Bill Summers

Bill Summers is an New Orleans based AfroCuban and Latin Jazz percussionist and multiinstrumentalist who has played across jazz funk and world music Summers is known for his diversity in percussion across congas bongos marimba and steel drums as well as his versatility across musical genres receiving various accolades and critical acclaim Summers studied piano composition and theory at Detroit Conservatory of Music and the Michigan Conservatory of Music as well as Ethnomusicology at University of California Berkeley Summers has performed on TV and Movie soundtracks including The Color Purple and Roots He has played with and contributed to Herbie Hancocks Headhunters collaborated widely with other musicians such as Quincy Jones Carlos Santana and Bobby McFerrin and is a founding member of Los Hombres Calientes Summers has been active as a composer arranger and producer and founded the Summers Multi Ethnic Institute of Arts in New Orleans with his former wife Yvette BosticSummers