Ray Drummond

American jazz musician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican jazz musician
PlacesUnited States of America
isJazz musician Musician Composer
Work fieldMusic
Gender
Male
Genres:Jazz Free jazz
Instruments:Double bass Bass
Birth23 November 1946, Brookline, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Age78 years
Star signSagittarius
Education
Stanford UniversityStanford, Santa Clara County, USA
The details

Biography

Drummond at the 2013 Detroit Jazz Festival

Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is a jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be heard on hundreds of albums and co-leads The Drummonds with Renee Rosnes and (not related) Billy Drummond.

Drummond has been a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, since 1980 with his wife, Susan, and his daughter, Maya.

He is the elder brother of David Drummond, senior vice president, corporate development and chief legal officer of Google Inc.

Ray Drummond at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California, July 8, 2017

Discography

As leader[3]

As sideman

With Chris Anderson

  • Blues One (DIW, 1991)

With Toshiko Akiyoshi

  • Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream (Nippon Crown, 1990)

With Bill Barron

  • Variations in Blue (Muse, 1983)
  • The Next Plateau (Muse, 1987 [1989])

With Kenny Barron

  • The Only One (Reservoir, 1990)
  • Lemuria-Seascape (Candid, 1991)
  • Live at Bradley's (EmArcy, 1996 [2001])
  • Live at Bradley's II (Sunnyside, 1996 [2002])

With Thomas Chapin

  • I've Got Your Number (Arabesque, 1993)

With Arnett Cobb

  • Funky Butt (Progressive, 1980)

With George Coleman

  • At Yoshi's (Theresa, 1989)

With Ted Curson

  • The Trio (Interplay, 1979)

With Billy Drummond

  • Native Colours, (Criss Cross. 1992)

With Teddy Edwards

  • Close Encounters (HighNote, 1996 [1999]) with Houston Person
  • Smooth Sailing (HighNote, 2001 [2003])

With Art Farmer

  • Mirage (Soul Note, 1982)
  • Warm Valley (Concord, 1983)

With the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet

  • Moment to Moment (Soul Note, 1983)
  • Back to the City (Contemporary, 1986)
  • Real Time (Contemporary, 1986 [1988])

With Ricky Ford

  • Future's Gold (Muse, 1983)
  • Saxotic Stomp (Muse, 1987)

With Curtis Fuller

  • Blues-ette Part II (Savoy, 1993)

With Benny Golson

  • I Remember Miles (Alfa Jazz, 1993)
  • That's Funky (Meldac Jazz, 1995)

With Johnny Griffin

  • Return of the Griffin (Galaxy, 1978)
  • NYC Underground (Galaxy, 1979 [1981])
  • To the Ladies (Galaxy, 1979 [1982])

With Slide Hampton

  • World of Trombones (West 54, 1979)

With Craig Handy

  • Split Second Timing (Arabesque, 1992)

With Tom Harrell

  • Stories

With John Hicks

  • Is That So? (Timeless, 1991)
  • Beyond Expectations (Reservoir, 1993)
  • Lover Man: A Tribute to Billie Holiday (Red Baron, 1993)

With Buck Hill

  • Capital Hill (Muse, 1990)
  • The Buck Stops Here (Muse, 1992)

With Freddie Hubbard

  • The Eternal Triangle (Blue Note, 1987) with Woody Shaw
  • Feel the Wind (Timeless, 1988) with Art Blakey

With Bobby Hutcherson

  • Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (Blue Note, 1973)
  • Cirrus (Blue Note, 1974)
  • Good Bait (Landmark, 1985)

With the Jazztet

  • Moment to Moment (Soul Note, 1983)

With Randy Johnston

  • Walk On (Muse, 1992)

With Etta Jones

  • At Last (Muse, 1995)
  • Easy Living (HighNote, 2000)

With Lee Konitz

  • Live at Laren (Soul Note, 1979 [1984])

With Ronnie Mathews

  • Roots, Branches & Dances (Bee Hive, 1978)

With Charles McPherson

  • Manhattan Nocturne (Arabesque, 1998)

With Frank Morgan

  • Bop! (Telarc, 1997)

With Idris Muhammad

  • Kabsha (Theresa, 1980)

With David Murray

  • I Want to Talk About You (Black Saint, 1986)
  • Ming's Samba (Portrait, 1988)
  • Fast Life (DIW/Columbia, 1991)
  • Ballads for Bass Clarinet (DIW, 1991)
  • Saxmen (Red Baron, 1993)
  • Jazzosaurus Rex (Red Baron, 1993)
  • Creole (Justin Time, 1997)
  • Like a Kiss that Never Ends (Justin Time, 2000)
  • Sacred Ground (Justin Time, 2006)

With Houston Person

  • Person-ified (HighNote, 1997)
  • My Romance (HighNote, 1998)
  • Soft Lights (HighNote, 1999)
  • Blue Velvet (HighNote, 2001)
  • Thinking of You (HighNote, 2007)
  • Mellow (HighNote, 2009)
  • Moment to Moment (HighNote, 2010)
  • So Nice (HighNote, 2011)
  • Naturally (HighNote, 2012)
  • Nice 'n' Easy (HighNote, 2013)
  • The Melody Lingers On (HighNote, 2014)
  • Something Personal (HighNote, 2015)

With Pharoah Sanders

  • Journey to the One (Theresa, 1980)
  • Shukuru (Theresa, 1981 [1985])

With Woody Shaw

  • Imagination (Muse, 1987)

With Horace Silver

  • Music to Ease Your Disease (Silvertone, 1988)

With James Spaulding

  • Songs of Courage (Muse, 1991 [1993])
  • Blues Nexus (Muse, 1993)
  • Escapade (HighNote, 1999)

With Horace Tapscott

  • Thoughts of Dar es Salaam (Arabesque, 1997)

With Bob Thiele Collective

  • Lion Hearted (1993)

With Jack Walrath

  • Journey, Man! (Evidence 1995)

With Michael White

  • Spirit Dance (Impulse!, 1971)
  • Pneuma (Impulse!, 1972)

With John Zorn

  • Voodoo (Black Saint, 1985)
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