Instruments Drums Name Freddie Waits | Role Musical Artist | |
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Born April 27, 1940Jackson, Mississippi ( 1940-04-27 ) Died November 18, 1989, New York City, New York, United States Similar People Richard Davis, Stanley Cowell, Roland Hanna, Buster Williams, Duke Pearson | ||
M'Boom - Freddie Waits
Frederick "Freddie" Douglas Waits (April 27, 1940 – November 18, 1989) was a hard bop and post-bop drummer.
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Waits never officially recorded as leader, however he was a prominent member and composer in Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble.
He worked as sideman with a number of influential pianists, including McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, Andrew Hill, Gene Harris, Billy Taylor and Joe Zawinul.
In the late 1970s, Waits formed Colloquium III with fellow drummers Horace Arnold and Billy Hart. In the 1980s he became a music faculty member of Rutgers University. He died of pneumonia and kidney failure in New York in 1989.
His son is the drummer Nasheet Waits.
As sideman
With M'Boom
With Roy Ayers
With Kenny Barron
With Gary Bartz
With Willie Bobo
With Kenny Burrell
With Donald Byrd
With Stanley Cowell
With Richard Davis
With Jack DeJohnette
With Bill Dixon
With Teddy Edwards
With Tiny Grimes
With Gene Harris
With Andrew Hill
With Johnny Hodges
With Richard "Groove" Holmes
With Freddie Hubbard
With Willis Jackson
With Clifford Jordan
With Hubert Laws
With Junior Mance
With Charles McPherson
With James Moody
With Lee Morgan
With Don Patterson
With Pharoah Sanders
With Shirley Scott
With Buddy Terry
With McCoy Tyner
With Joe Zawinul
With Curtis Fuller