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Susie Ibarra (b. Anaheim, California, November 15, 1970) is an American percussionist and composer of jazz, opera, experimental, and avant-garde music. She is probably best known for her work as a free jazz drummer, and is noted for her dynamic range and expressive technique, as well as her incorporation of diverse styles and influences, such as kulintang, gamelan, spoken word and electronica.

A Filipino American, Ibarra was born in Anaheim, California, and was raised in Seabrook, near Houston, Texas. She learned to play piano as a child, and played drums for a punk rock band while in high school. While at Sarah Lawrence College in the late 1980s, Ibarra attended a Sun Ra performance which she has credited with kindling her interest in jazz. She also attended the Mannes College of Music, and Goddard College, where she received her B.A. Ibarra has lived in New York since 1989.

She has performed with, among others, the David S. Ware Quartet, the Matthew Shipp Trio, William Parker, Assif Tsahar (her ex-husband), John Zorn, Pauline Oliveros, Derek Bailey, Wadada Leo Smith, Yo La Tengo, and Thurston Moore. In 1999, she began recording as a bandleader, and she continues to collaborate with other musicians performing in a variety of genres. Ibarra's current collaborations include the Susie Ibarra Trio with Jennifer Choi and Craig Taborn; Electric Kulintang with her husband Roberto Rodriguez; Mephista with Sylvie Courvoisier and Ikue Mori; Mundo Niños; Humanfolk; and the Mark Dresser and Susie Ibarra Duo.

[edit] Awards and accolades

• "Best Drummer" nomination - Village Voice
• "Best Drummer" nomination - Down Beat
• "Best Drummer" nomination - The Wire
• "New Talent of the Year - 1997" - Jazziz Magazine

[edit] Films

• 2001 - Inside Out in the Open (2001). Directed by Alan Roth. Asymmetric Pictures. Distributed by Third World Newsreel.

[edit] External links

• Official Susie Ibarra website
• Susie Ibarra discography and sessionography
• Electric Kulintang on The World radio program, November 8, 2007