Paco Sery
Paco Séry, born May 1, 1956, in Divo, Ivory Coast, is an Ivoirian jazz and
fusion drummer. In 1985, after a jam session with Jaco Pastorius in Paris,
Pastorius hired him for a European tour. That same year, Séry co-founded the
fusion group Sixun. From 1995 to 2007, he played with Joe Zawinul's band, The
Zawinul Syndicate. His solo releases include Voyages (2000) and The Real Life
(2012). His extensive collaborations include work with Monty Alexander, Dee Dee
Bridgewater, Manu Dibango, Salif Keïta, Wayne Shorter, and Carlos Santana.
