Mark Nauseef - 1984 - Sura

Mark Nauseef

1984

Sura

01. Kids 4:17
02. Namenlos 3:18
03. Kamalesh 14:18
04. Ching-Chime 1:35
05. Bach 6:40
06. Indonesia 10:27

Drums [Magic], Zither, Gong [Chinese Opera], Percussion – Herbert Försch
Drums, Gong, Percussion, Ching – Mark Nauseef
Guitar – David Torn
Piano, Organ [Church] – Joachim Kühn
Sarod, Tabla [Tablatarang] – Kamalesh Maitra
Tabla, Congas, Gong, Percussion, Percussion [Water Instruments] – Trilok Gurtu
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Markus Stockhausen

Recorded January 1983 at Brunwey Studios, Hamburg.

Although there are many more widely known session drummers than Mark Nauseef, few have lent their talents to as wide a variety of musical styles as Nauseef has over the years. Nauseef has studied numerous percussive styles during his long and winding career, including Javanese gamelan with K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat; Balinese gamelan with I. Nyoman Wenten; North Indian pakhawaj drumming with Pandit Taranath Rao and Pandit Amiya Dasgupta; Ghanaian drumming and dance with Kobla, Alfred Ladzekpo, Dzidzogbe Lawulvi, and C.K. Ganyo; and 20th Century western percussion techniques and hand drumming with John Bergamo and Glen Velez.

Nauseef got his start in the 1970s, as he drummed on recordings by such rock outfits as Elf (a band that featured a preRainbow/Black Sabbath Ronnie James Dio on vocals), a postLou Reed version of the Velvet Underground, the Ian Gillan Band, as a fillin for Thin Lizzy during an Australian tour (which is documented on the Lizzy home video The Boys Are Back in Town), Jack Bruce, Andy Summers, and Gary Moore, among others. But it wasn't long before Nauseef broadened his horizons and began drumming with nonrock artists: Joachim Kuhn, Rabih AbouKhalil, Trilok Gurtu, Kyai Kunbul (Javanese gamelan), the Ladzekpo Brothers (Ghanaian music and dance), and the Gamelan Orchestra of Saba (Balinese gamelan).

Since the early 80s, Nauseef has sporadically issued his own solo albums: 1983's Personal Notes and Sura, 1984's WunWun, 1995's Snake Music, and 2000's With Space in Mind. In addition to his percussion talents, Nauseef has also produced other artists, including recordings of traditional Balinese and Javanese music, a few of which later appeared on the compilation CMPIer, Vol. 1: 3000 Series.

- Greg Prato, All Music Guide

This is the 2nd solo LP by Mark Nauseef,with contributions from Joachim Kühn, Markus Stockhausen, Trilok gurtu, Kamalesh Maitra, David Torn nd others.Excellent combination of improvised music,jazz and world music.Highly Recommented!