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Marc Gratama

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Born in the Netherlands, Marc Gratama started playing drums at the age of 9. In 1982, he and his family moved to Iowa City, Iowa. During his time in Iowa he performed and recorded extensively as part of the Iowa City music scene. After having studied classical percussion at the University of Iowa, Marc transferred to Berklee College of Music to focus on his drumset playing and graduated with a Professional Music Diploma in the summer of 1997.

During his five years as a Boston resident Marc was very active on the East Coast music scene, performing in Boston, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Martha’s Vineyard and New York with steady projects, recordings and freelance work. In New York he performed with Cuba Gooding and the Main Ingredient. Cuba Gooding wrote and recorded the popular song “Everybody Plays the Fool” which was later covered by Aaron Neville of the Neville Brothers. Apart from his musical endeavors in Boston, Marc performed with various rock groups, funk groups, jazz small groups and Big Bands in the United States, Holland, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and Hungary. Marc has performed with many well established musicians including Phil WilsonHal CrookSteve La SpinaJohn AbercrombieGeorge Garzone, and Jerry Bergonzi. He also toured and recorded with Bergonzi for the Swedish X-Records label in the fall of ’94 and the Dutch A-Records label in the fall of ’95. Marc then went on to perform and record with the Boston fusion power trio Neptune Ensemble for the Hi-Test records label. In August of 1998, Marc moved back to Holland, where he was in high demand as a freelance drummer. He was a member of the Max Vax Trio, performing at the 1999 Iowa City Jazz Festival, and played with such European notables as Jazz tenor saxophonist Dick de Graaf, bassists Bobby JacobsTheo de JongHein van der GeynJean Louis Rassinfosse, as well as Hans “Big Boy” Dulfer and Dutch trumpet player Saskia Laroo. While in the Netherlands, Marc played drums on a solo album by Debbie Sledge, one of the famous 70’s “Sister Sledge” disco queens. He was also part of the Amalgam Jazz Quartet, and recorded a CD with them In May of 2001. More information on Amalgam and the CD can be found at www.Amalgam.nl

Album

Contemporary Residents

Label: Accurate Records
Released: 2025

Album

Well Behaved Fish

Label: Accurate Records
Released: 2011
Track listing: Dancing in Your Head; Cletus N' Gugu; Bagdad; Spinach Dip; Crush; Introductions; I'm Being Held Hostage to Your Failure; Well Behaved Fish; Pigs at the Trough; Benevolent Psychopathology.

Album

What I'm doing now must be done

Label: X-Records
Released: 1996

Album

The Window

Label: A-Records
Released: 1996
Track listing: Recorded and mixed at PBS Studios, Westwood, MA, USA, October 1996.


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