Ray Drummond

Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is a jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be heard on hundreds of albums and co-leads The Drummonds with Renee Rosnes and (not related) Billy Drummond.^[1]

Drummond has been a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey since 1980 with his wife, Susan, and his daughter, Maya.^[2]

Discography

As leader

• 1984 - Susanita (Nilva Records) with Manny Boyd, Branford Marsalis, John Hicks, Alvin Queen
• 1989 - Camera In A Bag (Criss Cross Jazz) with David Newman, Kenny Barron, Steve Nelson, Marvin Smith
• 1989 - One To One (DMP) with Bill Mays
• 1990 - One To One 2 (DMP) with Bill Mays
• 1992 - Excursion (Arabesque Records) with Craig Handy, Joe Lovano, Danilo Perez, Mor Thiam, Marvin Smith

As sideman

With Art Farmer

• Mirage (Soul Note, 1982)

With Tom Harrell

• Stories

With Toshiko Akiyoshi

• Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream (Nippon Crown, 1990)

With Freddie Hubbard

• The Eternal Triangle (Blue Note, 1987) with Woody Shaw
• Feel the Wind (Timeless, 1988) with Art Blakey

With Bobby Hutcherson

• Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (Blue Note, 1973)
• Cirrus (Blue Note, 1974)

With the Jazztet

• Moment to Moment (Soul Note, 1983)

With David Murray

• I Want to Talk About You (Black Saint, 1986)
• Ming's Samba (Portrait, 1988)
• Fast Life (DIW/Columbia, 1991)
• Ballads for Bass Clarinet (DIW, 1991)
• Saxmen (Red Baron, 1993)
• Jazzosaurus Rex (Red Baron , 1993)
• Creole (Justin Time, 1997)
• Like a Kiss that Never Ends (Justin Time, 2000)
• Sacred Ground (Justin Time, 2006)

With Woody Shaw

• Imagination (Muse, 1987)

With Horace Silver

• Music to Ease Your Disease (Silverto, 1988)

With Bob Thiele Collective

• Lion Hearted (1993)

With Michael White

• Spirit Dance (Impulse!, 1971)
• Pneuma (Impulse!, 1972)

With John Zorn

• Voodoo (Black Saint, 1985)

References

External links

• Official web site