Drummers · 1937–2008

Bobby Durham

American musician (1937–2008)

Born: 3 February 1937
Philadelphia
Died: 7 July 2008
Genoa
Country: United States
Record labels: Chiaroscuro Records

Biography

Bobby Durham was a jazz musician who played drum kit. Bobby Durham was born on 3 February 1937 in Philadelphia and died on 7 July 2008 in Genoa. The music is usually filed under jazz and soul. Record labels: Chiaroscuro Records.

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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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)
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)
1989	All That Jazz — Ella Fitzgerald	drums (drum set)
2026	World Tour — Oscar Peterson	drums (drum set)