Английская Википедия:David Mrakpor

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Шаблон:Short description David Mrakpor , born c. 1994, is a London-based multi-instrumentalist, performing on keyboards,[1][2] bass,[3] guitar,[4] drums[5][6] and vibraphone.[7][8]

David Mrakpor is part of Blue Lab Beats, as “Mr DM”[4] and won a Grammy Award in 2022 for music production on Angelique Kidjo's Mother Nature LP (Best Global Music Album).[9][10] They won The Innovation Award at Jazz FM Awards 2022,[11] were nominated for Best Jazz Act at MOBO Awards 2021[12] and are signed to Blue Note Records.[13][14] Single “Pineapple” has been streamed over ten million times on Spotify.[9]

David Mrakpor has released singles under his own name on the Jazz re:freshed label,[15] including “My Life (feat James Coleman)”[16] and “Lonely”.[17] He is credited as a performer or producer with multiple artists including Joe Armon-Jones,[18] Nubya Garcia,[4][19] Moses Boyd,[20] Kojey Radical[4] and Ultra Nate.[21]

Mrakpor began playing musical instruments from the age of three years old[6][13] and as a teenager attended Tomorrow's Warriors[13] and WAC Arts in London, where he met Blue Lab Beats collaborator NK-OK (Namali Kwaten).[4][22][23] Mrakpor gained a degree in Jazz Studies from Middlesex University.[4] He is a regular on London’s “jazz jams” scene, including at Orii Jam[6] and Troy[13] and has headlined shows at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club.[24][25] J Dilla and Milt Jackson are cited as influences,[19][24][1] as well as Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock.[26][27]

Mrakpor plays vibraphone in Brown Penny, a six-piece band led by Mercury-nominated Cassie Kinoshi,[8] and in trumpeter Mark Kavuma’s The Banger Factory,[7] featuring a solo on a track titled “Mrakpor”.[7] He plays keyboards in JD3[1] and in Jon Onabowu Quartet.[2]

The winner of the Live category at the Abbey Road Studios Music Photography Awards in 2022 was John Lyons' photograph of Mrakpor playing drums.[5]

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