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Achiri Karl Haas
Achiri Karl Haas is a percussionist, ethnomusicologist, and teacher splitting his time between Boston, MA and his adopted home of Burlington, VT. His music is a continuous search for truth, peace, and communion, and each performance the...
Adam Rudolph
Originally from Chicago, composer and handrummer/percussionist Adam Rudolph has, for the past three decades, appeared at festivals and concerts throughout North & South America, Europe, Africa, and Japan, In 1988 Rudolph began his...
Adriano Adewale
Throw aside preconceived musical prejudices, abandon all attempts to catalogue: a rich chemistry of cultural influences is at work in when the Adriano Adewale Group stop onto the stage. Rooted in the musical traditions of Nigeria, Angola...
Airto Moreira
Airto Moreira made an immediate impact on the American jazz scene by being the first Brazilian percussionist to be playing a lot of different instruments at the same time. He brought them all together with an avant-garde,...Akeem Wilson
I first discovered jazz while incarcerated in Cook County Jail in 1982. During my time there, I learned the intricate rhythms of Brazil, Africa and Pango Pango. After my release I hung out in Bronzeville listening to Bop and Big Band...
Alex Acuña
Alex Acuña was born on December 12, 1944 in Pativilca, Peru - a small coastal village 100 miles north of the capital city of Lima, Peru. His real name is Alexjandro Neciosup Acuña. A self-educated musician, he was inspired by his father...
Alex Garcia
Formed at SIR studios in New York City in November 23rd, 1997 by Chilean-Cuban drummer and composer Alejandro “Alex” Garc-a, AfroMantra has been renowned for combining rich harmonies with the powerful rhythms and flavors of North and...Alonso Gonzalez
Colombian Artist Alonso Gonzalez started playing percussion at the age of 11 when he and couple of school friends set up a band, Energia Latina in Cartagena, Colombia. His love for Latin rhythms continued and he took classes from the...Andre Martinez
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Andrea Centazzo
During his artistic career that spans over 30 years, composer, conductor, percussionist and video artist Andrea Centazzo has given more than 1500 concerts and live performances in Europe and the United States, as well as appeared and...
Andy Narell
Andy Narell has spent more than a quarter century exploring the subtleties and complexities of steel pan and grafting them to the jazz idiom. He's one of only a small handful of steel pan players in the world who are playing jazz, and...
Angel Cachete Maldonado
Master percussionist Cachete Maldonado’s contribution to the recognition and advancement of Afro- Caribbean music has garnered him well deserved celebrity status. The 2010 release of “Rumba Boricua Campesina,” (Bata Records) with...
Anthony Brown
Percussionist, composer, ethnomusicologist, educator and Smithsonian Associate Scholar Dr. Anthony Brown is a seminal figure in the contemporary California creative music scene, directing the Asian American Orchestra in addition to...Antonio Gentile
BIOGRAPHY Antonio Gentile born in Florence on April, 6th, 1961 and starts to play percussion at the age of 16. He starts to study Afrocuban percussion together with Karl Potter. He studies music theory with Bruno Tommaso and starts playing...
Arkady Gotesman
Arkady Gotesman is one of the most versatile Lithuanian drummers. In addition to playing jazz, the percussionist performs contemporary academic music, writes scenarios for performances and installations, composes, records and performs...
Arto Tuncboyaciyan
Arto Tunçboyaciyan, percussionist and singer, was born in Turkey in 1957 of Armenian descent of the Anatolian root.One of his greatest influences of music and life was his brother Onno, musician himself, who encouraged Arto...
Arturo Stable
"Versatility, good taste, sense of the right volume, timing, and compositional skills are rare attributes to most contemporary percussionists. Arturo Stable has got those and much more." —Paquito D'Rivera The winds of change are...
Baoku Moses
The Baoku Moses Image Afro-Beat Band is a unique, dynamic and energetic band. Founded in 2005 by front-man Baoku Moses. This Cincinnati based band is comprised of talented musicians who come from a world-wide influence of music...Baye Kouyate
A Griot or Jali is a West African Poet, praise singer, and wandering musician, considered a repository of oral tradition. The Griot in Mande society was as a historian, advisor, arbitrator, praise singer, and storyteller. Essentially,...
Bengt Berger
Special Musician Bengt Berger was born in 1942. Started playing drums at age 20. Studied tablas and pakhawaj for late Pandith Taranath since 1964. Studied mridangam for late Vindwan P.S. Devarajan since 1968. Has accompanied major Indian...
Bill Marconi
Since completing a Masters of Music in Percussion Performance Bill has persued a wide range of performing experiences including: The Jimmy Bruno Trio, The L.A.Jazz Workshop Big Band, Trio Nova, The Magic Casino Orchestra (Zurich)and...
