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Mark Walker
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Grammy award-winning drummer/percussionist 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. Since moving to New York in 1995, he has performed and recorded with: Oregon, Paquito D'Rivera, Michel Camilo, Caribbean Jazz Project, Dave Samuels, Andy Narell, Lyle Mays, David Liebman, Cesar Camargo Mariano and many more. 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). In the Education field 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
CHRONOGRAPHY
By Greg Hopkins
Label: UN-GYVE
Released: 2025
Track listing: 1. Body and Soul 6:08
2. Spring is Here 11:32
3. Old Folks 5:45
4. Like a Lover 3:56
5. Come Sunday 5:44
6. My Romance 9:54
7. In a Sentimental Mood 4:10
8. What’ll I Do 7:06
9. For “O” 5:32
10. Dr. Diz: (Hot House - Con Alma - Night in Tunisia) 16:36
En Diablada
Label: Ia (independent Artists)
Released: 2025
Track listing: Track Listing:
1. Mas Allá (Natalia Bernal, Jason Ennis) 4:29
2. Run Run se Fue Pa’l Norte (Violeta Parra) 5:49
3. Aqui Estoy Yo (Natalia Bernal, Jason Ennis) 5:13
4. ?andupé (Natalia Bernal, Jason Ennis) 5:15
5. Caravaneros (Natalia Bernal, Jason Ennis) 4:52
6. Sol de Pisco (Natalia Bernal, Jason Ennis) 5:05
7. Reina del Tamarugal (Manuel Guillemo Veas, Luis Antonio Mirando) 5:18
8. Canción y Huayno (Orlando Rojas, Mauro Nú?ez) 3:58
9. La Oncena (Juan Bautista Goni, Eduardo L. Lagos Olivari) 5:49
Griot Songs
By Omar Thomas
Label: Omar Thomas Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: The Sun in September; Sail to the Moon; Obeah Woman; Nothing There; Episode d’Azure; The Path; A Touch of Obsidian, a Flash of Scarlet.
6th Avenue
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: All the Things You Are; Let’s Do It; Durango Drive; There Will Never Be Another You; Parisian
Deception; Anything Goes; 6th Avenue; Chega de Saudade; Someday My Prince Will Come;
May.
While You Were Sleeping
Label: Burning Chairs Records
Released: 2025
Track listing: While You Were Sleeping; Close the Door; What the Futurist Did Not See; The Only
Journey is Inward; The Novitiate; Each Loss is Particular; Still Swinging at 100;
Dominant Logic; The Sun Comes Out on Wednesday.
Dia Precioso!
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2025
Track listing: Blue Skies; Beautiful Day; I Fell Into a Meme; Dizzy Hechizo; Birthday Song; Danca Festiva;
Funday; Volver a Amar.
Miles
Label: LaBek Music
Released: 2025
Track listing: Alone Together;
I Concentrate On You;
Miles;
Excerpt From Exit The King, Goodbye;
You Make Up For It All;
Dancing In The Dark, Let's Face The Music & Dance;
Savor Each Note;
Wild Is The Wind;
Veinte A?os;
Misty;
After You;
In Love Again With You;
Love At Last.
Bach, Bebop & Bay Area: Paquito D'Rivera’s Jazz Odyssey
by Steven Roby
Paquito D'Rivera arrived in San Francisco for an upcoming concert at SFJAZZ with a mission and a grin--one that views borders as mere suggestions. Two nights on the Miner Auditorium stage with his seasoned quintet will celebrate years of practice and spontaneous creativity, tracing a career that started with prodigy recitals in Havana and has spanned ...
Mike Thompson: 6th Avenue
by Jack Bowers
Composer and arranger Mike Thompson was in his mid-twenties when 6th Avenue, his debut album as leader of a big band, was recorded (in the mid-2020s) at Q Division Studios in Cambridge, Massachusetts, enlisting for the most part veteran Boston-area musicians whom Thompson had met and befriended while studying at the Berklee School of Music, from ...
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