Billy Drummond
Willis Robert "Billy" Drummond (born June 19, 1959 in Newport News , Virginia ) is an American jazz drummer.
Live and act
Drummond began playing drums at the age of four and played in various school and regional bands as a teenager. In 1988 he went to New York City , where he soon became a member of the band "Out of the Blue" and joined the sextet of Horace Silver .
Drummond can be heard as a sideman on over two hundred CDs, among others with Carla Bley , Sonny Rollins , Steve Kuhn , Joe Henderson , JJ Johnson , Nat Adderley , Bobby Hutcherson , Buster Williams , Lee Konitz , James Moody , Andrew Hill , Freddie Hubbard , Charles Tolliver , Sheila Jordan , Tony Lakatos , Franco Ambrosetti , Yakov Okun , Toots Thielemans and Larry Willis ( Blue Fable , 2007). He also released several albums as a band leader. Together with his (now former) wife Renee Rosnes and the (unrelated) bassist Ray Drummond , he played in the group "The Drummonds". He teaches jazz drums at the Juilliard School of Music and New York University .
Discography (as leader)
- 1991: Native Colors (Criss Cross) with Renee Rosnes, Steve Wilson , Steve Nelson , Ray Drummond
- 1993: The Gift (Criss Cross) with Peter Washington , Seamus Blake , Renee Rosnes
- 1995: Dubai (Criss Cross) with Chris Potter , Walt Weiskopf , Peter Washington
Lexical entry
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Works by Billy Drummond in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of Billy Drummond (English)
- Billy Drummond at Discogs (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Drummond, Billy |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Drummond, Willis Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 19, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newport News , Virginia |