Bashiri Johnson is one of the busiest percussionists in New York. He works for Whitney Houston, has a CD set out of very hip grooves and came by LP to talk about the line of Udu Drums that the company is making under the exclusive license of Frank Giorgini. II.

He likes the double, bongo like configuration that gives him a wide range of tones in the hole sounds. He Liked the way you could get crisp sounds when striking the textured playing surfaces on top of the instrument.month used Udu on many commercials including Dr. Pepper, Sprite, Sears, Barbados and not to mention a recording by Maxwell.

Listen to Bashiri discuss his career and check out a Quicktime and RealVideo of him performing.