Jonah David (born October 30, 1977) is a drummer/percussionist who has performed and recorded with a wide variety of musicians including

Matisyahu Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his stage name Matisyahu (; ), is an American singer, rapper, beatboxer, and musician. Known for blending spiritual themes with reggae, rock and hip hop beatboxing sounds, Matisyahu's 2005 sin ...

, Costello, Roots Tonic, Josh Werner,

Bill Laswell William Otis Laswell (born February 12, 1955) is an American bass guitarist, record producer, and record label owner. He has been involved in thousands of recordings with many collaborators from all over the world. His music draws from funk, wo ...

, Braindance, Joshua Nelson, King Django and the Brooklyn Funk Essentials.

Personal life

Born October 30, 1977, Jonah grew up in

South Orange, New Jersey South Orange is a historic suburban Village (New Jersey), village located in Essex County, New Jersey. It was formally known as the Township of South Orange Village from October 1978 until April 25, 2024. As of the 2020 United States census, ...

, and was introduced to music at an early age by his father. He attended

Columbia High School Columbia High School may refer to: *Columbia High School (Huntsville, Alabama) *Columbia High School (Georgia) *Columbia High School (Florida) *Columbia High School (Idaho) *Columbia High School (Illinois) *Columbia High School (Mississippi), a Mis ...

and continued his music education at Rutgers–Newark, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and Drummers Collective. Jonah also studied at the Mason Gross School of Performing Arts and Musicians Institute.Ramirez, Billy. "Beat Is in the Heart", ''Drum Magazine'' #123 pp.47-49, September 2006

Career

David started his career at Hopewell Baptist Church in

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, playing and recording with Joshua Nelson from 1993 to 2005. He began touring extensively with

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...

bands in New Jersey and in 2000 toured the US with King Django, and Europe with the Brooklyn Funk Essentials. While at The New School he met Josh Werner and Aaron Dugan to form Roots Tonic in 2004, the original backing band for Matisyahu until 2007. Prior to forming Roots Tonic, Jonah and Josh Werner played together supporting MC's and spoken-word poets at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe as well as break dancers with the band Butta. During this time, Roots Tonic recorded four albums and one live DVD which include two RIAA-certified gold records with Matisyahu: ''Live At Stubb's'' and ''Youth'', and one record with Bill Laswell, Roots Tonic Meets Bill Laswell. In February 2010 Jonah enlisted in the United States Navy Music Program and is currently a Petty Officer First Class Musician (MU1). To date, Jonah has been awarded the National Defense medal, Global War on Terrorism medal, and the Navy Pistol Marksmanship ribbon.

Endorsements

David endorses Sabian cymbals, DW drums and hardware,

Vic Firth Everett Joseph "Vic" Firth (June 2, 1930 – July 26, 2015) was an American musician and the founder of Vic Firth Company (formerly Vic Firth, Inc.), a company that makes percussion sticks and mallets. He was also known for his association ...

sticks, Evans heads, Audix microphones and Factory Metal percussion.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:David, Jonah 1977 births Living people Columbia High School (New Jersey) alumni People from South Orange, New Jersey American percussionists

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