Real name: Steven Reid

Effective period / Period of releases: 1994 - 2001

American jazz percussionist, producer, and engineer.
(do not confuse with jazz drummer from NYC, Steve Reid (2).)

Born: 6 January 1944 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.

Reid begun releasing material in 1987, scoring his greatest success yet as a co-founder of the enormously popular contemporary jazz group The Rippingtons, also crossing over to pop audiences as a member of Supertramp.

Named as Jazziz magazine's Percussionist Of The Year in both 1993 and 1995, in between issuing his solo debut, the worldbeat-influenced "Bamboo Forest" (1994), then the follow-up "Water Sign" (1996).

Subsequent efforts included "Mysteries" (1997) as Steve Reid's Bamboo Forest, "Passion In Paradise" (1999), and finally "Dream Scapes" (2001).