Mino Cinelu

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Mino Cinelu, Paris, 1983

Mino cinelu (* 10. March 1957 in Saint-Cloud , France ) is a French Jazz - and Pop - drummer .

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The son of a father from Martinique first learned to play the guitar before he self-taught as a percussionist. He also plays the bandoneon , the flute and appears as a singer.

He became internationally known in 1981 as the percussionist on Miles Davis ' live album We Want Miles . He also worked on the albums Star People , Decoy and Amandla von Davis. He also worked with Weather Report , whose albums Sportin 'Life and This Is This! he also performed as a guitarist.

Subsequently he worked with numerous famous jazz musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie , Gil Evans , Pat Metheny , Cassandra Wilson , Herbie Hancock , Antônio Carlos Jobim , Wayne Shorter , Branford Marsalis ( Buckshot LeFonque ) Al Di Meola , Paquito D'Rivera , Geri Allen ( The Gathering 1998), Gato Barbieri , George Duke , Marcus Miller , Christian McBride , Jacky Terrasson , Eliane Elias , Robin Eubanks , Nguyên Lê , David Sanborn , Toots Thielemans , Pino Daniele , Andy Summers and pop musicians like Sting , Carlos Santana , Tori Amos , Laurie Anderson , Lou Reed , Tracy Chapman , Sophie B. Hawkins , Duncan Sheik , Michael Franks , Peter Gabriel , Joe Cocker , Elton John , Salif Keïta , Chaka Khan , Curtis Mayfield , Joni Mitchell , Youssou N'Dour , Bonnie Raitt , Patti Smith , James Taylor , Stevie Wonder , Emmylou Harris and also the chansonnier Charles Aznavour together as well as the Polish singer Anna Maria Jopek .

In 1995 Cinelu recorded the album World Trio with Dave Holland and Kevin Eubanks , and in 1996 with Kenny Barron Swamp Sally . In 1999 his first solo album Mino Cinelu was released , on which he was accompanied by Mitch Stein and Richard Bona . At the end of 2002 his second CD Quest Journey was released . In addition to Mitch Stein, the guitarists Bill Frisell and Gerry Leonard , the keyboardist Don Blackman , the DJs Logic and Nickodemus, the singer Toni Smith , the rapper Da Lioness and the bassist Leo Traversa took part.

In 2014 he was part of the band in the concert series Before the Dawn by Kate Bush .

Cinelu won three Grammys and was named Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .

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SURNAME Cinelu, Mino
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French jazz and pop drummer
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Cloud