Freddie Waits

Freddie Waits
Freddie Waits, 52nd Street Jazz Fair, July 6, 1976 New York City Photo by Tom Marcello
Background information
Born	(1940-04-27)April 27, 1940 Jackson, Mississippi
Died	November 18, 1989(1989-11-18) (aged 49) New York City
Genres	Jazz Avant-garde jazz Bebop Hard Bop
Instruments	Drums

Freddie Douglas Waits (born April 27, 1940 in Jackson, Mississippi; died November 18, 1989 in New York City) was a hard bop and post-bop drummer.

Waits never officially recorded as leader, however he was a prominent member and composer in Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble.

He worked as sideman with a number of influential pianists, including McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, Andrew Hill, Gene Harris, Billy Taylor and Joe Zawinul.^[1]

His son is the drummer Nasheet Waits.^[2]

Discography

As sideman

With M'Boom

• Re: Percussion (Strata-East, 1973)
• M'Boom (Columbia, 1979)
• Collage (Soul Note, 1984)

With Kenny Burrell

• Night Song (Verve, 1969)

With Donald Byrd

• Mustang! (Blue Note, 1966)

With Richard Davis

• Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Muse, 1972)
• Dealin' (Muse, 1973)
• Harvest (Muse, 1977 [1979])

With Jack DeJohnette

• The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album (Landmark, 1985)

With Gene Harris

• Gene Harris of the Three Sounds (1972)

With Andrew Hill

• Grass Roots (Blue Note, 1968)
• Lift Every Voice (Blue Note, 1969)
• Strange Serenade (Soul Note, 1980)

With Richard "Groove" Holmes

• Soul Mist! (Prestige, 1966 [1970])

With Freddie Hubbard

• High Blues Pressure (Atlantic, 1967)

With Willis Jackson

• West Africa (Muse, 1973)
• Headed and Gutted (Muse, 1974)

With Hubert Laws

• Afro-Classic (CTI, 1970)
• Carnegie Hall (CTI, 1973)

With James Moody

• Feelin' It Together (Muse, 1973)

With Lee Morgan

• The Last Session (Blue Note, 1971)

With Don Patterson

• The Return of Don Patterson (Muse, 1972)

With Pharoah Sanders

• Karma (Impulse!)

With Shirley Scott

• Mystical Lady (Cadet, 1971)

With McCoy Tyner

• Time for Tyner (Blue Note, 1968)
• Expansions (Blue Note, 1968)
• Cosmos (Blue Note, 1977)

With Joe Zawinul

• The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream (Vortex, 1968)

References