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

ALBUMS


Susie Ibarra, Jeffrey Zeigler & Graham Reynolds
Insectum
2024, 9xFile, MP3, MiniAlbum, Golden Hornet
Richard Reed Parry & Susie Ibarra
Heart And Breath: Rhythm And Tone Fields
2022
Susie Ibarra & Tashi Dorji
Master Of Time
2022, ,
Free Improvisation
Susie Ibarra & Makoto Fujimura
Walking On Water
2021, Vinyl, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
Susie Ibarra
Talking Gong
2021
YoshimiO*, Susie Ibarra, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe*
Flower Of Sulphur
2018
Susie Ibarra
Perception
2017, CDr, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Dave Douglas, Susie Ibarra, Marc Ribot
New Sanctuary Trio
2016, CD, Album, Greenleaf Music, ,
Free Improvisation
Creative Trans-Informational Alliance - Dominique Eade, Brandon Evans (2), Roy Campbell, Jr.*, Susie Ibarra, Andre Vida, J.D. Parran, Chris Lightcap, Assif Tsahar
12 Celestial Cycles, Octet NYC 1995
2014, File, MP3, Thought Authority Audio Archive, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary
Susie Ibarra
Drum Sketches
2007, CD, Album, Dig, Innova Recordings
Susie Ibarra
Folkloriko
2004, CD, Album, Tzadik
Wadada Leo Smith, Susie Ibarra, John Zorn
50⁸
2004, ,
Contemporary Jazz
Susie Ibarra & Mark Dresser
Tone Time
2003, CD, Album, Wobbly Rail, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Sylvie Courvoisier / Joëlle Léandre / Susie Ibarra
Passaggio
2002, CD, Album, Intakt Records
Derek Bailey, Susie Ibarra
Bids
2002, CD, Album, Incus
Susie Ibarra
Flower After Flower
2000, CD, Album, Tzadik
Eugene Chadbourne / Mark Dresser / Susie Ibarra / Joe Morris
Pain Pen
2000, CD, Album, Avant, ,
Free Improvisation/Experimental
Derek Bailey & Susie Ibarra
Daedal
1999, CD, Album, Incus
Susie Ibarra & Assif Tsahar
Home Cookin'
1999, CD, Album, Hopscotch Records (3)
Susie Ibarra / Denis Charles
Drum Talk
1998, CD, Album, Wobbly Rail
One World Ensemble - Daniel Carter, Sabir Mateen, Yuko Fujiyama, Susie Ibarra, Wilber Morris
Breathing Together
1997, CD, Album, Freedom Jazz, ,
Free Improvisation
Susie Ibarra Trio
Songbird Suite
2002, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Experimental
DUX Orchestra
Duck Walks Dog (With Mixed Results)
2020
Mephista
Entomological Reflections
2004, CD, Tzadik, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Creative Trans-Informational Alliance
Atrospect Sound 1: An Opera In Four Acts
2004, CDr, Album, CTIA, ,
Free Improvisation/Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
New Circle Five
Dreaming Wide Awake
2003, CD, Album, Deep Listening
Mephista
Black Narcissus
2002, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Abstract/Experimental
Ori Kaplan Percussion Ensemble
Gongol
2001, CD, Album, Knitting Factory Records
Susie Ibarra Trio
Radiance
1999, CD, Album, Hopscotch Records (3), ,
Free Improvisation
Agustí Fernández Trio
One Night At The Joan Miró Foundation
1999
Matthew Shipp Trio
The Multiplication Table
1998, CD, ,
Free Jazz
Assif Tsahar Trio
Ein Sof
1997, CD, Album, Silkheart, ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
David S. Ware Quartet
Wisdom Of Uncertainty
1997
Assif Tsahar Trio
Shekħina
1996, CD, Album, Eremite Records, ,
Free Jazz
David S. Ware Quartet
Godspelized
1996, ,
Free Jazz

