Manolo Badrena
Biography
Manolo Badrena (born March 17, 1952, in San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a percussionist most noted for his work with Weather Report from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span jazz, world music, pop, and Latin music. Badrena has played with The Zawinul Syndicate, the Rolling Stones, Mezzoforte, Joni Mitchell, Spyro Gyra, Art Blakey, Bill Evans, Steve Khan, Carla Bley, Talking Heads, Blondie, Michael Franks, Ahmad Jamal, Hugo Fattoruso, and others. Badrena lives in Fairview, New Jersey. He is the leader (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals) of the Latin jazz band Trio Mundo.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Continuum
2006
Heavy Weather
1977
Naked
1988
Rise
1979
Pacific Ocean Blue
1977
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
1977
Popular Favorites 1976-1992 - Sand In The Vaseline
1992
Mr. Gone
1978
KooKoo
1981
The Hunter
1982
Strange Angels
1989
Men Without Women
1982
Brother To Brother
1978
Reach For It
1977
Once In A Lifetime
2003
Stories Without Words
1987
That's The Way I Feel Now - A Tribute To Thelonious Monk
1984
Take It Off
1981
Beyond
1980
Don't Ask My Neighbors
1978
I'm Fine. How Are You?
1977
Cheap Xmas: Donald Fagen Complete
2017
Big Fun
2002
Talk Normal: The Laurie Anderson Anthology
2000
Credited work
1,720 releases · 172 albums · active 1977–2026
- Performance · 4,062
- Other credits · 627
- Production · 4
Studios: A&M Studios · Devonshire Studios · Skyline Studios · BearTracks Recording Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Steve Khan
- Ahmad Jamal
- Weather Report
- Spyro Gyra
- Bill Evans (3)
- Terumasa Hino
- Talking Heads