Planet Drum
1991 studio album by Mickey Hart / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
Planet Drum | ||||
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Released | September 24, 1991 | |||
Genre | World music | |||
Length | 50:01 | |||
Label | Rykodisc | |||
Producer | Mickey Hart | |||
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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.[2] It reached number 1 on the Billboard chart for Top World Music Albums.[3]