Bill Summers

Bill Summers (born June 27, 1948) is an American Afro-Cuban jazz/Latin jazz percussionist, a multi-instrumentalist who plays primarily on conga drums.

Career In the 1970s, he founded Bill Summers & Summers Heat together with Bo Freeman, Calvin Tillery, Carla Vaughn, Claytoven Richardson, Earl Freeman, Freddie Washington, George Spencer, Hadley Caliman, James Levi, Jeff Lewis, Larry Batiste, Leo Miller, Lori Ham, Michael Sasaki, Munyungo Jackson, Paul Van Wageningen, Ray Obiedo, Rodney Franklin, Scott Roberts and Tom Poole. The group produced 7 albums between 1977 and 1983 :

Cayenne Straight to the bank On Sunshine Jam the box Call it what you want Seventeen London Style

During the 1990s, Summers played with Los Hombres Calientes along with co-leader of the group, trumpeter Irvin Mayfield and Jason Marsalis. However, Summers has a much longer musical career, often working behind the scenes on film scores for various movies such as The Color Purple and the television miniseries Roots with Quincy Jones. His former wife is Yvette Bostic-Summers, who often sings on Los Hombres' albums.

1977 "Come into My Life" No. 84 1979 "Straight to the Bank" No. 45 No. 34 1981 "Call It What You Want" No. 16 No. 21 1982 "At the Concert" No. 38 1983 "It's Over" No. 63