Jeff Marder

Jeff Marder has been studying Middle Eastern drumming for about six years and has accompanied dance classes for two years. He first studied with Alex Spurkel, and he is currently a student of Donavon Lerman. He first picked up the doumbek in order to provide basic rhythms for the Dances of Universal Peace during the late 70s and early 80s. At the age of three, his parents bought him his first phonograph, and he learned how to spin (records and himself) at 78, 45, and 33 1/3 rpm. At the age of nine, his mother bought him a Magic Carpet, which he still maintains and uses regularly. He worked over thirty years in Information Technology, and he has had the privilege of seeing his software completely blow up live on CNN. Jeff has been a campus DJ and jazz record reviewer, served as a record monitor for vocalist Jon Hendricks (of Lambert, Hendricks and Ross) at UCLA, and appeared on Nickelodeon’s “Wild and Crazy Kids”. Jeff has attended workshops and played his drum at the California Institute For Women prison.