Marilyn Mazur
Percussionist Marilyn Mazur (born 1955) was born in New York City to a Polish mother and African American father. The...
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Naná Vasconcelos
Naná Vasconcelos (1944-2016) is a percussionist who was a favourite collaborator of a number of ECM recording artists, including Pat...
Badal Roy
Bangladeshi percussionist Badal Roy (born 1945) has worked with many of the leading names in modern jazz since arriving in...
Alex Acuña
Alex Acuña (born 1945) was born in the town of Pativilca in central Peru. His father was a music teacher,...
Babatunde Olatunji
Babatunde Olatunji (1927-2003) was a key figure in introducing American audiences (and musicians) to the spiritual power and rhythmic complexity...
Frank Holder
Frank Holder (1925-2017) was born in Bridgetown, Guyana and sang as a child at church socials and also when he...
Guy Warren
Kofi Ghanaba (1923-2008), who recorded as Guy Warren, is considered the founding father of a movement to reunite (in his...
Flora Purim
Flora Purim (born 1942) was born in Rio de Janeiro. She studeied piano and guitar, and then percussion with Airto...
