Willis Robert "Billy" Drummond Jr. (born June 19, 1959) is an American

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Early life

Billy Drummond was born in Newport News, Virginia, where he grew up listening to the extensive jazz record collection of his father, an amateur drummer and jazz enthusiast. He started playing the drums at four and was performing locally in his own band by the age of eight, and playing music with other kids in the neighborhood, including childhood friends

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and his brothers, who lived a few doors away and through whom he met Consuela Lee Moorehead, composer, arranger, music theory professor, and the founder of the Springtree/Snow Hill Institute for the Performing Arts. He attended Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music on a Classical Percussion scholarship and, upon leaving school, became a member of a local Top 40 band called The Squares with bass phenom

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Career

In 1986, encouraged by

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, who had invited him to sit in at the Village Vanguard and advised him to take the next step, he moved to New York and almost immediately joined the band, Out of the Blue, with whom he recorded their last album, Spiral Staircase (Blue Note Records). A year later, he joined the

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sextet, touring extensively with him before becoming a member of

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's band, with whom he toured for three years. During this period he also formed long-term musical associations with

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, James Moody, JJ Johnson, Andrew Hill, and others. He has made four albums as bandleader, including his Criss Cross album ''Dubai'' (featuring Chris Potter,

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and Peter Washington), which was included in the list of “50 Crucial Jazz Drumming Recordings of the Past 100 Years” by '' Modern Drummer'' magazine. His most recent album, ''Valse Sinistre'', leading his band Freedom of Ideas, with

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and

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, came out on the Canadian Cellar Live label in August 2022. He has made five albums as a co-leader, including ''We’ll Be Together Again'' with

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and Ron Carter. In addition to touring he is Professor of Jazz Drums at the Juilliard School and New York University. A sideman on over 350 records, Drummond has played and recorded with, among others,

, Nat Adderley,

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and Toshiko Akiyoshi, Hank Jones, James Moody,

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, Lee Konitz,

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, George Colligan, Ted Rosenthal,

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, Joe Lovano, Andrew Hill,

Larry Willis Lawrence Elliott Willis (December 20, 1942 – September 29, 2019) was an American jazz pianist and composer. He performed in a wide range of styles, including jazz fusion, Afro-Cuban jazz, bebop, and avant-garde. Willis was born in New York C ...

, Toots Thielmans, Freddie Hubbard, Chris Potter,

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, Stanley Cowell,

, and

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. He is a long-time member of

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's Lost Chords Quartet,

's Quartet, and the Steve Kuhn Trio.

Discography

As leader

* 1991 ''

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'' ( Criss Cross) * 1993 ''The Gift'' (Criss Cross) * 1995 ''Dubai'' (Criss Cross) * 2022 ''Valse Sinistre'' (Cellar Live) As co-leader * 2003 ''Pas de Trois'' The Drummonds * 2006 ''Mysterious Shorter'' Nicholas Payton/Bob Belden/Sam Yahel/Billy Drummond/John Hart * 2006 ''Once Upon a Time'' The Drummonds * 2006 ''Letter to Evans'' The Drummonds * 2006 ''Beautiful Friendship'' The Drummonds * 2016 ''Three's Company'' Ron Carter/Javon Jackson/Billy Drummond With OTB * 1989 ''Spiral Staircase'' Out of the Blue With Nat Adderley *'' The Old Country'' (Alfa, 1990) With

* 2003 '' Looking for America'' * 2004 '' The Lost Chords'' * 2007 '' The Lost Chords find Paolo Fresu'' * 2008 '' Appearing Nightly'' With Steve Kuhn * 1997 '' Dedication'' (Reservoir) * 1998 ''

