Idris Muhammad         |    Versão em Inglês

Idris Muhammad pegou nas baquetas com 8 anos em New Orleans - participando de bandas de jazz aos 16 anos. Ficou conhecido como um dos bateristas mais inovadores da soul music na década de 60, se apresentando com cantores como Sam Cooke, Jerry Butler e The Impressions, os Neville Brothers, Curtis Mayfield, e Jaccie Wilson. Tocou para o musical Hair enquanto tocava com uma house band para a Prestige Label nos anos 70. Acompanhou Roberta Flack, dirigiu sua própria banda e trabalhou com Johnny Griffin e Pharoah Sanders. Sua gravação My Turn de 1993 inclui artistas renomados de jazz como Grover Washington Jr e Randy Brecker.Outras de suas 14 gravações incluem Turn This Mutha Out e Power of Soul. Ainda inspirando novas gerações de músicos, seus rítmos já integram gravações de hip-hop, trazendo seus talentos para o público da década de 90.

Extremamente adepto ao jazz, rock, funk e seus próprios estilos rítmicos, Muhammad encontra inspiração em tudo desde os barulhos de rua de Nova York, a música africana e a de Bali. A música é profundamente espiritual para Idris. Muçulmano por alguns anos, Muhammad já viajou para Índia várias vezes e para Mecca cinco vezes. Suas práticas espirituais alimentam sua música: “Posso sair, voltar e gravar um disco e é como se eu nunca tivesse deixado a bateria porque tenho esta vida espiritual.” .

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Idris Muhammad

Idris Muhammad picked up the drumsticks at age eight in his native New Orleans. By age sixteen he was performing in jazz bands in the city where jazz was born.

Known as one of the most innovative drummers in soul music of the 1960s, Muhammad performed with the legendary Sam Cook, Jerry Butler, the Impressions, the Neville Brothers, Curtis Mayfield, Jackie Wilson, played for the musical Hair and accompanied singer Roberta Flack. In the 70s Idris became a recording star in his own right with such seminal records as Turn This Mutha Out and Power of Soul. Idris has 14 albums to his name and also recorded through the 80s with artists such as John Hicks and Pharoah Sanders. Still innovating and inspiring younger generations of musicians, his beats have been looped into popular hip-hop music tracks bringing his skills to a 1990’s audience.

Well versed in jazz, rock, funk and his own rhythmic style, Muhammad’s finds inspiration in everything from the street sounds of New York City to Balinese and African music. And music for Idris is also deeply spiritual. A Muslim for some years, Muhammad has traveled to India several times and to Mecca five times. This spiritual practice feeds his music as he explains, “I can go out and come back and cut a record, and it’s like I never left the drums because I got that spiritual life.”

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