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| Background information | |
| Born | January 18, 1955 New York City |
| Genres | Jazz, avant-garde jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Drums |
| Labels | Storyville, ECM, Dacapo, Stunt |
| Associated acts | Miles Davis |
| Website | www |
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Marilyn Mazur (born January 18, 1955) is a Danish percussionist, drummer, composer, vocalist, pianist, dancer, and bandleader. She was born in New York City and has lived in Denmark since age six. She is of Polish and African-American descent. 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.
Musical life
She has worked with many musicians, including John Tchicai, Pierre Dørge (New Jungle Orchestra), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Palle Mikkelborg, Arild Andersen, Eberhard Weber, Peter Kowald, Jeanne Lee, Jan Garbarek,[1] Miles Davis,[1] Wayne Shorter, Gil Evans, Dhafer Youssef, and Makiko Hirabayashi[1] (Makiko Hirabayashi Trio).
In 1989, she founded the band Future Song, with pianist Elvira Plenar, singer Aina Kemanis, trumpet player Nils Petter Molvær, her husband Klavs Hovman (bass) and Audun Kleive, as a second drummer. Later jazz singer Tone Åse joined the band. In a second project, Percussion Paradise, she works regularly with percussionists Benita Haastrup, Lisbeth Diers and Birgit Løkke.
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
- Ben Webster Prize, Ben Webster Foundation, 1983
- JASA Prize, Danish jazz journalists, 1989
- Jazzpar Prize, 2001
- Edition Wilhelm Hansens Composer Prize, 2004
- Danish Django dOr (Legend), 2006
- Unlimited Communication, Telenor 2007
- EuroCore-JTI Jazz Award, 2010
- The Grethe Kolbe Grant, Danish Conductors Association, 2013
- No. 1 Jazz Performer, Down Beat, six times
Discography
As leader
- MM 4 with Mazur Markussen Kvartet (Rosen, 1984)
- Marilyn Mazur's Future Song (veraBra, 1992)
- Circular Chant (Storyville, 1995)
- Small Labyrinths (ECM, 1997)
- Colors with LLL-Mental (Hot Wire, 1997)
- Jordsange/Earth Songs (Dacapo, 2000)
- Poetic Justice with Lotte Anker, Marilyn Crispell (Dacapo, 2001)
- All the Birds: Reflecting + Adventurous (Stunt, 2002)
- Daylight Stories (Stunt, 2004)
- Elixir with Jan Garbarek (ECM, 2008)
- Tangled Temptations & the Magic Box (Stunt, 2010)
- Celestial Circle (ECM, 2011)
- Flamingo Sky (Stunt, 2014)
- Marilyn Mazur's Shamania (RareNoise, 2019)
As guest
With Lindsay Cooper
- Music from the Gold Diggers (Sync Pulse, 1983)
- Oh Moscow (Victo, 1991)
- Rags & the Golddiggers (ReR, 1991)
With Pierre Dorge
- Pierre Dorge & New Jungle Orchestra (SteepleChase, 1982)
- Brikama (SteepleChase, 1984)
- Even the Moon Is Dancing (SteepleChase, 1985)
- Canoe (Olufsen, 1986)
- Johnny Lives (SteepleChase, 1987)
With Jan Garbarek
- Twelve Moons (ECM, 1993)
- Visible World (ECM, 1996)
- Rites (ECM, 1998)
With Makiko Hirabayashi
- Makiko (Enja, 2006)
- Hide and Seek (Enja, 2009)
- Surely (Yellowbird, 2013)
- Where the Sea Breaks (Yellowbird, 2017)
With others
- Frans Bak, Natsange (Stunt, 1999)
- Jon Balke, Further (ECM, 1994)
- Peter Bastian, Northern Lights (Fonix Musik 1997)
- Harry Beckett & Pierre Dorge, Echoez of... (Olufsen, 1990)
- Kirsten Braten Berg, Stemmenes Skygge (Heilo, 2005)
- Ketil Bjornstad, Floating (Universal/EmArcy, 2005)
- Ketil Bjornstad, La Notte (ECM, 2013)
- Kristian Blak, Antifonale (Tutl, 1987)
- Birgit Bruel, Den Hemmelige Rude (Exlibris, 1985)
- Etta Cameron & Nikolaj Hess, Etta (Stunt, 2009)
- Carsten Dahl, Short Fairytales (EmArcy, 2006)
- Lars Danielsson, European Voices (Dragon, 1995)
- Miles Davis, Aura (Columbia, 1989)
- Gil Evans & Laurent Cugny, Rhythm A Ning (EmArcy, 1988)
- Gil Evans & Laurent Cugny, Golden Hair (EmArcy/Mercury 1989)
- Yelena Eckemoff, Forget-me-not (L&H, 2011)
- Agnes Buen Garnas, Han Rider Den Morke Natt (Via Music 2002)
- Caroline Henderson, Made in Europe (Stunt, 2004)
- Nikolaj Hess, Playin (Music Mecca, 2000)
- Nikolaj Hess, Rhapsody (Cloud, 2016)
- Jan Gunnar Hoff, Fly North (Losen, 2014)
- Robert Irving III, Midnight Dream (Verve Forecast/Polygram 1988)
- Morten Kaersa, Morten Kaersa & Moonjam (Replay, 1987)
- Iver Kleive, Kyrie (Kirkelig Kulturverksted, 1994)
- Peter Kowald, Duos Europa (FMP, 1991)
- Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Gently but Deep (Bhakti, 1996)
- Wolfgang Lackerschmid, Colors (Hot Wire, 1997)
- Michala Petri, Brazilian Landscapes (2017)
- Jean-Michel Pilc, Composing (Storyville, 2015)
- Caecilie Norby, Sisters in Jazz (ACT, 2019)
- Charlie Mariano, Innuendo (Lipstick, 1992)
- Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Uncharted Land (Pladecompagniet, 1992)
- Rena Rama, Rena Rama with Marilyn Mazur (Dragon, 1989)
- Helge Sunde, Denada (ACT, 2006)
- Helge Sunde, Finding Nymo (ACT, 2009)
- Eje Thelin, E.T. Project Live at Nefertiti (Dragon, 1986)
- Trondheim Voices, Improvoicing (MNJ, 2010)
- Hans Ulrik, Strange World (Stunt, 1994)
- Hans Ulrik, Suite of Time (Stunt, 2015)
- Andreas Vollenweider, Dancing with the Lion (Columbia, 1989)
- Andreas Vollenweider, Book of Roses (Columbia, 1991)
- Dhafer Youssef, Divine Shadows (Jazzland, 2006)
- Eberhard Weber, Stages of a Long Journey (ECM, 2007)
References
- ^ a b c "Tanz zwischen den Genres". Badische Zeitung (in German). 12 December 2011. Retrieved 8 November 2015.