Planet Drum

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namePlanet Drum
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artistMickey Hart
coverPlanetDrumCD.jpg
releasedSeptember 24, 1991
genreWorld music
length50:01
labelRykodisc
producerMickey Hart
prev_titleAt the Edge
prev_year1990
next_titleMickey Hart's Mystery Box
next_year1996
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Planet Drum is a world music album by Mickey Hart, a musician and musicologist who was a member of the rock band the Grateful Dead.

Hart's concept for Planet Drum was to play drum music with percussionists from around the world, and incorporate their different musical styles and traditions into a new global sound. The musicians on the Planet Drum album were from the continental United States (Hart), Puerto Rico (Giovanni Hidalgo and Frank Colón), India (Zakir Hussain and T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram), Nigeria (Sikiru Adepoju and Babatunde Olatunji), and Brazil (Airto Moreira and his wife, vocalist Flora Purim).

Planet Drum won the Grammy Award for Best World Music Album of 1991, the first year in which the award was given. It reached number 1 on the Billboard chart for Top World Music Albums. Mark Rowland of Musician wrote in 1996: "Starting with Rolling Thunder back in 1972, [Hart] produced dozens of albums by the likes of Babatunde Olatunji, the Gyuto Monks, and Zakir Hussain, along with his own adventurous projects, exploring the cross-cultural possibilities of world-beat percussion to increasing popular and critical acclaim, which culminated in a Grammy award for his Planet Drum in 1992."

Planet Drum, the book

Hart also wrote a book called Planet Drum: A Celebration of Percussion and Rhythm, co-written by Fredric Lieberman and D.A. Sonneborn. The book explores the role of drumming in the musical, cultural, and spiritual traditions of different cultures. It was first published in 1991, the same year that the Planet Drum album was released, and has the same cover illustration by Nancy Nimoy.

Planet Drum, the band

Since Planet Drum was released, Mickey Hart has sometimes toured with many of the same musicians who played on the album, performing live concerts. This ensemble is also called Planet Drum.

Track listing

  1. "Udu Chant" (Sikiru Adepoju, Mickey Hart, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira) – 3:40
  2. "Island Groove" (Adepoju, Hart, Hussain, Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji) – 5:43
  3. "Light Over Shadow" (Moreira, Olatunji, Flora Purim) – 3:51
  4. "Dance of the Hunter's Fire" (Adepoju, Moreira, Olatunji, Colón, Purim, Hidalgo, T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram) – 2:59
  5. "Jewe (You are the One)" (Olatunji) – 4:06
  6. "The Hunt" (Adepoju, Hart, Hussain, Moreira, Olatunji, Vinayakram) – 3:51
  7. "Temple Caves" (Adepoju, Hart, Hussain, Moreira, Olatunji) – 3:13
  8. "The Dancing Sorcerer" (Hussain, Moreira) – 2:57
  9. "Bones" (Hart, Hussain, Olatunji, Purim) – 4:10
  10. "Lost River" (Adepoju, Hart, Hussain, Moreira, Olatunji, Purim) – 2:58
  11. "Evening Samba" (Adepoju, Hart, Hussain, Moreira, Olatunji, Vinayakram) – 4:30
  12. "Iyanu (Surprises)" (Olatunji) – 2:02
  13. "Mysterious Island" (Hart, Moreira, Purim, Jeff Sterling) – 5:49

Personnel

Musicians

Production

  • Producer – Mickey Hart
  • Co-producers – Sikiru Adepoju, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moreira, Babatunde Olatunji, Flora Purim, T.H. "Vikku" Vinayakram
  • Recording and mixdown engineers – Tom Flye, Jeff Sterling
  • Production manager – Howard Cohen
  • Equipment managers – Ram Rod, Rudson Shurtliff
  • Technical support – Jack Crymes
  • Digital mastering – Paul Stubblebine
  • Cover illustration – Nancy Nimoy

Notes

References

  1. {{AllMusic. Anderson. Rick
  2. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3D91438F934A15751C0A964958260 "The Grammy Winners", ''New York Times'', February 27, 1992]
  3. {{AllMusic
  4. (October 1996). "The Grateful Dead: Days of the Living Dead". Musician.
  5. [https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mickeyhart/articles/story/5920683/mickey_harts_planet_drum_and_olu_dara St. Leger, Marie Elsie. "Mickey Hart's Planet Drum and Olu Dara", ''Rolling Stone'', October 28, 1998]{{dead link. (August 2021)
  6. [https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/mickeyhart/articles/story/5923128/mickey_hart_lives_to_the_beat_of_a_different_drum Dansby, Andrew. "Mickey Hart Lives to the Beat of a Different Drum", ''Rolling Stone'', November 18, 1999]{{dead link. (August 2021)
  7. [http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?StoryID=9136 Foster-Patton, Kathy. "Mickey Hart's Planet Drum Returns", JamBase, September 20, 2006]
  8. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2007/09/27/derk.DTL Richardson, Derk. "Mickey Hart reunites landmark world musicians for 'Global Drum Project'", ''San Francisco Chronicle'', September 27, 2007]

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