Nippy Noya (born 27 February 1946) is an Indonesian, Netherlands-based percussionist and songwriter, specialising in congas, kalimba, bongos, campana, güiro, cabasa, shekere, caxixi, triangle and the berimbau.
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| Background information | |
| Born | 27 February 1946 Sulawesi |
| Origin | Indonesia |
| Genres | Jazz fusion |
| Occupation(s) | Percussionist, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Kalimba, congas, bongos, campana, güiro, cabasa, shekere, caxixi, triangle, berimbau |
History
editSon of Japanese Taiko drummer Fusao San Nakato, he was born on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and came to Europe in 1968. He began his professional career as a conga player in Amsterdam with percussion-rock band Massada. He played with them till 2016 on and off whilst becoming a sought-after musician; he made a one-off return for the recording of their 2018-released live dvd.
Artists he since played and recorded with include Peter Herbolzheimer,[1] John McLaughlin, Jan Akkerman, Hellmut Hattler, Volker Kriegel, Earth and Fire, Stan Getz and Dick Morrissey. In addition he toured with Richard Tee, Eric Burdon, Billy Cobham, Miko Aleksic[2] Chaka Khan, Peter Maffay, Udo Lindenberg, Gitte Haenning, John Hondorp and Herbert Grönemeyer. He also taught and performed with the young children of the Kelly Family, from the mid-1980s until the mid-1990s. He appeared on several Kelly Family albums, VHSs and live shows.
Since 1992, he has been a lecturer at the Conservatory of Music in Enschede, Netherlands.
In 2001, Noya joined a Polish jazz/funky band The Globetrotters, consisting of vocalist Kuba Badach, vibrafonist Bernard Maseli, and saxophonist Jerzy Główczewski. The band has released several albums.[3]
Discography
edit- To the World of the Future - Earth and Fire (1975)
- Eli - Jan Akkerman and Kaz Lux (1976)
- Billy Cobham Live: Flight Time - Billy Cobham (1980)
- Ark - The Animals (1983)
- Live - The Kelly Family (1988)
- Keep on Singing... - The Kelly Family (1989)
- Live in East Germany - The Kelly Family (1989, VHS)
- New World - The Kelly Family (1990)
- Honest Workers - The Kelly Family (1991)
- Streetlife - The Kelly Family (1992)
- WOW - The Kelly Family (1993)
- The Traveler - Billy Cobham (1993)
References
edit- ^ Jazz Professional Archived August 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002). All Music Guide to Jazz. ISBN 9780879307172. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
- ^ "The Globetrotters – Info" (in Polish). Facebook. Retrieved 9 November 2013.