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'' (Reservoir) * 2000 ''The Best Things'' (Reservoir) * 2001 ''Temptation'' * 2002 ''Waltz – Red Side'' * 2002 ''Waltz – Blue Side'' * 2004 ''Easy to Love'' * 2007 ''Pastorale'' * 2007 ''Baubles, Bangles and Beads'' * 2007 ''Pavanne for a Dead Princess'' * 2010 ''I Will Wait for You'' With Stanley Cowell * 2014 ''Are You Real'' * 2015 ''Reminiscent'' * 2017 ''No Illusions'' With Eddie Henderson * 1998 ''Dreams of Gershwin'' * 1999 ''Reemergence'' * 2001 ''Oasis'' * 2010 ''For All We Know''

As sideman

* ''Old Country'' (1990) with Nat Adderley * ''Sam I Am'' (1990) with Sam Newsome * ''In New York'' (1990) with

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* ''For the Moment'' (1990 with Renee Rosnes * '' Mirage'' (1991) with

* ''Hornucopia'' (1991) with Jon Faddis * ''John Swana and Friends'' (1991) with

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* ''Mirage'' (1991) with

* ''Better Times'' (1992) with Rob Bargad * ''The Charmer'' (1992) with

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* ''Epistrophy'' (1992) with Bill Pierce * ''Simplicity'' (1992) with

* ''Without Words'' (1992) with Renee Rosnes * '' Dawnbird'' (1993) with Vincent Herring * ''Secret Love'' (1993) with Vincent Herring * ''Blue Note Years'' (1993) with

* ''Feeling's Mutual'' (1993) with John Swana * ''Scheme of Things'' (1993) with Scott Wendholt * ''In from the Cold'' (1994, Criss Cross) with Jonny King * ''Days of Wine and Roses'' (1994) with Vincent Herring * '' Dearly Beloved'' (

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, 1996) with Lee Konitz * ''Notes from the Underground'' (1996, Enja) with Jonny King * ''

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'' with George Cables (

, 1997) * '' Out of Nowhere'' with Lee Konitz and Paul Bley (

, 1997) * '' RichLee!'' with Lee Konitz and Rich Perry (

, 1997) * ''

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'' with Franco Ambrosetti (Enja, 1998) * ''True Blue'' (1998) with

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* ''

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'' (1998) with Chris Potter * ''Universal Spirits'' (1998) with

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* '' Dusk'' (1999) with Andrew Hill * ''Duke's Place'' (1999) with George Mraz * '' Art & Soul'' (Blue Note, 1999) with Renee Rosnes * ''Everything I Need'' (1999) with Carol Fredette * ''Out of the Dark'' (1999) with Andy Fusco * ''Pleasant Valley'' (1999) with

* ''Reemergence'' (1999) with Eddie Henderson * ''Remembrance'' (1999) with Sadao Watanabe * ''Rendezvous'' (1999) with

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* ''Search'' (1999) with Joel Weiskopf * ''Sound of Love'' (1999) with Tommy Smith * ''Navigator'' (2000) with

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* ''Ask Me Now'' (2000) with

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* ''Siren'' (2000) with Walt Weiskopf * ''Steal the Moon'' (2000) with

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* '' Two Tenor Ballads'' (2000) with Mark Turner and Tad Shull * ''What Goes Unsaid'' (2000) with Scott Wendholt * ''

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'' (2001) with Chris Potter * ''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 * ''With a Little Help from My Friends'' (2001) with Renee Rosnes * ''Deja Vu'' (2001) with Archie Shepp * ''Waltz for Debbie'' (2002) with

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* ''Wurd on the Skreet'' (2002) with Donald Brown * ''Life on Earth'' (2003) with Renee Rosnes * ''Line on Love'' (2003) with Marty Ehrlich * ''Little Song'' (2003) with

* ''Strings'' (2003) with

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* ''French Ballads'' (2003) with Archie Shepp * ''Deja Vu'' (2003) with Archie Shepp * ''The Lost Chords'' (2003) with

* ''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

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* ''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 * ''

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'' (2007) with

* ''Nights of Key Largo'' (2008) with Tessa Souter * ''Moon River'' (2008) with Nicki Parrott * '' The Offering'' (HighNote, 2008) with Larry Willis * ''Once Upon a Melody'' (2008) with

