MASTER DRUMMER

Groove Master

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Live from Jazz St. Louis

Groove Master

“living, breathing art form”

About

BLOODLINE OF DRUMMERS


Since coming of age in the nurturing environment of a very musical family and a distinguished bloodline of drummers, New Orleans native Herlin Riley emerged from that most creative era of all things rhythmic in the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, to enliven the ensembles of such influential and demanding improvisers as pianist Ahmad Jamal and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis through his commanding yet elegant rhythmic presence.

His authoritative style of melodic percussion is deeply imbued in the fertile creative soil of the Crescent City, encompassing as it does the entire length and breadth of America’s ongoing musical journey.

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Herlin Riley

PERPETUAL OPTIMISM
Regular price$12.99
Release Date: April 12, 2019
MAC1136
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Herlin Riley
NEW DIRECTION
Regular price$12.99
Release Date: February 12, 2015
MAC1101
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What others are saying

“He’s one of the last of his kind, and by that I mean, directly connected to the origins of improvisational American music. You can hear the ancestry in his playing… You can’t help but feel it.”

Dave Torkanowsky, New Orleans Pianist

The New Orleans Groove Masters @Jazz_in_Marciac 2015

Jazz in Marciac