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Manu Katché
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French drummer, studio musician, composer, singer, lyricist, percussionist and music producer (born 1958)
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Manu Katché is a French drummer, jazz musician, percussionist, and songwriter. Born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France, on October 27, 1958, he began his work period in 1985. He speaks and writes French.
Katché plays the drum kit and percussion instruments. His musical genres include jazz, world music, worldbeat, and pop music. He is associated with ECM Records. His work has been tagged with contemporary jazz, fusion, and drums. He received the award Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.
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Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France
Manu Katché (born 27 October 1958) is a French drummer and songwriter of Ivorian descent. He has worked extensively as a session musician, notably with Sting and Peter Gabriel, and his solo albums as a bandleader are largely in the jazz fusion style. Katché was born on 27 October 1958 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, France. He performed on several successful albums…
Known for
- Les Victoires de la musique, 40 ans d'émotion en chansons — Self2025
- Peter Gabriel - I/O — Self2023
- Katché & Origlio Quartet feat. Walter Ricci - Festival Jazz au Sommet 2020 — Self - batterie2022
- Peter Gabriel - Back to Front — Self - Drums2014
- Peter Gabriel: Live in Athens 1987 — Self - Drums2013
- Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So — Self2012
- The Unexpected Getaway — Self2012
- On n'est pas couché — Self - Guest2006
- Laurent Voulzy - Le Gothique Flamboyant Pop Dancing Tour — Self - Batterie et chants2004
- Sting ...All This Time — Self - Drums2001
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- France
- Active from
- 1958
Discography
- It’s About Time1991
- Neighbourhood2005
- Playground2007
- Le Grand Aquarium Saint-Malo2009
- Third Round2010
- Manu Katché2012
- Live in Concert2014
- Touchstone for Manu2014
- Unstatic2016
- The Scope2019
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 94,491
- Total plays
- 979,782
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Manu Katché is a French musician, born in Saint-Maur-des-Fosses 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. 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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Manu+Katch%C3
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Saint-Maur-des-Fossés
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Genre
- art rock
- Instrument
- percussion instrument
- Record label
- ECM Records
- Official website
- www.manu-katche.com
- Image
- Manu Katché 2009.jpg
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- Manu Katche
- date of birth
- 1958-10-27
- name in native language
- Manu Katché
- start of work period
- 1985-00-00
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