"What About That!" Composed by Mark Walker (Fliposphere Music BMI), recorded by Paquito D'Rivera Quintet? on the album "Funk Tango." This album won a Grammy for "Best Latin Jazz Album" in 2008.

Funk Tango

What About That!

Welcome to my SoundCloud page. This is a mess of original compositions, recordings, trumpet solos, rough drafts/works in progress, midi mockups, electroacoustic experiments, and educational materials/exercises I developed over the years. They’re posted in no particular order and cover several genres including jazz, classical, funk, orchestral, rock, drum 'n' bass, fusion, Latin, R&B, metal, country, world, and electronica. Hope you enjoy. 
- Vivek

www.vivekpatelmusic.com/






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Davide Tammaro is an Italian composer and guitarist whose work blends innovation and tradition. His music is diverse, ranging from classical orchestral and chamber pieces to jazz and contemporary compositions.

In 2022, his orchestral work Tempus was chosen as mandatory contemporary piece for the renown conducting competition Premio Cantelli. The work, published by Edizioni Sconfinarte, was premiered during the XII Premio Cantelli in Italy by the Orchestra of Teatro Regio of Turin with Maurice Cohn as a conductor.
Winner of the 2019 Premio Musica Nova - International composition competition with his String Quartet No.1, Davide’s works have been performed and/or selected as finalist at several international competitions and calls for scores such the 2019 HighScore Festival, the XIII International composition competition citta’ di Udine and Sinestesia tra le arti competition, in Italy, the STB composition competition 2020, in Austria, the KLK musica per archi composition competition 2020 in Ukraine and the 2021/22 Iceberg New Music in New York. 

Davide’s music has been performed in Europe and the USA by Orchestra of Teatro Regio of Turin, Hub New Music, BEO String Quartet, Quartetto Indaco, the North South Chamber Orchestra of New York, the Mostly Modern Orchestra and Ensemble and the KLK String Orchestra of Lviv, among others.
A fellowship recipient from the 2023 Mostly Modern Festival, Davide’s music has been performed at the Connecticut Summer Fest, Charlotte New Music Festival, The Festival 5 giornate in Milan, High Score Festival, to name a few. His music appears on records by Cosimo Carovani (Ad Antiqua) and Giovanni Albini (A Contemporary Ukulele) both published by Da Vinci Publishing.

Experience as a guitarist include the release of a jazz-rock album, Ghosts, recorded in New York in 2014 with his own quartet as well as touring with indie rock artists across the U.S and performing at venues such as The House of Blues, SXSW festival in Austin, TX and Americanafest in Nashville, TN, among others.

Before pursuing a master in Composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, Davide studied Classical Guitar at the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples. From 2008 to 2021 Davide lived in the USA where he first graduated from Berklee College of Music and then moved to New York, where he studied composition with American composer Justin Dello Joio.
Additionally, Davide participated in many festivals and masterclasses meeting and learning from some of the most respected composers in the USA and Europe.

https://www.davidetammaro.com/

Grammy award winning drummer/percussionist/composer Mark Walker started his career in Chicago, playing in a variety of settings and becoming a first-call session musician before moving to New York in 1995. 

 Since then, he has worked extensively with Paquito D'Rivera, Oregon, Michel Camilo, Lyle Mays, Andy Narell, Patricia Barber and the Caribbean Jazz Project.  He has also toured and/or recorded with Eliane Elias, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Ivan Lins, Rosa Passos, Arturo Sandoval, Sakesho, Jovino Santos Neto, Lord Relator, the Trinidad All Stars and Diane Schuur.

He has been teaching labs and private lessons at Berklee since 2001 and has recently been appointed professor of percussion.  He is the author of a forthcoming instructional book entitled "World Jazz Drumming" (Berklee Press/Hal Leonard).  He has played on five Grammy award winning records, and was nominated for best instrumental composition in 2008 for his tune "Deep Six".  He now lives in the Boston Metrowest area, teaching, recording and touring.  

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On this page: radio interviews, tunes of my jazz friends, public domain jazz tunes, and also reposts of goldies

What About That!

Mark Walker, Drummer/Composer