title: Bill Summers
text: # Bill Summers
  
  Bill Summers, né William Leonard Summers le 20 mai 1948 à La Nouvelle-Orléans, est un percussionniste de jazz américain spécialiste de la conga.
  
  ## Discographie
  
  ### Comme leader
  
  * Feel the Heat (Prestige, 1977)
  * Cayenne (Prestige, 1977)
  * Straight to the Bank (Prestige, 1978)
  * On Sunshine (Prestige, 1979)
  * Call it What You Want (MCA, 1981) U.S. No. 129
  * Jam the Box (MCA, 1981) U.S. No. 92
  * Seventeen (MCA, 1982)
  * London Style (MCA, 1983)
  * Iroko (Vital, 1992)
  * The Essence of Kwanzaa (Monkey Hill, 1997)
  * Studies in Bata: Sacred Drum of the Yoruba, Havana to Matanzas (Bilsum, 2002)
  
  Avec Los Hombres Calientes
  
  * Los Hombres Calientes (Basin Street, 1998)
  * Vol. 2 (Basin Street, 2000)
  * Vol. 3 New Congo Square (Basin Street, 2001)
  * Vol. 4: Vodou Dance (Basin Street, 2003)
  
  ### Comme sideman
  
  Avec Terry Garthwaite
  
  * Terry (Arista Records, 1975)
  
  Avec Johnny Hammond
  
  * Forever Taurus (Milestone, 1976)
  * Storm Warning (Milestone, 1977)
  * Don't Let the System Get You (Milestone, 1978)
  
  Avec Herbie Hancock
  
  * Head Hunters (Columbia, 1973)
  * Thrust (Columbia, 1974)
  * Man-Child (Columbia, 1975)
  * Flood (Columbia, 1975)
  * Sunlight (Columbia, 1978)
  * Directstep (Columbia, 1979)
  * Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (Columbia, 1979)
  * Mr. Hands (Columbia, 1980)
  * Autodrive (Columbia, 1983)
  * Dis Is Da Drum (Mercury, 1994)
  * Omaha Civic Auditorium, 17th November 1975 (Hi Hat, 2015)
  
  Avec The Headhunters
  
  * Survival of the Fittest (Arista, 1975)
  * Straight from the Gate (Arista, 1977)
  * Return of the Headhunters (Verve Forecast, 1998)
  * Evolution Revolution (Basin Street, 2003)
  * On Top: Live in Europe (BHM, 2008)
  * Platinum (Owl Studios, 2011)
  
  Avec Eddie Henderson
  
  * Inside Out (Capricorn, 1974)
  * Mahal (Capitol, 1978)
  * Runnin' to Your Love (Capitol, 1979)
  
  Avec Quincy Jones
  
  * Roots (A&M, 1977)
  * The Color Purple (Qwest, 1986)
  * Back On the Block (Qwest, 1989)
  
  AvecDavid "Fathead" Newman
  
  * Concrete Jungle (Prestige, 1978)
  * Keep the Dream Alive (Prestige, 1978)
  * Scratch My Back (Prestige, 1979)
  
  AvecSonny Rollins
  
  * The Way I Feel (Milestone, 1976)
  * Easy Living (Milestone, 1978)
  * Don't Ask (Milestone, 1979)
  * Love at First Sight (Milestone, 1980)
  * Silver City (Milestone, 1996)
  
  AvecPatrice Rushen
  
  * Shout It Out (Prestige, 1977)
  * Patrice (Elektra, 1978)
  * Pizzazz (Elektra, 1979)
  
  Avec Vinx
  
  * Rooms in My Fatha's House (PANGAEA, 1991)
  * I Love My Job (PANGAEA, 1992)
  * The Storyteller (PANGAEA, 1993)
  * Lips' Stretched Out (H.O.E. Heroes of Expression, 1996)
  * The Mood I'm In (Peermusic, 2002)
  
