John Riley (drummer)

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John Bernard Riley (* 11. June 1954 in Aberdeen , Maryland ) is an American jazz - drummer and music teacher. Riley played with musicians of modern and fusion jazz such as Woody Herman , Stan Getz , Milt Jackson , Miles Davis , Dizzy Gillespie , John Scofield , Kenny Werner , Gary Peacock , Mike Stern , John Patitucci and Bob Berg .

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John Riley, 2017

Riley, whose mother was a piano player, started playing drums at the age of 8 after being given a snare drum as a gift. In the fourth grade he took private lessons from Thomas Sicola jr. As a student he played in rock bands . He studied music at the University of North Texas College of Music in Denton, Texas . During this time he recorded the title Lab 76 with the One O'Clock Lab Band led by Leon Breeden , which was nominated for the Grammy Award "Best Jazz Performance by a Big Band". Riley received his Bachelor of Music degree there in 1975.

He then worked with Milt Jackson (1976-77), Woody Herman (1978) and Rich Boukas (1979-1982). In 1985, he graduated with a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music . He also worked for Joe Lovano (from 1984) and Bob Mintzer (from 1986). Since 1978 he has played at European festivals, since 1989 also at Japanese. He also worked with the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band and the WDR Big Band Cologne .

Riley is currently the drummer with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra in New York, which emerged from the Thad Jones / Mel Lewis Orchestra . He has authored several books on drumming.

Works

Books

Instructional DVD

Discographic notes

  • University of North Texas: Lab 76 , UNT Jazz Records, 1976 †
  • Woody Herman : Chick, Donald, Walter & Woodrow , Century Records, 1978 †
  • Mike Metheny : Blue Jay Sessions , Headfirst Records, 1981
  • Richard Boukas: Embarcadero , Jazz Essence Records, 1983
  • Richard Lacona: Painter of Dreams , Morningside Records, 1984
  • Mark Soskin : Overjoyed , JazzCity Records, 1987
  • Bob Mintzer : Spectrum , DMP Records, 1987 †
  • Red Rodney Quintet: Red Snapper and One For Bird , SteepleChase Records , 1988
  • John Hart : One Down , Blue Note , 1990
  • Kenny Werner : Uncovered Heart , Sunnyside Records , 1990
  • John Scofield : Live Three Ways , Blue Note Video, 1990
  • Bob Mintzer: Art of the Big Band , DMP Records, 1991 †
  • Miles Davis & Quincy Jones : Miles & Quincy Live at Montreux , Warner Bros. Records , 1991 †
  • Bob Mintzer: Only in New York , DMP Records, 1994 †
  • Bob Mintzer: Big Band Trane , DMP Records, 1996 †
  • Bobby Paunetto: Composer in Public , RSVP Jazz Records, 1996 †
  • Claudio Angeleri: Jazz Files, CDPM-Lion Records, 1996
  • Lalo Schifrin : Gillespiana , Aleph Records, 1996 †
  • Hubert Nuss : The Shimmering Colors of Stained Glass , GreenHouse Records, 1997
  • Vanguard Jazz Orchestra : Lickety Split , New World Records , 1997 †
  • George Gruntz : Liebermann Live in Berlin , TCB Records , 1999
  • Bob Mintzer: Homage to Basie , DMP Records, 2000 ‡
  • George Gruntz: Expo Triangle, MGB Records, 2000
  • Michael Davis : Brass Nation, Hip-Bone Music, 2000
  • Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: Can I Persuade You? Planet Arts Recordings 2001 †
  • Eijiro Nakagawa & Jim Pugh : Legend and Lion , Superkids, 2003
  • Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: The Way , Planet Arts Records, 2004 ‡
  • Hubert Nuss: Feed the Birds , Pirouet , 2005
  • Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: Up from the Skies , Planet Arts Records, 2006 †
  • Vanguard Jazz Orchestra: Monday Night Live at the Village Vanguard , Planet Arts Records, 2008 ‡
† Grammy nomination
‡ Grammy Award

Lexigraphic entries

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ At the time, he had just completed his Bachelor of Music degree from the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development in New York and was working as a music teacher at the Cranford Township Public Schools.
personal data
SURNAME Riley, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Riley, John Bernard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz drummer and music educator
DATE OF BIRTH June 11, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Aberdeen , Maryland , United States