Nate Wood

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Nate Wood
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Background information
Born (1979-10-03) October 3, 1979 (age 45)
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • engineer
Instruments
  • Drums
  • bass guitar
  • electric guitar
  • vocals
Website natewoodmusic.net

Nate Wood (born October 3, 1979) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist. He has performed with Wayne Krantz, Kneebody, Tigran Hamasyan, Louis Cole, The Calling, and Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders.

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Background

Nate learned to play drums, bass, guitar, and saxophone, and attended the California Institute of the Arts for bass and drums, studying with Charlie Haden and Joe LaBarbera. He also attended LAMA College for Music Professionals for drums, where he studied under Ralph Humphrey and Joe Porcaro. After graduating, he played with Kneebody on their first gigs, and then toured with The Calling in support of their debut album. Afterwards, he recorded and played every instrument on his debut album, and in addition to his work with Kneebody, toured and performed with artists such as George Harrison, Chaka Khan, Sting, Wayne Krantz, Donny McCaslin, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, the Ed Fry Band, and Snarky Puppy.

Discography

As a leader

With Kneebody

With ACT - Ben Wendel, Harish Raghavan, & Nate Wood

As a sideman

With Wayne Krantz

With Tigran Hamasyan

With Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders

With The Calling

References