  Avec d'autres musiciens
  
  * Bar-Kays, Money Talks (Stax, 1978)
  * Gato Barbieri, Tropico (A&M, 1978)
  * Gato Barbieri, Passion and Fire (A&M, 1984)
  * Gary Bartz, Music Is My Sanctuary (Capitol, 1977)
  * Gary Bartz, Love Affair (Capitol, 1978)
  * John Beasley, Cauldron (Windham Hill, 1992)
  * John Beasley, A Change of Heart (Windham Hill, 1993)
  * George Benson, Love Remembers (Warner Bros., 1993)
  * Carmen Bradford, With Respect (Evidence, 1995)
  * Brass Fever, Time Is Running Out (Impulse!, 1976)
  * Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dee Dee's Feathers (Okeh, 2015)
  * Cachao, Master Sessions Volume I (Epic, 1994)
  * Jim Clayton, Songs My Daughter Knows (Clay-Tone, 2013)
  * Jon Cleary, Moonburn (Pointblank, 1999)
  * Con Funk Shun, Candy (Mercury, 1979)
  * Harry Connick Jr., Every Man Should Know (Columbia, 2013)
  * Harry Connick Jr., Smokey Mary (Columbia, 2013)
  * Norman Connors, Love from the Sun (Buddah, 1973)
  * Norman Connors, Saturday Night Special (Buddah, 1975)
  * Michael Des Barres, Somebody Up There Likes Me (Gold Mountain, 1986)
  * Djavan, Bird of Paradise (Columbia, 1988)
  * Lamont Dozier, Peddlin' Music On the Side (Warner Bros., 1977)
  * Pete Escovedo & Sheila Escovedo, Solo Two (Fantasy, 1977)
  * Eddy Grant, Love in Exile (ICE, 1980)
  * Nigel Hall, Ladies & Gentlemen... Nigel Hall (Round Hill, 2015)
  * Joe Henderson, Black Miracle (Milestone, 1976)
  * Joe Henderson, Black Narcissus (Milestone, 1976)
  * George Howard, Attitude Adjustment (GRP, 1996)
  * Bobbi Humphrey, Tailor Made (Epic, 1977)
  * Bobby Hutcherson, Conception: the Gift of Love (Columbia, 1979)
  * Phyllis Hyman, Somewhere in My Lifetime (Arista, 1978)
  * Ahmad Jamal, One (20th Century Fox, 1978)
  * Kimiko Kasai, Round and Round (CBS, 1978)
  * Kimiko Kasai, Butterfly (CBS, 1979)
  * Salif Keita, Amen (Island, 1991)
  * Babatunde Lea, March of the Jazz Guerrillas (Ubiquity, 2000)
  * Kenny Loggins, Leap of Faith (Columbia, 1991)
  * Kenny Loggins, The Unimaginable Life (Columbia, 1997)
  * Jon Lucien, Listen Love (Mercury, 1991)
  * Bobby Lyle, The Journey (Atlantic, 1990)
  * Taj Mahal, Like Never Before (Private Music, 1991)
  * Wade Marcus, Metamorphosis (ABC Impulse!, 1976)
  * Harvey Mason, Chameleon (Concord, 2014)
  * Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM, 1974)
  * Country Joe McDonald, Goodbye Blues (Fantasy, 1977)
  * Idris Muhammad, You Ain't No Friend of Mine! (Fantasy, 1978)
  * Maria Muldaur, Fanning the Flames (Telarc, 1996)
  * Meshell Ndegeocello, Plantation Lullabies (Sire, 1993)
  * Shawn Phillips, Rumplestiltskin's Resolve (A&M, 1976)
  * Shawn Phillips, Spaced (A&M, 1977)
  * The Pointer Sisters, That's a Plenty (Blue Thumb, 1974)
  * The Pointer Sisters, Steppin' ABC (Blue Thumb, 1975)
  * Dianne Reeves, Never Too Far (Emi, 1989)
  * Dianne Reeves, I Remember (Blue Note, 1991)
  * Merl Saunders, Fire Up (Fantasy, 1973)
  * Seawind, Window of a Child (CTI, 1977)
  * Wayne Shorter, Phantom Navigator (Columbia, 1987)
  * Nina Simone, A Single Woman (Elektra, 1993)
  * Sting, The Soul Cages (A&M, 1990)
  * Kevin Toney, Special K (Fantasy, 1982)
  * Allen Toussaint, Connected (NYNO, 1996)
  * Stanley Turrentine, Everybody Come On Out (Fantasy, 1976)
  * McCoy Tyner, Together (Milestone, 1979)
  * The Wailing Souls, All Over the World (Columbia, 1992)
  * Lenny Williams, Rise Sleeping Beauty (Motown, 1975)
  * Bobby Womack, Safety Zone (United Artists, 1975)
  * Stevie Wonder, Conversation Peace (Motown, 1995)
  * Zawinul Syndicate, Lost Tribes (Columbia, 1992)
  
  ### Singles
  
  | Année | Titre | Chart Positions | Chart Positions |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Année | Titre | U.S. Black Singles | U.S. Disco Singles |
  | 1977 | "Come into My Life" | No. 84 | - |
  | 1979 | "Straight to the Bank" | No. 45 | No. 34 |
  | 1981 | "Call It What You Want" | No. 16 | No. 21 |
  | 1982 | "At the Concert" | No. 38 | - |
  | 1983 | "It's Over" | No. 63 | - |
  