Cindy Blackman Santana
Cindy Blackman (born October 18, 1959 in Ohio) is an American jazz and rock drummer.
Blackman is most well-known for recording and touring with Lenny Kravitz. Blackman has recorded several straight-ahead jazz albums under her own name, and has performed with acclaimed jazz and rock artists, including Pharoah Sanders, Ron Carter, Sam Rivers, Cassandra Wilson, Angela Bofill, Buckethead, Bill Laswell and Joe Henderson.
Tony Williams is her main drumming influence. In 1997 she recorded Multiplicity as a drum teaching video.
Discography
- Code Red with Steve Coleman, Wallace Roney, Kenny Barron, Lonnie Plaxico, 1992
- Arcane with Wallace Roney, Joe Henderson, Kenny Garrett, Larry Willis, Buster Williams, Clarence Seay, 1992
- Telepathy with Antoine Roney, Jacky Terrasson, Clarence Seay, 1994
- The Oracle with Gary Bartz, Kenny Barron, Ron Carter, 1996
- In The Now with Ravi Coltrane, Jacky Terrasson, Ron Carter, 1998
- Works On Canvas with J.D. Allen, Carlton Holmes, George Mitchell, 1999
- A Lil' Somethin' Somethin' with Kenny Barron, Gary Bartz, Ron Carter, Kenny Garrett, Lonnie Plaxico, Wallace Roney, Clarence Seay, Jacky Terrasson, Buster Williams, 2000
- Someday with J.D. Allen, Carlton Holmes, George Mitchell