Bobby Durham

Bobby Durham (3 Februari 1937 – 6 Juli 2008) adalah seorang drummer jazz Amerika. Durham lahir di Philadelphia dan belajar bermain drum saat masih kecil. Dia bermain dengan The Orioles pada usia 16 tahun, dan berada di band militer antara tahun 1956 dan 1959. Setelah keluar dari wajib militer, dia bermain dengan King James dan Stan Hunter. Pada tahun 1960, dia berpindah ke New York City, di mana dia bermain dengan Lloyd Price, Wild Bill Davis, Lionel Hampton, Count Basie, Slide Hampton, Grant Green, Sweets Edison, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Rowles, dan Duke Ellington Orchestra, di mana dia bermain selama lima bulan. Saat bekerja dengan Basie, dia bertemu Al Grey, dan menjadi anggota dari beberapa ansambel kecil Grey. Dia menemani Ella Fitzgerald selama lebih dari satu dekade, dan bekerja dengan Oscar Peterson dalam pengaturan trio. Durham juga bermain dalam trio dengan organis seperti Charles Earland dan Shirley Scott, dan ada kebangkitan minat terhadap karya Durham selama kebangkitan acid jazz di tahun 1990-an. Banyak proyek Durham, baik sebagai sideman maupun sebagai pemimpin, muncul karena hubungannya dengan produser Norman Granz, yang menggunakan dia dalam pertunjukan bersama Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Harry Edison, Tommy Flanagan, dan Joe Pass. Durham juga memimpin kombonya sendiri; dia terkenal karena nyanyian scat bersama dengan solo drumnya. Durham juga sering tampil bersama musisi pop dan soul seperti Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Ray Charles, dan Marvin Gaye. Dia meninggal karena kanker paru-paru di Genoa, Italia, pada usia 71 tahun.

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. Many of Durham's projects, both as sideman and as leader, came about because of his association with producer Norman Granz, who used him in performances with Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Harry Edison, Tommy Flanagan, and Joe Pass. Durham led his own combos as well; he is noted for scat singing along with his drum solos. Durham has also performed often with pop and soul musicians such as Frank Sinatra, James Brown, Ray Charles, and Marvin Gaye. He died of lung cancer in Genoa, Italy, aged 71.