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{{short description|Puerto Rican percussionist (b. 1952)}}
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'''Manolo Badrena''' (born March 17, 1952, in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]]) is a percussionist most noted for his work with [[Weather Report]] from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span [[jazz]], [[world music]], [[pop music|pop]], and [[Latin music (genre)|Latin music]]. Badrena has played with [[The Zawinul Syndicate]], [[the Rolling Stones]], [[Mezzoforte (band)|Mezzoforte]], [[Joni Mitchell]], [[Spyro Gyra]], [[Art Blakey]], [[Bill Evans (saxophonist)|Bill Evans]], [[Steve Khan]], [[Carla Bley]], [[Talking Heads]], [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]], [[Ahmad Jamal]], [[Hugo Fattoruso]],  and others.

Badrena lives in [[Fairview, New Jersey]]. He is the leader (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals) of the Latin jazz band Trio Mundo.

==Discography==
===As leader===
* ''Manolo'' (A&M, 1979)
* ''Carnaval'' with Trio Mundo (Khaeon, 2002)
* ''Trio Mundo Rides Again'' with Trio Mundo (ZOHO, 2004)

===As sideman===
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'''With [[Herb Alpert]]''' 
* ''Main Event Live'' (A&M, 1978)
* ''[[Rise (Herb Alpert album)|Rise]]'' (A&M, 1979)
* ''Beyond'' (A&M, 1980)

'''With [[Bill Evans (saxophonist)|Bill Evans]]'''
* ''Living in the Crest of a Wave'' (Elektra Musician, 1984)
* ''The Alternative Man'' (Blue Note, 1985)
* ''Live in Europe'' (Lipstick, 1995)
* ''Escape'' (Escapade, 1996)
* ''Touch'' (ESC, 1999)
* ''Big Fun'' (ESC, 2002)

'''With [[Terumasa Hino]]'''
* ''Double Rainbow'' (CBS, 1981)
* ''Pyramid'' (CBS, 1982)
* ''Detour'' (EMI, 1988)

'''With [[Masaru Imada]]'''
* ''Seaside'' (1982)
* ''Blue Marine'' (Full House, 1982)
* ''Tropical Sunset'' (Full House, 1984)

'''With [[Ahmad Jamal]]'''
* ''[[Rossiter Road]]'' (Atlantic, 1986)
* ''[[The Essence Part One]]'' (Birdology, 1995)
* ''[[Big Byrd: The Essence Part 2]]'' (Verve, 1996)
* ''Live in Paris 1996'' (Birdology, 1999)
* ''It's Magic'' (Birdology, 2008)
* ''A Quiet Time'' (Dreyfus, 2009)
* ''Blue Moon'' (Jazz Village,  2012)
* ''Saturday Morning'' (Jazz Village, 2013)
* ''Ahmad Jamal Featuring Yusef Lateef Live'' (Jazz Village, 2014)
* ''Live in Marciac August 5th 2014'' (Jazz Village, 2015)
* ''Marseille'' (Jazz Village, 2017)

'''With [[Steve Khan]]'''
* ''Eyewitness'' (Antilles, 1981)
* ''Modern Times'' (Trio, 1982)
* ''Casa Loco'' (Antilles, 1984)
* ''Helping Hand'' (Polydor, 1987)
* ''Public Access'' (GRP, 1990)
* ''Headline'' (Polydor, 1992)
* ''Crossings'' (Polygram, 1994)
* ''The Green Field'' (Tone Center, 2005)
* ''Borrowed Time'' (ESC, 2007)
* ''Parting Shot'' (ESC, 2011)

'''With [[Spyro Gyra]]'''
* ''[[Incognito (Spyro Gyra album)|Incognito]]'' (MCA, 1982)
* ''[[City Kids (album)|City Kids]]'' (MCA, 1983)
* ''[[Breakout (Spyro Gyra album)|Breakout]]'' (MCA, 1986)
* ''[[Stories Without Words]]'' (MCA, 1987)
* ''[[20/20 (Spyro Gyra album)|20/20]]'' (GRP, 1997)

