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Zen Matsuura ( - )

Male Person - United States jazz drummer/percussionist

Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. Commitment (1978 - 1984) original, drums (drum set)
  2. Billy Bang Sextet drums (drum set)
  3. The Roy Campbell Ensemble drums (drum set)
  4. Billy Bang New York Quintet drums (drum set)
  5. Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio percussion, drums (drum set)

On Recordings (47)

Instruments

  1. The Web of Forces 6:36 Commitment (1980) drums (drum set)
  2. No Name 11:03 Commitment (1980) drums (drum set)
  3. Grassy Hills, the Sun 10:06 Commitment (1980) drums (drum set)
  4. Famine 5:10 Commitment (1980) drums (drum set)
  5. Mountain Song 3:33 Commitment (1980) drums (drum set)
  6. Going Through 6:45 Billy Bang Sextet (1987) drums (drum set)
  7. Thank You Ma’am 8:33 Billy Bang Sextet (1987) drums (drum set)
  8. Abuella 13:40 Billy Bang Sextet (1987) drums (drum set)
  9. Rainbow Gladiator 5:48 Billy Bang Sextet (1987) drums (drum set)
  10. Sinawe Mandelas 6:57 Billy Bang Sextet (1987) drums (drum set)
  11. Sad Song 4:37 Billy Bang Sextet (1987) drums (drum set)
  12. Song for Alan 11:42 Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio (1998) percussion
  13. Ancestral Homeland 11:56 Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio (1998) percussion
  14. Brother Yusef 6:10 Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio (1998) percussion
  15. Camel Caravan 10:26 Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio (1998) percussion
  16. Oglala Eclipse 9:20 Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio (1998) percussion
  17. Brother Yusef (intro) 3:26 Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio (1998) percussion
  18. Bean Dance 5:08 Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio (1998) percussion
  19. The Positive Path 14:35 Roy Campbell Pyramid Trio (1998) percussion
  20. Aten and Amarna 6:29 The Roy Campbell Ensemble (11 Mar 2008) drums (drum set)
  21. Sunset on the Nile 12:09 The Roy Campbell Ensemble (11 Mar 2008) drums (drum set)
  22. Pharaoh’s Revenge (Akhenaten) Intro Part 1 2:53 The Roy Campbell Ensemble (11 Mar 2008) drums (drum set)
  23. Pharaoh’s Revenge (Tutankhamun) Intro Part 2 3:07 The Roy Campbell Ensemble (11 Mar 2008) drums (drum set)
  24. Pharaoh’s Revenge Part 1 10:23 The Roy Campbell Ensemble (11 Mar 2008) drums (drum set)
  25. Akhenaten (Amenophis, Amenhotep IV) 11:40 The Roy Campbell Ensemble (11 Mar 2008) drums (drum set)
  26. Pharaoh’s Revenge Part 2 10:30 The Roy Campbell Ensemble (11 Mar 2008) drums (drum set)
  27. Continuous 22:33 Commitment (01 Dec 2010) drums (drum set)
  28. The Pathway 6:25 Commitment (01 Dec 2010) drums (drum set)
  29. Ocean 10:38 Commitment (01 Dec 2010) drums (drum set)
  30. Diary for One at Night 21:58 Commitment (01 Dec 2010) drums (drum set)
  31. Whole Grain 9:48 Commitment (01 Dec 2010) drums (drum set)
  32. Grassy Hills / The Sun (Part 1) 6:55 Commitment (2010) drums (drum set)
  33. Grassy Hills / The Sun (Part 2) 9:29 Commitment (2010) drums (drum set)
  34. [untitled] ?:?? Billy Bang New York Quintet (2015) drums (drum set)
  35. Charmaine 18:30 Roy Campbell / William Parker / Zen Matsuura (08 Sep 2023) drums (drum set)
  36. [untitled] 9:23 Roy Campbell / William Parker / Zen Matsuura (08 Sep 2023) drums (drum set)
  37. Imhotep 16:14 Roy Campbell / William Parker / Zen Matsuura (08 Sep 2023) drums (drum set)
  38. Vigilance 15:41 Roy Campbell / William Parker / Zen Matsuura (08 Sep 2023) drums (drum set)
  39. Brother Yusef 13:21 Roy Campbell / William Parker / Zen Matsuura (08 Sep 2023) drums (drum set)

Produced

  1. Cosmo Approach Prelude 7:29 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988)
  2. If You Came From Nowhere Here 10:27 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988)
  3. Why Was I Born 5:57 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988)
  4. Prelude to a Kiss 5:11 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988)
  5. I'll Wait for You 7:18 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988)
  6. Astro Black 11:23 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988)
  7. Interstellar Lo-Ways 7:23 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988)
  8. Can You Take It? 3:14 The Sun Ra Arkestra (1988)

Credited as (2)

  1. William Parker, Roy Campbell, Bill Cole, Michael Wimberly, Joe McPhee, Bob Stewart, Zen Matsuura, Julius Hemphill, Warren Smith, David Mott
  2. Roy Campbell / William Parker / Zen Matsuura

Works (1)

Composed

  1. The Pathway (1983)

Links (3)

Other Databases

  1. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/zen_matsuura

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1088370

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000694281