Manu Katché

Biography

French drummer born 27 October 1958 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, whose floating, instantly recognisable beat powered *Peter Gabriel*'s 'So' and landmark records by *Sting* and many others. A member of the *Jan Garbarek* Group in the 1990s, he later became a bandleader on #ECM Records# with albums such as 'Neighbourhood' (2005) and 'Playground' (2007), and a well known television judge in France.