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Marilyn Mazur (born January 18, 1955) is an American-born Danish percussionist. Since 1975, she has worked as a percussionist with various groups, among them Six Winds with Alex Riel. Mazur is primarily an autodidact, but she has a degree in percussion from the Royal Danish Academy of Music.

Marilyn Mazur
Background information
Born (1955-01-18) January 18, 1955 (age 67)
New York City
GenresJazz, avant-garde jazz
Occupation(s)Musician
Instrument(s)Drums
LabelsStoryville, ECM, Dacapo, Stunt
Websitewww.marilynmazur.com
Marilyn Mazur's Shamania at Vossajazz 2016
Marilyn Mazur's Shamania at Vossajazz 2016

Musical life


Mazur was born in New York City in 1955, from Polish and African-American parents, who moved with her to Denmark at age 6. She learned to play the piano, but when she was 19, she took up drumming, inspired by Al Foster, Airto Moreira, and Alex Riel. She started her first band in 1973, Zirenes.[1] In 1978, she formed Primi, an all-woman theatre band.[2] In 1985, she was asked to participate in the Palle Mikkelborg project that would become the Miles Davis album Aura, and soon after she went on the road with Miles Davis.[1] Afterward, she played with Gil Evans, Wayne Shorter, Jan Garbarek,[2] and Makiko Hirabayashi.[3]

Her all-Scandinavian band Shamania consists of avant-garde female musicians.[1]

The U.S. magazine Down Beat, in 1989, 1990, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2002 selected Mazur as a "percussion-talent deserving wider recognition". In 2001, she was awarded the Jazzpar Prize, the world's largest international jazz prize.




Honors



Discography



As leader



As guest


With Lindsay Cooper

With Pierre Dorge

With Jan Garbarek

With Makiko Hirabayashi

With others


References


  1. "'We strive for global unity': The extraordinary jazz drummer Marilyn Mazur talks to Chris Searle about the impulse behind her latest album Shamania". Morning Star. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  2. Tucker, Michael (April 25, 2019). "Marilyn Mazur's Shamania: Shamania". Jazz Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  3. "Tanz zwischen den Genres". Badische Zeitung (in German). 12 December 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2015.

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[de] Marilyn Mazur

Marilyn Marie Douglas Mazur (* 18. Januar 1955 in New York City) ist eine amerikanisch-dänische Jazzmusikerin (Perkussionistin, Schlagzeugerin, Komponistin, Pianistin, Vokalistin).
- [en] Marilyn Mazur



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