Over the course of his eminent career, Michael Shrieve has written, produced and played on albums that have sold millions of copies worldwide. As the original drummer for Santana, Michael – at age nineteen – was the youngest performer at Woodstock. He helped create the first eight albums of this seminal group, and was on the forefront of shaping a new musical era.
Michael is respected world-wide for his adventurous experimentation with the most creative and masterful musicians. No other drummer has collaborated with such longevity and sophistication alongside artists in such diverse genres as rock, jazz, electronic, DJ and world music. He is well recognized for his groundbreaking adoption of electronic percussion when it was a new medium in the 1970s.
Michael’s recording credits include the masters of popular and avant-garde music – Mick Jagger and the Rolling Stones, George Harrison, Pete Townsend, Steve Winwood, Police guitarist Andy Summers, film composer Mark Isham, and such musical luminaries as John Mclaughlin, Stomu Yamash’ta, Klaus Schulze, Freddie Hubbard, Jaco Pastorius, Wayne Horvitz, Bill Frisell, Zakir Hussain, Airto Moriera and Amon Tobin. Many notable publications have cited Michael’s outstanding work: The New York Times, Downbeat, Billboard, Modern Drummer, Musician, Drum, Paris Match, Melody Maker, and Life Magazine.
Michael Shrieve also composes music for film and television. He worked with the director Paul Mazursky on the film, “The Tempest,” and scored music for Curtis Hanson’s “The Bedroom Window,” as well as numerous television movies and shows. In 2002 Michael wrote and produced the song, “Aye Aye Aye,” with Carlos Santana, which appeared on the album, “Shaman.” Rolling Stone magazine acknowledged it as one of the songs that “leaps out of the album, joyful and organic without calculation,” and achieves “globe-spanning euphoria.”
Michael continues to strive for innovative approaches to percussion-based music, and records with both renowned and emerging artists (Skerik, Jack DeJohnette, Zakir Hussain, Reggie Watts), in addition to his own band, Spellbinder.
Since 1990, Michael has participated in Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival as host, performer and curator of the popular “Bumberdrum,” which brings together a stage full of the many percussionists participating in this world-class annual art and music festival. Michael was the Musical Director for the pre-game show of Major League Baseball’s 2001 All Star Game hosted by the Seattle Mariners, which involved over 80 drummers and dancers representing numerous countries.
Michael is the past President of the Pacific Northwest Branch of the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), and is currently writing the memoirs of jazz drumming legend Elvin Jones. He serves as Musical Director for Seattle Theater Group’s “More Music @ The Moore,” a program that highlights gifted young musicians from Seattle’s various cultural groups.
Michael Shrieve currently lives in Seattle and Los Angeles. He continues to work on projects that are both groundbreaking and soul-filled. In 2008 he will release a musical collaboration entitled, “Drums of Compassion,” for which he is composer, producer and drummer. It brings together some of the world’s most respected percussionists and musicians: Obo Addy, African Drums; Jack De Johnette, Drums; Jeff Greinke, Keyboards, Sound Sculpture and Composer; Zakir Hussain, Tabla; Airto Moriera, Brazilian Percussion; BC Smith, Orchestral Arrangements; James Whiton, Bass.
Michael Shrieve was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2005, Michael received the Guitar Center’s first annual “Lifetime Achievement Award.”
"I owe Michael a lot; He's the one who turned me onto John Coltrane and Miles Davis. I just wanted to play blues until Michael came. He opened my eyes and my ears and my heart to a lot of things. Some drummers only have chops, but Michael Shrieve has vision. Michael is like a box of crayons; he has all the colors."
