Manu Katché

Manu Katché

Born: October 27, 1958
in 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 in the mid-1980s such as Peter Gabriel's 1986 album So and Sting's …Nothing Like the Sun (1987) and The Soul Cages (1991). Since then, he has been featured in the pop, rock and world music scenes, playing with numerous artists and bands, including: Afro Celt Sound System, Jeff Beck, Al Di Meola, Tears for Fears, Eurythmics, Simple Minds, Dire Straits, Laurent Voulzy, Jeanne Mas, Joni Mitchell, Mike Lindup, Jan Garbarek, Claudio Baglioni, Mango, Manu Chao, Loreena McKennitt, Youssou N'Dour, Robbie Robertson, Joan Armatrading, Joe Satriani, Tori Amos, Richard Wright, Kyle Eastwood, the Christians, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Tracy Chapman, Dominic Miller and the aforementioned Peter Gabriel and Sting, with whom he has also toured extensively. Manu has also worked with Zlatan Stipišić Gibonni, a Croatian singer, on his albums Mirakul (2001) and Unca Fibre (2006), and has toured with Gibonni supporting the two albums.

From 1985 to 1988 he was in the band Preface, with guitar player Kamil Rustam and keyboardist Jean-Yves D'Angelo.

In 1991, Katché released his first solo album, It's About Time, largely in the rock genre, with guest musicians like Daniel Lanois, David Rhodes, Peter Gabriel, David Sancious, Branford Marsalis and Sting. His subsequent solo releases have all been jazz. He released his second solo album on 12 September 2005 entitled Neighbourhood, which features Jan Garbarek on saxophone, Tomasz Stańko on trumpet, Marcin Wasilewski on piano and Slawomir Kurkiewicz on double bass. His second ECM album, Playground was released in September 2007. In March 2010, Katché released Third Round, again on ECM.

From 2003 to 2007, along with producer Dove Attia, composer André Manoukian and singer Marianne James, he was one of the four judges in the TV-show Nouvelle Star, the French version of the Idol series. He was the most feared judge for his wit and his severe judgment about the groove, rhythm and tempo of the singing contestants.

Since January 2008, Katché has hosted the monthly program One Shot Not on Arte.

In 2010 Katché composed the instrumental music for the six themed lands of the Belgian theme park Bellewaerde. An album, with the twelve compositions for the park, including music for the Mexican, western, Indian and Canadian areas, was sold in souvenir shops at the park.

In August 2011 the album Rock the Tabla was released, featuring Manu Katché, Billy Cobham, A.R. Rahman, Hossam Ramzy and Omar Faruk Tekbilek.

Source: Article "Manu Katché" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies for Manu Katché...

