percussion

Joseph Paice August 26, 2020

Percussionist Marilyn Mazur (born 1955) was born in New York City to a Polish mother and African American father. The...

Joseph Paice July 29, 2020

Naná Vasconcelos (1944-2016) is a percussionist who was a favourite collaborator of a number of ECM recording artists, including Pat...

Joseph Paice July 10, 2020

Bangladeshi percussionist Badal Roy (born 1945) has worked with many of the leading names in modern jazz since arriving in...

Joseph Paice June 14, 2020

Alex Acuña (born 1945) was born in the town of Pativilca in central Peru. His father was a music teacher,...

Joseph Paice June 9, 2020

Babatunde Olatunji (1927-2003) was a key figure in introducing American audiences (and musicians) to the spiritual power and rhythmic complexity...

Joseph Paice June 3, 2020

Frank Holder (1925-2017) was born in Bridgetown, Guyana and sang as a child at church socials and also when he...

Joseph Paice May 29, 2020

Kofi Ghanaba (1923-2008), who recorded as Guy Warren, is considered the founding father of a movement to reunite (in his...

Joseph Paice May 18, 2020

Flora Purim (born 1942) was born in Rio de Janeiro. She studeied piano and guitar, and then percussion with Airto...