Leon mobley biography


Leon Mobley and the Djembe West African Drummers and Dancers.

Leon Mobley

American musician (born 1961)

Musical artist

Leon Mobley (born February 27, 1961) is a percussionist and drummer.[1] He is founder and artistic and musical director of Da Lion and Djimbe West African Drummers and Dancers, an actor, and a member of Grammy-winning band Innocent Criminals.

Leon mobley biography

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    • History

    Mobley was born in Massachusetts in 1961. He began playing African drums at the age of seven, and studied for 10 years under Nigerian master drummer Babatunde Olatunji at the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts.

    [2] In 1977, he studied under Senegalese master drummer Ibrahim Camara (former drummer for the National Ballet of Senegal) while a member of the Bokan-Deye Dance Company.

    He was a cast member in the PBS Television show Zoom in 1973.[2] After leaving ZOOM he worked with The Art of Black Dance and Music, and toured with a reggae band.[2] He performed in the musical Dancing in the Street and studied