Roger Turner

 
Roger Turner (born 1946 in Whitstable, UK) is a drummer and percussionist who has been active in the experimental and improvised music scene since the 1960s-70s. His many collaborations reflect his eclectic approach, from the Ghanaian percussion group Mask and the experimental music group The Ritual Theatre to Annette Peacock and The Nose Flutes, as well as Toshinori Kondo, Derek Bailey, John Russell, Steve Beresford, Carlos Zingaro, Evan Parker, Joëlle Léandre, Otomo Yoshihide, Shelley Hirsch, Keith Rowe, Wolfgang Fuchs, Cecil Taylor, Alan Silva, Phil Minton, Tom Cora, Lol Coxhill, Elton Dean (Soft Machine), Mike Cooper, Thomas Lehn, Tim Hodgkinson...
 
Roger Turner - The Cigar That Talks (CD)
2010
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The Cigar That Talks, recorded by the trio of Michel Doneda, soprano and sopranino saxophones, John Russell, acoustic guitar and Roger Turner, drums and percussion, is an album of radical improvisation where copper, wood and steel become music by the only miracle of a perfect interaction seized on the spot.


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