San Juan, Puerto Rico
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) is a percussionist most noted for his work with
Weather Report
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from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span
jazz
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pop
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* Pop!, a UK pop group
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* ''Pop'' ( ...
the Rolling Stones
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Joni Mitchell
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Spyro Gyra
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Art Blakey
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Blakey made a name for himself in the ...
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Bill Evans
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Carla Bley
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Talking Heads
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Ahmad Jamal
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, Hugo Fattoruso, and others.
Badrena lives in Fair View,
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. He is the leader (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals) of the Latin jazz band Trio Mundo.
Discography
As leader
* ''Manolo'' (A&M, 1979)
* ''Carnaval'' with Trio Mundo (Khaeon, 2002)
* ''Trio Mundo Rides Again'' with Trio Mundo (ZOHO, 2004)
As sideman
With Herb Alpert
* ''Main Event Live'' (A&M, 1978)
* ''
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'' (A&M, 1979)
* ''Beyond'' (A&M, 1980)
With
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* ''Living in the Crest of a Wave'' (Elektra Musician, 1984)
* ''The Alternative Man'' (Blue Note, 1985)
* ''Live in Europe'' (Lipstick, 1995)
* ''Escape'' (Escapade, 1996)
* ''Touch'' (ESC, 1999)
* ''Big Fun'' (ESC, 2002)
With Terumasa Hino
* ''Double Rainbow'' (CBS/Sony 1981)
* ''Pyramid'' (CBS/Sony 1982)
* ''Detour'' (EMI, 1988)
With Masaru Imada
* ''Seaside'' (1982)
* ''Blue Marine'' (Full House 1982)
* ''Tropical Sunset'' (Full House 1984)
With
Ahmad Jamal
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* ''Live in Paris 1996'' (Birdology/Dreyfus, 1999)
* ''It's Magic'' (Birdology/Dreyfus, 2008)
* ''A Quiet Time'' (Dreyfus, 2009)
* ''Blue Moon'' (Jazz Village, 2012)
* ''Saturday Morning'' (Jazz Village, 2013)
* ''Ahmad Jamal Featuring Yusef Lateef Live'' (Jazz Village, 2014)
* ''Live in Marciac August 5th 2014'' (Jazz Village, 2015)
* ''Marseille'' (Jazz Village, 2017)
With Steve Khan
* ''Eyewitness'' (Antilles, 1981)
* ''Modern Times'' (Trio, 1982)
* ''Casa Loco'' (Antilles, 1984)
* ''Helping Hand'' (Polydor, 1987)
* ''Public Access'' (GRP, 1990)
* ''Headline'' (Polydor, 1992)
* ''Crossings'' (PolyGram, 1994)
* ''The Green Field'' (Tone Center, 2005)
* ''Borrowed Time'' (ESC, 2007)
* ''Parting Shot'' (ESC, 2011)
With
Spyro Gyra
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20/20
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'' (GRP, 1997)
With
Weather Report
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Weather Report
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'' (CBS, 1980)
* '' Live and Unreleased'' (Columbia, 2002)
* '' Forecast: Tomorrow'' (Columbia, 2006)
With Joe Zawinul
* ''World Tour'' (ESC, 1998)
* ''Two Years with the Zawinul Syndicate'' (Az-iz/ESC, 2000)
* '' Faces & Places'' (Cream/Jms 2002)
* ''Vienna Nights Live at Joe Zawinul's Birdland'' (BHM, 2005)
With others
* Mina Agossi, ''Simple Things?'' (Candid, 2008)
* Laurie Anderson, '' Strange Angels'' (Warner Bros., 1989)
*
Philip Bailey
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Louie Bellson
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Charles Blenzig
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, ''Say What You Mean'' (Big World, 1993)
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Carla Bley
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Straphangin'
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Reception
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Ronnie Cuber
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, ''The Scene Is Clean'' (Milestone, 1994)
* Ronnie Cuber, ''Passion Fruit'' (Electric Bird, 1985)
* Paquito D'Rivera, ''Why Not!'' (Columbia, 1984)
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George Duke
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Abandoned Garden
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Debbie Harry
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Billy Hart
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Pete Levin
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Jakob Magnusson
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Tania Maria
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, ''Bela Vista'' (World Pacific, 1990)
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Lou Marini
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Sleepy Matsumoto Hidehiko "Sleepy" Matsumoto (松本英彦) (October 12, 1926, Okayama – February 29, 2000, Tokyo) was a Japanese jazz saxophonist and bandleader.
Matsumoto played bebop in Japan in the late 1940s with the group CB Nine, then joined The Six Jos� ...
Bob Mintzer
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Early life
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, ''Source'' (Agharta, 1982)
*
Joni Mitchell
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Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
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, ''Don't Ask My Neighbors'' (Capitol/EMI, 1978)
* Mike Stern, '' Jigsaw'' (Atlantic, 1989)
* Dave Stryker, ''Shades of Miles'' (SteepleChase, 2000)
* Dave Stryker, ''Changing Times'' (SteepleChase, 2001)
* Andy Summers, '' World Gone Strange'' (Private Music, 1991)
* Torbjorn Sunde, ''Meridians'' (ACT, 1998)
* Harvie Swartz, ''Urban Earth'' (Gramavision, 1985)
*
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