Mark Walker (drummer)

Mark Walker at a concert with Oregon, Innsbruck 2010

Mark Walker (born October 16, 1961 in Chicago , Illinois ) is an American jazz musician ( drummer , percussionist , arranger and composer).

Mark Walker began playing drums at the age of ten. He made his first professional concert appearances and studio recordings immediately after high school. In 1989 he played with the Cuban saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera for the first time (a collaboration that continues to this day and led to multiple Grammy successes in 1997 and 2007). In 1995 he moved to New York City , from where he continued with Michel Camilo , the Caribbean Jazz Project , Dave Samuels , Andy Narell , Lyle Mays , David Liebman , Chucho Valdés , Fareed Haque ,Dianne Reeves , Patricia Barber , Linda Eder and Bill Watrous worked.

Mark Walker became known in Europe especially since he joined Oregon in 1997, where he took on the role of drummer and increasingly also the role of composer (Grammy nomination 2008). With the WDR Big Band Cologne he was involved in various productions from 1998 to 2004 and recorded the album Tango y Postango . He formed his Panamerican Trio with Alex Brown and Dan Durham .

Since 2001 he has taught as an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music in Boston .

Discographic notes

Tico! Tico! (Paquito D'Rivera, 1989)
Reunion (Paquito D'Rivera, 1990)
Northwest Passage (Oregon, 1997)
1000 kilometers (Oregon, 2007)

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personal data
SURNAME	Walker, Mark
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American jazz drummer
DATE OF BIRTH	October 16, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago