# Bill Summers

Bill Summers, né William Leonard Summers le 20 mai 1948 à La Nouvelle-Orléans, est un percussionniste de jazz américain spécialiste de la conga.

## Discographie
### Comme leader

* Feel the Heat (Prestige, 1977)
* Cayenne (Prestige, 1977)
* Straight to the Bank (Prestige, 1978)
* On Sunshine (Prestige, 1979)
* Call it What You Want (MCA, 1981) U.S. No. 129
* Jam the Box (MCA, 1981) U.S. No. 92
* Seventeen (MCA, 1982)
* London Style (MCA, 1983)
* Iroko (Vital, 1992)
* The Essence of Kwanzaa (Monkey Hill, 1997)
* Studies in Bata: Sacred Drum of the Yoruba, Havana to Matanzas (Bilsum, 2002)
Avec Los Hombres Calientes
* Los Hombres Calientes (Basin Street, 1998)
* Vol. 2 (Basin Street, 2000)
* Vol. 3 New Congo Square (Basin Street, 2001)
* Vol. 4: Vodou Dance (Basin Street, 2003)

### Comme sideman

Avec Terry Garthwaite
* Terry (Arista Records, 1975)
Avec Johnny Hammond
* Forever Taurus (Milestone, 1976)
* Storm Warning (Milestone, 1977)
* Don't Let the System Get You (Milestone, 1978)
Avec Herbie Hancock
* Head Hunters (Columbia, 1973)
* Thrust (Columbia, 1974)
* Man-Child (Columbia, 1975)
* Flood (Columbia, 1975)
* Sunlight (Columbia, 1978)
* Directstep (Columbia, 1979)
* Feets, Don't Fail Me Now (Columbia, 1979)
* Mr. Hands (Columbia, 1980)
* Autodrive (Columbia, 1983)
* Dis Is Da Drum (Mercury, 1994)
* Omaha Civic Auditorium, 17th November 1975 (Hi Hat, 2015)
Avec The Headhunters
* Survival of the Fittest (Arista, 1975)
* Straight from the Gate (Arista, 1977)
* Return of the Headhunters (Verve Forecast, 1998)
* Evolution Revolution (Basin Street, 2003)
* On Top: Live in Europe (BHM, 2008)
* Platinum (Owl Studios, 2011)
Avec Eddie Henderson
* Inside Out (Capricorn, 1974)
* Mahal (Capitol, 1978)
* Runnin' to Your Love (Capitol, 1979)
Avec Quincy Jones
* Roots (A&M, 1977)
* The Color Purple (Qwest, 1986)
* Back On the Block (Qwest, 1989)
AvecDavid "Fathead" Newman
* Concrete Jungle (Prestige, 1978)
* Keep the Dream Alive (Prestige, 1978)
* Scratch My Back (Prestige, 1979)
AvecSonny Rollins
* The Way I Feel (Milestone, 1976)
* Easy Living (Milestone, 1978)
* Don't Ask (Milestone, 1979)
* Love at First Sight (Milestone, 1980)
* Silver City (Milestone, 1996)
AvecPatrice Rushen
* Shout It Out (Prestige, 1977)
* Patrice (Elektra, 1978)
* Pizzazz (Elektra, 1979)
Avec Vinx
* Rooms in My Fatha's House (PANGAEA, 1991)
* I Love My Job (PANGAEA, 1992)
* The Storyteller (PANGAEA, 1993)
* Lips' Stretched Out (H.O.E. Heroes of Expression, 1996)
* The Mood I'm In (Peermusic, 2002)
Avec d'autres musiciens
* Bar-Kays, Money Talks (Stax, 1978)
* Gato Barbieri, Tropico (A&M, 1978)
* Gato Barbieri, Passion and Fire (A&M, 1984)
* Gary Bartz, Music Is My Sanctuary (Capitol, 1977)
* Gary Bartz, Love Affair (Capitol, 1978)
* John Beasley, Cauldron (Windham Hill, 1992)
* John Beasley, A Change of Heart (Windham Hill, 1993)
* George Benson, Love Remembers (Warner Bros., 1993)
* Carmen Bradford, With Respect (Evidence, 1995)
* Brass Fever, Time Is Running Out (Impulse!, 1976)
* Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dee Dee's Feathers (Okeh, 2015)
* Cachao, Master Sessions Volume I (Epic, 1994)
