Career

He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span jazz, world music, popular, and Latin music Badrena has played with The Zawinul Syndicate, the Rolling Stones, Mezzoforte, Joni Mitchell, Spyro Gyra, Art Blakey, Bill Evans, Steve Khan, Carla Bley, Talking Heads, Blondie, Michael Franks, Ahmad Jamal, Hugo Fattoruso, and others Badrena currently lives in Fair View, New Jersey.

He is the leader (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals) of the Latin jazz band Trio Mundo.