Bobby Durham – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Bobby Durham was a jazz musician who played drum kit. Bobby Durham was born on 3 February 1937 in Philadelphia and died on 6 July 2008 in Genoa. The music is usually filed under jazz and soul. Record labels: Chiaroscuro Records. The discography here lists 13 albums, from “For lovers only” (2001) to “Roots of Acid Jazz” (2021).

Bobby Durham (February 3, 1937 – July 6, 2008) was an American jazz drummer. Durham was born in Philadelphia and learned to play drums while a child. He played with The Orioles at age 16, and was in a military band between 1956 and 1959. After his discharge, he played with King James and Stan Hunter. In 1960, he moved to New York City, where he played with Lloyd Price, Wild Bill Davis, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Slide Hampton, Grant Green, Sweets Edison, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Rowles, and the Duke Ellington Orchestra, in which he played for five months. While working with Basie, he met Al Grey, and was a member of several of Grey's small ensembles. He accompanied Ella Fitzgerald for more than a decade, and worked with Oscar Peterson in a trio setting. Durham also played in trios with organists such as Charles Earland and Shirley Scott, and there was a resurgence in interest in Durham's work during the acid jazz upswing in the 1990s.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

For lovers only 2001

Cinematic 1 2003

Cinematic 2 2003

Cinematic Lounge 1 2003

Hit Pops Vol. 1 2003

Hit Pops Vol. 2 2003

Metrolounge 2003

Midnightlounge 2003

Romantic Melody 2003

Domani's Blues 2004

"Lara's Theme" & Other Movie Songs 2006

An Enchanted Evening: Piano 2006

Roots of Acid Jazz 2021

Also plays on

Albums where Bobby Durham is credited as a sideman

1968	Exclusively for my Friends - Vol. II: Girl Talk — Oscar Peterson	drums (drum set)
1968	Exclusively for My Friends - Vol. III: The Way I Really Play — Oscar Peterson	drums (drum set)
1970	Soul Fountain — Clifford Jordan	drums (drum set)
1975	The Tokyo Recital — Tommy Flanagan	drums (drum set)
1976	Straight Ahead — Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis with The Tommy Flanagan Trio	drums (drum set)
1976	Grey's Mood — Al Grey	drums (drum set)
1979	Home Run — Howard McGhee & Benny Bailey	drums (drum set)
1980	The Trumpet Summit Meets the Oscar Peterson Big Four — Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Clark Terry, Oscar Peterson, Ray Brown, Joe Pass & Bobby Durham	drums (drum set)
1981	I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 61 — Sonny Stitt, Gerald Price, Don Mosley, Bobby Durham	drums (drum set)
1982	The Alternate Blues — Clark Terry • Freddie Hubbard • Dizzy Gillespie plus Oscar Peterson	drums (drum set)
1985	Portraits of Duke Ellington — Joe Pass	drums (drum set)
1985	Wise in Time — Howard McGhee & Teddy Edwards	drums (drum set)
1989	All That Jazz — Ella Fitzgerald	drums (drum set)
1989	Montreux '77: Oscar Peterson Jam — Oscar Peterson	drums (drum set)
1989	Continent bleu — Johnny Griffin & Clémentine	drums (drum set)
1990	Swing Summit — Harry Edison, Buddy Tate, Frank Wess, Hugh Lawson, Ray Drummond & Bobby Durham	drums (drum set)
1992	Swing Summit — Harry Edison	drums (drum set)
2000	Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis at Grace's Little Belmont, Atlantic City — Johnny Hodges & Wild Bill Davis	drums (drum set)
2006	Fly Me to the Moon — Oscar Peterson	drums (drum set)
2026	World Tour — Oscar Peterson	drums (drum set)
—	Back to My Own Home Town — Sonny Stitt	drums (drum set)