 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Paquito D'Rivera Quintet at Birdland, New York, NY 2004 .... .. .. .. .. .. ........Lyle Mays Quartet........Uploaded by ..mwdrums...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. OREGON in Belo Horizonte, Brazil 2007 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Mark's Drum Solo with Jovino Santos Neto .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Paquito D'Rivera "Panamericana" from "Calle 54" (Miramax) .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Lyle Mays Quartet "Hard Eights" 1993 Warsaw .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Lyle Mays Quartet "Falling Grace" 1993 Warsaw .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Lyle Mays Quartet "Chorinho" Pt. 1 1993 Warsaw .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Lyle Mays Quartet "Chorinho" Pt. 2 1993 Warsaw .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Lyle Mays Quartet "Disbelief/Are We There Yet?" Pt. 1 1993 Warsaw .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Lyle Mays Quartet "Are We There Yet" Pt. 2 1993 Warsaw .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Lyle Mays Quartet "Au Lait" 1993 Warsaw .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Lyle Mays Quartet "Fictionary" 1993 Warsaw .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ed Saindon Quartet "Sao Paulo" 2008 Boston .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cesar Camargo Mariano feat. Ivan Lins "Te Amo" Heineken Festival 1997 Sao Paulo Brasil .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cesar Camargo Mariano feat. Dianne Reeves "Triste" Heineken Festival 1997 Sao Paulo Brasil .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cesar Camargo Mariano feat. Dianne Reeves, Michael Brecker and Ivan Lins "Freedom Dance" Heineken Festival 1997 Sao Paulo Brasil .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Cesar Camargo Mariano feat. Ivan Lins "Lembra De Mim" Heineken Festival 1997 Sao Paulo Brasil .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Beledo "Afocandombe" NYC 2003
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Influences
Early influences: Jerome Walker, Valerie Walker, Diana Walker, Jason Walker, Bee Langham Brown, Robert L. Brown, Six Flags Over TX, Beatles, Bob Dylan, James Brown, Doors, Dave Brubeck, Otis Redding, AM Hit radio circa 1970, Speed Racer, Mel Blanc, Peter Sellers, Edgar Winter Group, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Allman Bros., The Band, radical leftist hippies, Midwest Buddhist Church Judo Academy, Planet of the Apes, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Woody Allen, R. Crumb, Frank Zappa, Rolling Stones; Teenage years: Bruce Lee, Black Belt Magazine, Kung Fu, Lane Tech High School, Max Roach, Henry Mancini, Emiliano Salvador, Ted Nugent, Rick Derringer, Journey, Blue Oyster Cult, Alice Cooper, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Buddy Miles, Buddy Rich, Rufus, Frank's Drum Shop, Slingerland, Deagan, Zildjian, Roy Knapp, Remo Heads, Alan Dawson, Carmine Appice, Emerson Lake and Palmer, Deep Purple, Pat Metheny, John Abercrombie, Jack De Johnette, Tony Williams, Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus, Steven Hashimoto, Oscar Peterson, Billy Cobham, Lincoln Avenue, Paul Wertico, Free Music; Twenties: International Association for World Peace, Master Myung Su Yu. S. Kim, Hwi Chul Charles Kim, Gregory Garrett, Weather Report, Joao Bosco, Airto, Chick Corea, Pat Metheny Group, Hermeto Pascoal, Elis Regina, Milton Nascimento, Djavan, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Tito Puente, Jerry Gonzalez, Joel Spencer, Ernie Denov, Calypso, Fred Simon, Leny Andrade, Patricia Barber, Bill Evans, Judy Roberts, Allan Holdworth, Batacumbele, Ayn Rand; Thirties: Paquito D'Rivera, Claudio Roditi, Danilo Perez, Darlene Torzon, Elvin Jones, Vic Firth Sticks, Steve Rodby, Paul McCandless, Lyle Mays, Marc Johnson, Terry Fryer, Steve Ford, David Onderdonk, Giovanni Hidalgo, Horacio Hernandez, Oregon, Ralph Towner, Alexander Platz, NDR Big Band, Calle 54, Eliane Elias, Oscar Stagnaro, Caribbean Jazz Project, Andy Narell, Dave Samuels, Michel Camilo, Joropo, Festejo y Lando de Peru, Samba, Bossa Nova and baiao do Brasil, Bill Stewart, Jeff Watts, William Cepeda, Osvaldo Fattoruso, Candombe de Uruguay, Tower of Power, Brooklyn, NY, Squarepusher, Latin Percussion, Milton Cardona, The Blue Note, Zinc, Hector Martignon, Vince Mendoza, Nan Caymmi, Dori Caymmi, Yamaha drums, Tipica 73; Forties: Rosa Passos, Dafnis Prieto, Rapsodia Rumbera, Batucada, Sakesho, WDR Big Band, South American and Caribbean Rhythms, Berklee, Maplewood, NJ, Boston, MA, Brazilian Percussion, Carnegie Hall, Mel Lewis, Jim Beard, Django Bates, Patato Valdez, Toto La Momposina, Paiste cymbals, Dom Famularo, Brian Tracy, Michelle Evan and Mackenzie
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