Manolo Badrena
Manolo Badrena 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 Fair View, New Jersey. He is the leader of the Latin jazz band Trio Mundo.Discography
As leader
- Manolo
- Carnaval with Trio Mundo
- Trio Mundo Rides Again with Trio Mundo
As sideman
With Herb Alpert
With Bill Evans
- Living in the Crest of a Wave
- The Alternative Man
- Live in Europe
- Escape
- Touch
- Big Fun
With Terumasa Hino
- Double Rainbow
- Pyramid
- Detour
With Masaru Imada
- Seaside
- Blue Marine
- Tropical Sunset
With Ahmad Jamal
With Steve Khan
- Eyewitness
- Modern Times
- Casa Loco
- Helping Hand
- Public Access
- Headline
- Crossings
- The Green Field
- Borrowed Time
- Parting Shot
With Spyro Gyra
- Incognito
- City Kids
- Breakout
- Stories without Words
- 20/20
With Weather Report
- Heavy Weather
- Mr. Gone
- Weather Report
- Live & Unreleased
- Forecast
With Joe Zawinul
- World Tour
- Two Years with the Zawinul Syndicate
- Faces & Places
- Vienna Nights Live at Joe Zawinul's Birdland
With others'
Simple Things? Laurie Anderson, Strange Angels Philip Bailey, Love Will Find a Way Victor Bailey, Slippin' 'n' Trippin' Louie Bellson, Ecue Bob Berg, Back Roads Charles Blenzig, Say What You Mean Carla Bley, Heavy Heart Carla Bley, Night-glo Blondie, The Hunter Brecker Brothers, Straphangin' Randy Brecker & Eliane Elias, Amanda Till Brönner, Midnight Chic, Take It Off Ronnie Cuber, The Scene Is Clean Ronnie Cuber, Passion Fruit Paquito D'Rivera, Why Not! George Duke, Reach for It Mark Egan, Mosaic Mark Egan, Beyond Words Eliane Elias, The Three Americas Eliane Elias, Music from Man of La Mancha Dalia Faitelson, Diamond of the Day Sonny Fortune, With Sound Reason Michael Franks, Skin Dive Michael Franks, Abandoned Garden Fuse One, Silk Lani Hall, Double or Nothing Debbie Harry, KooKoo Billy Hart, Oshumare Toninho Horta, From Ton to Tom Charlie Hunter/Chinna Smith/Ernest Ranglin, Earth Tones Fumio Karashima, I Used to Be Alone Fridrik Karlsson, Point Blank Earl Klugh, Crazy for You Pete Levin, A Solitary Man Pete Levin, Jump! Jakob Magnusson, Special Treatment Mike Mainieri, Wanderlust Herbie Mann, See Through Spirits Tania Maria, Bela Vista Lou Marini, Starmaker Hector Martignon, Portrait in White and Black Hugh Masekela, Main Event Live Sleepy Matsumoto, Papillon John Mayer, Continuum Vince Mendoza, Instructions Inside Bob Mintzer, Source Joni Mitchell, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Airto Moreira, I'm Fine. How Are You? Airto Moreira, Touching You...Touching Me Teruo Nakamura, Super Friends Ivo Perelman, Children of Ibeji Noel Pointer, Never Lose Your Heart Rare Silk, American Eyes Dianne Reeves, Bridges John Scofield, That's What I Say James Senese, Passpartu Lew Soloff, Hanalei Bay Lew Soloff, Little Wing Raul de Souza, Don't Ask My Neighbors Mike Stern, Jigsaw Dave Stryker, Shades of Miles Dave Stryker, Changing Times Andy Summers, World Gone Strange Torbjorn Sunde, Meridians Harvie Swartz, Urban Earth Talking Heads, Naked Jeff Tyzik, Jammin' in Manhattan Dave Valentin, Flute Juice Gino Vannelli, Brother to Brother Steven Van Zandt, Men without Women''
