Nate Wood
{{short description|American drummer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{BLP primary sources|date=June 2011}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|10|3}}
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| genre = {{hlist|Jazz|jazz fusion}}
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| instrument = {{hlist|Drums|bass guitar|electric guitar|vocals}}
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| associated_acts = Wayne Krantz, Tigran Hamasyan, Kneebody, Donny McCaslin, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, Knower, Louis Cole
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Nate Wood (born October 3, 1979) is an American jazz multi-instrumentalist. He has performed with Wayne Krantz, Kneebody, Tigran Hamasyan, Louis Cole, The Calling, and Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders.
Background
Nate learned to play drums, bass, guitar, and saxophone, and attended the California Institute of the Arts for bass and drums, studying with Charlie Haden and Joe LaBarbera. He also attended LAMA College for Music Professionals for drums, where he studied under Ralph Humphrey and Joe Porcaro. After graduating, he played with Kneebody on their first gigs, and then toured with The Calling in support of their debut album. Afterwards, he recorded and played every instrument on his debut album, and in addition to his work with Kneebody, toured and performed with artists such as George Harrison, Chaka Khan, Sting, Wayne Krantz, Donny McCaslin, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, the Ed Fry Band, and Snarky Puppy.
Discography
=As a leader=
- Reliving (2003)
- Fall (2007)
- Another Time (2014)
- fOUR (2018)
With Kneebody
- Wendel (2002)
- Kneebody (2005)
- Low Electrical Worker (2007)
- Kneebody Live: Volume One (2007)
- Twelve Songs By Charles Ives (2009) {{small|(with Theo Bleckmann)}}
- Kneebody Live: Volume Two: Live in Italy (2009)
- You Can Have Your Moment (2010)
- Kneebody Live: Volume Three: Live in Paris (2011)
- The Line (2013)
- Kneedelus (2015) {{small|(with Daedelus)}}
- Anti-Hero (2017)
- By Fire (2019)
- Chapters (2019)
- Live at Le Crescent (2022)
- Reach (2025)
With ACT - Ben Wendel, Harish Raghavan, & Nate Wood
- ACT (2009)
- ACT II (2015)
=As a sideman=
With Wayne Krantz
- Good Piranha / Bad Piranha (2014)
With Tigran Hamasyan
- Red Hail (2009)
- Shadow Theater (2012)
- The Bird of a Thousand Voices (2024)
With Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders
- Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders (2006)
- Red Light Fever (2010)
With The Calling
- Camino Palmero (2001)
References
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External links
- [http://www.natewoodmusic.net Official Site]
- [http://idhitthatpodcast.podomatic.com/entry/2015-03-22T14_45_53-07_00 2015 Audio Interview with Nate Wood from the I'd Hit That Podcast]
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:California Institute of the Arts alumni
Category:American jazz drummers
Category:Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders members