Manu Katché

Manu Katché is a French musician, born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés on October 27th 1957. 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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Saint-Maur-des-Fossés - October 27th - 1957

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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. After that he has been prominently featured in the pop, rock and world music scene playing on records and touring for such bands and artists as Afro Celt Sound System, Al Di Meola, Dire Straits, Jan Garbarek, Joe Santriani, Sting, Youssou N'dour and the aforementioned Peter Gabriel, with whom he has also toured extensively.

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1980s - Peter Gabriel - 1986 - So - Afro Celt Sound System - Al Di Meola - Dire Straits - Jan Garbarek - Joe Santriani - Sting - Youssou N'dour

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He has released his second solo album on September 12th 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.

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September - 2005 - Neighbourhood - Saxophone - Tomasz Stanko - Marcin Wasilewski - Slawomir Kurkiewicz - Double-bass

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