SUSIE IBARRA, BIRTH NOVEMBER 15, 1970 IN ANAHEIM, IS AN AMERICAN PERCUSSIONIST AND COMPOSER OF JAZZ, OPERA, EXPERIMENTAL AND AVANT GARDE MUSIC. SHE IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR HER WORK AS A JAZZ DRUMMER, AND IS NOTED FOR HER DYNAMIC RANGE AND EXPRESSIVE TECHNIQUE, AS WELL AS HER INCORPORATION OF DIVERSE STYLE AND INFLUENCES, SUCH AS BLUES, GAMELAN AND KULINTANG. SHE HAVE WORKED WITH DEREK BAILEY, JOHN ZORN AND PAULINE OLIVEIROS AND PUBLISHED ALBUMS ON TZADIK LABEL. LISTEN.
