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There are at least 2 artists with the name Batu: 1. British band from Brighton active from 1992 to 1994 with a strong Brazilian influence. The band Da Lata formed out of the ashes of Batu. 2. Dubstep and Techno producer from Bristol, UK .

"Not since Mingus and Blakey has music bristled with a sense of message like this" -Downbeat magazine Raised in New York and Englewood, New Jersey, Babatunde is a jazz percussionist who migrated westward to the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960's where he was further immersed in global rhythms, as a member of the visionary ensemble Bata Koto lead by fellow percussionist Bill Summers (of Herbie Hancock's The Headhunters and Los Hombres Calientes) 'Tunde', as he is known to intimates, has also drawn immeasurable experience working with such singular stylists as Pharoah Sanders, Stan Getz, Joe Henderson, McCoy...

Vinum Sabbatum is a Finnish Doom/Hard Rock band with a 60s/70s vibe formed in 2009. .

Babatunde Olatunji (April 7, 1927 – April 6, 2003) was a Nigerian drummer, educator, social activist and recording artist. Olatunji was born in the village of Ajido, a small town near Badagry, Lagos State, in southwestern Nigeria. A member of the Yoruba people, Olatunji was introduced to traditional African music at an early age. He read in Reader's Digest magazine about the Rotary International Foundation's scholarship program, and applied for it. He came to the United States of America in 1950. Olatunji won a following among jazz musicians, notably creating a strong relationship with John Coltrane and Columbia Records A&R...