APPEARANCES +


Susie Ibarra
Walking On Water
2021, 13xFile, MP3, Album, 320, Innova Recordings, ,
Contemporary/Experimental
Karen Borca Trio, Quartet* & Quintet*
Good News Blues (Live At The Vision Festival • 1998 & 2005)
2024, CD, Ltd, NoBusiness Records, ,
Free Jazz
Ted Reichman
Dread Sea
2022, Cass, Ltd, Tripticks Tapes
Myra Melford's Fire And Water Quintet
For The Love Of Fire And Water
2022, CD, Album, Rogueart
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Beckett (Music From The Netflix Film)
2022, LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Red, Music On Vinyl, Milan, Sony Classical, Netflix, ,
Score
Various
Solos Vol. 3 NYC Liminal Series
2021, Cass, Comp, Ltd, Chaikin Records
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Minamata (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2021
Yuko Fujiyama
Night Wave
2018, CD, Album, Innova Recordings, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary
Wadada Leo Smith
Ten Freedom Summers
2012
HUMANFOLK*
HUMANFOLK
2011, CD, Album, Enh, MCA Music Philippines
Jennifer Choi
Violectrica - Music For Violin And Electronics
2009, CD, Album, Jennifer Choi, ,
Modern Classical/Experimental/Classical
Lisle Ellis
Sucker Punch Requiem: An Homage To Jean-Michel Basquiat
2008, CD, Album, Henceforth Records
Various
Inside Out In The Open (An Expressionist Journey Into The World Known As Free Jazz)
2008, DVD-V, D/Sided, NTSC, PAL, ESP-Disk'
Ethos Percussion Group
Build
2008, CD, Brible Recordings
EK*
Dialects
2006, CD, Album, Plastic Records (4)
Michael Dessen
Lineal
2006, CD, Album, Circumvention Music
The David S. Ware Quartets*
Live In The World
2005, ,
Free Jazz
Wadada Leo Smith
Lake Biwa
2004, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Various
Irving Stone Memorial Concert
2004, 2xCD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz
John Lindberg
Winter Birds
2004, CD, Album, Between The Lines
John Zorn
Voices In The Wilderness
2003, 2xCD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Free Jazz/Fusion/Swing/Avantgarde/Contemporary Jazz
William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
Mass For The Healing Of The World
2003, CD, Album, Black Saint, ,
Free Jazz
John Lindberg
Ruminations Upon Ives And Gottschalk
2003, CD, Album, Between The Lines, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Yo La Tengo
Today Is The Day!
2003, ,
Folk Rock/Indie Rock
Roberto Juan Rodriguez
El Danzon De Moises
2002, CD, Album, Tzadik
John Zorn
Cobra
2002, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
Free Jazz
Various
Live At Tonic Volume I 1999 To 2002
2002, CD, Album, Ltd, Tonic (2), ,
Avantgarde/Free Funk/Free Improvisation/Contemporary Jazz
Yo La Tengo
Nuclear War
2002
Dave Douglas
El Trilogy
2001, CD, Album, RCA Victor, BMG
Dennis Gonzalez
Herido - Live At St. James Cathedral, Chicago
2001, CD, Album, 8th Harmonic Breakdown
Various
New Communities Of Sound
2000, CD, Album, IntrepidEar, ,
Free Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Free Improvisation
Yo La Tengo
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
2000, 2x Vinyl 150g, ,
Folk Rock/Leftfield/Indie Rock
Yo La Tengo
Saturday
2000, CD, ,
Downtempo/Indie Rock
William Parker / In Order To Survive
Posium Pendasem
1999, CD, Album, FMP
Assif Tsahar's Brass Reeds Ensemble
The Hollow World
1999, CD, Album, Hopscotch Records (3), ,
Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Steve Dalachinsky
Incomplete Directions
1999, CD, Knitting Factory Records, ,
Free Jazz/Poetry
Various
Vision Volume One: Vision Festival 1997 Compiled
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Ltd, AUM Fidelity, ,
Free Jazz
Various
The Texaco New York Jazz Festival Radio Series: Live At The Knitting Factory
1998, 6xCD, Promo, Knitting Factory Records,
Various
What Is Jazz? Festival 1996
1998, ,
Avant-garde Jazz
David S. Ware
Go See The World
1998, ,
Free Jazz
William Parker / In Order To Survive
The Peach Orchard
1998, ,
Free Jazz
William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
Sunrise In The Tone World
1997, 2xCD, Album, AUM Fidelity, ,
Free Jazz
William Parker / In Order To Survive
Compassion Seizes Bed-Stuy
1996, CD, Album, Homestead Records
Rocky Padilla
Tribute To The Oldies 2
1996
William Parker & The Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra
Flowers Grow In My Room
1994, CD, Album, Centering Records
Family Four
Jag Känner Att Jag Börjar Tycka Om Dej / Följ Med Mej
1969, 7", Single, Metronome
Pierre Lalonde
Prouve-moi Que Tu M'aimes / De Plus En Plus Fort
1969, 7", Capitol Records
Various
IBA 2° ANIVERSARIO
CDr, Album, Not On Label, ,
Free Improvisation
Mundo Niños
This is a Beat!
CD, Disc Makers
Various
FLUXUS
2015
Wadada Leo Smith, Susie Ibarra, John Zorn
50⁸
2004