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Gregg Bendian is an American jazz drummer, percussionist, pianist, and composer. Born in Englewood, New Jersey, he was raised in Fairview and Teaneck. He began studying drums at the age of nine under Gary Van Dyke of the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble. During high school, he composed chamber music and studied with Noel DaCosta, Andrew Cyrille, and Steve McCall. Bendian has collaborated with artists such as Nels Cline, Pat Metheny, Derek Bailey, Peter Brötzmann, Steve Hunt, Gary Lucas, and Cecil Taylor. In 1999, he released "Interstellar Space Revisited" with Nels Cline, a tribute to John Coltrane. In 2000, he collaborated with violinist Jeff Gauthier, bassist Steuart Liebig, and guitarist G. E. Stinson on the album "Bone Structure," released in 2003, which received four stars in DownBeat magazine.
