Artist: Mark Colenburg
Mark Colenburg is an American drummer and percussionist.
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.
In New York, he became exposed to various genres of music. Colenburg has performed with Mos Def, Lauryn Hill, Amel Larrieux, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Lalah Hathaway, and Macy Gray.
In 2011, Colenburg joined the Robert Glasper Experiment, which explores fusions between jazz and hip-hop. In 2016, he served as Producer, Composer, Drummer, and vocalist on Artscience for Robert Glasper Experiment.
Colenburg is a Grammy Award Nominee for "Best R&B Album" for Robert Glasper Experiment, Black Radio II and Grammy Award-winning drummer for "Best Traditional R&B Performance" on "Jesus Children" with Robert Glasper Experiment, Lalah Hathaway, Malcolm-Jamal Warner.
Further information about Mark Colenburg is found at MarkColenburg.com.
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Jazz Festival! Casey Benjamin with Mark Colenburg and Carlos Henderson
Mark Colenburg: Videos
Mark Colenburg Casey Benjamin (aka Stutzmcgee)
Robert Glasper, Mark Colenburg (drums), Derrick Hodge (bass) - Marcus Garvey Park NYC 8/7/12