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Jake Najor

Jake Najor is a drummer who has played on a Grammy Award winning album and has recorded and/or performed with Big Daddy Kane, Empire of the Sun, TV On the Radio, Kelis, Redman, Jason Mraz, the Beatnuts, Mindi Abair, Karl Denson, Weapon of Choice, Bad Credit, Raphael Saadiq, Robert Walter, Incredible Moses Leroy, Breakestra, Connie Price and the Keystones, Joss Stone, Soul of John Black, De La Soul, AJ Croce, Aloe Blacc and more.

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Jake Najor is a drummer who has played on a Grammy Award winning album1 and has recorded and/or performed with Big Daddy Kane, Empire of the Sun, TV On the Radio,2 Kelis,3 Redman, Jason Mraz,4 the Beatnuts, Mindi Abair, Karl Denson, Weapon of Choice, Bad Credit, Raphael Saadiq, Robert Walter,567 Incredible Moses Leroy, Breakestra, Connie Price and the Keystones, Joss Stone, Soul of John Black,8 De La Soul, AJ Croce, Aloe Blacc and more.9

He is the brother of Zak Najor, a founding member of The Greyboy Allstars.

Jake Najor currently plays with his own San Diego Music Award-nominated project Jake Najor and the Moment of Truth10 in addition to being a drummer in The Redwoods.11

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  1. "Local Artists Get Big News on Grammy Night". NBC 7 San Diego. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  2. "Ground Control to Najor, Jake". NBC 7 San Diego. 11 November 2014. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  3. "Kelis cooks, on stage and off". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2014-06-03. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  4. Garin, Nina (2010-04-18). "Taking a spin on musical roller coaster". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  5. "Robert Walter Previews 'Better Feathers' Series With "Or Else" & "Franklin" Ft. Stanton Moore, Craig Brodhead [Listen]". L4LM. 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  6. "Robert Walter Previews 'Better Feathers' Series With "Or Else" & "Franklin" Ft. Stanton Moore, Craig Brodhead [Listen]". L4LM. 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  7. Gin, Matthew Perez (5 July 2021). "Robert Walter Drops First Two Tracks In 'Better Feathers' Digital 45 Series". Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  8. "The Soul Of John Black - Early In The Moanin' Out 2/3". Grateful Web. Retrieved 2021-07-26.
  9. "Jake Najor | Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  10. Evans, Julia Dixon (July 2020). "6 Songs To Discover In San Diego In July". KPBS Public Media. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
  11. Terich, Jeff (8 August 2019). "An Introductory Guide to Redwoods Music". San Diego Magazine. Retrieved 2021-03-22.
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