Terry Silverlight is a jazz, pop, rock and R&B drummer, composer, producer, arranger and author.

Biography

Silverlight was born in

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' 's ''White Heat'' album, recorded in 1971 when Silverlight was fourteen years old. That early jazz/fusion album featured Barry Miles's compositions along with performances by guitarists

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, John Abercrombie, and saxophonist/flutist

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. Silverlight drummed on several more Barry Miles recordings throughout the 1970s performing alongside

Al Di Meola Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in jazz fusion and world music, he began his career as a guitarist of the group Return to Forever in 1974. Between the 1970s and 1980s, albums such as ' ...

Vic Juris Victor Edward Jurusz Jr. (September 26, 1953 – December 31, 2019), known professionally as Vic Juris, was an American jazz guitarist. Music career Juris was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, but he moved with his family to Parsippany early i ...

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and Richard Davis. After attending

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, Silverlight moved to

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and embarked upon a studio session career, playing drums on recordings for artists including

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Freddie Jackson Frederick Anthony Jackson (born October 2, 1956) is an American singer. Originally from New York, Jackson began his professional music career in the late 1970s with the California funk band Mystic Merlin. Among his well–known R&B/soul hits are ...

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, Tom Jones,

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''. Silverlight has authored three drum books; ''The Featured Drummer'', ''The Stick Bag of Jazz, Funk, Fusion'' and ''Gig Bag Series for Drummers: Rhythm & Percussion''. All are published by

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. He has been an educator appearing at clinics including PASIC (

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. He taught drums at the Drummers Collective (DCI) in Manhattan from 1981-1985. Silverlight toured worldwide as a member of

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's band from 1986–1988, and has toured Japan yearly as a member of David Matthews's Manhattan Jazz Orchestra (MJO) since 1996, having recorded several albums with that group. Simultaneous to his drumming career, Silverlight has written songs, composed, produced, and arranged music for network TV shows including ''

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. Silverlight has seven solo artist recordings featuring his drumming and original compositions. Four are in the jazz genre: ''Terry Silverlight'', ''

Wild!! ''Wild!!'' is a jazz album by Terry Silverlight. Track listing All songs are written by Terry Silverlight. Personnel *Terry Silverlight: composer, drums, percussion, keyboards *Will Lee: bass *Edgar Winter: vocals, alto sax *Paul Shaffer: orga ...

'', '' Diamond in the Riff'', and ''Live!'', showcasing performances by

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, and

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, among others. Three of the albums are in the pop genre featuring Silverlight's work as a songwriter, producer and arranger: ''Songwriter Producer: Volumes I & II'', ''Collaborations: Volumes I & II'', and ''Music To Picture''.

Discography

As leader

* ''Terry Silverlight'' (1997) * ''

'' (2004) * '' Diamond in the Riff'' (2008) * ''Live!'' (2009)

As songwriter/producer/composer/arranger

* ''Songwriter/Producer: Volumes I & II'' (2009) * ''Collaborations: Volumes I & II'' (2009) * ''Music to Picture'' (2010)

As pop/R&B/rock drummer sideman

* ''

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'' (

) * '' The Butcher Boy'' (Music from the Motion Picture) * ''

'' (

) * ''More Than Friends'' (Jonathan Butler) * ''Signature'' (

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) * ''

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) * '' Sharing Your Love'' (Change) * ''Spanish Fever'' (

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) * ''Looking For The Light'' (Larry Hoppen (

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) * '' Don't Let Love Slip Away'' (Freddie Jackson) * '' An Imitation of Love'' (

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) * '' Let It Roll'' (

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'' ( Tom Jones) * ''Times of Your Life'' (

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) * '' Retrospective: 1995–2005'' (

) * '' If I Were Your Woman'' (

) * '' Read My Lips'' (

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) * '' Something to Talk About'' (

) * ''

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) * '' Stoned Soul Picnic: The Best of Laura Nyro'' (Laura Nyro) * '' Suddenly (Billy Ocean album)'' (

) * '' Love Zone'' (Billy Ocean) * ''

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'' (Billy Ocean) * ''Odyssey'' (" Native New Yorker") (

) * '' One Fine Day'' (Music from the Motion Picture) * '' Only Human'' (

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) * ''Back to Basics'' ( The Reddings) * '' Restless'' (

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) * ''

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'' (Music from the Motion Picture) * ''

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) * ''Harmony Farm'' (John Simon) * ''Home'' (John Simon)

As jazz drummer sideman

* ''Everything I Love'' (

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) * ''CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl/Live Two'' (CTI All-Stars) * ''In My Wildest Dreams'' ( Tom Grant) * ''Hands: The Tom Grant Collection'' (Tom Grant) * '' Roadsong'' (

) * ''Bleecker Street'' (Vic Juris) * ''Horizon Drive'' (Vic Juris) * '' Bodies' Warmth'' (

) * '' Celebration'' (Eric Kloss) * ''Get It On'' ( David Matthews and Manhattan Jazz Orchestra) * ''Paint It Black'' (David Matthews and Manhattan Jazz Orchestra) * ''Black Magic Woman'' (David Matthews and Manhattan Jazz Orchestra) * ''Hey Duke'' (David Matthews and Manhattan Jazz Orchestra) * ''Bach 2000'' (David Matthews and Manhattan Jazz Orchestra) * ''Some Skunk Funk'' (David Matthews and Manhattan Jazz Orchestra) * ''Birdland'' (David Matthews and Manhattan Jazz Orchestra) * ''Swing, Swing, Swing'' (David Matthews and Manhattan Jazz Orchestra) * ''Spain'' (David Matthews and Manhattan Jazz Orchestra) * ''In the Mood'' (David Matthews and Manhattan Jazz Orchestra) * ''White Heat'' (

) * ''Scatbird'' (Barry Miles) * ''Barry Miles and Silverlight'' (Barry Miles) * ''Magic Theatre'' (Barry Miles) * ''Sky Train'' (Barry Miles) * ''Fusion Is...Barry Miles'' (Barry Miles) * ''Zoot Suit Stomp'' (Barry Miles) * ''Blue Thumb'' (

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) * ''World Beat Trio'' (John Tennyson with

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) * ''Torme-A New Album'' (

) * ''Nightwings'' (Louis Van Dyke with

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) * ''London Sessions'' (Larry Wilcox with

Kenny Wheeler Kenneth Vincent John Wheeler, OC (14 January 1930 – 18 September 2014) was a Canadian composer and trumpet and flugelhorn player, based in the U.K. from the 1950s onwards. Most of his performances were rooted in jazz, but he was also active ...

) * ''Seven Deadly Sins'' (

)

As drummer on other records

* ''Aria 2'' (Aria/

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Biography

Discography

As leader

As songwriter/producer/composer/arranger

As pop/R&B/rock drummer sideman

As jazz drummer sideman

As drummer on other records

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