'''With [[Weather Report]]'''
* ''[[Heavy Weather (album)|Heavy Weather]]'' (Columbia, 1977)
* ''[[Mr. Gone (album)|Mr. Gone]]'' (CBS, 1978)
* ''[[Live and Unreleased (album)|Live and Unreleased]]'' (Columbia, 2002)
* ''[[Forecast: Tomorrow]]'' (Columbia, 2006)

'''With [[Joe Zawinul]]'''
* ''World Tour'' (ESC, 1998)
* ''Two Years with the Zawinul Syndicate'' (ESC, 2000)
* ''[[Faces & Places]]'' (Cream, 2002)
* ''Vienna Nights Live at Joe Zawinul's Birdland'' (BHM, 2005)

'''With others'''
* [[Mina Agossi]], ''Simple Things?'' (Candid, 2008)
* [[Laurie Anderson]], ''[[Strange Angels (Laurie Anderson album)|Strange Angels]]'' (Warner Bros., 1989)
* [[Philip Bailey]], ''[[Love Will Find a Way (Philip Bailey album)|Love Will Find a Way]]'' (Verve, 2019)
* [[Victor Bailey (musician)|Victor Bailey]], ''Slippin' 'n' Trippin''' (Studio V, 2009)
* [[Louie Bellson]], ''Ecue'' (Pablo, 1978)
* [[Bob Berg]], ''Back Roads'' (Denon, 1991)
* [[Charles Blenzig]], ''Say What You Mean'' (Big World, 1993)
* [[Carla Bley]], ''[[Heavy Heart (album)|Heavy Heart]]'' (WATT, 1984)
* Carla Bley, ''[[Night-Glo]]'' (WATT, 1985)
* [[Blondie (band)|Blondie]], ''[[The Hunter (Blondie album)|The Hunter]]'' (Chrysalis, 1982)
* [[Brecker Brothers]], ''[[Straphangin']]'' (Arista, 1981)
* [[Randy Brecker]] & [[Eliane Elias]], ''[[Amanda (album)|Amanda]]'' (Passport, 1985)
* [[Till Brönner]], ''Midnight'' (Button, 1996)
* [[Chic (band)|Chic]], ''[[Take It Off (album)|Take It Off]]'' (Atlantic, 1981)
* [[Ronnie Cuber]], ''The Scene Is Clean'' (Milestone, 1994)
* Ronnie Cuber, ''Passion Fruit'' (Electric Bird, 1985)
* [[Paquito D'Rivera]], ''Why Not!'' (Columbia, 1984)
* [[George Duke]], ''[[Reach for It]]'' (Epic, 1977)
* [[Mark Egan]], ''Mosaic'' (Hip Pocket, 1985)
* Mark Egan, ''Beyond Words'' (Bluemoon, 1991)
* [[Eliane Elias]], ''[[The Three Americas]]'' (Blue Note, 1997)
* Eliane Elias, ''[[Music from Man of La Mancha]]'' (Concord Jazz, 2018)
* [[Dalia Faitelson]], ''Diamond of the Day'' (Stunt, 2001)
* [[Sonny Fortune]], ''With Sound Reason'' (Atlantic, 1979)
* [[Michael Franks (musician)|Michael Franks]], ''[[Skin Dive]]'' (Warner Bros., 1985)
* Michael Franks, ''[[Abandoned Garden]]'' (Warner Bros., 1995)
* [[Fuse One]], ''Silk'' (CTI, 1981)
* [[Lani Hall]], ''[[Double or Nothing (Lani Hall album)|Double or Nothing]]'' (A&M, 1979)
* [[Debbie Harry]], ''[[KooKoo]]'' (Chrysalis, 1981)
* [[Billy Hart]], ''[[Oshumare (album)|Oshumare]]'' (Gramavision, 1984)
* [[Toninho Horta]], ''From Ton to Tom'' (Videoarts, 1999)
* [[Charlie Hunter]]/Chinna Smith/[[Ernest Ranglin]], ''Earth Tones'' (Green Streets, 2005)
* [[Fumio Karashima]], ''I Used to Be Alone'' (Polydor, 1984)
* [[Fridrik Karlsson]], ''Point Blank'' (Steinar, 1990)
* [[Earl Klugh]], ''[[Crazy for You (Earl Klugh album)|Crazy for You]]'' (Liberty, 1981)
