Roy Harte

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Roy Harte
Birth name	Roy S. Hartstein
Born	(1924-05-27)May 27, 1924 New York City, New York United States
Died	October 26, 2003(2003-10-26) (aged 79) Burbank, California United States
Genres	Swing music, big band, cool jazz
Occupations	Musician, bandleader, music executive
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1943–2003
Labels	Decca Nocturne V-Disc Pacific Jazz

Roy S. Harte (May 27, 1924 – October 26, 2003) was an American jazz drummer and co-founder of Nocturne Records and Pacific Jazz Records. In partnership with Remo Belli, he founded “Drum City,” a well-known retail drum shop on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.^[1]^[2]

Selected discography

Perfect Percussion: The 44 Instruments of Roy Harte & Milt Holland, World-Pacific Records (1961)

↑ Claghorn, Charles Eugene (1974). Biographical Dictionary of American Music. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0130763310.
↑ Claghorn, Charles Eugene (1982). Biographical Dictionary of Jazz. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0130779663.

Persondata
Name	Harte, Roy
Alternative names	27 May 1924
Short description	Jazz drummer, jazz record label founder
Date of birth	27 May 1924
Place of birth	New York, New York
Date of death	26 October 2003
Place of death	Burbank, California

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