Bill Summers
Los Hombres Calientes: Irvin Mayfield & Bill Summers Vol. 4: Vodou Dance Los Hombres Calientes is more than a collective of musicians. Los Hombres Calientes is a mission--a musical, cultural and historical mission founded on and bound...Bob Sterling
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Bobby Matos
Bronx born Bobby Matos began playing music beating on pots and pans in Grandma’s apartment and went on to backstage informal lessons with conga drum masters Patato Valdez and Mongo Santamaria; and then on to composition and arranging...
Bobby Sanabria
Bobby Sanabria - drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, recording artist, producer, educator and multiple Grammy nominee - has performed with a veritable Who's Who in the world of jazz and Latin music, as well as with his own...Bonga Jean Baptiste
Gaston Jean-Baptiste, known as "Bonga", is a musical virtuoso who has been performing and studying traditional Haitian drum, dance and song since the age of seven. He began playing drums in his family's peristil in his hometown of...
Bopa King Carré
Bopa King Carre is a deeply spiritual and intuitive creator with much more life experience than his age would imply. He is an extremely versatile and eclectic drummer, master percussionist, improviser, composer, arranger, actor, teacher...Carlos "Carly" Maldonado
Percussionist,Composer &Arranger.Born in Puerto Rico;He is a rare multi talented percussionist that can play in any musical setting jazz,popular or symphonic. He can be one day playing conga next day tympani or jazz vibes this God given...
Carlos Salazar
Carlos, A man who devotes himself entirely to his music and Afro-Cuban roots. A man known for his humbleness and musical discipline. Born and raised in Havana, Cuba, Carlos discovered his love and passion for percussion at a very young...Celio Vasconcellos
Celio Vasconcellos is a versatile percussionist and composer. His work is unique in the sense that his performances and recordings (www.soundclick.com/celiovasconcellos) achieve a high level of expression, with the deployment of real time...Chembo Corniel
Wilson “Chembo” Corniel studied music at The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts in New York City, Pastore Music in New Jersey, and also attended La Escuela National de Arte (ENA) in Havana, Cuba in 1997 and 1999 under the...
Chen Zimbalista
Percussionist Chen Zimbalista is a force of nature. Exhibiting preternatural musical skills since he was a child, this Israeli-born performer has gone on to master over 40 exotic instruments from dozens of countries, and has proven himself...Chino Nunez
PONME A GOZAR! Put me to swing is the welcome tune on his website www.chinonunez.com. Most appropriate, considering his insatiable appetite and passion for music as a gifted veteran of the industry. There are too many adjectives to...Chris Dadge
Began playing the drums as a youth in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. By high school, interest in jazz and improvised musics started to flower. Played in rock bands and jazz groups with friends, made albums, played a few shows. Studied jazz in...Christopher Arpad
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PROFILE Professional musician since 1981 performing primarily on drumset - the original contraption, throughout the 1980's to the present then percussion of North and South India, including tabla, ghatam, and kanjira with various...
Cleve Pozar
Cleve Pozar is a percussionist and composer living in Brooklyn, NY. Born Robert F. Pozar in 1941, he is schooled in wide breadth of musical styles, including Afro-Cuban, Latin, jazz, free improvisation, classical, avant-garde, funk,...
Cooper-Moore
Cooper-Moore is a composer-improviser, instrumentalist, designer and builder of musical instruments, and music educator, living and working in New York City. A native of the Piedmont area of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia,...
Craig Russo
Craig Russo has performed as a Latin percussionist and drumset artist for twenty years in the Midwest and Northeast. In addition to his strong jazz background, Craig has a special interest in Afro-Cuban music styles. He has traveled...Cristian Velez
Cristian Velez was born in 1979 in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. By the time he was 11 years old he start playing percussion, guitar, trumpet and bass. At 16 he became a professional musician, playing percussion, drums, and singing in local...
Cyro Baptista
Since arriving in the U.S. in 1980 from his native country Brazil, Cyro Baptista has emerged as one of the premier percussionists in the country. Coinciding with the rise in the public’s interest of world music, Cyro has managed to...
D. E. Chung
A California native, this producer, songwriter, percussionist grew up listening to a very eclectic mix of music,from Johnny Cash to P-Funk. He began playing percussion in High School and soon became the hand drummer for the Afro-Haitian...
Dan Walzer
Shine is the debut album from jazz composer Dan Walzer. Recorded between 2006-2009 at the Audio Booth in Nashville, it features the stellar production work of Mark Allen with additional contributions from Walzer as well. Guest musicians...
