Marcus Gilmore

Marcus Gilmore is an American jazz drummer, composer and bandleader from Hollis, Queens, New York. He is the grandson of drummer Roy Haynes, who gave him his first drum kit at the age of ten, and the nephew of trumpeter Graham Haynes. Gilmore has toured professionally since he was sixteen and is known for his long work in Vijay Iyer's trio and with Chick Corea, Steve Coleman and Chris Potter. Gilmore studied at the LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts.