Billy James

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Billy James (actually Abraham William James Jr , * 25. November 1938 ; † 20th November 2011 ) was an American jazz - drummer .

James grew up in West Philadelphia; after completing his military service as a cryptologist, he studied at the Curtis Institute, Temple University and the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music. In the Philadelphia jazz scene he played a. a. with Gene Ammons , Lionel Hampton , Don Patterson , Grant Green , Pat Martino , Eddie Harris ( Is It In , 1974), Eddie Lockjaw Davis , Sonny Stitt , Miles Davis and McCoy Tyner . From 1962 to 2004, James participated in 41 recording sessions other than those with Eric Kloss , Gene Ludwig and Houston Person . James was a full-time computer administrator and a part-time university professor, most recently at Drexel University . He died in 2011 of complications from pneumonia .

Works

  • Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention - The early years . Hannibal Verlag, Höfen 2007, ISBN 978-3-85445-279-9 (Original edition: Necessity Is ... Early Years Of Frank Zappa And The Mothers Of Invention )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Obituary in Phillytrib.com
  2. ↑ The JAZZ Discography - by Tom Lord. Retrieved December 24, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed October 18, 2013)
personal data
SURNAME James, Billy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES James, Abraham William Jr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1938
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 2011