Daniel Sadownick
Daniel Sadownick - Percussionist, has just released his brand new debut album There Will Be a Day on IN TIME RECORDS! Daniel Sadownick who has recorded and toured with the The Roots, {{Al Green = 16841}}, {{Steely Dan = 16676}},...David K. Freeman
A New Jersey native, David grew up in the suburbs just minutes from New York City. He is open minded, positive, focused and free spirited and these characteristics are reflected in his work. David, musical from childhood, began his...
David Langlois
David Langlois was born in Paris, France, where he took up the drum set at age fifteen. A year later, he began his training with Johnny Stadler, At 21, he was hired as a full time musician to play the washboard and the drum set, it...David Silliman
Drummer and percussionist, David Silliman's middle name should be versatility. Whether accompanying song stylists such as Mariah Carey, Cassandra Wilson, and Blossom Dearie or playing with Colombian Harpist Edmar Castaneda, David’s...
Deepak Mehta (Tabla exponent)
A brilliant TABLA virtuoso from Delhi Gharana young & Dynamic Yuva Ratna DEEPAK MEHTA (28.05.1982) does not belong to a family of musicians. Initially trained under his own God Gifted Talent spotted by his class teacher at the age of six....
Djinn Carl Lewis
Trained as a Classical vocalist at the prestigious Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NY, Carl performed with them in venues such as Philharmonic Hall, Carnegie Hall, Rockefeller Center, et al. After graduating from the Cathedral he sang...Dom Um Romao
Dom Um Romao - percussion (1925 - 2005) A legendary name in bossa nova, and one of the premier drummers who introduced Brazilian percussion and rhythms into jazz, Dom Um Romão began his career playing drums at balls and cabarets in...
Don Alias
Charles Donald Alias, Sr., son of Eugene Alias and Violet Richardson, was born on December 25, 1939 in Harlem, New York. Don received his education in Boston where he met and wedded Paulette Wilson. From this union two beautiful children...
Don Littleton
An accomplished and much sought after percussionist, Don Littleton has mastered an enticing array of percussion instruments. Though especially proficient in all styles of jazz, his gift has uniquely endowed him with the finesse and...
Douglass Bratt
Chicago area percussionist and educator, Douglass Bratt has performed at the Jazz à Vienne, North Sea and Montreux Jazz Festivals as well as noted Chicago venues such as the Green Mill, Pops for Champagne and Jazz Showcase. He has...Ed Hartman
Ed Hartman scores percussive, orchestral, jazz, pop, rock, Latin, world and electronic music. Ed Hartman is a composer in Seattle, Washington, with a widely varied musical background. Ed's recording facility includes a very large array...
Efrain Toro
Efrain Toro is recognized as one of the finest and most complete all round percussionists in the world. Efrain began his musical career in his native Puerto Rico. Although he started on the drum kit, he very soon began to work with...Ensemble FisFüz
Oriental Jazz - The Ensemble FisFüz was established in 1995 in Freiburg/Breisgau by Murat Coşkun and Annette Maye. They initially began as as duet with darbuka and clarinet, played folk songs and dances from Turkey as well as...
Eric Frazier
Eric Frazier was born in Harlem, New York City, New York. He was raised in Brooklyn, New York in a family of eight children. He had ran track and road races for most of his life and gradually devoted more attention to a second love, the...
Felix Higginbottom
Felix Higginbottom Percussionist/Drummer/MD. A young up-and-coming musician with an uncommonly strong background in a broad range of music (also playing the cello, bass guitar, piano, and singing). In 2007 He won the BBC Young Musicians...
Felix Langford
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Born in The State of Wisconsin (USA)* and raised in The City of Milwaukee....Home of The Brewers/Bucks/Badgers,The Green Bay Packers *(Go Pack Go!!)*,The Miller Brewing Co. and Harley-Davidson Motorcycles on October 29th,1955....SSP...Felle Vega
Fellé Vega, is a well respected Dominican artist; percussionist native of Santiago De Los Caballeros who defines himself as an “Imaginary Folklorist.” Percussionist, composer, inventor, instrument designer, who over the course of...Flandrew Fleisenberg
Equally adept with hammer, saw, trash can, pots and pans, or what have you, he can make you think, or muse, by knocking on a table, or banging a stick against a window.Frank Colon
Frank Coln is a specialist in Latin-Caribbean, Brazilian and Asian percussion instruments including congas, bongos, timbales, bata drums, shekere, cuica, berimbau, and tabla drums, among others. He was born in Georgetown, Washington,...
G's Way
G's Way is a french project created and led by Gérald "GG" Bonnegrace, composer and musician. In this first album, GG has explored all his musical influences like Ray Baretto, Eumir Deodato, Fela Kuti, Grover Washington Jr and many...
Gerry Hemingway
Gerry Hemingway, Composer/Percussionist, has been at the forefront of creative improvised music for three decades. He was born in 1955 in New Haven, Conn., to a family with musical interests (his grandmother had been a concert pianist and...Glenn Weyant
... New directions in taking it further... Seven Transharmonic Explorations In Multitonal Omnivibrationalism: Volume Six About this recording: Application of intuitive-now reactions and chance processes developed in...
Gloria Parker
Gloria Parker "Princess of the Marimba" has spent a lifetime creating and performing music to the delight of people of all ages. A consumate entertainer and musician, Gloria fronted several bands including the all-girl band, "Gloria Parker...
Gordon Hazlewood
Gordon was born in Guyana, where the culture and influences were more Caribbean than South American despite its geographical location. This explains the proliferation in Guyana of the Trinidadian invented and styled steel band or steel...Gustavo Aguilar
Gustavo Aguilar, percussionist, composer, and improviser, has been honing his craft as a music artisan for almost two decades. His commitment to combining pre-composed (notated) and present-composed (improvised) musical elements has...
Hamid Drake
b. 3 August 1955, Monroe, Louisiana, USA. Hamid Drake studied drums extensively, including eastern and Caribbean styles. In 1974 he began what was to be a long-term musical relationship with Fred Anderson. In the late 70s, Anderson...
Harold E. Smith
As a multitalented musician, Harold E. Smith makes music out of anything he picks up. He plays drums, wind and percussion instruments from every continent, gongs, whistles, flutes and the traditional Australian Didjeridoo. In the jazz...Harold Santiago
Born in Puerto Rico,..now living in Florida...retired fron the navy..have play percussion intruments in folklor music and espiritual music...have recording experience...like latin jazz music..
Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez
Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez - percussion 'El Negro' Hernandez was said to be the most talented and innovative percussionist in the world, even before being awarded a Grammy in 1997. Whether performing with jazz-legends like McCoy...
Humanfolk
HUMANFOLK is a world music project between Johnny Alegre (guitar, vocals, percussion, piano), Susie Ibarra (kulintang, drums, percussion, voices) and her husband, Roberto Juan Rodriguez (drums, percussion), together with Cynthia...
Ian Dogole
Born in 1955 in Philadelphia, PA, Ian Dogole began his musical journey at age four, studying piano and then switched to guitar at age seven. After growing up on soul and rock music, Ian discovered Jazz, especially Miles Davis, John...Janine Santana Latin Jazz
Conceptualized, organized, led and driven by Janine Santana, the Janine Santana band is a collaboration of rotating Jazz, Funk and Latin Jazz artists nationally and in the Denver area, all of whom are luminary! With many years of...Jérôme Calciné
Percussions are the cores of music because they recall us to the genesis of sound: the heartbeat. If historians had to define what were the first musical devices ever created, the human voice would be the answer but percussion instruments...
Jeff Arnal
“Percussionist Jeff Arnal’s balletic sense of time and imaginative deployment of colour have combined into a highly original concept." (The Wire) Jeff Arnal frequently performs and collaborates with a wide range of musicians and...
Jeffrey Witherell
Hailing from Portland, ME, Jeffrey K. Witherell is a unique and fearless artist that is stretching and breaking the boundaries of jazz and contemporary music. His music can be described as a musique concrete/avant garde jazz crossover....
Jemal Ramirez
Jemal Ramirez has studied music with Greg Christiansen, Greg D'Augeli, Greg Hutchinson, Victoria Neve, Monica Nguyen, David Xiques, Reggie Workman, Benny Green, Matt Clark, Howard Wiley, David Ewell, David Brigham, Vivian Boudreaux, Kevin...
Jerry Granelli
The past decades have been good to Jerry Granelli. Jazz Times magazine calls Granelli “one of those uncategorizable veteran percussionists who's done it all.” A Canadian citizen since 1999, Granelli burns with an intensity fuelled by...
Jerry Leake
Jerry Leake is co-founder of the acclaimed world-music ensemble Natraj, whose four recordings feature his diverse percussion talents. He also co-founded and performs with Club d'Elf, R.A.R.E, Moksha, BodyGrooves, Aardvark Jazz Orchestra,...
Jim Munoz and Mambop
Mambo and Be-Bop, the pulsing rhythms that make up the music of Jim Munoz's MAMBOP Latin Jazz Band is an exciting combination of driving Cuban and Puerto Rican Mambos and American Bebop Jazz as well as "Salsa Dura" Hard Salsa. MAMBOP's...Jim Pugliese
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John Santos
Five-time GRAMMY nominated percussionist, educator, producer, composer, John Santos, is one of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today. He is known for his innovative use of traditional forms and instruments in...John Tritz
Born in Lexington, KY, raised in Burlington, IA, twenty years in Chicago, IL, various other locaions until retirement. Currently living in Albuquerque, NM...... more later...........
