In the past few years he was voted number one percussionist by Jazz Times, Modern Drummer, DRUM! Magazine, Jazzizz Magazine, Jazz Central Station's Global Jazz Poll on the Internet, as well as in many European, Latin American and Asian publications. He has been advancing the cause of world and percussion music as a member of the Planet Drum percussion ensemble, with Mickey Hart, drummer for The Grateful Dead, and master conga player Giovanni Hidalgo and tabla virtuoso Zakir Hussain, along with Flora Purim, Babatunde Olatunji, Sikiru Adepoju and Vikku Vinayakram. Planet Drum won a Grammy Award in 1991 for World Music. Airto also contributed to another Grammy Award winning ensemble, Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra, which received the award for Best Live Jazz Album. One of Airto's recordings for the Melt2000 label, Killer Bees, features Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke, Chick Corea, Mark Egan and Hiram Bullock it was one of the most critically acclaimed albums on the European market. His solo album entitled Homeless, on Melt2000 was released in the year 2000. It is a high-energy album with "tribal" rhythms that is shaking the dance floors around the world. Other releases on this label include the group Fourth World with Jose Neto and Flora Purim.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |