Manu Katché
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| Born | March 12, 1958 |
| Origin | Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Côte d'Ivoire |
| Genres | Jazz, |
| Occupations | Musician, Songwriter, Television host |
| Instruments | Drums, Percussionist |
| Associated acts | Peter Gabriel, Sting |
| Website | Manu Katche.com |
Manu Katché is a French musician, born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés on October 27, 1958 of Ivorian origin. Though he is also a well-experienced and talented songwriter, he is most notably and widely regarded for his passionate, stylish and ultimately unique skill of playing drums.
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[edit] Session musician career
He was sky-rocketed to stardom in the music world in the mid-1980s mostly thanks to the huge success of Peter Gabriel's 1986 album So and his subsequent work with Sting in albums …Nothing Like the Sun & The Soul Cages. After that he has been prominently featured in the pop, rock and world music scene playing with numerous bands and artists, including Afro Celt Sound System, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Tears For Fears, Eurythmics, Dire Straits, Jan Garbarek, Manu Chao, Loreena McKennitt, Youssou N'Dour, Robbie Robertson, Joan Armatrading, Joe Satriani, Tori Amos, Richard Wright and the aforementioned Peter Gabriel and Sting, with whom he has also toured extensively. Manu has also worked with Gibonni, a popular Croatian singer, on his albums "Mirakul"(2001) and "Unca Fibre"(2006), he has also toured with Gibonni supporting the two albums. He also played drums on all tracks except one on Tracy Chapman's 1992 release "Matters of the Heart".
[edit] Band
From 1985 to 1988 Manu Katche formed the band Preface, with fellow guitar player Kamil Rustam.
[edit] Solo Career
He released his second solo album on September 12 2005 entitled Neighbourhood, which has contribution from such talents as the aforementioned Jan Garbarek on saxophone, Tomasz Stanko on trumpet, Marcin Wasilewski on piano and Slawomir Kurkiewicz on double-bass. His second ECM release, Playground was released in September 2007 (see below).
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 American Idol. He was the most feared of them for his wit and his severe judgement about the groove and the rhythm of the singing contestants.
Since January 2008, he hosts the monthly program One Shot Not on Arte.
[edit] Selected Discography
- It's About Time (1992)
- Neighbourhood (2005)
- Playground (Sept. 2007)
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