Carlos Santana
DISCOGRAPHY
SOLO PROJECTS
Transfer Station Blue - Michael Shrieve (1984) Big Picture - Michael Shrieve, David Beal (1989)
with Klaus Schulze and Kevin Shrieve Stiletto - Michael Shrieve (1989) with Mark Isham, David Torn, Andy Summers and Terje Gevelt The Leaving Time - Michael Shrieve (1989)
with Steve Roach Two Doors - Michael Shrieve (1996)
with Jonas Hellborg and Shawn Lane Fascination - Michael Shrieve (2001)
with Bill Frisell and Wayne Horvitz Drums of Compassion - to be released in 2008
with Jeff Greinke, Jack DeJohnette, Zakir Hussain and Airto Moriera
SANTANA
Santana (1969) Abraxas (1970) Santana III (1971) Caravanserai (1972) Love Devotion and Surrender (1973) – John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana Welcome (1973) Lotus (1974) Borboletta (1974) Santana’s Greatest Hits (1974) Viva Santana! [Columbia/Sony] (1988) Abraxas (Gold Remaster) (1991) Dance of the Rainbow Serpent (1995) Abraxas (1998) Santana [Japan Bonus Tracks] (1998) Santana III [Japan Bonus Tracks] (1998) Santana III (Remastered) (2000) Best of Santana, Vol. 2 (2000) Abraxas (Remastered) (2000) Divine Light - Love Devotion Surrender [Bill Laswell Remix] (2001) Essential Santana (2002) Shaman (2002) Caravanserai (Remastered) (2003) Love Devotion Surrender [Bonus Tracks] (2003) Santana: Legacy Edition [Bonus CD] (2004)
COLLABORATIONS
Automatic Man (1976) Go (1976)
with Stomu Yamash'ta, Steve Winwood, Klaus Schulze Go Live From Paris – (1976) with Stomu Yamash'ta, Steve Winwood, Klaus Schulze, Al Dimeola (1976) Go Too – (1977)
with Stomu Yamashta Novo Combo (1980) Animation Generation - Novo Combo (1982) Through the Fire - Hagar Schon Arronson Shrieve (1984) Abraxas Pool (1997) Oracle – [exclusive at iTunes] (2005)
with Amon Tobin
DRUMMER / PERCUSSIONIST
David Crosby – If Only I Could Remember My Name (1971)
with Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Jerry Garcia Luis Gasca - For Those Who Chant (1972) Mill Valley - Bunch Casting Pearls (1972)
with Michael Bloomfield and Nick Gravenites Wilding – Bonus: Pleasure Signals (1978) Mickie D's Unicorn (1979) Time Actor: Klaus Schultze and Richard Wahnfried (1979) The Rolling Stones - Emotional Rescue (1980) Pat Travers - Crash and Burn (1980) Rolling Stones – Tattoo You (1981) Pat Travers - Radio Active (1981) Klaus Schulze - Trancefer (1981) Jefferson Airplane Loves You (1982) Klaus Schulze - Audentity (1983) Mickie D's Unicorn - Turn on the Music Machine (1983) Klaus Schulze - Richard Wahnfried Plays Megatone (1984) Roger Hodgson - In the Eye of The Storm (1984) Rolling Stones - Rewind (1984) Mick Jagger - She's the Boss (1985) Porky's Revenge! - Original Soundtrack (1985)
with Dave Edmunds and George Harrison Bob Moses - The Story of Moses (1987) Brian Slawson - Distant Drums (1988) Marty Fogel - Many Bobbing Heads, at Last... (1989) Freddie Hubbard - Times Are Changin' (1989) Jill Sobule - Things Here Are Different (1990) Klaus Schulze - Drive Inn, Vol. 2 Rainer Bloss (1990) Marley's Ghost How Can I Keep From Singing: Gospel (1991) Robert Gordon - All for the Love of Rock 'N' Roll (1994) Zucchero - Miserere (1994) Jim Carroll - World Without Gravity: The Best of the Jim Carroll Band (1994) Steve Winwood – The Finer Things (1995) McKinley - Big Top Shop Talk (1998) Octave of the Holy Innocents (1995)
with Jonas Hellborg and Buckethead Robert Gordon - All for the Good of Rock and Roll (1994) David Torn - Collection (1998) Klaus Schulze - Trancefer/Dig It (1999) Alan Merrill - Merrilly Christmas (2001) Shawn Smith – Shield of Thorns (2003) Octave Of The Holy Innocents - Remix (2004)