Jose Madera
Born in New York City, son of Jose "Pin" Madera, who was the first arranger for the Machito Orchestra, Jose spent 31 years with the Tito Puente Orchestra. While there, he served as a percussionist and later went on to become a musical...
Jose Rosa
Born and raised in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Jose has been performing on percussion instruments since he was five years old. At age 11, he started formal music lessons with Professor Jose “Tito” Rivera at the Escuela Libre De Musica de...Joshua Manchester
Josh believes in the power of music to express the inexpressible, and places great trust in a spirit of experimentalism and continual discovery to fulfill his vision of bettering the human mind. Joshua Manchester is an innovative...Julian Gerstin
Julian specializes in the traditional styles of Cuba, Martinique, Ghana ... and experimental jazz. Since moving to Vermont in 2006, Julian has co-founded the jazz-Mideastern-Caribbean ensemble As Yet Quintet, founded the Caribbean jazz...
Kahil El'Zabar
Internationally renowned percussionist and composer Kahil El'Zabar is considered one of the most prolific jazz innovators of his generation. Indeed El'Zabar is a true "Renaissance Man," with a musical style and content that flows from...Keith Flint
Flint is a percussionist specializing in congas, djembe, and assorted hand percussion (guiro, cabasa, shakere, maracas, claves, bells, hooves, hubcaps, rebar, etcetera). He also plays harmonica, and he'll occasionally bring out his...Kevin Diehl
Kevin Diehl is a musician/composer whose work centers on extending traditional folk forms to modern contexts. He has immersed himself modern compositions rooted in folk forms, yoruba cultural music, american jazz, Afro Cuban spiritual and...
Kevin Norton
Kevin Norton was born in Brooklyn and raised in Staten Island, NY. The composer/percussionist came to jazz in an unlikely setting but befriended drummer and fellow record collector Kenny Washington as a teenager. Studies at Hunter College...KLah Jackson
Still in the making!Langlois
David Langlois was born in Paris, France, where he took up the drum set at age fifteen. A year later, he began his training with Johnny Stadler, professional jazz drummer, well known for his appearances on Swiss television, radios and for...
Larry Bunker
Jazz drummer Larry Bunker, was an in demand jazz percussionist. He played with many of the jazz greats of the past century.American jazz drummer, vibraphonist, and percussionist, he also played timpani with the Los Angeles Philharmonic...Larry Lawless
Larry Lawless, founder of the Lawless Percussion and Jazz Ensemble, has been involved in music education for 30 years, as a high school and junior high band director, private lesson teacher, clinician, drum and bugle corps caption head,...Larry Marc-Aurele
Live Performances (Partial list) In 1974, Larry Marc-Aurele and Kenny Simmons co-founded Daybreak a top 40 and original band, playing the tri-state area and touring the east coast. Jazz, disco, pop, and funk were all styles mastered by...
Leopoldo F. Fleming
NEW CD RELEASE: Leopoldo F. Fleming & Christian Gonsior: TRATO COMÚN,Leopoldo F. Fleming, perc; Christian Gonsior, sx/fl; Dinah Vero, p; Joel...
Louie Cruz Beltran
Louie Cruz Beltran has crafted a musical career built upon the soulful sounds of his ethnic background and flavored with the edge of contemporary R&B, Jazz and Pop. Steeped in music from early childhood, Beltran's first memories recall his...
Manny Oquendo
Manny Oquendo - timbales, latin percussionist Latin Bandleader Manny Oquendo, is a veteran of the days when Latin bands crowded into a studio to polish off a recording in an all-night session. Oquendo’s musical education consisted...Mansur Scott
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Marilyn Mazur
Marilyn Mazur was born in New York in 1955. She has been living in Denmark since age six. As a child and teenager she played classical piano and danced ballet. She started her musical career as a dancer with Creative Dance Theatre in...
