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Marilyn Mazur is a Danish jazz percussionist, composer, and bandleader. She is known for her work with Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, and Jan Garbarek, among others. She has released several albums as a leader, including the Grammy-nominated Elixir (1995). Mazur was born in New York City in 1955 to a Danish mother and an American father. She began playing drums at the age of five and studied classical percussion at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen. She has since become one of the most sought-after percussionists in jazz, playing with a wide range of artists including Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter, Jan Garbarek, and Herbie Hancock. Mazur has released several albums as a leader, including the Grammy-nominated Elixir (1995). She has also composed music for film and television, including the score for the Danish film, The Island on Bird Street (1997). Mazur is currently based in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is married to Danish jazz saxophonist and composer, John Tchicai. She has two children.

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Occupation Musician
Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 18 January, 1955
Birthday 18 January
Birthplace New York City
Nationality United States

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1989

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.

1955

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.