Manolo Badrena

Manolo Badrena

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In the collection

7 records
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Joni Mitchell, 1977 Heavy Weather Weather Report, 1977 I'm Fine. How Are You? Airto, 1977 Mr. Gone Weather Report, 1978 Source Bob Mintzer, 1982 Mosaic Mark Egan, 1985 Naked Talking Heads, 1988

Played with

Jaco Pastorius 5 records together Wayne Shorter 3 records together Airto Moreira 2 records together Weather Report 2 records together Alex Acuña 2 records together Joe Zawinul 2 records together Peter Erskine 2 records together Joni Mitchell 1 record together Talking Heads 1 record together Mark Egan 1 record together Bob Mintzer 1 record together Flora Purim 1 record together

About

Percussionist (born March 17, 1952 in San Juan, Puerto Rico).

First-call percussionist most noted for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span jazz, world music, pop, and Latin music. Badrena has played with Zawinul Syndicate, the Rolling Stones, Mezzoforte, Joni Mitchell, Spyro Gyra, Art Blakey, Bill Evans, Steve Khan, Carla Bley, the Talking Heads, Blondie, Michael Franks, Ahmad Jamal, and others.

Badrena currently lives in Fair View, New Jersey. He is the leader (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals) of the Latin jazz band Trio Mundo.

From Discogs.