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prior to leaving in 2022. He appears on the band's album ''

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Biography

Walden was born in Plainwell, Michigan. He attended Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan, from 1970 to 1972. Walden played with rock bands in Miami, Florida, after he graduated from college. He was a member of the 'second incarnation' of the

from 1974 to 1976, playing drums and providing vocals.

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released his first album, ''Garden of Love Light'', in 1977 with a single that reached the R&B chart. This was followed by ''I Cry I Smile'' and ''The Awakening''. The latter album reached No. 15 on the R&B chart. His singles continued to be popular in R&B during the 1980s. These included a duet with

Patti Austin Patti Austin (born August 10, 1950) is an American R&B, pop, and jazz singer and songwriter. Music career Austin was born in Harlem, New York, to Gordon Austin, a jazz trombonist. She was raised in Bay Shore, New York on Long Island. Quincy ...

and an appearance on the soundtrack for the movie ''Bright Lights, Big City''. He built his studio in 1985 and produced music for

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Angela Bofill Angela Tomasa Bofill (born May 2, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter of Cuban- Puerto Rican origins. A New York native, Bofill began her professional career in the mid-1970s. Bofill is most known for singles such as, "This Time I'll Be Sweete ...

Lisa Fischer Lisa Fischer (born December 1, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter. She found success with her 1991 debut album ''So Intense'', which produced the Grammy Award–winning hit single "How Can I Ease the Pain". She has been a back-up singer ...

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, and

. Walden has been nominated for eight Grammy Awards, winning three: Best R&B Song for "Freeway of Love" (1985); Producer of the Year, Non-Classical (1987); and Album of the Year for ''The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album'' (1993).

Personal life

In 2013, Walden married former Catholic school teacher, Katie Mersereau, at Marin Civic Center, St Rafael, California, United States. The couple have two daughters, Kelly and Kayla and a son, Michael. The pair worked together on Walden's album Evolution, released in 2015, with Katie credited as providing backing vocals on four tracks and writing one song, under her married name, Katie Mersereau-Walden.

Discography

Albums

Singles

Soundtracks

* '' Perfect'' (1985) * ''

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'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1987) * ''

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'' (1987) * '' Bright Lights, Big City'' (1988) * ''

Licence to Kill ''Licence to Kill'' is a 1989 spy film, the sixteenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the second and final film to star Timothy Dalton as the MI6 agent James Bond. It sees Bond suspended from MI6 as he pursues t ...

'' (1989) * '' The Bodyguard'' (1992) * ''

Free Willy ''Free Willy'' is a 1993 American family drama film, directed by Simon Wincer, produced by Lauren Shuler Donner and Jennie Lew Tugend, written by Keith A. Walker and Corey Blechman from a story by Walker and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures ...

'' (1993) * ''

Crooklyn ''Crooklyn'' is a 1994 American semi-autobiographical film produced and directed by Spike Lee and co-written with his sister Joie and brother Cinqué. Occurring in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, during the summer ...

'' (1994) * ''

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'' (1994) * '' The Associate'' (1996) * ''

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'' (1999-2000)

Other collaborations

As drummer

– ''

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'' (1974), '' Visions of the Emerald Beyond'' (1975), ''

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'' (1976) *

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'' (1975) *

– '' My Spanish Heart'' (1976) *

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– ''

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'' (1976) *

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– ''Moonshadows'' (1976) * Nova – ''Vimana'' (1976) *

– '' Velvet Darkness'' (1976) *

– "Come On, Come Over" on ''

'' (1976) *

– "Black Market" and "Cannon Ball" on ''

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'' (1976) * James Mason – ''Rhythm of Life'' (1977) *

– '' Johnny McLaughlin: Electric Guitarist'' (1978) *

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– "Breathless", "NY3", "I've Had Enough of You" on '' Exposure'' (1979) *

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– '' Oneness: Silver Dreams – Golden Reality'' (1979) *

– ''

'' (2022)

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– ''

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'' (1982), '' Sixteen'' (1983) and ''Perfect Combination'' (1984) *

– ''

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– "The Bad CC" (1982) *

– " Too Tough" (1983), "Tonight I Give In" (1983), "I'm on Your Side" (1983) *

– ''

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" (1992) *

– "Kisses in the Moonlight" and "While the City Sleeps" from While the City Sleeps... (1986) *

– "So Far, So Good" (1986) from ''About Last Night'' and ''

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– "How Many" (1986) *

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– " Be There" (1987) *

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– "

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– '' Verge of Love'' (1988) *

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– " Still in Love" (1989) *

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– "

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– "

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– " True Love" (1993) *

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– "

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– "Love Is the Gift" (2000) *

– '' Awesome'' (2001) *

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Narada Walden Interview
NAMM Oral History Library (1986) {{DEFAULTSORT:Walden, Narada Michael 1952 births Living people People from Kalamazoo, Michigan Musicians from Michigan African-American drummers American dance musicians American multi-instrumentalists Record producers from Michigan Grammy Award winners Devotees of Sri Chinmoy Reprise Records artists Weather Report members Mahavishnu Orchestra members 20th-century American drummers American male drummers American rock drummers Rhythm and blues drummers Soul drummers 21st-century American drummers Journey (band) members