* ''Beautiful Love: The NYC Session'' (2008) with

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, Yujata Kobaya * ''Appearing Nightly'' (2008) with

* ''Art of Organizing'' (2009) with Dr. Lonnie Smith * ''Chick Corea Songbook'' (2009) with The Manhattan Transfer * ''Mutual Admiration Society'' (2009) with Joe Locke/David Hazeltine * ''New Moon'' (2009) with Ron McCLure * ''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

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* ''Mays at the Movies'' (2009) with

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* ''The Decider'' (2009) with Peter Zak * ''All My Friends are Here'' (2010) with

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compilation * ''I Will Wait for You'' (2010) with Steve Kuhn * ''Invitation'' (2010) with

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* ''Cedar Chest'' (2010) The Music of

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compilation * ''For All We Know'' (2010) with Eddie Henderson * ''New York Encounter'' (2010) with Yakov Okun Trio * ''Steeplechase Jam Session Volume 29'' (2010)

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* ''Steeplechase Jam Session Volume 30'' (2010)

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* ''Dedication'' (2010) with Ron McClure (2010)

* ''Live at Smalls'' (2011) with Tim Ries * ''Live at Smalls'' (2011) with Jesse Davis * ''Beyond the Blue'' (2012) with Tessa Souter * ''Home Tone'' (2012) with

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* ''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'' (2015) with Burak Bedikyan

* ''Primal Scream'' (2015) with David Chesky * ''Rambling Confessions'' (2015) with John Hebert * ''Sing to the Sky'' (2015) with Emma Larsson * ''Tales, Musings, and Other Reveries'' (2015) with

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* ''Reminiscent'' (2015) with Stanley Cowell

* ''Standards'' (2016) with Peter Zak

* ''En Rouge'' (2016) with Atlantico (Dave Schroeder/ Sebastien Paindestre) * ''Jive Culture'' (2016) with Jeremy Pelt * ''Whirlwind'' (2016) w/ Andy Fusco

* ''With Due Respect'' (2016) w/ Freddie Redd

* ''En Rouge'' (2016) w/ Atlantico* ''Inside the Moment'' (2017) w/ Camille Thurman * ''Live and Uncut'' (2017) w/ Mark Whitfield * ''Cities Between Us'' (2017) w/ Allegra Levy

* ''No Illusions'' (2017) Stanley Cowell

* ''The Pendulum'' (2017) w/ Mike Richmond

* ''Picture in Black and White'' (NOA, 2018) w/ Tessa Souter * ''Jubilation'' (2018) w/J im Snidero and Jeremy Pelt * ''Trio in the New Harmonic: Aural Paintings'' (2018) w/ David Chesky * '' Monk's Dreams: The Complete Compositions of Thelonious Sphere Monk'' (Sunnyside, 2018) w/ Frank Kimbrough * ''NYCD: A Tribute to Art Van Damme'' (2018) w/ Pierre Eriksson * ''Out in the Open'' (2018) w/ Sam Dillon * ''New Easter Island'' (2019) w/ Atlantico * ''One Mind'' (2018) w/ Peter Zak Quartet * ''Tones for Joan’s Bones'' (2018) w/ Mike Richmond

* ''New Departure'' (2018) w/ Takayuki Yagi * ''Playing Who I Am'' (2019) w/ Andrea Domenici * ''New Easter Island'' (2019) w/ Atlantico * ''Friday the 13th'' (

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, 2020) w/ Stephen Riley * ''Jazz Dance Suites'' ( Chazz Mack Music, 2020) w/ Charles McPherson * ''Kimbrough'' ( Newvelle, 2021) A tribute album to Frank Kimbrough featuring 67 artists curated by Elan Mehler *Early Spring (Steeplechase, 2021) w/ Anthony Ferrara *''On the Move'' (Stunt, 2021) w/ Gabor Bolla

Sources

* Leonard Feather and Ira Gitler, ''The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz''. Oxford, 1999, p. 154. * Gary W. Kennedy, "Billy Drummond". '' Grove Dictionary of Jazz'' online.

References

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