Bill Summers

Bill Summers, né William Leonard Summers le 20 mai 1948 à La Nouvelle-Orléans, est un percussionniste de jazz américain spécialiste de la conga.

Bill Summers

Biographie

Naissance	20 mai 1948 La Nouvelle-Orléans
Nationalité	américaine
Activités	Musicien de jazz, percussionniste
Période d'activité	depuis 1970

Autres informations

Label	MCA Records (en)

Discographie

Bill Summers in 2008.

Comme leader

• Feel the Heat (Prestige, 1977)
• Cayenne (Prestige, 1977)
• Straight to the Bank (Prestige, 1978)
• On Sunshine (Prestige, 1979)
• Call it What You Want (MCA, 1981) U.S. No. 129
• Jam the Box (MCA, 1981) U.S. No. 92
• Seventeen (MCA, 1982)
• London Style (MCA, 1983)
• Iroko (Vital, 1992)
• The Essence of Kwanzaa (Monkey Hill, 1997)
• Studies in Bata: Sacred Drum of the Yoruba, Havana to Matanzas (Bilsum, 2002)

Avec Los Hombres Calientes

• Los Hombres Calientes (Basin Street, 1998)
• Vol. 2 (Basin Street, 2000)
• Vol. 3 New Congo Square (Basin Street, 2001)
• Vol. 4: Vodou Dance (Basin Street, 2003)

Comme sideman

Avec Terry Garthwaite

• Terry (Arista Records, 1975)

Avec Johnny Hammond

• Forever Taurus (Milestone, 1976)
• Storm Warning (Milestone, 1977)
• Don't Let the System Get You (Milestone, 1978)

Avec Herbie Hancock

• Head Hunters (Columbia, 1973)
• Thrust (Columbia, 1974)
• Man-Child (Columbia, 1975)
• Flood (Columbia, 1975)
• Sunlight (Columbia, 1978)
• Directstep (Columbia, 1979)
• Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (Columbia, 1979)
• Mr. Hands (Columbia, 1980)
• Autodrive (Columbia, 1983)
• Dis Is Da Drum (Mercury, 1994)
• Omaha Civic Auditorium, 17th November 1975 (Hi Hat, 2015)

Avec The Headhunters

• Survival of the Fittest (Arista, 1975)
• Straight from the Gate (Arista, 1977)
• Return of the Headhunters (Verve Forecast, 1998)
• Evolution Revolution (Basin Street, 2003)
• On Top: Live in Europe (BHM, 2008)
• Platinum (Owl Studios, 2011)

Avec Eddie Henderson

• Inside Out (Capricorn, 1974)
• Mahal (Capitol, 1978)
• Runnin' to Your Love (Capitol, 1979)

Avec Quincy Jones

• Roots (A&M, 1977)
• The Color Purple (Qwest, 1986)
• Back On the Block (Qwest, 1989)

AvecDavid "Fathead" Newman

• Concrete Jungle (Prestige, 1978)
• Keep the Dream Alive (Prestige, 1978)
• Scratch My Back (Prestige, 1979)

AvecSonny Rollins

• The Way I Feel (Milestone, 1976)
• Easy Living (Milestone, 1978)
• Don't Ask (Milestone, 1979)
• Love at First Sight (Milestone, 1980)
• Silver City (Milestone, 1996)

AvecPatrice Rushen

• Shout It Out (Prestige, 1977)
• Patrice (Elektra, 1978)
• Pizzazz (Elektra, 1979)

Avec Vinx

• Rooms in My Fatha's House (PANGAEA, 1991)
• I Love My Job (PANGAEA, 1992)
• The Storyteller (PANGAEA, 1993)
• Lips' Stretched Out (H.O.E. Heroes of Expression, 1996)
• The Mood I'm In (Peermusic, 2002)

Avec d'autres musiciens

• Bar-Kays, Money Talks (Stax, 1978)
• Gato Barbieri, Tropico (A&M, 1978)
• Gato Barbieri, Passion and Fire (A&M, 1984)
• Gary Bartz, Music Is My Sanctuary (Capitol, 1977)
• Gary Bartz, Love Affair (Capitol, 1978)
• John Beasley, Cauldron (Windham Hill, 1992)
• John Beasley, A Change of Heart (Windham Hill, 1993)
• George Benson, Love Remembers (Warner Bros., 1993)
• Carmen Bradford, With Respect (Evidence, 1995)
• Brass Fever, Time Is Running Out (Impulse!, 1976)
• Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dee Dee's Feathers (Okeh, 2015)
• Cachao, Master Sessions Volume I (Epic, 1994)
• Jim Clayton, Songs My Daughter Knows (Clay-Tone, 2013)
• Jon Cleary, Moonburn (Pointblank, 1999)
• Con Funk Shun, Candy (Mercury, 1979)
• Harry Connick Jr., Every Man Should Know (Columbia, 2013)
• Harry Connick Jr., Smokey Mary (Columbia, 2013)
• Norman Connors, Love from the Sun (Buddah, 1973)
• Norman Connors, Saturday Night Special (Buddah, 1975)
• Michael Des Barres, Somebody Up There Likes Me (Gold Mountain, 1986)
• Djavan, Bird of Paradise (Columbia, 1988)
• Lamont Dozier, Peddlin' Music On the Side (Warner Bros., 1977)
• Pete Escovedo & Sheila Escovedo, Solo Two (Fantasy, 1977)
• Eddy Grant, Love in Exile (ICE, 1980)
• Nigel Hall, Ladies & Gentlemen... Nigel Hall (Round Hill, 2015)
• Joe Henderson, Black Miracle (Milestone, 1976)
• Joe Henderson, Black Narcissus (Milestone, 1976)
• George Howard, Attitude Adjustment (GRP, 1996)
• Bobbi Humphrey, Tailor Made (Epic, 1977)
• Bobby Hutcherson, Conception: the Gift of Love (Columbia, 1979)
• Phyllis Hyman, Somewhere in My Lifetime (Arista, 1978)
• Ahmad Jamal, One (20th Century Fox, 1978)
• Kimiko Kasai, Round and Round (CBS, 1978)
• Kimiko Kasai, Butterfly (CBS, 1979)
• Salif Keita, Amen (Island, 1991)
• Babatunde Lea, March of the Jazz Guerrillas (Ubiquity, 2000)
• Kenny Loggins, Leap of Faith (Columbia, 1991)
• Kenny Loggins, The Unimaginable Life (Columbia, 1997)
• Jon Lucien, Listen Love (Mercury, 1991)
• Bobby Lyle, The Journey (Atlantic, 1990)
• Taj Mahal, Like Never Before (Private Music, 1991)
• Wade Marcus, Metamorphosis (ABC Impulse!, 1976)
• Harvey Mason, Chameleon (Concord, 2014)
• Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM, 1974)
• Country Joe McDonald, Goodbye Blues (Fantasy, 1977)
• Idris Muhammad, You Ain't No Friend of Mine! (Fantasy, 1978)
• Maria Muldaur, Fanning the Flames (Telarc, 1996)
• Meshell Ndegeocello, Plantation Lullabies (Sire, 1993)
• Shawn Phillips, Rumplestiltskin's Resolve (A&M, 1976)
• Shawn Phillips, Spaced (A&M, 1977)
• The Pointer Sisters, That's a Plenty (Blue Thumb, 1974)
• The Pointer Sisters, Steppin' ABC (Blue Thumb, 1975)
• Dianne Reeves, Never Too Far (Emi, 1989)
• Dianne Reeves, I Remember (Blue Note, 1991)
• Merl Saunders, Fire Up (Fantasy, 1973)
• Seawind, Window of a Child (CTI, 1977)
• Wayne Shorter, Phantom Navigator (Columbia, 1987)
• Nina Simone, A Single Woman (Elektra, 1993)
• Sting, The Soul Cages (A&M, 1990)
• Kevin Toney, Special K (Fantasy, 1982)
• Allen Toussaint, Connected (NYNO, 1996)
• Stanley Turrentine, Everybody Come On Out (Fantasy, 1976)
• McCoy Tyner, Together (Milestone, 1979)
• The Wailing Souls, All Over the World (Columbia, 1992)
• Lenny Williams, Rise Sleeping Beauty (Motown, 1975)
• Bobby Womack, Safety Zone (United Artists, 1975)
• Stevie Wonder, Conversation Peace (Motown, 1995)
• Zawinul Syndicate, Lost Tribes (Columbia, 1992)

Singles

Année	Titre	Chart Positions
		U.S. Black Singles	U.S. Disco Singles
1977	"Come into My Life"	No. 84	-
1979	"Straight to the Bank"	No. 45	No. 34
1981	"Call It What You Want"	No. 16	No. 21
1982	"At the Concert"	No. 38	-
1983	"It's Over"	No. 63	-

Liens externes

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