Michael Shekwoaga Ode is an Nigerian-american drummer, composer, and educator. A student of Music and Drum Icon Billy Hart, Ode has been blessed to tour, record, play, and study with some of the most iconic and innovative artists in the history of music. Michael is now living in NYC playing around the city with his carious ensembles, as a sideman, and touring internationally with his own projects and some of the most influential musical voices of our times.