Manu Katche is one of the most original drummers anywhere, defying categorization and straddling musical genres with ease and flair. A French national of Ivorian background, he has turned his hand to ...

Emmanuel 'Manu' Katche was born in St Maur des Fossés, near Paris, in 1958, though his family roots go back to Africa's Ivory Coast. He studied piano from the age of 5, switching to drums at 14 and ...

The French-Ivorian former rock-drummer Manu Katché is a player you can listen to for his sound alone. The themes here aren't as striking as they were on his fine Neighbourhood and Playground sessions ...

Peter Gabriel hasn't released a proper solo album in 20 years, but it's looking like that's going to change soon. The long-awaited follow-up to 2002's Up may be here before the end of the year, ...

For his third ECM recording, the French jazz, rock and pop drummer Manu Katché brings in Jan Garbarek-inspired saxophonist Tore Brunborg and British pianist Jason Rebello – Katché and Rebello are old ...

Katche grew up in the suburbs of Paris, the son of a Haitian French mother and an Ivorian father. He started studying piano when he was 7, and eventually went to the Paris Conservatory to study ...

Manu Katché is a world-renowned drummer and songwriter, better known for his performance in several successful albums in the mid-1980s such as Peter Gabriel's 1986 album 'So' and Sting's 'Nothing Like ...

The French drummer, who provided the driving beats on Peter Gabriel's 1986 hit album So, is a sideman to the stars — and a composer in his own... Manu Katche's New Album Drops The 'Sledgehammer' Manu ...

Katche has been a sideman for lots of musicians — from Sting to Joni Mitchell to Tears for Fears — and he's been busy putting out his own albums, as well. His fourth comes out Tuesday, called simply ...