* [[Pete Levin]], ''A Solitary Man'' (Gramavision, 1991)
* Pete Levin, ''Jump!'' (Pete Levin, 2010)
* [[Jakob Magnusson]], ''Special Treatment'' (Warner Bros., 1979)
* [[Mike Mainieri]], ''Wanderlust'' (Warner Bros., 1981)
* [[Herbie Mann]], ''See Through Spirits'' (Atlantic, 1985)
* [[Tania Maria]], ''Bela Vista'' (World Pacific, 1990)
* [[Lou Marini]], ''Starmaker'' (Blujazz, 2012)
* [[Hector Martignon]], ''Portrait in White and Black'' (Candid, 1996)
* [[Hugh Masekela]], ''[[Main Event Live]]'' (A&M, 1978)
* [[Sleepy Matsumoto]], ''Papillon'' (Compose, 1992)
* [[John Mayer]], ''[[Continuum (John Mayer album)|Continuum]]'' (Columbia, 2006)
* [[Vince Mendoza]], ''Instructions Inside'' (Manhattan, 1991)
* [[Bob Mintzer]], ''Source'' (Agharta, 1982)
* [[Joni Mitchell]], ''[[Don Juan's Reckless Daughter]]'' (Asylum, 1977)
* [[Airto Moreira]], ''[[I'm Fine, How Are You?]]'' (Warner Bros., 1977)
* Airto Moreira, ''Touching You...Touching Me'' (Warner Bros., 1979)
* [[Teruo Nakamura (musician)|Teruo Nakamura]], ''Super Friends'' (Eastworld, 1985)
* [[Ivo Perelman]], ''Children of Ibeji'' (Enja, 1992)
* [[Noel Pointer]], ''Never Lose Your Heart'' (Shanachie, 1993)
* [[Rare Silk]], ''American Eyes'' (Palo Alto, 1985)
* [[Dianne Reeves]], ''Bridges'' (Blue Note, 1999)
* [[John Scofield]], ''[[That's What I Say: John Scofield Plays the Music of Ray Charles|That's What I Say]]'' (Verve, 2005)
* [[James Senese]], ''Passpartu'' (Itwhy, 2003)
* [[Lew Soloff]], ''Hanalei Bay'' (Bellaphon, 1985)
* Lew Soloff, ''Little Wing'' (Sweet Basil, 1991)
* [[Raul de Souza]], ''Don't Ask My Neighbors'' (Capitol, 1978)
* [[Mike Stern]], ''[[Jigsaw (Mike Stern album)|Jigsaw]]'' (Atlantic, 1989)
* [[Dave Stryker]], ''Shades of Miles'' (SteepleChase, 2000)
* Dave Stryker, ''Changing Times'' (SteepleChase, 2001)
* [[Andy Summers]], ''[[World Gone Strange]]'' (Private Music, 1991)
* [[Torbjorn Sunde]], ''Meridians'' (ACT, 1998)
* [[Harvie Swartz]], ''Urban Earth'' (Gramavision, 1985)
* [[Talking Heads]], ''[[Naked (Talking Heads album)|Naked]]'' (Sire, 1988)
* [[Jeff Tyzik]], ''Jammin' in Manhattan'' (Polydor, 1984)
* [[Dave Valentin]], ''Flute Juice'' (GRP, 1983)
* [[Gino Vannelli]], ''[[Brother to Brother (Gino Vannelli album)|Brother to Brother]]'' (A&M, 1978)
* [[Steven Van Zandt]], ''[[Men Without Women (album)|Men Without Women]]'' (EMI, 1982)
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070831083759/http://pertout.customer.netspace.net.au/manolobadrena.htm A Day with Manolo Badrena, interview by Alex Pertout]
* {{YouTube|wDQlSSOXU6A|Weather Report "Teen Town" live video w/ Badrena from Midnight Special}}
* {{YouTube|fA80GjuYTLI|Video of Badrena solo with Gustavo Casenave Trio}}
* {{YouTube|NjapPvQdAUY|Video of Vicki Genfan CD Release Party w/ Manolo Badrena}}
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