What do the following Artists & Movie Soundtracks have in common?

Quincy Jones, Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, Kenny Loggins,
Sting, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, Billy Cobham & Sheila E,
The Color Purple, Roots Television Series, The Rhythm of Music...

They have all been touched by the multiple talents of Bill Summers!

Bill Summers has recorded &/or performed with the following Artists

Airto & Flora Purim, Alex Acuna, Alice Coltrane, Alvin Bastiste, Andre Crouch, Anita Baker, Arsenio Hall, Barry White, Bennie Maupin, Big Daddy Kane, Billy Childs, Billy Cobham, Billy Hart, The Black Birds, Bobby Hutcherson, Bobby Womack, Branford Marsalis, Buster Williams, Cachao, Cal Tjader, Carlos Garnet, Carlos Santana, Carmen Branford, Carol Kaye, Chaiphus Semenya, Charles Neville, Chuck Rainey, Cyril Neville, Danilo Perez, Dave Matthews, David "Fathead" Newman, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Delfio Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Dinah Shore, Dizzy Gillespie, Dorothy Ashby, Eddie Henderson, Eddy Grant, Ella Fitzgerald, Emil Richards, Everette Harp, Franky Beverley, Freddie Hubbard, Gary Bartz, Gato Barbieri, George Clinton, George Duke, George Howard, George Porter, George Segal, Gerald Albright, Gerry Garcia, Glen Velez, Harvey Mason, The Headhunters, Henry Butler, Henry Mancini, Herb Alpert, Herbie Hancock, Howard Hewitt, Hubert Laws, Hubert Laws, Hugh Masekela, Ice Tea, Irvin Mayfield, The Isley Brothers, Jack Dejohnnete, James Gadson, James Moody, Janet Jackson, Jason Marsalis, Jerry Hey, Joe Henderson, Joe Sample, Joe Zawinul, John Beasley, John Cleary, John Faddis, John Lucien, John Patitucci, John Santos, Johnny Hammond, Johnny Nash, Julian Priester, Kenny Loggins, Kool Moe Dee, Lamont Dozier, Larry Williams, Lavar Burton, Lee Ritenour, Lenny Kravitz, Lenny Williams, Leon Thomas, Letta Mbulu, Lou Gossett Jr., Luis Conte, Madonna, Malik Yoba, McCoy Tyner, Melissa Muldar, Melle Mel, Merle Saunders, Me'Shell Ndegeocello, Michael Jackson, Mike Clark, Miles Davis, Morris Pleasure, Munyungo Jackson, Munyungo Jackson's Jungle Book, Ndea Davenport, Norman Conners, Oscar Brashear, Pancho Quinto, Patrice Rushen, Paul Jackson, Paul Jackson Jr., Paulinho Da Costa, Perri, Pete Escovedo, Pharoah Saunders, Phil Perry, Phyllis Hyman, Pleasure, Pointer Sisters, Prince, Quincy Jones, Ray Obiedo, Roland Kirk, Ron Carter, Ronnie Laws, Roy Ayers, Salif Keita, Sarah Vaughn, Seidah Garrett, Sergio Mendez, Shawn Phillips, Sheila E., Sherry Lewis, Skip Burney, SkullDuggery, Sonny Rollins, Speech, Stanley Clarke, Stanley Turrentine, Stevie Wonder, Sting, Sun Ra, Take 6, Tevin Campbell, Tony Williams, Vinx, Wah Wah Watson, Wallace Roney, Wayne Shorter, Wynton Marsalis, Young MC, Zap Mama

Touring & Performance History & Discography

1999 ~ 2000

LOS HOMBRES CALIENTES ~ World Tour 1999 ~ 2000 featuring ~ Bill Summers, Irvin Mayfield & Jason Marsalis (The Caribbean, Europe, Asia & The United States of America), spawning albums :
Los Hombres Calientes ~ Audio Volumes One, Two, Three & Four

1998

Co-produced & performed on "The Return of the Headhunters" recorded for Verve Records & Hancock Records
Produced & Recorded, Los Hombres Calientes ~ "Volume One" for New Orleans Record Company ~ Basin Street Records.
Musical Director Grand Opening of the Hall of Bio Diversity & Rain Forest @ The Museum of Natural History, NY.
Television appearance with Keenan Ivory Wayans & Malik Yoba from "New York Undercover"
Established Summers Multi_Ethnic_Institute_of_the_Arts, a non-profit organization for the preservation of the Arts ~ Planning for the construction & development on a 100 Acre Site @ Ascension Parish, New Orleans.

