Willis Robert "Billy" Drummond, Jr. (b. Newport News, Virginia, June 19, 1959) is an American jazz drummer. Drummond learned jazz from an early age from his father, who was a drummer and a jazz enthusiast and whose record collection included many recordings of Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Buddy Rich and Elvin Jones, among others. He played in bands from age eight and studied at Shenandoah Conservatory.

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  • Billy Drummond ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Schlagzeuger. Drummond begann bereits im Alter von vier Jahren Schlagzeug zu spielen und wirkte als Jugendlicher in verschiedenen Schul- und regionalen Band mit. 1988 ging er nach New York City, wo er bald Mitglied der Band Out of the Blue wurde und dem Sextett von Horace Silver beitrat. Als Sideman ist Drummond auf über zweihundert CDs zu hören, u.a. unter Carla Bley, Sonny Rollins, Steve Kuhn, Joe Henderson, J. J. Johnson, Nat Adderley, Bobby Hutcherson, Buster Williams, Lee Konitz, James Moody, Andrew Hill, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Tolliver, Sheila Jordan und Toots Thielemans. Daneben veröffentlichte er auch mehrere Alben als Bandleader. Gemeinsam mit seiner (nun ehemaligen) Frau Renee Rosnes und dem (nicht verwandten Bassisten) Ray Drummond spielte er in der Gruppe The Drummonds. Er unterrichtet Jazz-Schlagzeug an der Juilliard School of Music und der New York University.
  • Willis Robert "Billy" Drummond, Jr. (b. Newport News, Virginia, June 19, 1959) is an American jazz drummer. Drummond learned jazz from an early age from his father, who was a drummer and a jazz enthusiast and whose record collection included many recordings of Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Buddy Rich and Elvin Jones, among others. He played in bands from age eight and studied at Shenandoah Conservatory. He moved to New York at the behest of Al Foster in 1986 and shortly thereafter joined the Blue Note band, Out of the Blue (OTB) with whom he recorded their last CD. He subsequently joined the Horace Silver sextet, with whom he toured extensively. He is currently a long-time member of Carla Bley's Lost Chords Quartet. He has played and recorded with Nat Adderley, Ralph Moore (1989 and subsequently), Buster Williams (1990–93), Charles Tolliver (1991), Lew Tabackin and Toshiko Akiyoshi, Hank Jones (1991), James Moody (early 1990s), Sonny Rollins (1994–95), Andy LaVerne (1994), Lee Konitz (1995), Dave Stryker (1996), George Colligan (1997), Ted Rosenthal, Bruce Barth, Andrew Hill (from 1997–2000), Larry Willis (2006 to the present), Toots Thielmans, and Freddie Hubbard (mid-1990s). Influences include Tony Williams, Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Al Foster, Jack DeJohnette, and Billy Hart, among others. He also leads a New York-based band called Freedom of Ideas. In addition to touring he is currently Professor of Jazz Drums at the Juilliard School of Music and NYU in New York.
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  • Billy Drummond ist ein US-amerikanischer Jazz-Schlagzeuger. Drummond begann bereits im Alter von vier Jahren Schlagzeug zu spielen und wirkte als Jugendlicher in verschiedenen Schul- und regionalen Band mit. 1988 ging er nach New York City, wo er bald Mitglied der Band Out of the Blue wurde und dem Sextett von Horace Silver beitrat. Als Sideman ist Drummond auf über zweihundert CDs zu hören, u.a. unter Carla Bley, Sonny Rollins, Steve Kuhn, Joe Henderson, J. J.
  • Willis Robert "Billy" Drummond, Jr. (b. Newport News, Virginia, June 19, 1959) is an American jazz drummer. Drummond learned jazz from an early age from his father, who was a drummer and a jazz enthusiast and whose record collection included many recordings of Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Max Roach, Buddy Rich and Elvin Jones, among others. He played in bands from age eight and studied at Shenandoah Conservatory.
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