Freddie Waits Musical artist
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.In the late 1970s, Waits formed Colloquium III with fellow drummers Horace Arnold and Billy Hart. In the 1980s he became a music faculty member of Rutgers University. He died of pneumonia and kidney failure in New York in 1989.His son is the drummer Nasheet Waits.
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