Roy Porter (drummer)
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Roy Lee Porter (July 30, 1923 – January 24, 1998) was an American jazz drummer.
Early life
Born in
Wiley College in Texas briefly, where trumpeter Kenny Dorham was a fellow student. He joined Milt Larkin's band in 1943,[1] replacing Joe Marshall.[2]
Career
After military service, Porter settled in Los Angeles, and his services were soon in demand by some of the pioneers of
A Night In Tunisia", "Yardbird Suite", "Ornithology" and the unfortunate recording of "Lover Man".[3]
Porter played on Los Angeles' Central Avenue with such bebop players as Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray and Teddy Edwards, and in San Francisco with Hampton Hawes and Sonny Criss. He organized and went on the road with a big band in 1949 that included Art Farmer, Jimmy Knepper and Eric Dolphy.[4]
During the 1950s, Porter was inactive as a jazz musician due to drug problems and returned to music only infrequently afterwards.
References
- ^ Roy Porter: 1923-1998: Flying - And Faltering - With Bird
- ^ Campbell, Robert L. and Leonard J. Bukowski, and Armin Büttner "The Tom Archia Discography". Retrieved July 3, 2013.
- Allmusic.
- ISBN 978-1-871478-30-3.
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