Viv Prince, a drummer for the snarling 1960s British rock band the Pretty Things, whose taste for chaos, onstage and off, provided inspiration for fellow stick-wielding loons like Keith Moon of the Who, has died at his home near Faro, Portugal. He was 84.
Rest In Peace, Ramsey Lewis
May 27, 1935 – September 12, 2022
The Ramsey Lewis Trio on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, IL, late April 1960. Ramsey Lewis is with Eldee Young (bassist) and Isaac "Redd" Holt (drummer). Photo by William Claxton.
Isaac “Redd” Holt, the jazz fusion pioneer and founding member of the Ramsey Lewis Trio, died Tuesday (May 23). The Grammy-winning percussionist, songwriter, educator, humanitarian, and entrepreneur recorded dozens of albums as a sideman, a bandleader, and with bassist Eldee Young. His music has been sampled more than 200 times by hip-hop artists such as De La Soul, Kendrick Lamar, and Pete Rock & CL Smooth. He was at 91.
(via Oliver Coleman: 1942 | Shorpy)
April 1942. “Mr. Oliver Coleman, drummer, looking over some music scores in the study of his apartment on Indiana Avenue. Chicago, Illinois.” Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Foreign Information Service of the U.S. Office of Coordinator of Information. View full size.
(via Viola Smith, Trailblazing Swing Drummer, Dead at 107 | Pitchfork)
The “fastest girl drummer in the world” died of Alzheimer’s complications earlier this week