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55-473: The award for Best Global Music Album, reserved for international performers exhibiting "non-European, indigenous traditions", was first presented to Mickey Hart in 1992 for the album Planet Drum . In 1996, Academy trustees attempted to solve the problem of "compressing 75% or more of the world's music into a single award category" by broadening the definition of "world music" to include non-Western classical music. Beginning in 2001 , award recipients included

110-571: A black belt ) to units of the Strategic Air Command and other units in Europe and Africa. During a tour in Spain, he reportedly sat in with a variety of notable jazz musicians (including Gerry Mulligan and Count Basie ) in addition to performing in various ensembles (spanning the gamut from small jazz combos to marching bands) and on recording sessions for local pop stars. Hart would later intimate in

165-560: A 1972 interview that his Airmen of Note assignment served as a "cover" for his instructive duties. While in the Air Force, he co-founded Joe and the Jaguars (alternatively billed as The Jaguars) with a fellow serviceman, guitarist Joe Bennett. Following his 1965 discharge, Hart briefly returned to the New York metropolitan area , where he filled in for the regular drummer in a "staid fox-trot band" as

220-580: A Rotary scholarship in 1950 and was educated at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia , where he desired to, but never sang in the Morehouse College Glee Club . Olatunji was a good friend of Glee Club director Dr. Wendell P. Whalum and collaborated with him on a staple of the choir's repertoire, "Betelehemu", a Nigerian Christmas carol. After graduating from Morehouse, he went on to New York University to study public administration. There, he started

275-516: A daughter Reya. Hart also has a son Taro (born January 13, 1983) from his previous marriage to Mary Holloway. He had Taro's heartbeat recorded in utero and used as the basis for the album Music to Be Born By . He lives in Occidental, California . Hart is the only Jewish member of the Grateful Dead. Babatunde Olatunji Michael Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003)

330-595: A few shows in August 2011 on the east and west coasts of the United States. In November and December 2011, the Mickey Hart Band did a 17-date tour with a slightly modified lineup. McCoy and Ellis were not in this lineup, and Widespread Panic band member Dave Schools joined the band as their bass player for the tour. On October 11, 2011, Smithsonian Folkways released The Mickey Hart Collection . Comprising 25 albums,

385-537: A grade school student, his interest intensified after seeing his father's picture in a newsreel documenting the 1939 World's Fair . Shortly thereafter, he discovered a practice pad and a pair of snakewood sticks that belonged to his father. "From the age of ten," he recalled, "all I did was drum." He attended Lawrence High School in Cedarhurst, New York . Hart would later recall that many champion rudimental drummers attended his high school; this inspired him to ascend to

440-552: A home in Washington, D.C., where he lived for a short time, along with his roommate, Professor Akinsola Akiwowo. There he was assisted by Jaqui MacMillan and Chris Stewart, before he sold the house and moved to California. For the few years before his death Olatunji made his home at the wild Big Sur coastline. He became a scholar-in-residence at the Esalen Institute . During this time, he already suffered severely from diabetes and

495-524: A member of the Grateful Dead. In 2000, Hart became a member of the board of directors of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function , a nonprofit organization that studies the healing power of music – continuing his investigation into the connection between healing and rhythm, and the neural basis of rhythm. In 2003, he was honored with the organization's Music Has Power Award, recognizing his advocacy and continuous commitment to raising public awareness of

550-587: A member of the local musician's union. While stationed in southern California, he had discovered that his father (by now employed as a savings and loan association executive in Los Angeles ) was still involved in the drumming community as an endorser for Remo . Founder Remo Belli facilitated an introduction before Hart was reassigned to Spain, but the elder Hart soon disappeared. A post-discharge reconciliation attempt (also mediated by Belli) proved to be more successful. Shortly thereafter, father and son established

605-440: A method of teaching and recording drum patterns which he called the "Gun-Dun, Go-Do, Pa-Ta" method after the different sounds made on the drum. He taught drum and dance workshops year-round starting in the late 1950s. Over the years he presented workshops nationally and internationally at colleges, universities, civic, cultural, and governmental organizations. He co-wrote Musical Instruments of Africa: Their Nature, Use and Place in

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660-456: A musical backdrop that complemented the narrative and resonated with audiences. Furthermore, Olatunji's collaboration with Bill Lee on She's Gotta Have It exemplifies his commitment to fostering intergenerational musical partnerships. Assisting Bill Lee , and by extension, contributing to the success of Spike Lee 's directorial debut, Olatunji showcased not only his musical prowess but also his ability to mentor and inspire emerging talents in

