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Carola Grey, bornCarola Gschrey (born August 5, 1968,Munich) is a Germanjazz drummer and composer.
Grey studied piano as a child, but switched to drums as a teenager after hearing the recordings ofGene Krupa.[1] She attended theHochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln starting in 1989; In 1991-1992, she took a break from study to travel to New York City, where she worked withCraig Handy andRon McClure on her debut recording as a leader. In 1994, she obtained a master's degree in jazz percussion performance from the Hochschule.[1] She then returned to New York to study jazz atParsons College; her second album as a leader was issued in 1994, which includedRavi Coltrane andMike Stern as sidemen. In 1995 she moved back toMunich and issued a third album.