Mark Nauseef

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Mark Nauseef (born June 11, 1953 in Cortland , New York ) is an American jazz percussionist.

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Nauseef studied gamelan music in Java with KRT Wasitodiningrat and in Bali with I Nyoman Wenten , Indian drums with Pandit Taranath Rao , Ghanaian drums and dance with Kobla and Alfred Ladzekpo , Beatrice Lawluvi and Cornelius Kweku Ganyo and from 1985 to 1987 contemporary western percussion technique at the California Institute of the Arts with John Bergamo and Glen Velez . He was also a student of Steve Reich and Trilok Gurtu .

Nauseef has worked as a drummer for various rock bands such as Elf , The Velvet Underground , Jack Bruce , the Ian Gillan Band, Jon Lord , Thin Lizzy and G-Force. In 1987 he worked with the composer Lou Harrison . Nauseef moved to Germany and lives in Hamburg . Here he worked with the jazz musicians Joachim Kühn , David Torn , Markus Stockhausen , Rabih Abou-Khalil and the producer / engineer Walter Quintus .

Over time he has performed with musicians as diverse as Steve Swallow , L. Shankar , Hamza El Din , Gary Moore , Kyai Kunbul , Andy Summers , Jon Lord, Ian Gillan, Tony Oxley , Tomasz Stańko , Kenny Wheeler , Edward Vesala , Thelma Houston , Charlie Mariano , Phil Lynott and George Lewis .

He also worked alongside Walter Quintus as a co-producer of a series of records with traditional Balinese and Javanese music.

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