Cody Jensen

Bio

Cody Jensen specializes in tonal percussion and drum set. He began playing music for dancers in the Mande tradition of West Africa. After studying djembe and dunduns with master drummer Bolokada Conde for several years, Conde asked him to perform on and produce an album of traditional music on location in Guinea. While there, Jensen took advantage of the opportunity to study balafon with Khaly Camara. Additionally, Jensen studied Balinese traditional music and dance accompaniment with I Ketut Gede Asnawa at the University of Illinois and with I Nyoman Astita in Denpasar, Bali. Currently, he tours with Bones Jugs N Harmony, playing traps, steel drum, xylophone, and rhythm bones.