Herlin Riley

Herlin Riley (born February 15, 1957) is an American jazz drummer and a member of the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra led by Wynton Marsalis.

A native of New Orleans, Riley started on the drums when he was three. He played trumpet through high school, but he went back to drums in college. After graduating, he spent three years as a member of a band led by Ahmad Jamal. He has worked often with Wynton Marsalis as a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and of Marsalis's small groups. He has also worked with George Benson, Harry Connick, Jr., and Marcus Roberts.

Riley played a large part in developing the drum parts for Wynton Marsalis's Pulitzer Prize-winning album, ''Blood on the Fields''. He is a lecturer in percussion for the jazz studies program at the Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.

Discography

As leader

* ''Watch What You're Doing'' ( Criss Cross, 2000)
* ''Cream of the Crescent'' (Criss Cross, 2005)
* ''New Direction'' (Mack Avenue, 2016)
* ''Perpetual Optimism'' (Mack Avenue, 2019)

As sideman

With Ahmad Jamal
* ''Digital Works'' (Atlantic, 1985)
* ''Live at the Montreal Jazz Festival 1985'' (Atlantic, 1986)
* ''Blue Moon'' (Jazz Village, 2012)

With Marcus Roberts
* '' Deep in the Shed'' (Novus, 1989)

With Dr. Lonnie Smith
* ''Rise Up!'' (Palmetto Records, 2008)

With Wynton Marsalis
* 1988 '' The Majesty of the Blues''
* 1988 '' Uptown Ruler: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 2''
* 1990 ''Crescent City Christmas Card''
* 1990 '' Standard Time, Vol. 2: Intimacy Calling''
* 1990 '' Standard Time, Vol. 3: The Resolution of Romance''
* 1990 ''Tune in Tomorrow''
* 1991 ''Blue Interlude''
* 1991 '' Levee Low Moan: Soul Gestures in Southern Blue, Vol. 3''
* 1992 ''Citi Movement''
* 1993 ''In This House, On This Morning''
* 1994 ''Jazz at Lincoln Center Presents: The Fire of the Fundamentals''
* 1994 ''Jazz at Lincoln Center: They Came to Swing''
* 1994 ''Joe Cool's Blues''
* 1996 ''Jump Start and Jazz''
* 1997 ''Blood on the Fields''
* 1999 ''Big Train''
* 1999 ''Live at the Village Vanguard''
* 1999 ''Live in Swing City: Swingin with the Duke''
* 1999 ''Reeltims''
* 1999 '' Standard Time, Vol. 6: Mr. Jelly Lord''
* 1999 ''The Marciac Suit''
* 2000 ''Selections from the Village Vanguard Box''
* 2004 ''Trios''
* 2004 ''Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson''
* 2005 ''A Love Supreme''
* 2005 ''Don't Be Afraid: The Music of Charles Mingus''
* 2005 ''Higher Ground Hurricane Benefit Relief Concert''
* 2006 ''Cast of Cats''
* 2007 ''Standards & Ballads''
* 2009 ''Christmas Jazz Jam''
* 2012 ''Swinging into the 21st''
* 2012 ''The Music of America''
* 2013 ''The Spiritual Side of Wynton Marsalis''

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References

External links

HerlinRiley.com - official website



Herlin Riley Interview at allaboutjazz.com

Herlin Riley Interview
NAMM Oral History Library (2017)

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1957 births
Living people
American jazz drummers
Jazz musicians from New Orleans
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers
20th-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
Fairview Baptist Church Marching Band members
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra members
Mack Avenue Records artists
Criss Cross Jazz artists