Mark Walker
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. Mark has given master classes, clinics and workshops in South America, North America and Europe.
As an author he's written for the all-star instructional drum set book Killer Grooves published by Carl Fischer. He is currently working on a book for Berklee press tentatively titled World Jazz Drumming.
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Album Review
- The Next Stage by Nicholas F. Mondello
- The Latin Side of Wes Montgomery by Dan Bilawsky
- 2 Cents by Jack Bowers
- You Get What You Give by Ljubinko Zivkovic
- Windows by Angelo Leonardi
- Windows by Dan McClenaghan
Primary Instrument
Drums
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced
Credentials/Background
Associate Professor, Berklee College of Music (2001-present), available for private instruction