Badrena, Manolo

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Name (Latin)
Badrena, Manolo
Date of birth
1952-03-17
Occupation
Jazz musicians
Percussionists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 5122924
Wikidata: Q1372082
Library of congress: n 91089046
Sources of Information
  • Khan, S. Casa loco [SR] p1984:label (Manolo Badrena)
  • New Grove dict. of jazz(Badrena, Manolo; b. ca. 1952, Puerto Rico; Puerto Rican percussionist)
  • Wikipedia, June 1, 2011(Manolo Badrena; b. Mar. 1952, Puerto Rico; percussionist)
Wikipedia description:

Manolo Badrena (born March 17, 1952, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a 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 The Zawinul Syndicate, the Rolling Stones, Mezzoforte, Joni Mitchell, Spyro Gyra, Art Blakey, Bill Evans, Steve Khan, Carla Bley, Talking Heads, Blondie, Michael Franks, Ahmad Jamal, Hugo Fattoruso, and others. Badrena lives in Fairview, New Jersey. He is the leader (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals) of the Latin jazz band Trio Mundo.

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