715-523: A rich and evocative layer to these productions, enhancing the overall emotional impact of the storytelling. In 1986, he played a role in the creation of the soundtrack for Spike Lee 's film, She's Gotta Have It . Collaborating with renowned musician Bill Lee , Olatunji lent his expertise to the musical score, contributing to the film's cultural resonance and critical acclaim. His involvement in this project underscored his ability to seamlessly blend traditional African rhythms with contemporary sounds, creating

770-632: A senior. Impressed by its musical pedigree, he enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1961. He served as a drummer in The Airmen of Note , an elite big band unit in the United States Air Force Band modeled after Glenn Miller 's celebrated Army Air Forces Band. For three and a half years, he was stationed throughout Europe, where he also claimed to have taught "combative measures" (most notably judo , in which he had attained

825-529: A small percussion group to earn money on the side while he continued his studies. After hearing Olatunji perform with the 66 piece Radio City Music Hall orchestra Columbia Records signed Olatunji to the Columbia label in 1958. One year later he released his first of six records on the Columbia label, called Drums of Passion . Drums of Passion became a major hit and remains in print; it introduced many Americans to world music . Drums of Passion also served as

880-542: A student and friend who would accompany him to a Count Basie Orchestra performance at The Fillmore in mid-1967. At the concert, Hart help fulfill Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann 's request to meet Basie Orchestra drummer Sonny Payne , leading to an informal tutorial between Hart and Kreutzmann and his eventual introduction to the Grateful Dead. Hart joined the Grateful Dead in September 1967. His interests in polyrhythmic rudiments and exotic percussion were integral to

935-987: Is also mentioned in the lyrics of Bob Dylan 's " I Shall Be Free ," recorded for the album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan . He appeared in the second season episode "Olatunji – An African in New York" of the CBC television show Quest broadcast May 6, 1962, a series which also starred Bob Dylan in an episode from March 10, 1964. In 1969, Carlos Santana had a major hit with his cover version of " Jin-go-lo-ba " from Olatunji's first album, which Santana recorded on his debut album, Santana , as "Jingo". Olatunji's subsequent recordings include Drums of Passion: The Invocation (1988), Drums of Passion: The Beat (1989) (which included Airto Moreira and Carlos Santana ), Love Drum Talk (1997), Circle of Drums (2005; originally titled Cosmic Rhythm Vibrations , with Muruga Booker and Sikiru Adepoju ), and Olatunji Live at Starwood (2003 – recorded at

990-569: Is linked to the article about the Grammy Awards held that year. Mickey Hart Mickey Hart (born Michael Steven Hartman , September 11, 1943) is an American percussionist . He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band Grateful Dead . He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 until February 1971, and again from October 1974 until their final show in July 1995. He and fellow Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann earned

1045-462: The Rykodisc label, Olatunji - Drums of Passion,The Invocation and Olatunji - Drums of Passion, The Beat . The 1990s brought further recordings with Babatunde Olatunji, Healing Session, ( originally released as a limited edition cassette tape and later on CD in 2003), and Drums of Passion - Freedom, Justice and Peace . The 1991 release on Rykodisc, Planet Drum , a collaboration with Mickey Hart of

1100-428: The producers , engineers , and/or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists. Following the 45th Grammy Awards (2003), the award was split into two separate categories for Best Traditional World Music Album and Best Contemporary World Music Album . In 2012, the two categories were merged back to Best World Music Album. In 2020, The Recording Academy announced it would be changing

1155-490: The 1962 album Coltrane in dedication to him. Olatunji recorded with many other prominent musicians (often credited as "Michael Olatunji"), including Cannonball Adderley (on his 1961 African Waltz album), Horace Silver , Quincy Jones , Pee Wee Ellis , Stevie Wonder , Randy Weston , and with Max Roach and Abbey Lincoln on the pivotal Freedom Now Suite aka We Insist! , and with Grateful Dead member Mickey Hart on his Grammy winning Planet Drum projects. He

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1210-468: The 1990s Olatunji's educational workshops were presented by organizations associated with the human potential movement, such as Esalen Institute, Omega Institute , Hollyhock Farm, and organizations in Europe. In 1997, Olatunji was impresario for the Ghana Dance Ensemble, bringing the world famous performance and education group from Accra , Ghana, to tour the U.S. In early 2000, Olatunji purchased

