Manu Katché

Manu Katché (born 27 October 1958) is a French drummer and songwriter.

Manu Katché
Background information
Born (1958-10-27) 27 October 1958
Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France
GenresJazz, rock
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, television host
InstrumentsDrums, talking drum,Piano, Percussion
Associated actsPeter Gabriel, Sting
Websitewww.manu-katche.com
Manu Katché
(Copenhagen Jazz Festival 2007)

Career

Session musician

Katché was born on 27 October 1958 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. He performed on several successful albums in the mid-1980s such as Peter Gabriel's 1986 album So and Sting's …Nothing Like the Sun (1987) and The Soul Cages (1990). Since then, he has been featured in the pop, rock and world music scenes, playing with numerous artists and bands, including: Afro Celt Sound System, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Tears for Fears, Eurythmics, Simple Minds, Dire Straits, Laurent Voulzy, Jeanne Mas, Joni Mitchell, Mike Lindup, Jan Garbarek, Mango, Manu Chao, Loreena McKennitt, Youssou N'Dour, Robbie Robertson, Joan Armatrading, Joe Satriani, Tori Amos, Richard Wright, Kyle Eastwood, the Christians, Ryuichi Sakamoto and the aforementioned Peter Gabriel and Sting, with whom he has also toured extensively. Manu has also worked with Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni, a Croatian singer, on his albums Mirakul (2001) and Unca Fibre (2006), and has toured with Gibonni supporting the two albums.

He played drums on all tracks except one on Tracy Chapman's 1992 release Matters of the Heart.

With Preface

From 1985 to 1988 he was in the band Preface, with guitar player Kamil Rustam and keyboardist Jean-Yves D'Angelo.

Solo

In 1991, Katché released his first solo album, It's About Time, largely in the rock genre, with guest musicians like Daniel Lanois, David Rhodes, Peter Gabriel, David Sancious, Branford Marsalis and Sting.[1] His subsequent solo releases have all been jazz. He released his second solo album on 12 September 2005 entitled Neighbourhood, which features Jan Garbarek on saxophone, Tomasz Stańko on trumpet, Marcin Wasilewski on piano and Slawomir Kurkiewicz on double bass. His second ECM album, Playground was released in September 2007. In March 2010, Katché released Third Round, again on ECM.

From 2003 to 2007, along with producer Dove Attia, composer André Manoukian and singer Marianne James, he was one of the four judges in the TV-show Nouvelle Star, the French version of the Idol series. He was the most feared judge for his wit and his severe judgment about the groove, rhythm and tempo of the singing contestants.

Since January 2008, Katché has hosted the monthly program One Shot Not[2] on Arte.

In 2010 Katché composed the instrumental music for the six themed lands of the Belgian theme park Bellewaerde. An album, with the twelve compositions for the park, including music for the Mexican, western, Indian and Canadian areas, was sold in souvenir shops at the park.

In August 2011 the album Rock the Tabla was released, featuring Manu Katché, Billy Cobham, A.R. Rahman, Hossam Ramzy and Omar Faruk Tekbilek.[3]

Discography

Solo albums

Participations

With Jeff Beck

With Tracy Chapman

With Dire Straits

With Peter Gabriel

With Jan Garbarek

With Herbie Hancock

With Nigel Kennedy

  • Kafka (1996)

With Tony Levin

With Loreena McKennitt

With Joni Mitchell

With Joe Satriani

  • Joe Satriani (1995)
  • The Electric Joe Satriani: An Anthology (2003)

With Sting

With Louis Bertignac

  • Elle et Louis (1993)

With Richard Wright

With Robbie Robertson

With Tori Amos

With Tears for Fears

With Francis Cabrel

  • Sarbacane (1989)
  • Samedi Soir Sur La Terre (1994)

References

  1. http://www.manu-katche.com/fr/discographie/9/its-about-time
  2. "One Shot Not | Culture | fr - ARTE". Arte.tv. 19 September 2013. Archived from the original on 31 May 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  3. ARC Music Productions International limited. "Hossam Ramzy Presents - The culmination of a 10-year dream". Rock the Tabla. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
  4. "Discographie - Manu Katché | Manu Katché Website". Manu-katche.com. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
Preface
Jean Yves d'Angelo | Manu Katché | Kamil Rustam
Discography
Studio Albums: Palace Hotel | Un an un jour une heure
soundtracks: Black Mic Mac 2
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