Túpac Mantilla | |
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 JLG Recording Session – 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Túpac Mantilla Gómez |
| Born | October 21, 1978 Bogotá, Colombia |
| Genres | Jazz, classical, world |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, educator |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion |
| Years active | 1997–present |
| Labels | Percuaction |
| Website | tupacmantilla |
Tupac Mantilla (born October 21, 1978) is a percussionist from Bogotá, Colombia. He is the founder and director of the Global Percussion Network PERCUACTION and the director of the percussion group Tekeyé. He has worked with Bobby McFerrin,[1] Esperanza Spalding, Zakir Hussain, Bill Cosby, Danilo Perez, Julian Lage, Bob Moses, and Medeski, Martin and Wood.
As a scholar, Mantilla is associated with institutions such as Stanford University through the Stanford Jazz Workshop,[2] and the Berklee College of Music through the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI), and gives workshops and lectures and runs rhythm/percussion oriented programs worldwide, through PERCUACTION's Global Rhythm Institute (GRI).
- ^ "Die Sprache von Bobby McFerrin". Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ "Master percussionist Tupac Mantilla launches new World Percussion program at Jazz Institute". Stanford Jazz. Retrieved June 4, 2019.