Mark Colenburg

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Mark Colenburg (born in St. Louis, MO), started using household objects as drums at the age of 2. [1] Colenburg, a drummer and percussionist, had his first performance at his home church at the age of 6. [2] While in high school, he joined a music ministry under Levi "Too" King and played drums on his first professional recording and played with Willie Atkins. [3] Colenburg won the Outstanding Musicianship Award, the All Suburban Jazz Ensemble Drum Chair and the All State Jazz Ensemble Drum Chair in Missouri. [3]

After high school, Colenburg moved to New York to attend the Mannes School of Music at The New School University. His breakout gig in New York was with rapper Common, which led to work with Q-Tip and other hip-hop headliners as well as jazz musicians Cecil McBee, Chico Freeman, Kenny Garrett and Stefon Harris. [3]

In New York, he became exposed to various genres of music. [4] Colenburg has performed with Mos Def, Lauryn Hill, Amel Larrieux, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Lalah Hathaway, and Macy Gray. [4]

In 2011, Colenburg joined the Robert Glasper Experiment, which explores fusions between jazz and hip-hop. [5] In 2016, he served as Producer, Composer, Drummer, and vocalist on Artscience for Robert Glasper Experiment. [6]

Colenburg is a Grammy Award Nominee for "Best R&B Album" for Robert Glasper Experiment, Black Radio II [7] [8] and Grammy Award-winning drummer for "Best Traditional R&B Performance" on "Jesus Children" with Robert Glasper Experiment, Lalah Hathaway, Malcolm-Jamal Warner. [9] [10]

Colenburg plays drums on "Water Games" on the album 2015 REVIVE Music Presents: Supreme Sonacy (Vol. 1), a compilation album produced by REVIVE in partnership with Blue Note Records. [11] In 2016, Colenburg played drums on several tracks for Derrick Hodge's album The Second'.' The album was released on August 8, 2016. [12] Mark also collaborated with Tribe Called Quest for their release We Got It From Here, Thank You For 4 Your Service. [13]

Colenburg has appeared on various television broadcasts including Conan [14] and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. [15]

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References

  1. ↑ "Mark Colenburg | Yamaha Artists". www.yamaha.com. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. ↑ "Mark Colenburg".
  3. 1 2 3 "Mark Colenburg - Yamaha Artists".
  4. 1 2 "Drummer Mark Colenburg Talks Music, Life, and Rhythm". 16 January 2014.
  5. ↑ "Robert Glasper Experiment, Hammersmith Apollo, London – review".
  6. ↑ "Mark Colenburg - Credits - AllMusic".
  7. ↑ staff, Times. "Grammys 2015: Complete list of winners and nominees".
  8. ↑ "Past Winners Search".
  9. ↑ "Grammy Awards 2015: The Complete Winners List".
  10. ↑ "Mark Colenburg Photos Photos: 57th GRAMMY Awards - Press Room".
  11. ↑ RETROFUZZ. "REVIVE MUSIC PRESENTS: SUPREME SONACY (VOL. 1) - News".
  12. ↑ RETROFUZZ. "DERRICK HODGE RETURNS WITH".
  13. ↑ "A Tribe Called Quest Released the Album 2016 Desperately Needed". 18 November 2016.
  14. ↑ "Mark Colenburg".
  15. ↑ "The Robert Glasper Experiment x Jimmy Fallon". 21 June 2012.
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