1997

Produced, engineered & performed on "The Essence of Kwanzaa".
Percussionist on George Howard's 1997 World Tour
Percussionist on George Duke's Jazz Explosion Tour

1995 ~ 1996

Stevie Wonder CD/ Percussionist
George Duke, Howard Hewitt, Phil Perry & Dianne Reeves Tour.
Composed, produced & recorded " A Whole lot of Drum in Me" George Howard.
Arranged & performed with Stanley Clarke & John Singleton for "Higher Learning"

1993 ~ 1994

Produced, arranged & co-ordinated the entire project for "Dis is Da Drum"
Musical Director & Percussionist for Herbie Hancock's 1993-94 World Tour.
Percussionist on Stanley Clarke's "East River Drive", on Epic Records.
Percussionist on George Benson's "Love Remembers", Warner Brothers.
Percussionist on Nina Simone's " A Single Woman" Album

1991 ~ 1992

Arranged, performed sound score on "Boomerang" * Eddie Murphy.
Wrote & performed on sound score for "Leap of Faith" * Steve Martin.
Wrote & performed on sound score for "House Sitter" * Steve Martin.
Arranged, performed percussion Michael Jackson's "Remember the Time".
Arranged, Composed & Performed for HBO Koi & the Koala Nuts
~ Whoopie Goldberg & Herbie Hancock.
Arranged, composed & performed on tracks of Kenny Loggins Grammy award winning album ~ "Leap of Faith".
Arranged, composed & performed ~ Vinx's IRS Records album.
Arranged, composed & performed ~ "Black Water", Joe Zawinul.
Arranged, composed & performed ~ "I Remember" Dianne Reeves.
Arranged, composed & performed ~ "Salif Keita" CD Project.
Composed, produced, scored & recorded Japan Airlines TV commercial
Scored, & performed on John Barnes' Movie ~ "Daughters of the Dust"

1987 ~ 1990

Featured Percussionist on Anita Baker's 1988-1989 World Tour.
Arranged, composed & performed on ~ Perri's "Tradewinds"
Featured Percussionist on George Howard's United States National Tour.

1981 ~ 1986

Featured Percussionist on Dianne Reeves' World Tour

Bill Summers & Summers Heat ~ 4 Albums
Toured with EWF, Kool & the Gang, Frankie Beverley, Teddy Pendergrass, Herbie Hancock & Barry White.

Bill Summers ~ solo albums : Call it What You Want, Jam the Box, Seventeen, & London Style

1977 ~ 1980

Bill Summers ~ solo albums : Feel the Heat, Cayenne, Straight to the Bank, & Walking on Sunshine"

1972 ~ 1980

Herbie Hancock Headhunters ~ Toured & recorded with Herbie Hancock on all USA & World Tours
Recorded on all Herbie Hancock's Headhunters albums from 1972-1980.

TV & Motion pictures appearances

"Salsa" The Motion Picture ~ A Canon Films Production.
"The Color Purple" ~ Scored portions of the soundtrack, under the guidance of Steven Spielberg & Quincy Jones.
"Smokey & the Bandit" ~ Included one of Bill's Original Compositions.
"Roots" ~ Concert Master, Arranger, Writer, Arranger / Underscored for Quincy Jones.

Other Film Soundtrack Performances Include:
"Death Wish" ~ Starring Charles Bronson.
"The Greatest" ~ The Mohammed Ali Story.
"The Wiz"~ Quincy Jones.

Institutional Education

1970 ~ 1974 : University of California, Berkeley ~ Major in Ethnomusicology
1953 ~ 1963 : Detroit Conservatory of Music ~ Piano, Composition, Theory (5 Years).
Michigan Conservatory of Music ~ Piano, Composition, Theory (5 Years).