Don Babatunde
Percussionist
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[email protected] almost a quarter century, BaBa Don , a percussionist very much in demand, has performed with many Major American Dance Companies in the world’s greatest performing-arts venues. His recording career is as equally varied as it vast; the jazz idiom, rhythm and blues, and most African derived percussion styles are represented in his discography. He is a featured member of the esteemed LAST POETS. He has long been acknowledged as one of New York City’s master teachers of African Drumming and the rhythms of the Diaspora in the Americas. Baba Don is presently on faculty at the Harlem school Of the Arts for over 25 years, teaching all ages from 4 years of age to adults.
He has performed and recorded with The Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, Maurice Hines, Gregory Hines, Andy Williams, and Chuck Davis Dance theatre, Pattie Labelle, philicia Reshard, Choreographers Frank Hatchet, Geoffrey Holder, Louis Johnson and many more. Don Eaton has recorded and performed with many Jazz artist Donald Brown, Joe Henderson,Ron Carter,James Spaulding,Kenny Washington, Sun Ra,Steve Kroon,Ivan Hampden,Rudy Bird,Kenneth Skip Burney,Randy Noel,Bill Laswell,Melvin Gibbs, Pharoah Sanders, Jason Linder, Tyrone Jefferson,Carla Cook,Donald Smith,Gary Fritzs,Bradley Simmons,Neal Clarke,John Robinson,Valerie Capers, Ebony Joanne,Michael Beal,Felix Sanabria,Lonnie Plaxico, Eli Fountain, Max Roach,Warren Smith,Gorge Clinton,Umar ben Hassan,Abiodun Oyewole,Keith "The Captain" Gamble,dead Pres,M1,kelvin"The kelvinator" Bell ,James Moody,Samir Chatterji, and The Last Poets
Baba Don has theatrical credits with The Classical Theatre of Harlem’s Macbeth, Caligula, and Dream on Monkey Mountain as percussionist for each Production, with HBO’s Hoop Life sound track and Spike Lee's Malcome X (as an actor) Mr. Eaton has performed with Maurice Hines’s UP Town It’s Hot as a Featured Percussionist. Don Eaton has performed with the Metropolitan Orchestra at the Opera House, Carnegie Hall, The State Theater , Avery Fisher’s Hall , City Center, The Apollo Theatre and The House Of Blues to name a few .
Mr. Eaton Has also Conducted Workshops through out the Metropolitan, Tri State Area, with many institutions such as The Harlem School of The Arts, John Jay College, Arts Connections, African Horizon, Pyramid Dance Company, Arts Horizon, Yaffa Productions, North Hampden High School and Jack and Jill Arts Center to name a few
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