Mari West

A Female Funk Drummer

I'm a female drummer. I come from Funk, R&B, Hip-Hop. I've been playing drums over 15 years all over San Francisco & Bay area with so many groups. I also started playing Gospel last 2 years when I was there. I just moved to Brooklyn, NY a year and half ago. I'm still studying Gospel but I started studying Jazz lately with meeting many good Jazz musicians in NYC and after I listened Mickey Tucker the greatest pianist, he made me want to study Jazz more. I can play most any kinds of music but you can check my background from Myspace. myspace : http://www.myspace.com/designermari Drum Network : thedrumnetwork.ning.com/profile/MariWest About Gospel, I worked with Reverend Deborah L. Johnson who's a president of Inner Light Ministries and played Monterey Jazz Festival with her choirs and also played with choirs from Rev. Cecil Williams, Glide Church in San Francisco, CA and many more. Especially I play new style of Gospel like Kirk Franklin, Israel Houghton & New Breed, John.P.Kee and Fred Hammond stuff like that and I'm crazy about TONEX's music now.