Len Barnett is a world beat percussionist who affirms and promotes the value of intercultural sharing and awareness. He began creating sounds with his hands – beating boxes, furniture or whatever he could get his hands on when he was 13. Since then, he has developed a repertoire of percussional rhythms that includes not only jazz, funk, and R&B, but also the styles indigenous to Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean and the Middle-East. He invites his audiences to travel on a journey filled with those exotic rhythms.Barnett serves as staff percussionist for the Brookhaven Community College Dance Department and works on the acclaimed “Celebration” at Daystar Television.
Barnett has performed with such noted musicians as Waymon Tisdale, Roy Ayers, Patti Austin, Tom Braxton, Kirk Whalum, Philip Bailey and Cab Calloway and for such noted dance groups as the Dallas Black Dance Theatre and the Anita N. Martinez Ballet Folklorico. He appeared with Kirk Franklin on the Grammy-winning “Prince of Eqypt” gospel CD, and on the platinum “Nu Nation” CD.
