Chris Stromquist

Chris Stromquist is a New York based drummer and percussionist with wide- ranging experience in Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, Balkan, Jazz and experimental music. Since 2002 he has been a member of the Seattle-based ex- Yugoslavian Folk/Punk band Kultur Shock, writing and recording three albums with the band and performing regularly throughout North America and Europe. Chris is also a member of the New York-based Balkan brass band Slavic Soul Party!, the Puerto Rican collective Zemog El Gallo Bueno and the Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums. His work has appeared on over 40 albums of music in styles ranging from popular and classical to jazz and world music. Chris has performed and/or recorded with the following artists: Kultur Shock, Slavic Soul Party!, Zemog El Gallo Bueno, Jovino Santos Neto, Jack Endino, Mike Marshall, Billy Gould, Bob Power, Andrea Wittgens, Cee-Lo Green, Amy Denio, Jessica Lurie, Jonathan Kingham, Richard Egues, Michael Spiro, Roberto Borrell, Swampdweller, More Zero, Quasi Nada, Forgotten Sol, Amy Stolzenbach, Sonando, Glorious, Two Loons for Tea, Matt Brown, Nathan Spicer Trio, Orchestra Zarabanda, Alex Oana, Geoff Stanfield, Hans York, Eric Anders, Erik Brandt & the Urban Hillbilly Quartet, Kym Tuvim, Eric Goetz, Mycle Wastman