Keith Carlock

American musician

Born: 29 November 1971
Clinton
Country: United States
Active: 1990–

Biography

Keith Carlock is a jazz musician who plays drum kit. Keith Carlock was born on 29 November 1971 in Clinton. The music is usually filed under jazz fusion and crossover jazz.

Bryan Keith Carlock (born November 29, 1971) is an American drummer who is best known for playing with Toto, Wayne Krantz, Steely Dan, James Taylor, Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Tal Wilkenfeld, John Mayer, Sting, Chris Botti, and Christopher Cross. In Modern Drummer's 2009 Readers Poll, he was voted best Pop, Fusion, and All-Around drummer. He is a member of the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Carlock was born in Clinton, Mississippi, and attended The University of North Texas. In October 2009, he released an instructional DVD called The Big Picture: Phrasing, Improvisation, Style, and Technique. Carlock met and began playing with Steely Dan in the late 1990s, starring on their album Two Against Nature released in 2000 and then Everything Must Go released in 2003. Carlock has been touring with them since 2003, continuing to do so despite Walter Becker's death in 2017.

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