``Planet Drums’’ is a world music album by Mickey Hart, a musician and musicologist who was a member of the rock band Grateful Dead.
The concept 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 who participated in this album came from the mainland United States (Mickey Hart), Puerto Rico (Giovanni Hidalgo and Frank Colon), India (Zakir Hussain and T.H. “Vic” Vinayakram), Nigeria (Sikiru Adepoju and Babatunde Olatunji), and Brazil (Aatu Moreira and his wife, vocalist Flora Purim).
It won the Best World Music Album award at the 1991 Grammy Awards.
Tracklist
A1. Udu Chant
A2. Island Groove
A3.Light Over Shadow
A4. Dance Of The Hunter's Fire
A5.
A6. The Hunt
A7. Temple Caves
B1. The Dancing Sorcerer
B2.Bones
B3.Lost River
B4. Evening Samba
B5. Iyanu
B6. Mysterious Island
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