Ray Drummond (born November 23, 1946 in Brookline, Massachusetts ) is a jazz bassist and teacher. He also has an MBA from Stanford University , hence his linkage to the Stanford Jazz Workshop . He can be heard on hundreds of albums and co-leads The Drummonds with Renee Rosnes and (not related) Billy Drummond .
Drummond has been a resident of Teaneck, New Jersey since 1980 with his wife, Susan, and his daughter, Maya.
He is the elder brother of David Drummond, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer of Google Inc.
1984 Susanita (Nilva ) with Manny Boyd, Branford Marsalis , John Hicks, Alvin Queen 1989 Two of a Kind (Theresa ) with John Hicks 1989 Camera in a Bag (Criss Cross ) with David Newman, Kenny Barron , Steve Nelson , Marvin Smith 1989 One to One (DMP ) with Bill Mays 1990 One to One 2 (DMP) with Bill Mays 1992 Excursion (Arabesque ) with Craig Handy , Joe Lovano, Danilo Perez, Mor Thiam, Marvin Smith
With Chris Anderson
Blues One DIW , 1991)With Toshiko Akiyoshi
Remembering Bud: Cleopatra's Dream With Bill Barron
Variations in Blue (Muse , 1983)The Next Plateau (Muse , 1987 [1989])With Kenny Barron
The Only One (Reservoir, 1990)Lemuria-Seascape (Candid, 1991)Live at Bradley's (EmArcy, 1996 [2001])Live at Bradley's II (Sunnyside, 1996 [2002])
With George Coleman
At Yoshi's With Ted Curson
The Trio
With the Art Farmer/Benny Golson Jazztet
Moment to Moment (Soul Note, 1983)Back to the City Contemporary , 1986)Real Time With Art Farmer
Mirage Warm Valley With Slide Hampton
World of Trombones With Tom Harrell
Stories With John Hicks
Is That So? (Timeless , 1991)Beyond Expectations (Reservoir, 1993)Lover Man: A Tribute to Billie Holiday (Red Baron , 1993)
With Freddie Hubbard
The Eternal Triangle Woody Shaw Feel the Wind Art Blakey With Bobby Hutcherson
Bobby Hutcherson Live at MontreuxCirrus With the Jazztet
Moment to Moment (Soul Note, 1983)With Lee Konitz
Live at Laren (Soul Note, 1979 [1984])With Ronnie Mathews
Roots, Branches & Dances (Bee Hive, 1978)
With Idris Muhammad
Kabsha With David Murray
I Want to Talk About You Ming's Samba Portrait , 1988)Fast Life Ballads for Bass Clarinet Saxmen Jazzosaurus Rex Creole Justin Time , 1997)Like a Kiss that Never Ends Sacred Ground With Pharoah Sanders
Journey to the One Shukuru With Woody Shaw
Imagination With Horace Silver
Music to Ease Your Disease Silvertone , 1988)
With Horace Tapscott
Thoughts of Dar es Salaam With Bob Thiele Collective
Lion Hearted (1993)With Michael White
Spirit Dance (Impulse!, 1971)Pneuma With John Zorn
Voodoo 
