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Willis Robert "Billy" Drummond, Jr. (b. Newport News, Virginia, June 19, 1959) is an American jazz drummer. Drummond learned jazz from an early age from his father, who was a drummer and a jazz enthusiast and whose record collection included many recordings of Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Buddy Rich and Elvin Jones, among others. He played in bands from age eight and studied at Shenandoah College And Conservatory Of Music. He moved to New York at the behest of Al Foster in 1986 and shortly thereafter joined the Blue Note band, Out of the Blue (OTB) with whom he recorded their last CD. He subsequently joined the Horace Silver sextet, with whom he toured extensively, before joining Sonny Rollins, with whom he toured for three years. He is a long-time member of Carla Bley's Lost Chords Quartet, Sheila Jordan's Quartet and the Steve Kuhn Trio. He has played and recorded with Nat Adderley, Ralph Moore (1989 and subsequently), Buster Williams (1990–93), Charles Tolliver (1991), Lew Tabackin and Toshiko Akiyoshi, Hank Jones (1991), James Moody (early 1990s), Sonny Rollins (1994–95), Andy LaVerne (1994), Lee Konitz (1995), Dave Stryker (1996), George Colligan (1997), Ted Rosenthal, Bruce Barth, Andrew Hill (from 1997–2000), Larry Willis (2006 to the present), Toots Thielmans, Freddie Hubbard (mid-1990s), Chris Potter, Eddie Gómez, and Sheila Jordan (1990s to present). Influences include Tony Williams, Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Al Foster, Jack DeJohnette, and Billy Hart, among others. He also leads a New York-based band called Freedom of Ideas. In addition to touring he is currently Professor of Jazz Drums at the Juilliard School of Music and NYU in New York. ==Discography== ;As leader * 1991 ''Native Colours'' (Criss Cross Jazz) * 1993 ''The Gift'' (Criss Cross) * 1995 ''Dubai'' (Criss Cross) ;As co-leader * 2003 ''Pas de Trois'' The Drummonds * 2006 ''Mysterious Shorter'' Nicholas Payton/Bob Beldon/Sam Yahel/Billy Drummond/John Hart * 2006 ''Once Upon a Time'' The Drummonds * 2006 ''Letter to Evans'' The Drummonds * 2006 ''Beautiful Friendship'' The Drummonds ;As band member with OTB * 1989 ''Spiral Staircase'' Out of the Blue ;with Carla Bley * 2003 ''Looking for America'' * 2004 ''The Lost Chords'' * 2007 ''The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu'' * 2008 ''Appearing Nightly'' ;As band member with Steve Kuhn * 1997 ''Dedication'' With Steve Kuhn * 1998 ''Countdown'' With Steve Kuhn * 2000 ''The Best Things'' With Steve Kuhn * 2001 ''Temptation'' With Steve Kuhn * 2002 ''Waltz - Red Side'' With Steve Kuhn * 2002 ''Waltz - Blue Side'' With Steve Kuhn * 2004 ''Easy to Love'' With Steve Kuhn * 2007 ''Pastorale'' With Steve Kuhn * 2007 ''Baubles, Bangles and Beads'' With Steve Kuhn * 2007 ''Pavanne for a Dead Princess'' With Steve Kuhn ;As sideman *''Old Country'' (1990) With Nat Adderley *''Sam I Am'' (1990) With Sam Newsome *''In New York'' (1990) With Tomas Franck *''For the Moment'' (1990 With Renee Rosnes *''Hornucopia'' (1991) With Jon Faddis *''John Swana and Friends'' (1991) With John Swana *''Mirage'' (1991) With Bobby Hutcherson *''Better Times'' (1992) With Rob Bargad *''The Charmer'' (1992) With Charles Fambrough *''Epistrophy'' (1992) With Bill Pierce *''Simplicity'' (1992) With Walt Weiskopf *''Dawnbird'' (1993) With Vincent Herring *''Secret Love'' (1993) With Vincent Herring *''Blue Note Years'' (1993) With Joe Henderson *''Feeling's Mutual'' (1993) With John Swana *''Scheme of Things'' (1993) With Scott Wendholt *''In from the Cold'' (1994, Criss Cross Jazz) With Jonny King *''Days of Wine and Roses'' (1994) With Vincent Herring *''Notes from the Underground'' (1996, Enja Records) With Jonny King *''True Blue'' (1998) With Archie Shepp *''Vertigo'' (1998) With Chris Potter *''Universal Spirits'' (1998) With Tim Ries *''Dusk'' (1999) With Andrew Hill *''Duke's Place'' (1999) With George Mraz *''Everything I Need'' (1999) With Carol Fredette *''Out of the Dark'' (1999) With Andy Fusco *''Pleasant Valley'' (1999) With Javon Jackson *''Reemergence'' (1999) With Eddie Henderson *''Remembrance'' (1999) With Sadao Watanabe *''Rendezvous'' (1999) With Jerome Harris *''Search'' (1999) With Joel Weiskopf *''Sound of Love'' (1999) With Tommy Smith *''Navigator'' (2000) With Joel Frahm *''Ask Me Now'' (2000) With Michael Urbaniak *''Siren'' (2000) With Walt Weiskopf *''Steal the Moon'' (2000) With Carolyn Leonhart *''Two Tenor Ballads'' (2000) With Mark Turner and Tadd Shull *''What Goes Unsaid'' (2000) With Scott Wendholt *''Oasis'' (2001) With Eddie Henderson *''Song'' (2001) With Marty Ehrlich *''Workin' Out'' (2001) With John Campbell *''Cedars of Avalon'' (2001) with Larry Coryell *''Alternate Side'' (2001) With Tim Ries *''Deja Vu'' (2001) With Archie Shepp *''Waltz for Debbie'' (2002) With David Hazeltine *''Wurd on the Skreet'' (2002) With Donald Brown *''Line on Love'' (2003) With Marty Ehrlich *''Little Song'' (2003) With Sheila Jordan *''Strings'' (2003) With Jim Snidero *''French Ballads'' (2003) With Archie Shepp *''Deja Vu'' (2003) With Archie Shepp *''The Lost Chords'' (2003) With Carla Bley *''Dream Dancing'' (2004) With Steve Kuhn *''Close Up'' (2004) With Jim Snidero *''Tea for Two'' (2004) With Walt Weiskopf/Andy Fusco Quartet *''Sight to Sound'' (2004) With Walt Weiskopf *''Winter Sonata'' (2004) With Gary Versace *''Cleopatra's Dream'' (2006) David Hazeltine *''Manhattan'' (2006) David Hazeltine/George Mraz Trio *''Pastorale'' (2007) With Steve Kuhn *''Baubles, Bangles and Beads'' (2007) With Steve Kuhn *''Pavanne for a Dead Princess'' (2007) With Steve Kuhn *''The Lost Chords Find Paolo Fresu'' (2007) With Carla Bley *''New Conversations'' (2007) With Carla Bley *''Blue Fable'' (2007) With Larry Willis *''Nights of Key Largo'' (2008) With Tessa Souter *''Moon River'' (2008) With Nicki Parrott *''Offering'' (2008) With Larry Willis *''Once Upon a Melody'' (2008) With Javon Jackson *''Beautiful Love: The NYC Session'' (2008) With Al D Meola, Eddie Gómez, Yujata Kobaya *''Appearing Nightly'' (2008) With Carla Bley *''Art of Organizing'' (2009) With Dr. Lonnie Smith *''Chick Corea Songbook'' (2009) With Manhattan Transfer *''Mutual Admiration Society'' (2009) with Joe Locke/David Hazeltine *''New Moon'' (2009) With Ron McLure *''Mays at the Movies'' (2009) With Bill Mays *''Crossfire'' (2009) With Jim Snidero *''One Night at the Kitano'' (2009) With Jed Levy *''Fly Me to the Moon'' (2009) With Nicki Parrott *''Mays at the Movies'' (2009) With Bill Mays *''The Decider'' (2009) With Peter Zak *''All My Friends are Here'' (2010) With Arif Mardin compilation *''I Will Wait for You'' (2010) With Steve Kuhn *''Invitation'' (2010) With Beat Kaestli *''Cedar Chest'' (2010) The Music of Cedar Walton compilation *''For All We Know'' (2010) With Eddie Henderson *''New York Encounter'' (2010) With Yakov Okun Trio *''Steeplechase Jam Session Volume 29'' (2010) Andy Laverne *''Steeplechase Jam Session Volume 30'' (2010) Don Braden *''Dedication'' (2010) With Ron McClure *''Live at Smalls'' (2011) With Tim Ries *''Beyond the Blue'' (2012) With Tessa Souter *''Home Tone'' (2012) With Tony Lakatos *''Nordic Noon'' (2012) With Peter Zak *''Jazz in the New Harmonic'' (2013) With David Chesky *''The Eternal Triangle'' (2013) With Peter Zak *''Homeland'' (2014) With Vincent Hsu *''Are You Real'' (2014) With Stanley Cowell *''Leap of Faith'' (2012) With Burak Bedikyan *Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. Oxford, 1999, p. 154. *Gary W. Kennedy, "Billy Drummond". ''Grove Dictionary of Jazz'' online. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Billy Drummond」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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