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Nippy Noya

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Nippy Noya
Background information
Born (1946-02-27) 27 February 1946 (age 78)
Sulawesi
OriginIndonesia
GenresJazz fusion
Occupation(s)Percussionist, songwriter
Instrument(s)Kalimba, congas, bongos, campana, güiro, cabasa, shekere, caxixi, triangle, berimbau

Nippy Noya (born 27 February 1946) is an Indonesian, Netherlands-based percussionist and songwriter, specialising in congas, kalimba, bongos, campana, güiro, cabasa, shekere, caxixi, triangle and the berimbau.

History

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Son of Japanese Taiko drummer Fusao San Nakato, he was born on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and came to Europe in 1968. He began his professional career as a conga player in Amsterdam with percussion-rock band Massada. He played with them till 2016 on and off whilst becoming a sought-after musician; he made a one-off return for the recording of their 2018-released live dvd.

Artists he since played and recorded with include Peter Herbolzheimer,[1] John McLaughlin, Jan Akkerman, Hellmut Hattler, Volker Kriegel, Earth and Fire, Stan Getz and Dick Morrissey. In addition he toured with Richard Tee, Eric Burdon, Billy Cobham, Miko Aleksic[2] Chaka Khan, Peter Maffay, Udo Lindenberg, Gitte Haenning, John Hondorp and Herbert Grönemeyer. He also taught and performed with the young children of the Kelly Family, from the mid-1980s until the mid-1990s. He appeared on several Kelly Family albums, VHSs and live shows.

Since 1992, he has been a lecturer at the Conservatory of Music in Enschede, Netherlands.

In 2001, Noya joined a Polish jazz/funky band The Globetrotters, consisting of vocalist Kuba Badach, vibrafonist Bernard Maseli, and saxophonist Jerzy Główczewski. The band has released several albums.[3]

Discography

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References

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  1. ^ Jazz Professional Archived August 19, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2002). All Music Guide to Jazz. ISBN 9780879307172. Retrieved 27 December 2008.
  3. ^ "The Globetrotters – Info" (in Polish). Facebook. Retrieved 9 November 2013.
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