(Pretty Young Thing)“, “ Baby Be Mine” and, first and foremost, “ Billie Jean“. Chancler to work on Michael Jackson‘s new album, which was to be titled “ Thriller” (1982). In the early 1980s, this hard work and dedication resulted in producer Quincy Jones asking Mr.
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At the time, Leon “Ndugu” Chancler collaborated with such giants as Santana (albums “ Barboletta” and “ Amigos” including the concert tour in support of the latter release), Weather Report (the “ Tale Spinnin’” album) or film and TV music score master creator Lalo Schifrin (the album “ No One Home“). The 1970s was a period of intensive live and studio work, which resulted in achieving the status of one of the best session aces in LA. It was around that period that Chancler got his nickname “Ndugu” (in Swahili: “brother” or “friend”), which was given to him by percussionist James Mtume. 2015 saw the release of a bootleg from one of the live performances from that time.
In the same year, Miles Davis himself asked him to join his band, which was an offer he just could not refuse leaving university behind at the age of 19. He appeared on Hancock’s 1971 album “ Mwandishi” as a guest percussionist.
Chancler went on to study music education at California State University, During that time, he was offered to join Herbie Hancock‘s band, which he declined as he made a decision to finish his studies. Having graduated, he joined Gerald Wilson’s big band. As a high school student, he performed latin jazz with percussionist Willie Bobo. When he was a child, he and his family moved to Los Angeles, where he started to teach himself the drums at the age of 13. Leon Chancler was born on Jin Shreveport, La. The latter certainly is the case when it comes to this musician. In recent days, we have lost another outstanding drummer, and those interest BeatIt along with our viewers, even if their names have not remained in the collective memory of the broad public though their studio or live performances are known to everybody.
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