''It's About Time'' is the first solo album released by session drummer

Manu Katché Manu Katché (born 27 October 1958) is a French drummer and songwriter of Ivorian descent. He has worked extensively as a session musician, notably with Sting and Peter Gabriel, and his solo albums as a bandleader are largely in the jazz fusio ...

. The musicians on the album are people Katché worked with as a session musician, including

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Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career wit ...

, and others.

Track listing

All music composed by Katche

Personnel

– vocals (all tracks), drums (tracks 1–5, 7–11), percussion (tracks 1, 3–9, 12), programming (tracks 6, 8–9) *

Pino Palladino Giuseppe Henry "Pino" Palladino (born 17 October 1957) is a Welsh musician, songwriter, and record producer. A session bassist, he has played bass for a number of acts such as the Who, the John Mayer Trio, Gary Numan, Paul Young, Don Henle ...

– bass (tracks 1–11), handclaps (track 4), backing vocals (tracks 6, 9) *

John Paul Jones John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish-born naval officer who served in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War. Often referred to as the "Father of the American Navy", Jones is regard ...

– bass (track 12) *

Daniel Lanois Daniel Roland Lanois ( , ; born September 19, 1951) is a Canadian record producer and musician. He has produced albums by artists including Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Robbie Robertson, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, and Harold Budd ...

– guitar solo (tracks 1, 4),

dobro Dobro () is an American brand of resonator guitars owned by Gibson and manufactured by its subsidiary Epiphone. The term "dobro" is also used as a generic term for any wood-bodied, single-cone resonator guitar. The Dobro was originally a gui ...

(track 4) * Dominic Miller – guitars (tracks 1, 5–7, 10–11) * David Rhodes – guitars (tracks 2–6, 8–10), backing vocals (track 6) * Chris Lawson – guitar (track 12) *

David Sancious David Sancious (born November 30, 1953) is an American musician. He was an early member of Bruce Springsteen's backing group, the E Street Band, and contributed to the first three Springsteen albums, and again on '' Human Touch'' (1992), '' Tr ...

– keyboards (tracks 1, 7, 11), piano (track 10) * Roger Bolton – keyboards (tracks 1, 6, 8, 11) * Simon Clark – horn arrangement (tracks 1, 4, 8), keyboards (tracks 1–10, 12), organ (tracks 2–4, 6),

melodica The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usu ...

(track 2), backing vocals (track 6) *

Richard Galliano Richard Galliano (born 12 December 1950, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes) is a French accordionist of Italian heritage. Allmusic biography/ref> Biography He was drawn to music at an early age, starting with the accordion at 4, influenced by his father ...

– accordion,

bandoneon The bandoneon () or bandonion is a type of concertina particularly popular in Argentina and Uruguay. It is a typical instrument in most tango ensembles. As with other members of the concertina family, it is held between the hands, and played ...

(track 9) *

Branford Marsalis Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. While primarily known for his work in jazz as the leader of the Branford Marsalis Quartet, he also performs frequently as a soloist with classical ens ...

– saxophone (tracks 1, 7, 10) * Stuart Brooks – horns (tracks 1, 4, 8) *

Guy Barker Guy Jeffrey Barker, (born 26 December 1957) is an English jazz trumpeter and composer. Early life Barker was born in Chiswick, London, the son of an actress and a stuntman. He started playing the trumpet at the age of twelve, and within a year ...

– horns (tracks 1, 4, 8) * Pete Beachill – horns (tracks 1, 4, 8) * Philip Todd – horns (tracks 1, 4, 8) * Babacar Faye –

djembe A djembe or jembe ( ; from Maninka language, Malinke ''jembe'' , N'Ko script, N'Ko: ) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali, the name of the djembe ...

sabar The sabar is a traditional drum from Senegal that is also played in the Gambia. It is associated with Wolof and Serer people. The drum is generally played with one hand and one stick or "galan". There are many different kinds of sabar, ea ...

(track 9) * Assane Thiam – talking drum (track 9) * Dylan Acogny – handclaps (track 4) * Lucile Katché – handclaps (track 4) * Fabiana Palladino – handclaps (track 4) *

Tom Robinson Living people Thomas Giles Robinson (born 1 June 1950) is a British singer, bassist, radio presenter and long-time LGBT rights activist, best known for the hits " Glad to Be Gay", " 2-4-6-8 Motorway", and "Don't Take No for an Answer", with hi ...

– backing vocals (tracks 1–2, 4, 8, 11) * Siobhan Maher – backing vocals (tracks 2, 4, 7) *

– guest vocals (tracks 3, 7) handclaps (track 4) * Mandy Lesley – backing vocals (tracks 4, 8) * Maz Roberts – backing vocals (tracks 4, 8–9) handclaps (track 4) *

– guest vocals (tracks 7, 11) * Sophie Duez – backing vocals (track 9), handclaps (track 4) * Elisabeth Acogny – backing vocals (track 9), handclaps (track 4) * George Acogny – backing vocals (track 9), handclaps (track 4) * Richard Evans – backing vocals (track 9), handclaps (track 4) * Laurent Voulzy – backing vocals (tracks 9–10), handclaps (track 4) * Tammie Hanckock – backing vocals (track 9) * Emma Jones – backing vocals (track 9) * Philippe Abitbol – backing vocals (track 9), handclaps (track 4)

References

1992 albums Manu Katché albums Rock albums by French artists {{1990s-rock-album-stub