Manu Katché

Manu Katché (lahir 27 Oktober 1958) adalah seorang drummer dan penulis lagu Perancis keturunan Pantai Gading. Dia telah bekerja secara ekstensif sebagai musisi sesi, terutama dengan Sting dan Peter Gabriel, dan album solonya sebagai pemimpin band sebagian besar bergaya jazz fusion. Katché lahir pada 27 Oktober 1958 di Saint-Maur-des-Fossés di pinggiran tenggara Paris, Prancis. Dia tampil di beberapa album sukses pada pertengahan 1980-an seperti album Peter Gabriel tahun 1986 So dan Sting's…Nothing Like the Sun (1987) dan The Soul Cages (1991). Sejak itu, dia telah tampil di kancah musik pop, rock dan dunia, bermain dengan banyak artis dan band, termasuk: 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, Claudio Baglioni, Mango, Manu Chao, Loreena McKennitt, Youssou N'Dour, Robbie Robertson, Joan Armatrading, Joe Satriani, Tori Amos, Richard Wright, Kyle Eastwood, the Christians, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tracy Chapman, Dominic Miller dan Peter Gabriel dan Sting yang disebutkan di atas, dengan siapa dia juga melakukan tur secara ekstensif. Manu juga pernah bekerja dengan Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni, penyanyi Kroasia, di albumnya Mirakul (2001) dan Unca Fiber (2006), dan telah melakukan tur dengan Gibonni untuk mendukung kedua album tersebut. Dari tahun 1985 hingga 1988 dia berada di band Kata Pengantar, dengan pemain gitar Kamil Rustam dan kibordis Jean-Yves D'Angelo. Pada tahun 1991, Katché merilis album solo pertamanya, It's About Time, sebagian besar bergenre rock, dengan musisi tamu seperti Daniel Lanois, David Rhodes, Peter Gabriel, David Sancious, Branford Marsalis dan Sting. Rilisan solo berikutnya semuanya jazz. Dia merilis album solo keduanya pada 12 September 2005 bertajuk Lingkungan, yang menampilkan Jan Garbarek pada saksofon, Tomasz Stańko pada terompet, Marcin Wasilewski pada piano dan Slawomir Kurkiewicz pada double bass. Album ECM keduanya, Playground dirilis pada bulan September 2007. Pada bulan Maret 2010, Katché merilis Third Round, sekali lagi di ECM. Dari tahun 2003 hingga 2007, bersama dengan produser Dove Attia, komposer André Manoukian dan penyanyi Marianne James, dia adalah salah satu dari empat juri di acara TV Nouvelle Star, serial Idol versi Prancis. Dia adalah juri yang paling ditakuti karena kecerdasannya dan penilaiannya yang keras terhadap alur, ritme, dan tempo para kontestan menyanyi. Sejak Januari 2008, Katché menjadi pembawa acara program bulanan One Shot Not on Arte. Pada tahun 2010 Katché menggubah musik instrumental untuk enam tema taman hiburan Belgia Bellewaerde. Sebuah album, dengan dua belas komposisi untuk taman tersebut, termasuk musik untuk wilayah Meksiko, barat, India dan Kanada, dijual di toko suvenir di taman tersebut. Pada bulan Agustus 2011 album Rock the Tabla dirilis, menampilkan Manu Katché, Billy Cobham, A.R. Rahman, Hossam Ramzy dan Omar Faruk Tekbilek. Sumber: Artikel "Manu Katché" dari Wikipedia dalam bahasa Inggris, berlisensi CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Manu Katché (born 27 October 1958) is a French drummer and songwriter of Ivorian descent. He has worked extensively as a session musician, notably with Sting and Peter Gabriel, and his solo albums as a bandleader are largely in the jazz fusion style. 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 (1991). 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, Claudio Baglioni, Mango, Manu Chao, Loreena McKennitt, Youssou N'Dour, Robbie Robertson, Joan Armatrading, Joe Satriani, Tori Amos, Richard Wright, Kyle Eastwood, the Christians, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tracy Chapman, Dominic Miller 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. From 1985 to 1988 he was in the band Preface, with guitar player Kamil Rustam and keyboardist Jean-Yves D'Angelo. 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. 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 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. Source: Article "Manu Katché" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.