Zach Brock was born on August 2,1974 and is an American jazz violinist and composer.
11 Facts About Zach Brock
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Zach Brock has been a member of Snarky Puppy since 2007 and has worked with Stanley Clarke, Phil Markowitz, and Dave Liebman, as well as leading his own groups.
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Zach Brock's education began early with Montessori School, and he started learning violin through the Suzuki method.
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Zach Brock graduated from Bryan Station High School in 1992 before attending Northwestern University's Bienen School of Music where he majored in Violin Performance as pupil of Dr Myron Kartman.
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Zach Brock suffered compound-complex fractures of the femur, fibula, and tibia of his left leg, with the patella shattered into eight pieces.
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However, while Northwestern did not then offer a course of study for jazz violin, Zach Brock was allowed to audit jazz classes while completing his degree.
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Zach Brock began performing professionally and recording while still a student at Northwestern, His first recordings were with the band Spazztet which featured guitarist Aaron Weistrop.
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Around 2008 Zach Brock became a member of two different bands with which he continues to be associated.
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Zach Brock has recorded with Matt Ulery's Loom based in Chicago on seven albums.
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Zach Brock was on three albums with Snarky Puppy, then working in and from Dallas and on the verge of international stardom.
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Zach Brock departed Snarky Puppy in 2011 for other projects, including touring with Stanley Clarke, but he returned to the band in 2016 and continues to be one of now Brooklyn-based band's most frequent performers, including on two of the band's Grammy Award winning albums.