Markus Schwartz
Born in Copenhagen Denmark, percussionist Markus Schwartz grew up in an American household surrounded by jazz, and has devoted the last twenty years to learning the wealth and complexity of traditional Haitian drum music. Moving in and...Marvin Diz
Marvin's inclination to music developed very early in life. Born in Centro Habana, La Habana Cuba, on July 24th of 1976, he grew in a family environment enriched in the rumba tradition. Marvin is influenced by his uncles Armando Aballi...Matt Weston
A native of Chicago, and currently residing in upstate New York, Matt Weston has collaborated with: Arthur Brooks, Bill Dixon, Kevin Drumm, Paul Flaherty, Charles Gayle, Milford Graves, Mary Halvorson, Le Quan Ninh, Bob Marsh, Ben Miller...Mayuto
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Mayuto Correa serves as NETunes' Vice-Chairman, Chief Creative Officer and Ambassadeur D'Artiste. A true legend of Latin Jazz, Mayuto Correa built his first set of...
Melena Francis
Melena's formal training began on the drums when she was a teenager. Master percussionist Luis Conte was instrumental in shaping her early development. In 1988, Melena returned to Cuba for the first time since leaving as a child. While in...
Michael Bettine
About Michael Bettine/GONGTOPIA Forget your preconceptions about percussion. Michael Bettine has written a new definition, playing with sound like a painter plays with color. "It's all about the sounds," he says, "and generating energy."...
Michael Vatcher
California native Michael Vatcher, now residing in Amsterdam, quickly progressed from hitting household furniture to taking vibraphone and snare drum lessons as a child. In California, he played with reedist Michael Moore, with whom...
Mike Pride
Percussionist/composer Mike Pride was born and raised in the Portland, Maine area. He has been playing & composing music since he was a child. While living in Maine, Mike studied with Les Harris, Jr., Bill Street and Matt Wilson,...
Milt Holland
Considered to be one of the world's greatest drummers and percussionists, Milton Holland raised in Chicago where he began his professional music career in 1929 playing primarily Jazz drums as well as all percussion. Milt was also a staff...
Mino Cinelu
Master percussionist/composer/singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Mino Cinelu's first solo album has been a long time coming. It's been 20 years, to be exact. Mino Cinelu, his self-titled debut on Blue Thumb Records, has certainly been...
Mongo Santamaria
Mongo Santamaria enjoyed a long and successful career in Latin music. His recordings and concert performances ranged from the authentic percussion music of Afro-Cuban religious rituals through to Latin-jazz reworkings of American jazz and...
Mulatu Astatke
Mulatu Astatke is an innovative multi-talented musician, composer, arranger and the founder of Ethio Jazz. Born in Jimma, Ethiopia, Mulatu Astatke studied at Lindisfarne College and Trinity College of Music in England and Berklee College...
Nana Vasconcelos
Premier percussionist Nana Vasconcelos was an innovator in the fusion of Brazilian rhythms and jazz in the 1970’s. Born in Recife on the Northeast Coast of Brazil and, after a lifetime of playing throughout the world, his roots are...Nanny Assis
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Combines sensitive improvisation with digital machinery. Plays Indian, middle-Eastern and Western percussions. Works include, as composer: To Sing a Forest (2007, with Amelia Cuni, Seth Josel and Junko Wada). Installations: Baumberauschen...Orestes Vilató
Born in Camagüey, Cuba in 1944, multi-percussionist Orestes Vilató is one of the most influential figures in the world of Latin percussion. His unique style on the Cuban timbales is one of the most emulated in the genre, and his artistry...Orlando "Q" Rodriguez
In his varied musical career, latin percussionist Orlando “Q” Rodriguez has worked and /or recorded with artists in all styles of music: Jackie McLean, Walter Becker and Donald Fagan of Steely Dan, Frankie Valie and the Four Seasons,...
Paoli Mejias
Paoli Mejias - percussion, composer, recording artist, bandleader Performing for more than 20 years, Grammy nominee Paoli Mejias has already distinguished himself as a young master percussionist and is ranked among the best in both salsa...Pavel Shepp
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Pete Escovedo
As far as household names in percussion go Pete Escovedo ranks high on the list. A prominent San Francisco/Oakland area multi-percussionist and a force in the local festival and recording scene, even in his seventies, Pete is known...
Ralph MacDonald
Grammy-award winning percussionist, songwriter and producer Ralph MacDonald was born in Harlem, NY in 1944. As the son of Trinidad-immigrant and Calypso performer "Macbeth The Great," Ralph grew up amidst the rise of Calypsonian revolution...
Randall Sutin
Randy was born in Great Falls, Montana. He studied piano starting at age 4 and guitar starting at age 8. At age 10 he began study of the drums. Randy began playing music professionally (mostly rock and some country) with local groups at...Ravi Padmanabha
Ravi Padmanabha is a percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, improviser/composer. His initial interest was in drum set which later led to a variety of world instruments. From an early age, Ravi was exposed to Indian Classical music. At age...