i/o Peter Gabriel / Blu-Ray Audio
Title: i/o Peter Gabriel / Blu-Ray Audio
Character: Drums
Released: December 1, 2023
Type: Movie
More than 20 years in the making, i/o, Peter Gabriel’s tenth album and first new material since 2002’s Up. And what a creation – 12 tracks of grace, gravity and great beauty that provide welcome confirmation of not only Peter’s ongoing ability to write stop-you-in-your-tracks songs but also of that thrilling voice, still perfectly, delightfully intact. Throughout the album the intelligent and thoughtful songs tackle life and the universe. All 12 tracks are subject to two stereo mixes: the Bright-Side Mix, the Dark-Side Mix, bring different characters to the songs. A third version – the In-Side Mix, in Dolby Atmos, generates a much more three-dimensional mix and is included in this Blu-ray.
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Katché & Origlio Quartet feat. Walter Ricci - Festival Jazz au Sommet 2020
Title: Katché & Origlio Quartet feat. Walter Ricci - Festival Jazz au Sommet 2020
Character: Self - batterie
Released: March 3, 2022
Type: Movie
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Peter Gabriel: Back To Front
Title: Peter Gabriel: Back To Front
Character: Self - Drums
Released: June 20, 2014
Type: Movie
This spectacular live concert, filmed at London’s O2 using the latest Ultra High Definition 4K technology by renowned director Hamish Hamilton, captures Peter Gabriel’s celebration of the 25th anniversary of his landmark album “So”. To mark the event Gabriel reunited his original “So” touring band from 1986/87 – Tony Levin, David Rhodes, David Sancious and Manu Katché - and for the very first time fans saw them play the multi-platinum selling album in its entirety. But the concert is much more than just a nostalgic trip down memory lane; delivering performances of new and even unfinished material alongside acoustic re-workings and a plentiful supply of classic favourites, broken down into three sections. What Peter calls “the starter, the savoury course and the dessert”.
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Peter Gabriel - Live In Athens 1987
Title: Peter Gabriel - Live In Athens 1987
Character: Self - Drums
Released: September 13, 2013
Type: Movie
In October 1987 after many months on the road, it was in the elevated surroundings of the hillside open-air theatre at Lycabettus overlooking Athens that the So tour came to a climactic close. The three nights were filmed in what was the first-ever Peter Gabriel concert to be committed to film.
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Title: La Parenthèse inattendue
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 2012
Type: TV
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Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So
Title: Classic Albums: Peter Gabriel - So
Character: Self
Released: October 22, 2012
Type: Movie
This addition to the acclaimed & award winning Classic Albums series tells the story behind the making of Peter Gabriel's 1986 album "So". It was Gabriel's fifth solo album and the first one to have a title (the others all having just been called "Peter Gabriel" ). The album spawned a number of hit singles on both sides of the Atlantic including "Sledgehammer", "Big Time", "Don't Give Up" (a duet with Kate Bush) and "In Your Eyes" which drove "So" to multi-platinum sales, the No.1 spot in the UK and No.2 in the US. So was very much an album of the MTV generation and the distinctive videos for tracks like "Sledgehammer", "Red Rain", "Big Time" and "Don't Give Up" were key factors in the album's success.
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Laurent Voulzy - Le Gothique Flamboyant Pop Dancing Tour
Title: Laurent Voulzy - Le Gothique Flamboyant Pop Dancing Tour
Character: Self - Batterie et chants
Released: November 30, 2004
Type: Movie
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Sting - All this Time
Title: Sting - All this Time
Character: Self - Drums
Released: December 4, 2001
Type: Movie
This DVD contains a behind the scenes documentary film and an intimate concert performance by Sting. The documentary is a candid look at the genesis, development and realisation of Sting's live CD. "...all this time," which features reinvented arrangements of Sting's most celebrated songs. [Tracklist:] 01 Fragile 02 A Thousand Years 03 Perfect Love... Gone Wrong 04 All This Time 05 Seven Days 06 The Hounds Of Winter 07 Don't Stand So Close To Me 08 When We Dance 09 Dienda 10 Roxanne 11 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 12 Brand New Day 13 Fields Of Gold 14 Moon Over Bourbon Street 15 Shape Of My Heart 16 If I Ever Lose My Faith In You 17 Every Breath You Take
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Sting: The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre
Title: Sting: The Brand New Day Tour: Live From The Universal Amphitheatre
Character: Self - Drums
Released: September 8, 1999
Type: Movie
Concert video from Sting's Brand New Day Tour. 1. A Thousand Years 2. If You Love Somebody (Set Them Free) 3. After the Rain Has Fallen 4. We'll Be Together 5. Perfect Love... Gone Wrong 6. Seven Days 7. Fill Her Up 8. Every Little Thing She Does is Magic 9. Ghost Story 10. Moon Over Bourbon Street 11. Englishman in New York 12. Brand New Day 13. Tomorrow We'll See 14. Desert Rose 15. Every Breath You Take 16. Lithium Sunset 17. Message in a Bottle 18. Fragile
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Title: Classic Albums
Character: Self
Released: April 14, 1997
Type: TV
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.
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Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live
Title: Peter Gabriel: Secret World Live
Character: Self - Drums
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Filmed in Modena, Italy across two nights in November 1993 as part of Peter Gabriel's acclaimed Secret World Live tour in support of the Us album, the show is elaborately presented and choreographed with two stages joined by a narrow pier. Peter Gabriel has always been a charismatic live performer with the ability to draw his audience into the onstage world he has created and rarely has this been better captured than on Secret World Live.
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Peter Gabriel - POV
Title: Peter Gabriel - POV
Character: Self - Drums
Released: July 1, 1991
Type: Movie
An all-Gabriel performance featuring some of Gabriel's own 8mm work, personal footage from the two Amnesty International tours, a trip he took to the USSR and even home movies. Also live performances of "This Is the Picture," "Shock the Monkey," "Games Without Frontiers," "No Self Control," plus more. Executive produced by Martin Scorcese.
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Title: Victoires de la musique
Character: Self - KOD (Original Cinema/Television Soundtrack of the Year)
Released: November 23, 1985
Type: TV
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Title: Victoires de la musique
Character: (Studio musician of the Year)
Released: November 23, 1985
Type: TV
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Manu Katché - Quartet Live Montreux Jazz Club 2014
Title: Manu Katché - Quartet Live Montreux Jazz Club 2014
Character: Self - Drums
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie