Name Tony Vacca | Role Soloist | |
Albums The Senegal-America Project, Rhythm Mission, Rhythm Griots, Rhythm and Flow, Wizard's Dance Similar People Abiodun Oyewole, Bideew Bou Bess, Baaba Maal, The Last Poets, Mike Vax | ||
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Tony Vacca is an American percussionist specializing in jazz and an early innovator in world music. He incorporates percussion instruments from a world of traditions that includes African, Caribbean, Asian and Middle-Eastern influences, to which he adds some of his spoken word and rhythm poetry.
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Vacca plays both as a soloist and with his World Rhythms Ensemble. His frequent trips to West Africa have contributed to his unique approach to playing the balafon, and to his depth of knowledge regarding African and American musical traditions.
Vacca has recorded and performed with such a wide range of musicians such as Sting, Senegalese Afro-pop artist Baaba Maal, Jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, poet Abiodun Oyewole, Senegalese Hip-Hop artists Gokh-bi System, and Massamba Diop.
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Discography
With Winds of Change