Bill Summers

Bill Summers, né William Leonard Summers le [1] à La Nouvelle-Orléans, est un percussionniste de jazz américain spécialiste de la conga.

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[2]
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 -

Notes et références

Liens externes

  • icône décorative Portail des percussions
  • icône décorative Portail du jazz
  • icône décorative Portail des États-Unis
  • icône décorative Portail des Afro-Américains
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