Nippy Noya

Nippy Noya
Background information
Born 27 February 1946
Sulawesi
Origin Indonesia
Occupation(s) Percussionist, songwriter
Instruments Kalimba, congas, bongos, campana, güiro, cabasa, shek, caxixi, triangle, berimbau
Associated acts Massada, The Globetrotters

Nippy Noya (born 27 February 1946) is an Indonesian, Netherlands-based percussionist and songwriter, specialising in congas, kalimba, bongos, campana, güiro, cabasa, shek, caxixi, triangle and the berimbau.

History

Son of Japanese Taiko drummer Fusao San Nakato, he was born on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and came to Europe in 1968. He began his professional career as a conga player in Amsterdam with percussion-rock band Massada. He stayed with them from 1970-1975 and left afterwards to become an in-demand musician.

Artists he since played and recorded with include Peter Herbolzheimer,[1] John McLaughlin, Jan Akkerman, Hellmut Hattler, Volker Kriegel, Earth and Fire, Stan Getz and Dick Morrissey. In addition he toured with Richard Tee, Eric Burdon, Billy Cobham, Miko Aleksic[2] Chaka Khan, Peter Maffay, Udo Lindenberg, Gitte Haenning, John Hondorp and Herbert Grönemeyer. He also taught and performed with the young children of the Kelly Family.

Since 1992, he has been a professor at the Conservatory of Music in Enschede, Netherlands.

In 2001, Noya joined a Polish jazz/funky band The Globetrotters, consisting of vocalist Kuba Badach, vibrafonist Bernard Maseli, and saxophonist Jerzy Główczewski. The band has released several albums.[3]

Throughout the years he occasionally guested with Massada and is now a full-time-member again.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Jazz Professional
  2. ↑ All Music Guide to Jazz. Google Books. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  3. ↑ "The Globetrotters – Info" (in Polish). Facebook. Retrieved 9 November 2013.

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