Ravish Momin
Ravish Momin was born in Hyderabad, India, and spent his childhood in Bombay, and Bahrain (Middle East). He grew up listening to a wide array of Asian Music. Trio Tarana’s music is specific to the interpretations of various Asian...Ray Mantilla
Ray Mantilla was born in 1934 in the rhythm rich, dance-crazed atmosphere of the South Bronx where Afro-Cuban rhythmic forms transmogrified with jazz harmonies and sensibilities in the streets, the homes and dance halls. By 21, Mantilla...
Reto Weber
A Master Percussionist with a musical Vision Born in Switzerland 1953. He enjoys working with Musicians notably Albert Mangelsdorff, Enrico Rava, Eberhard Weber, Lee Konitz, Dave Holland and others... please check: www.retoweber.ch or...Richard Dixon
Played regularly with 12-strong soul band over a number of years for parties, weddings etc. Good solid team player with good attitude (totally usual among percussionists and drummers so have no idea why I mentioned it). Available for gigs...
Rogerio Boccato
As a longtime percussionist with the Jazz Symphony Orchestra of the São Paulo State, Brazilian percussionist, drummer and educator Rogerio Boccato has played with Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hermeto Pascoal, Milton Nascimento, Cláudio Roditi,...Rolando Matias
Bio http://www.nuclearcentury.com/ - Glitter Maker Rolando Matias San Juan, Puerto Rico Latin Percussionist and Vocals Leader, Composer, Founder & Business Manager Closed to a decade ago, Rolando conceptualize The Afro-Rican Ensemble,...Rolando Matias & Afro-Rican Ensemble
Closed to a decade ago, Rolando conceptualize The Afro-Rican Ensemble, with a vision and direction the Ensemble followed to national and international recognition. As an entertainer and musician, Rolando cannot be denied: a Multi-talented...Ryu Bok-Sung
Ryu Bok-sung was a teenager fiddling with his radio dial in rural South Korea when he chanced upon a strange new music he couldn't name, but it struck an immediate emotional chord. It was the mid-1950s, and Ryu had tuned to the Armed...S.Chandra Naraine
S.Chandra Naraine WORK EXPERIENCE NOMADA57 STUDIOS, BARCELONA, SPAIN: 2003 " 2007 Recorded and Mixed projects covering all musical styles in a multiformat studio employing primarily ProTools HD Systems. TALLER de MUSICS, BARCELONA,...
Sammy Figueroa
Sammy Figueroa - congas, percussion Sammy Figueroa has long been regarded as one of the leading percussionists in the musical world. He has played on countless records, providing the rhythmical framework for hundreds of hits. ...Shakoor
Philadelphia has produced some of the most dynamic musical innovators in jazz history. Rising star Shakoor Sanders can be added to the pantheon of distinctive African drumming.Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra
A high-energy celebration of polyphonic rhythms, Spoken Hand Percussion Orchestra unifies four percussion batteries into one distinct voice: North Indian tabla, Afro Cuban bata, Brazilian samba and West African djembe. They link the past...Stephan Diethelm
A mellow voice and cool sounds. LYN LEON provide both. In their suitcase they're also carrying their new CD GLASS LOUNGE. In this lounge time and space are forgotten - letting oneself sink into a chair and get carried along by the musical...
Steve Berrios
Steve Berrios is considered by his peers to be one of the top Latin Jazz drummers on the scene. He has recorded and toured with Max Roach and M'Boom, Mongo Santamaria, Randy Weston, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera, Michael Brecker, Grover...
Steve Habib
Steve has been playing drums of all types for almost 50 years. A former student of Marvin "BU-GA-LU- Smith's,Elvin Jones, Art Blakey,Emeka Iganou (Nigeria) he has performed with Joshua Breakstone, Bernard "Pretty" Purdie, Hugh Brodie,...
Steve Kroon
I’ve been a professional musician for the last 30 years. I was born in Harlem and lived there until the age of ten. From Harlem we moved to St. Albans, Queens. The year was 1957. My experience of being raised in Queens was very...Steven Kroon
Steven Kroon (congas & percussion), Adam Perez (piano), Waldo Chevez (bass), Bryan Carrott (vibraphone), Craig Rivers (sax & flute), Alex Garcia (drums) " The sultry jazz Latin style of master percussionist Steven Kroon has captivated...
Susie Ibarra
Susie Ibarra, percussionist and composer lives in New York City. She received a music diploma from Mannes College of Music and B.A. from Goddard College. Susie Ibarra studied Kulintang with Danongan Kalanduyan and drum set with Buster...Suzanne Foreman
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Tatiana Koleva
Born in Bulgaria, Tatiana Koleva lives and works at present in the Netherlands. Internationally renown as virtuoso solo and ensemble performer, she is actively involved in the promotion of contemporary music and art forms all over the...