* Jim Clayton, Songs My Daughter Knows (Clay-Tone, 2013)
* Jon Cleary, Moonburn (Pointblank, 1999)
* Con Funk Shun, Candy (Mercury, 1979)
* Harry Connick Jr., Every Man Should Know (Columbia, 2013)
* Harry Connick Jr., Smokey Mary (Columbia, 2013)
* Norman Connors, Love from the Sun (Buddah, 1973)
* Norman Connors, Saturday Night Special (Buddah, 1975)
* Michael Des Barres, Somebody Up There Likes Me (Gold Mountain, 1986)
* Djavan, Bird of Paradise (Columbia, 1988)
* Lamont Dozier, Peddlin' Music On the Side (Warner Bros., 1977)
* Pete Escovedo & Sheila Escovedo, Solo Two (Fantasy, 1977)
* Eddy Grant, Love in Exile (ICE, 1980)
* Nigel Hall, Ladies & Gentlemen... Nigel Hall (Round Hill, 2015)
* Joe Henderson, Black Miracle (Milestone, 1976)
* Joe Henderson, Black Narcissus (Milestone, 1976)
* George Howard, Attitude Adjustment (GRP, 1996)
* Bobbi Humphrey, Tailor Made (Epic, 1977)
* Bobby Hutcherson, Conception: the Gift of Love (Columbia, 1979)
* Phyllis Hyman, Somewhere in My Lifetime (Arista, 1978)
* Ahmad Jamal, One (20th Century Fox, 1978)
* Kimiko Kasai, Round and Round (CBS, 1978)
* Kimiko Kasai, Butterfly (CBS, 1979)
* Salif Keita, Amen (Island, 1991)
* Babatunde Lea, March of the Jazz Guerrillas (Ubiquity, 2000)
* Kenny Loggins, Leap of Faith (Columbia, 1991)
* Kenny Loggins, The Unimaginable Life (Columbia, 1997)
* Jon Lucien, Listen Love (Mercury, 1991)
* Bobby Lyle, The Journey (Atlantic, 1990)
* Taj Mahal, Like Never Before (Private Music, 1991)
* Wade Marcus, Metamorphosis (ABC Impulse!, 1976)
* Harvey Mason, Chameleon (Concord, 2014)
* Bennie Maupin, The Jewel in the Lotus (ECM, 1974)
* Country Joe McDonald, Goodbye Blues (Fantasy, 1977)
* Idris Muhammad, You Ain't No Friend of Mine! (Fantasy, 1978)
* Maria Muldaur, Fanning the Flames (Telarc, 1996)
* Meshell Ndegeocello, Plantation Lullabies (Sire, 1993)
* Shawn Phillips, Rumplestiltskin's Resolve (A&M, 1976)
* Shawn Phillips, Spaced (A&M, 1977)
* The Pointer Sisters, That's a Plenty (Blue Thumb, 1974)
* The Pointer Sisters, Steppin' ABC (Blue Thumb, 1975)
* Dianne Reeves, Never Too Far (Emi, 1989)
* Dianne Reeves, I Remember (Blue Note, 1991)
* Merl Saunders, Fire Up (Fantasy, 1973)
* Seawind, Window of a Child (CTI, 1977)
* Wayne Shorter, Phantom Navigator (Columbia, 1987)
* Nina Simone, A Single Woman (Elektra, 1993)
* Sting, The Soul Cages (A&M, 1990)
* Kevin Toney, Special K (Fantasy, 1982)
* Allen Toussaint, Connected (NYNO, 1996)
* Stanley Turrentine, Everybody Come On Out (Fantasy, 1976)
* McCoy Tyner, Together (Milestone, 1979)
* The Wailing Souls, All Over the World (Columbia, 1992)
* Lenny Williams, Rise Sleeping Beauty (Motown, 1975)
* Bobby Womack, Safety Zone (United Artists, 1975)
* Stevie Wonder, Conversation Peace (Motown, 1995)
* Zawinul Syndicate, Lost Tribes (Columbia, 1992)

### Singles

| Année | Titre | Chart Positions | Chart Positions |
| Année | Titre | U.S. Black Singles | U.S. Disco Singles |
| 1977 | "Come into My Life" | No. 84 | - |
| 1979 | "Straight to the Bank" | No. 45 | No. 34 |
| 1981 | "Call It What You Want" | No. 16 | No. 21 |
| 1982 | "At the Concert" | No. 38 | - |
| 1983 | "It's Over" | No. 63 | - |