Billy Drummond - Recorded April 2023

Billy Drummond is a jazz drummer based out of New York who has played with Horace Silver, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, J J Johnson, Sonny Rollins, and countless others. He’s also a great band leader with several wonderful records  under his own name. His most recent album as a leader, Valse Sinistre,  was a Downbeat Best Album of 2022.

Links:

• Billy Drummond's website
• Facebook
• Thelonious Monk biography by Robin D.G. Kelley
• Monk's Dreams by Frank Kimbrough
• The "Billy Drummond Sweep"
• Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins
• Billy trading with Sonny Rollins
• Blow Up (live) by Bobby Hutcherson
• Glass Bead Games by Clifford Jordan
• The Great Jazz Trio

Other podcast interviews with Billy Drummond:

• Working Drummer
• Cool Toddcast
• Drummer's Resource
• From the Drummer's Perspective

After the interview Billy sent over a video of albums he’s been listening to recently. You can find the list in the blog post about this episode.

The song featured in this episode is Frankenstein by Billy Drummond & Freedom of Ideas from the album Valse Sinistre.

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The drum intro is from Charles Ruggiero's Loop Loft sample pack.

Thank you to Bart over at the Drum History podcast for his technical advice and help with this podcast.