Tatsuya Nakatani
Tatsuya Nakatani -Percussionist- BIOGRAPHY: Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion) is originally from Osaka, Japan. In 2006 he performed in 80 cities in 7 countries and collaborated with 163 artists worldwide. In the past 10 years he has released...Terje Evensen
2009 -Produced Spinmarvel 2 -Released “For those who have everything” with -Kolbeinsen/Evensen. -Released “The. KØP” with The Køln-Oslo Protocol. -Gigs with BARK in London. -Collaborated with dancer and choreographer Adesola...The Corey Cook Ensemble
Corey Cook has been expressing himself on percussion instruments since the age of three. While receiving little to no formal training, at twelve he joined one of Michigan's regional youth concert orchestras, performing on various...
The Paul Abella Trio
The Paul Abella Trio is here to get its groove on. Their agenda is simple: to make jazz fun again. While many bands talk about their eclecticism, the paul abella trio walks the walk. Seamlessly melding Jazz improvisation, Brazilian and...The Steven McGill Project
My introduction to music came by the way of my cousin Nathan Robinson aka "The Witch Doctor" when I was around 10 or 11 years old. I could sit and listen to him play all day. He gave me my first Conga Drum lessons. 1972 after...
Thom Gossage
Thom Gossage has appeared on numerous c.d. s during his career as a composer and drummer/percussionist. He also directs his critically acclaimed group Other Voices, whose fifth c.d. In Other Words is now available on Songlines...
Tito de Gracia
Rafael Angel ‘Tito’ De Gracia was born on April 4, 1962 in Villa Palmeras, Santurce, Puerto Rico. He began playing the tumbadoras (congas) at 5 years of age and at 12 he was seriously playing the bongos and the timbales. He...Tito Puente, Jr.
The comparison is inevitable. How could it be otherwise? Tito Puente Jr. carries his father with him - imprinted on his physical being and locked in his soul. It's in his looks, his joy, his music. No doubt, every time Tito Jr. walks on...Tom Back
Reza Labani was baptized in Iranian classical music ever since his early childhood. After studying the violin, he discovered the Tombak, also named Zarb. His father, a competent musicologist, taught him about the great masters, but Reza...Tom Teasley
Described in the Washington Post as a "percussionist in the widest and most exuberant sense of the word", Tom Teasley combines percussion instruments and playing styles from Africa, India and the Middle East. He has fused this eclectic...Tomas Dobrovolskis
I am a percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, live performer and composer; music teacher and music therapist. I have created an original, new percussion instruments The Brass Globe and Glass to create a new genre and way of performing in...Tony Succar
Tony Succar was born in Lima, Peru. He arrived to Miami, FL at the age of two. He was fortunate enough to be born into an array of musical talent. He embarked in his life as a musician when he was thirteen. "I was privileged to have been...Tupac - Mantilla
TUPAC MANTILLA Short Bio Internationally acclaimed Grammy® Nominee Percussionist/Drummer Tupac Mantilla is nowadays one of the most versatile and creative upcoming artist of his generation. His work as a Performer, Educator, Producer...
Tupac Mantilla
TUPAC MANTILLA Short Bio Internationally acclaimed Grammy® Nominee Percussionist/Drummer Tupac Mantilla is nowadays one of the most versatile and creative upcoming artist of his generation. His work as a Performer, Educator, Producer...
Vessela Stoyanova
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Warren I Smith
Smith was born in Chicago, Illinois, into a musical family; his father played saxophone and clarinet with Noble Sissle and Jimmy Noone, and his mother was a harpist and pianist. He studied clarinet under his father from age four. He...
Washboard Sam
Robert Brown was reputedly the illegitimate son of Frank Broonzy, who also fathered Big Bill Broonzy. Broonzy often joked that Sam was his half brother when they performed together. Sam was raised in Arkansas, working on a farm. He...
Will Guthrie
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William Ruiz
About Taino Percussionist William Ruiz "Thanks to Will Ruiz for dedicated assistance with coordination throughout the Cerebral Caverns project." -Reggie Workman. "Percussionist and Log drummer William Ruiz is preserving the music of...
Willie Bobo
Willie Bobo was one of the key players who fused influences from Latin soul, rock, and jazz in the late 1960s and 1970s. Willie went on to become an important band leader, whose music reflected the traditions of Spanish and Black...
Wynn Yamami
Wynn Yamami began his taiko studies with the San Jose Junior Taiko Group and later trained with Soh Daiko, Kiyonari Tosha of the Nihon Taiko Dojo, Takada Yosuke of the Tokyo Chindon Club, the Tachibana School of Nihon Buyou, and...