with Jonas Hellborg and Buckethead Pistol Star - Crawl (2004)
PRODUCER
Santana III (1971) Santana - Caravanserai (1972) Santana - Welcome (1973) Santana - Borboletta (1974) Michael Shrieve - Transfer Station Blue (1984) Michael Shrieve and David Beal - The Big Picture (1989) Michael Shrieve -Stiletto (1989) Michael Shrieve with Steve Roach The Leaving Time (1989) Rumors of the Big Wave - Burning Times (1991) Brothers of the Baladi - Eye of the World (1994) Michael Shrieve - Two Doors (1996) Abraxas Pool - Abraxas Pool (1997) F-5 - Dodging the Dream Killers (1998) Brothers Of The Baladi - Heart of the Beast (1998) Douglas September - Ten Bulls (1998) Bill Frisell – with Elvin Jones and Dave Holland (2001) Fascination - Michael Shrieve (2001) Santana – Aye Aye Aye (2003) New Monsoon – The Sound (2005) AriSawkaDoria (2006) Ruby Dee and The Snakehandlers (2006)
COMPILATIONS
Novus Sampler (1988) Big Bang: In the Beginning Was a Drum (1994) All Day Thumbsucker Revisited (1995) New Spirits in Jazz (1996) New Spirits in Jazz, Pt. 2 (1997) Guitar Zone (1998) World of Drums & Percussion (1998) Rock: Train Kept a Rollin' (1999) World of Drums And Percussion, Vol. 2 (2000) Miniatures, Vol. 2 (2000) Ritmo de la Noche/Rhythm of the Night: The Very Best of Latin Jazz (2002) Story of the Blues [Sony] (2003) Mojo Presents (Can) (2004) Soul to Soul, DVD & CD [Rhino] (2004) Blue Note Plays Sting / Various (2005)
FILM AND TELEVISION COMPOSITIONS
Tempest (1982)
Film, directed by Paul Mazursky Children of Time Square (1986)
Television, directed by Curtis Hanson Return (1986) The Bedroom Window (1987) Film, directed by Curtis Hanson Blue Movies (1988) American Chronicles (1990)
Television, directed by David Lynch The Take (1990) Crossing the Bridge (1992)
FILM APPEARANCES
Woodstock (1970) Gimme Shelter (1970) Stamping Ground (1970) Fillmore (1972) Soul to Soul (2004)
Featuring the 1971 music celebration in Ghana, West Africa. Performers: Wilson Pickett, Ike and Tina Turner, Les McCann and Eddie Harris, The Staple Singers, Voices of East Harlem, Santana A Night at the Family Dog (2005)
Featuring a 1970 concert
Hi Michael,
Thanks for your friendship. We feel honored.
Very inspiring music - amazing drumming!
Greetings from Germany & all the very best,
Uli / BCB
When I was a kid there was a movie called Woodstock and I would sit through the whole movie just to see Jimi Hendrix at the end. Before long I noticed a percussionist, and after that I sit through the whole movie to see 2 people.
I'll be playing at the Mill Creek Festival July 19th from 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. with Tony LaStella's band. One of the songs on our set list is "Evil Ways." It would be an honor if you came to the Festival. Take Care,
TNX 4 add. Been a fan since seeing U in the Woodstock film when I was in the 10th grade in 1970. Does Mike Carabello have a MySpace page or Web site? Googled him, but no luck. Any possibility to an Abraxas Pool followup? BTW I have a good high school buddy that now lives in Seattle. I told him to check out ToST. Pics R my gear from Orange Peel gig.
Just stopping in to show Respect for one fine Musician and my one true Inspiration Hope your year is going well! Thanks for all your Music over the years! Mark Lopez, MARK/DRUMARTIST*56 MySpace Page
Thank you for accepting my add request.I love Automatic Man.Played it over and over.Great music on this page!New music is as amazing as the early music.Wow!JamesFogg