1265-627: The 1997 Starwood Festival with guest Halim El-Dabh ). He also contributed to Peace Is the World Smiling: A Peace Anthology for Families on the Music for Little People label (1993). Olatunji's most notable involvement comes from composing music for both the Broadway theatrical and the 1961 Hollywood film adaptations of Lorraine Hansberry's acclaimed play, Raisin in the Sun . Olatunji's musical compositions added

1320-607: The Beach" in Playa del Carmen in January 2010. In April 2010, it was announced that Rhythm Devils will tour in the summer of 2010 with a new line-up including Hart and Bill Kreutzmann (assorted percussion), Keller Williams (guitar, vocals), Sikiru Adepoju (talking drum), Davy Knowles (guitar, vocals), and Andy Hess (bass). The Rhythm Devils did only one show in 2011, at the Gathering of

1375-700: The Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage at the Smithsonian Institution . He is on the Board of Trustees of the American Folklife Center and has been a spokesperson for the "Save Our Sounds" audio preservation initiative. He also serves on the Library of Congress National Recorded Sound Preservation Board and is known for reissues and other recordings with historical and cultural value. In 1991, Hart produced

1430-608: The Chesky label, was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best World Beat Music. Throughout the 1990s Olatunji's tour schedule more than doubled bringing Drums of Passion to events as far-flung as the International Peace University, Berlin, Kodo Drum Society of Japan, The National Cathedral of the United States of America, Ontario Anti-Racist Secretariat, Universita della Studi di Napoli, United Nations Hunger Project, along with an endless schedule of theater and club dates. During

1485-465: The Grateful Dead, Hart has performed as a solo artist, percussionist, and the author of several books. In these endeavors he has pursued a lifelong interest in ethnomusicology and world music . Hart was influential in recording global musical traditions on the verge of possible extinction, working with archivists and ethnomusicologists at both the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress and

1540-462: The Grateful Dead, along with multiple drummers, spent a record setting streak of weeks as the number 1 ranked recording on Billboard's Top World Music Album chart. Olatunji with the drumming ensemble supported the recording with a ten city national tour, playing sold out shows at such venues as Carnegie Hall. In 1994, a major box set compiling the complete Columbia Record recordings was issued by Bear Family Records. The 1997 recording, "Love Drum Talk", on

1595-613: The Great Rum Runners (1974) and Ned Lagin 's Seastones (1975). He returned to the Dead for their final pre-hiatus concert in October 1974 and was formally reinstated by the beginning of the group's 1976 tour. He remained with the group until their official dissolution in 1995. Hart's collaboration with the remaining members of the Grateful Dead has continued with The Other Ones , The Dead and Dead & Company . Alongside his work with

1650-595: The Hart Music Center in San Carlos, California . In late 1965 or early 1966, Hart performed in an early iteration of William Penn and His Pals prior to Gregg Rolie 's membership and the recording of the garage rock classic "Swami." Later in 1966, Hart and Bennett briefly resumed their collaboration before the latter reenlisted for a tour of duty in Vietnam . By the end of the year, Hart had moved in with Michael Hinton,

1705-622: The Life of a Deeply Musical People with Betty Warner-Dietz (John Day Company, 1965). He taught a summer drumming and African dance course with his wife, at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York for many summers during Family week. He also taught at the Esalen Institute in California beginning in 1985. Starting in the late 1980s Olatunji had a resurgent late career with the release of recordings on

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1760-581: The United Nations General Assembly, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev took off his shoes and danced. Later, he was one of the first outside performers to perform in Prague at Václav Havel 's request. On July 21, 1979, he appeared at the Amandla Festival along with Bob Marley , Dick Gregory , Patti LaBelle and Eddie Palmieri , amongst others. Olatunji was a music educator, and invented

1815-694: The Universe premiered at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. In the summer of 2015, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead ( Bob Weir , Phil Lesh , Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart), joined by Trey Anastasio , Bruce Hornsby and Jeff Chimenti , performed a series of concerts to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead. The performances took place at Santa Clara's Levi Stadium on June 27 and 28, 2015 and Chicago's Soldier Field on July 3, 4 and 5, 2015. These performances marked

1870-462: The Universe," a composition based on a variety of astrophysical data. The composition represents a collaboration between scientist and artist, using their own sophisticated tools. Nobel Laureate in physics George Smoot from the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), and Keith Jackson, a computer scientist and musician also from LBNL, are providing some of

