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Leon "Ndugu" Chancler (/ ɪ n ˈ d uː ɡ uː ˈ tʃ æ n s l ər / in-DOO-goo CHANSS-lər; July 1, 1952 – February 3, 2018) was an American pop, funk, and jazz drummer. He was also a composer, producer , and university professor.
Feb 7, 2018 · Leon (Ndugu) Chancler, a drummer whose crisp grooves and pinpoint fireworks of syncopation were heard on hundreds of albums — including Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” on which his drumbeat starts...
- Jon Pareles
Feb 4, 2018 · Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, a prolific jazz drummer, producer and session musician who played drums on Michael Jackson’s classic “Billie Jean,” died Saturday at age 65. His wife, Brenda, confirmed...
Drummer, percussionist, producer, composer, clinician, and educator Leon Ndugu Chancler died on February 3, 2018 after a battle with cancer. His website states that the name “Ndugu” is Swahili for “brother, family, kinsman—for us it means togetherness.”
Leon "Ndugu" Chancler was a highly respected and influential American pop, funk, and jazz drummer who has had an accomplished and triumphant career in the music industry. On top of that, he was also a composer, producer and university professor.
Feb 5, 2018 · Drummer Leon “Ndugu” Chancler, who has taught in the Jazz Studies and Popular Music programs at the USC Thornton School of Music since 1995, passed away on Feb. 3 after a battle with cancer. He was 65.
Chancler, who passed away on February 3 at the age of sixty-five, “orchestrated” not only the music of top jazz artists, he backed pop stars, country legends, funksters, and rock icons alike. He was a man of many hyphens: a producer-composer-arranger-drummer-percussionist-vocalist.
