Tony Reedus (22 September 1959 – 16 November 2008) was an American
jazz
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drummer.
Reedus first gained attention performing in
Woody Shaw
Woody Herman Shaw Jr. (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, band leader, and educator. Shaw is widely known as one of the most important and influential jazz trumpet ...
's band during the 1980s. He played with
Dave Stryker
Dave Stryker (born March 30, 1957) is an American jazz guitarist. He has recorded over twenty-five albums as a leader and has been a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and Kevin Mahogany.
Career
Stryker grew up in Omaha, Nebr ...
,
Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller (August 13, 1955 – May 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. As a child he played in churches and was influenced on piano by Ramsey Lewis and then Oscar Peterson. Aspects of their styles remained in ...
,
Art Blakey
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.
Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...
,
Mike Nock
Michael Anthony Nock (born 27 September 1940) is a New Zealand jazz pianist, currently based in Australia.
Biography
He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. Nock began studying piano at 11. He attended Nelson College for one term in 1955.' ...
,
Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is an American post-bop jazz musician and composer who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his time with Miles Davis's band. His primary instruments are alto and ...
,
James Williams, and
Anthony Wonsey, among others, and recorded three albums as a leader.
He died of a pulmonary embolism at
Kennedy Airport at the age of 49. He had just returned from a tour in Italy with pianist
Mike LeDonne
Michael Arthur LeDonne (born October 26, 1956) is a jazz pianist and organist known for post-bop and hard bop. He has worked with Benny Golson since 1996 and performs under his own name all over the world.
Early life
LeDonne was born in Bridgepo ...
.
Discography
As leader
* ''The Far Side'' (Jazz City, 1988)
* ''Incognito'' (
Enja
Enja Records is a German jazz record company and label based in Munich which was founded by jazz enthusiasts Matthias Winckelmann and Horst Weber in 1971.
The label's first release was by Mal Waldron, and early releases included European and Ja ...
, 1989)
* ''Minor Thang'' (
Criss Cross, 1996)
* ''People Get Ready'' (Sweet Basil, 1998)
As sideman
With
Joanne Brackeen
Joanne Brackeen (born Joanne Grogan; July 26, 1938) is an American jazz pianist and music educator.
Music career
Brackeen was born in Ventura, California, United States, and attended the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. She was a fan of pop pi ...
*''
Power Talk'' (Turnipseed, 1994)
With
Robin Eubanks &
Steve Turre
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* ''
Dedication'' (
JMT, 1989)
With
Kenny Garrett
Kenny Garrett (born October 9, 1960) is an American post-bop jazz musician and composer who gained recognition in his youth as a member of the Duke Ellington Orchestra and for his time with Miles Davis's band. His primary instruments are alto and ...
* ''Introducing Kenny Garrett'' (Criss Cross 1985)
* ''Garrett 5'' (Bellaphon 1989)
* ''African Exchange Student'' (Atlantic Jazz 1990)
With
Benny Golson
Benny Golson (born January 25, 1929) is an American bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He came to prominence with the big bands of Lionel Hampton and Dizzy Gillespie, more as a writer than a performer, before launch ...
*''
Benny Golson Quartet Live'' (Dreyfus, 1989
991
*''
Benny Golson Quartet'' (LRC Ltd. 1990)
*''
Domingo
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* Domingo (producer) (born 1970), American hip-hop producer
* Saint Dominic (1170–1221), Castilian Catholic priest, founder of the Friars popularly ...
'' (Dreyfus, 1992)
*''
I Remember Miles'' (Alfa Jazz, 1993)
With
Benny Green
* ''Prelude'' (Criss Cross, 1988)
With
Geoff Keezer
Geoffrey Keezer (born November 20, 1970) is an American jazz pianist.
Keezer was playing in jazz clubs as a teenager, playing piano for Art Blakey at age 18 and touring with Joshua Redman, Benny Golson and Ray Brown in his 20s. He has toured w ...
*''Waiting in the Wings'' (Sunnyside, 1989)
* ''
With Our Own Eyes'' (Novus, 1993)
With
Harold Mabern
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*''
Mabern's Grooveyard'' (DIW, 1996)
* ''
Maya with Love'' (DIW, 2000)
With
Ronnie Mathews
Ronald Mathews (December 2, 1935 in New York City – June 28, 2008 in Brooklyn) was an American jazz pianist who worked with Max Roach from 1963 to 1968 and Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers. He acted as lead in recording from 1963 and 1978–79. His ...
*''Selena's Dance'' (
Timeless, 1988)
With
Mulgrew Miller
Mulgrew Miller (August 13, 1955 – May 29, 2013) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and educator. As a child he played in churches and was influenced on piano by Ramsey Lewis and then Oscar Peterson. Aspects of their styles remained in ...
* ''
Wingspan
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'' (Landmark, 1987)
* ''
Time and Again'' (Landmark, 1991)
With
Dick Oatts
Richard Dennis Oatts (born April 2, 1953) is an American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and educator.
Biography
While growing up in Des Moines, Iowa, Oatts gained an interest in music from his father, Jack Oatts, who was a sa ...
* ''Gratitude'' (Steeplechase 2007)
With
Woody Shaw
Woody Herman Shaw Jr. (December 24, 1944 – May 10, 1989) was an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, arranger, band leader, and educator. Shaw is widely known as one of the most important and influential jazz trumpet ...
* ''
United
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* United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
* United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
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* ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film
* ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...
'' (
Columbia, 1981)
* ''
Lotus Flower
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'' (Enja, 1982)
* ''
Master of the Art'' (Elektra Musicia, 1982)
* ''
Night Music'' (Elektra Musicia, 1982)
* ''
The Time Is Right'' (
Red
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, 1983)
With
Jim Snidero
James J. Snidero (born May 29, 1958 in Redwood City, California, United States) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Performance career
Snidero grew up in the Washington DC area (Camp Springs, MD), then attended the U of North Texas and performed in ...
*''
Tippin'
''Tippin' '' is an album by saxophonist Jim Snidero which was recorded in 2007 and released on the Savant label.James Spaulding
James Ralph Spaulding Jr. (born July 30, 1937) is an American jazz saxophonist and flutist.
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United states, Spaulding attended the Chicago Cosmopolitan School of Music. Between 1957 and 1961, he was a member of Sun ...
*''
The Smile of the Snake'' (HighNote, 1997)
With Walt Weiskopf Quintet
* ''Anytown'' (Criss Cross Jazz, 1998)
With Anthony Wonsey
* ''Blues for Hiroshi'' (Sharp Nine, 2004)
References
*Ron Wynn,
Tony Reedus
Tony Reedus (22 September 1959 – 16 November 2008) was an American jazz drummer.
Reedus first gained attention performing in Woody Shaw's band during the 1980s. He played with Dave Stryker, Mulgrew Miller, Art Blakey, Mike Nock, Kenny Gar ...
at
Allmusic
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1959 births
2008 deaths
American jazz drummers
Chesky Records artists
Enja Records artists
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers
20th-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians
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