1925-759: The Vibes Music Festival in Bridgeport, Connecticut. This version of the band was Hart, Kreutzmann, Keller Williams, Sikiru, Steve Kimock and Reed Mathis of Tea Leaf Green on bass. In 2011 Hart debuted a new version of the Mickey Hart Band. This lineup included Tim Hockenberry (vocals, keyboards, trombone, saxophone, other instruments), Crystal Monee Hall (vocals, guitar, hand percussion), Ben Yonas (keyboards), Gawain Mathews (guitar), Sikiru Adepoju ( talking drum , djembe , shakers ), Ian "Inkx" Herman (drums), Greg Ellis (percussion), Vir McCoy (bass). The band played

1980-538: The album Planet Drum , which remained at #1 on the Billboard World Music chart for 26 weeks, and received the first ever Grammy Award for Best World Music Album. Hart has written books on the history and traditions of drumming throughout history. His solo recordings (featuring a variety of guest musicians) are percussive but verge on New Age . In 1994, Hart was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as

2035-450: The band and retreated to his ranch in Novato and it really strained our relationship for a while, sad to say." During his sabbatical, he released the album Rolling Thunder in 1972. Two additional solo albums (including an ambient music project that was envisaged as the soundtrack for The Silent Flute , a screenplay co-written by Bruce Lee , James Coburn and Stirling Silliphant that

2090-457: The band's arrangements in the period that archivist Dick Latvala would subsequently characterize as the "primal Dead era" of 1968–1969. However, he left by mutual agreement in February 1971, extricating himself after his father (who briefly managed the group) embezzled $ 70,000 from the band. In his 2015 memoir, Kreutzmann divulged that Hart's use of heroin and other "dark drugs" had accelerated in

2145-523: The band's name. Olatunji won a following among jazz musicians, by infusing Nigerian rhythms with elements drawn from Ghanaian and Afro-Caribbean traditions. Most notably creating a strong relationship with John Coltrane , with whose help he founded the Olatunji Center for African Culture in Harlem . This was the site of Coltrane's final recorded performance in 1967. Coltrane wrote the composition "Tunji" on

2200-523: The data for the project. The final result will be a "musical history of the universe", from the Big Bang onwards through galaxy and star formation, up until modern times, including images from the Hubble Space Telescope and rhythms derived from the cosmic microwave background radiation , supernovae , quasars , and many other astrophysical phenomena. The work premiered at the conference "Cosmology on

2255-653: The first chair in the All State Band as a pupil of Arthur Jones, who served as a father figure to him and ensured that he was not suspended for neglecting his other classes. While employed as a soda jerk at El Patio, a jazz club in Atlantic Beach, New York , he was influenced by Tito Puente 's regular appearances. A few months out of high school, he discovered the work of Nigerian drummer Babatunde Olatunji , another formative influence. Olatunji later taught and collaborated with Hart. Hart dropped out of high school as

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2310-1376: The first time Weir, Lesh, Kreutzmann and Hart performed together since the Dead's 2009 tour and was publicized as the final time the musicians will all perform together. Also in 2015, Hart began touring with Dead & Company , a band consisting of former Grateful Dead members Weir, Hart and Kreutzmann, along with John Mayer (guitar), Oteil Burbridge (bass), and Jeff Chimenti (keyboards). The band began touring in late 2015 and have conducted multiple tours since then. In 2017, he released RAMU , which featured contributions from both his long-time collaborators Steve Kimock and Sikiru Adepoju as well as Avey Tare and Tank Ball, among others. Hart plays, or has played, drum set , RAMU, gong , tubular bells , tambourine , timpani , bongos , timbales , maracas , bass drum , snare drum , triangle , güiro , djembe , castanets , didgeridoo , glockenspiel , cymbals , surdo , saron, beats , tar , berimbau , kalimba , cowbell , rattle , shekere , rainstick , agogo bells , bells , wood block , taragat, balafon , tarang, gourd , clacker, bombo , dumbek , tom-toms , caxixi , water gong, talking drum , blaster beam , theremin , and pan flute . Hart has been married since 1990 to lawyer, environmental activist and former Sonoma County (California) Regional Parks Director Caryl Ohrbach Hart, with whom he has

2365-570: The goddess of fertility. Due to his father's premature death, from an early age he was groomed to take the position as chief. When he was 12, he realized that he did not want to become a chieftain. He read in Reader's Digest magazine about the Rotary International Foundation's scholarship program, and applied for it. His application was successful and he went to the United States in 1950 to attend Morehouse College. Olatunji received

2420-590: The industry. Olatunji was known for making an impassioned speech for social justice before performing in front of a live audience. His progressive political beliefs are outlined in The Beat of My Drum: An Autobiography , with a foreword by Joan Baez , ( Temple University Press, 2005). He toured the American south with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and joined King in the march on Washington . When he performed before

