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Drummond at the 2013 Detroit Jazz Festival

Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946 in Brookline, Massachusetts) is a jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University, hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop. He can be heard on hundreds of albums and co-leads The Drummonds with Renee Rosnes and (not related) Billy Drummond.^[1]

Drummond has been a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey, since 1980 with his wife, Susan, and his daughter, Maya.^[2]

He is the elder brother of David Drummond, senior vice president, corporate development and chief legal officer of Google Inc.

Ray Drummond at Bach Dancing & Dynamite Society, Half Moon Bay, California, July 8, 2017

Discography

As leader^[3]

• 1984: Susanita (Nilva) with Manny Boyd, Branford Marsalis, John Hicks, Alvin Queen
  


• 1989: Two of a Kind (Theresa) with John Hicks


• 1989: Camera in a Bag (Criss Cross) with David Newman, Kenny Barron, Steve Nelson, Marvin Smith
  


• 1989: One to One (DMP) with Bill Mays
  


• 1990: One to One 2 (DMP) with Bill Mays


• 1992: Excursion (Arabesque)


• 1994: Continuum (Arabesque)


• 1995: Vignettes (Arabesque)


• 1997: 1-2-3-4 (Arabesque)

As sideman

With Chris Anderson

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  Blues One (DIW, 1991)

With Toshiko Akiyoshi

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  Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream (Nippon Crown, 1990)

With Bill Barron

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  Variations in Blue (Muse, 1983)


• 
  The Next Plateau (Muse, 1987 [1989])

With Kenny Barron

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  The Only One (Reservoir, 1990)


• 
  Lemuria-Seascape (Candid, 1991)


• 
  Live at Bradley's (EmArcy, 1996 [2001])


• 
  Live at Bradley's II (Sunnyside, 1996 [2002])

With Thomas Chapin

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  I've Got Your Number (Arabesque, 1993)

With Arnett Cobb

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  Funky Butt (Progressive, 1980)

With George Coleman

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  At Yoshi's (Theresa, 1989)

With Ted Curson

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  The Trio (Interplay, 1979)

With the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet

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  Moment to Moment (Soul Note, 1983)


• 
  Back to the City (Contemporary, 1986)


• 
  Real Time (Contemporary, 1986 [1988])

With Teddy Edwards

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  Close Encounters (HighNote, 1996 [1999]) with Houston Person
  


• 
  Smooth Sailing (HighNote, 2001 [2003])

With Art Farmer

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  Mirage (Soul Note, 1982)


• 
  Warm Valley (Concord, 1983)

With Ricky Ford

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  Future's Gold (Muse, 1983)


• 
  Saxotic Stomp (Muse, 1987)

With Johnny Griffin

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  Return of the Griffin (Galaxy, 1978)


• 
  NYC Underground (Galaxy, 1979 [1981])


• 
  To the Ladies (Galaxy, 1979 [1982])

With Slide Hampton

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  World of Trombones (West 54, 1979)

With Craig Handy

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  Split Second Timing (Arabesque, 1992)

With Tom Harrell

• Stories

With John Hicks

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  Is That So? (Timeless, 1991)


• 
  Beyond Expectations (Reservoir, 1993)


• 
  Lover Man: A Tribute to Billie Holiday (Red Baron, 1993)

With Freddie Hubbard

• 
  The Eternal Triangle (Blue Note, 1987) with Woody Shaw
  


• 
  Feel the Wind (Timeless, 1988) with Art Blakey
  

With Bobby Hutcherson

• 
  Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (Blue Note, 1973)


• 
  Cirrus (Blue Note, 1974)


• 
  Good Bait (Landmark, 1985)

With the Jazztet

• 
  Moment to Moment (Soul Note, 1983)

With Etta Jones

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  At Last (Muse, 1995)


• 
  Easy Living (HighNote, 2000)

With Lee Konitz

• 
  Live at Laren (Soul Note, 1979 [1984])

With Ronnie Mathews

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  Roots, Branches & Dances (Bee Hive, 1978)

With Charles McPherson

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  Manhattan Nocturne (Arabesque, 1998)

With Idris Muhammad

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  Kabsha (Theresa, 1980)

With David Murray

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  I Want to Talk About You (Black Saint, 1986)


• 
  Ming's Samba (Portrait, 1988)


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  Fast Life (DIW/Columbia, 1991)


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  Ballads for Bass Clarinet (DIW, 1991)


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  Saxmen (Red Baron, 1993)


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  Jazzosaurus Rex (Red Baron, 1993)


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  Creole (Justin Time, 1997)


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  Like a Kiss that Never Ends (Justin Time, 2000)


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  Sacred Ground (Justin Time, 2006)

With Houston Person

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  Person-ified (HighNote, 1997)


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  My Romance (HighNote, 1998)


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  Soft Lights (HighNote, 1999)


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  Blue Velvet (HighNote, 2001)


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  Thinking of You (HighNote, 2007)


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  Mellow (HighNote, 2009)


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  Moment to Moment (HighNote, 2010)


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  So Nice (HighNote, 2011)


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  Naturally (HighNote, 2012)


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  Nice 'n' Easy (HighNote, 2013)


• 
  The Melody Lingers On (HighNote, 2014)


• 
  Something Personal (HighNote, 2015)

With Pharoah Sanders

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  Journey to the One (Theresa, 1980)


• 
  Shukuru (Theresa, 1981 [1985])

With Woody Shaw

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  Imagination (Muse, 1987)

With Horace Silver

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  Music to Ease Your Disease (Silvertone, 1988)

With James Spaulding

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  Songs of Courage (Muse, 1991 [1993])


• 
  Blues Nexus (Muse, 1993)

With Horace Tapscott

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  Thoughts of Dar es Salaam (Arabesque, 1997)

With Bob Thiele Collective

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  Lion Hearted (1993)

With Jack Walrath

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  Journey, Man! (Evidence 1995)

With Michael White

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  Spirit Dance (Impulse!, 1971)


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  Pneuma (Impulse!, 1972)

With John Zorn

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  Voodoo (Black Saint, 1985)

References

External links

• Official web site