Abbey Rader

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Abbey Rader (2012)

Abbey Rader (born October 14, 1943 in New Brunswick (New Jersey) ) is an American drummer of avant-garde jazz .

Live and act

Rader grew up in a family of musicians in the Bronx ; his father was also a drummer. He started playing traditional jazz in the early 1960s. Under the influence of the music of John Coltrane , he turned to modern jazz, worked with musicians such as Herman Foster and Bobby Johnson and ultimately became part of the New York loft jazz scene.

At the end of the 1970s he moved to Europe with Peter Ponzol , initially to France, where he was able to publish his album The Thing . Then he moved to Germany, where he worked first with Bob Lenox and then with George Bishop . With Ponzol and Joe Gallivan he recorded the album Prism , which was released on vinyl in 1978 . In the 1980s he was part of Gunter Hampel's big band for almost five years , in which he also appeared with Jeanne Lee and Marion Brown ; he also played in the combos of Hampel. He also performed with Mal Waldron and Marc Levine and formed his Right Time Band . He also worked with John Handy , L. Subramaniam and Sigi Busch . He also gave drum courses at the universities in Detmold, Göttingen and Braunschweig and at the Einbeck music school.

In 1989 he returned to the USA. In the 1990s and 2000s he first worked with David Liebman , with whom he recorded four albums. Billy Bang then brought him (as a replacement for Dennis Charles ) to his Jazz Doctors , where he performed with Frank Lowe and Ed Schuller . He also played a duo with Billy Higgins at the Vision Festival . In recent years Rader has performed with John McMinn, Noah Brandmark, Kyle Motl and Kidd Jordan , but also with Peter Ponzol and Keshavan Maslak .

Rader's album, First Gathering was mentioned as one of the best of 2015.

Discographic notes

  • Abbey Rader, John McMinn, Kyle Motl: To Ignite the Fire (2020)
  • Abbey Rader West Coast Quartet: Second Gathering (2018)
  • Ritual (ABRAY, 2018)
  • Abbey Rader, John McMinn : Phenobarbital Sessions (ABRAY Productions, 2017)
  • Peter Ponzol, Abbey Rader It's Time (ABRAY Productions, 2016)
  • Abbey Rader West Coast Quartet First Gathering (ABRAY Productions, 2015)
  • Dave Liebman / Abbey Rader Cosmos Cadence Jazz , 2003
  • Billy Bang, Ed Schuller, Frank Lowe, Abbey Rader One for Jazz (No More Records, 2001)
  • David Liebman, Mack Goldsbury , Roy Cummings, Abbey Rader Homecoming (Cadence Jazz, 1990)
  • Abbey Rader's Right Time Live at the Holstebro Jazzfestival (ABRAY Productions, 1983, with Marc Levine, George Bishop, Ove Volquartz , Heinz Tidow)
  • The Thing (IRI, 1979, with Peter Ponzol, Bob Lenox)
  • Peter Ponzol, Joe Gallivan, Abbey Rader Prism (Vinyl Records, 1978)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief portrait of All About Jazz
  2. ↑ Angela Ballhorn: The Drum is a World . In: Jazzthetik . June 1999.
  3. ↑ Marco Minnemann . drumsontheweb.com. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  4. ^ Abbey Rader's Generations Quartet with Kidd Jordan . Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  5. ↑ Kidd Jordan Abbey Rader Quartet . Archived from the original on August 31, 2014. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  6. ↑ Avant Music News Best of 2015 . Avant Music News. July 8, 2015. Accessed June 24, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Rader, Abbey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (drums)
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH New Brunswick (New Jersey)