2475-668: The members of the band Particle joined to create the Hydra Project. During 2006, Hart teamed up with fellow Grateful Dead bandmate Bill Kreutzmann, Phish bassist Mike Gordon and former Other Ones lead guitarist Steve Kimock , to form the Rhythm Devils , a nickname that refers to Hart and Kreutzmann's drum duets and improvisation. The band features songs from their respective repertoires as well as new songs written by Jerry Garcia's songwriting companion Robert Hunter . The Rhythm Devils announced their first tour in 2006, which ended at

2530-515: The most nominations in the combined Global/World history with twelve additional nominations. Anoushka Shankar has the second most nominations in the combined categories with nine nominations. In the single, merged Global category, artists from Brazil have won the most times with five wins, the USA have won four times, Benin has also won on four occasions, India and South Africa each have three wins, Mali and France have both had artists win twice. Each year

2585-534: The name of the category to Best Global Music Album. Angelique Kidjo has won the category the most, with five wins (four of which have been since 2016). The second group to win most often is Ladysmith Black Mambazo , who have won four times during the combined history of Global/World categories. Soweto Gospel Choir have three wins in the Global/World categories. In the single merged category, Ravi Shankar and Ry Cooder have both won twice. Angelique Kidjo also has

2640-521: The nickname " the rhythm devils ". Michael Steven Hartman was born in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York . He was raised in the nearby suburban community of Inwood, New York by his mother, Leah, a drummer, gown maker and bookkeeper. His father Lenny Hart , a champion rudimental drummer , had abandoned his family when the younger Hart was a toddler. Although Hart (who was hyperactive and not academically inclined) became interested in percussion as

2695-535: The popular Vegoose festival in Las Vegas, Nevada over the Halloween weekend. In June and July 2008, Hart led the Mickey Hart Band on a US concert tour. The band consists of Hart, Steve Kimock on guitar and pedal steel guitar , George Porter Jr. on bass, Kyle Hollingsworth on keyboards, Sikiru Adepoju on talking drum , Walfredo Reyes, Jr. on drums, and Jen Durkin on vocals. In 2010 Hart debuted "Rhythms of

2750-448: The positive effect of music. Hart was also a judge for the 3rd annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers. After the death of Jerry Garcia and the consequent dissolution of the Grateful Dead in 1995, Hart continued to play music with various groups including members of the Grateful Dead. In the 1996 Furthur Festival , Mickey Hart's Mystery Box played, as did Bob Weir 's band, Ratdog . In 2005, Hart and

2805-529: The series includes music from regions that span the globe, including the Sudan , Nigeria , Tibet , Indonesia , Latvia , and Brazil . In August 2013, the Mickey Hart Band embarked upon a tour with the Tea Leaf Trio, which includes three members of the band Tea Leaf Green , in support of the band's album Superorganism . On September 29, 2013, the completed version of his and George Smoot 's film Rhythms of

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2860-474: The wake of the embezzlement and impacted his contributions to the group, also contributing to his departure: "Mickey wasn't able to play at the level he was capable of and it was beginning to affect our performances. He was getting really spacey and just getting so far out there that he wasn't able to deliver the music. It became impossible for me to play with him. It wasn't out of anger or meanness, but we had to address it and deal with it. So our brother Mickey left

2915-469: Was a Nigerian drummer, educator , social activist , and recording artist . Olatunji was born in the village of Ajido, near Badagry , Lagos State , in southwestern Nigeria . A member of the Ogu people , Olatunji was introduced to traditional African music at an early age. His name, Bàbátúndé, means 'father has returned', because he was born two months after his father, Zannu, an Ogu ( Egun ) man, died. Olatunji

2970-551: Was considered to be a reincarnation of him. His father was a local fisherman who was about to rise to the rank of chieftain , and his mother was a potter who was a member of the Ogu people . Olatunji grew up speaking the Gun (Ogu/Egun) and Yoruba languages . His maternal grandmother and a great-grandmother were priestesses of the Vodun and Ogu religions, and they worshipped the Vodun, such as Kori,

3025-505: Was ultimately filmed in 1978 as the David Carradine vehicle Circle of Iron ) were completed but rejected by Warner Brothers due to the label's increasingly strained relationship with the Grateful Dead. Hart's home recording studio proved to be a haven for the more idiosyncratic endeavors pursued by various band members, and he continued to collaborate with his former bandmates on various projects, most notably Robert Hunter 's Tales of

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