Stéphane San Juan - Saved By The Drums LP

Stellar Samba Jazz LP combining classic Brazilian melodies and the rhythms of the Orixas. Second solo album from acclaimed drummer Stéphane San Juan, long-time drummer for Amadou & Mariam and percussionist for Bernard Purdie. Stéphane is currently drummer and percussionist on David Byrne’s world tour. Produced by Stéphane and recorded almost entirely in Rio de Janeiro, “Saved By The Drums” is dedicated to the great Brazilian drum and percussion master Wilson das Neves (1936-2017). The legendary “rhythmist” of the Impera Serrano, one of the most traditional Samba schools in Rio, participated in many of the most important Samba Jazz and MPB albums and accompanied Chico Buarque for nearly 3 decades. Stéphane calls him “my spiritual father”. “He was the person who encouraged me from the beginning to deepen not only my passion for Brazilian music, but especially my creative work as a songwriter,” he says. Mr. Wilson, in turn, described Stéphane as “the most Brazilian French I have met”