Joachim Cooder

Joachim Cooder is a musician who leads a double life; he's a celebrated percussionist who has worked with a number of respected roots and world music artists, while he also records as a headliner, where his primary instrument is the electric mbira, a variation on the traditional African thumb piano. As a sideman, his adaptable style has found him working with the legendary Cuban ensemble Buena Vista Social Club and inventive Indian instrumentalist Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. As a bandleader, his music is an atmospheric blend of folk, blues, and African music that encompasses familiar ...