Bill Summers (musician)
Bill Summers (b. June 27, 1948) is a New Orleans based Afro-Cuban jazz/Latin jazz percussionist, a multi-instrumentalist who plays primarily on conga drums. Summers is probably most well known due to his work with Los Hombres Calientes along with his friend and co-leader of the group, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield. However, despite this musical relationship, Summers has a much longer musical career than that, often working behind the scenes on film scores for various movies such as The Color Purple and the television miniseries Roots with Quincy Jones. He also played with Herbie Hancock during the Headhunter years, and is mentioned in passing by the liner notes of the Headhunters' 2003 release Evolution Revolution as contributing to that recording. His former wife is Yvette Bostic-Summers, who often sings on Los Hombres' albums.[1]
Discography
- Feel the Heat (Prestige, 1976)
- Cayenne (Prestige, 1977)
- Straight to the Bank (Prestige, 1978)
- On Sunshine (Prestige, 1979)
- Call it What You Want (MCA, 1980) U.S. #129
- Jam the Box (MCA, 1981) U.S. #92
- Seventeen (MCA, 1982)
- Iroko (Vital Records, 1992)
- Essence of Kwanzaa (Monkey Hill, 1997)
- Studies in Bata: Sacred Drum of the Yoruba, Havana to Matanzas (Bilsum Music, 2002)
Singles
| Year |
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Chart Positions[2] |
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U.S. Disco Singles |
| 1977 |
"Come Into My Life" |
#84 |
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| 1979 |
"Straight to the Bank" |
#45 |
#34 |
| 1981 |
"Call it What You Want" |
#16 |
#21 |
| 1982 |
"At the Concert" |
#38 |
- |
Gallery
References
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June 27, 1948 |
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