About Freddie Waits
Lived 1940 – 1989 (aged 49). Freddie Waits was an American jazz musician and drummer.
Discography
As sideman
With Roy Ayers
Daddy Bug (Atlantic, 1969)
With Kenny Barron
You Had Better Listen (Atlantic, 1967) with Jimmy Owens
Sunset to Dawn (Muse, 1973)
Autumn in New York (Uptown, 1984)
With Gary Bartz
Another Earth (Milestone, 1969)
With Willie Bobo
A New Dimension (Verve, 1968)
With Ray Bryant
Gotta Travel On (Cadet, 1966)
Lonesome Traveler (Cadet, 1966)
Slow Freight (Cadet, 1967)
Sound Ray (Cadet, 1969)
With Kenny Burrell
Night Song (Verve, 1969)
With Donald Byrd
Mustang! (Blue Note, 1966)
With Stanley Cowell
We Three (DIW, 1987)
With Richard Davis
Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Muse, 1972)
Dealin' (Muse, 1973)
Harvest (Muse, 1977 )
Persia My Dear (DIW, 1987)
With Jack DeJohnette
The Jack DeJohnette Piano Album (Landmark, 1985)
With Bill Dixon
Bill Dixon in Italy Volume One (Soul Note, 1980)
Bill Dixon in Italy Volume Two (Soul Note, 1980)
With Teddy Edwards
The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (Xanadu, 1974)
With Ricky Ford
Looking Ahead (Muse, 1986)
With Curtis Fuller
Fire and Filigree (Bee Hive, 1978)
With Bunky Green
Places We've Never Been (Vanguard, 1979)
With Tiny Grimes
Profoundly Blue (Muse, 1973)
With Gene Harris
Gene Harris of the Three Sounds (1972)
With Andrew Hill
Grass Roots (Blue Note, 1968)
Mosaic Select 16: Andrew Hill (Mosaic, 1969)
Lift Every Voice (Blue Note, 1969)
Strange Serenade (Soul Note, 1980)
With Buck Hill
Capital Hill (Muse, 1990)
With Johnny Hodges
Rippin' & Runnin' (Verve, 1968)
With Richard "Groove" Holmes
Soul Mist! (Prestige, 1966 )
With Freddie Hubbard
High Blues Pressure (Atlantic, 1967)
With Willis Jackson
West Africa (Muse, 1973)
Headed and Gutted (Muse, 1974)
With Clifford Jordan
Hello, Hank Jones (Eastworld, 1978)
With Hubert Laws
Afro-Classic (CTI, 1970)
Carnegie Hall (CTI, 1973)
With Junior Mance
I Believe to My Soul (Atlantic, 1968)
With M'Boom
Re: Percussion (Strata-East, 1973)
M'Boom (Columbia, 1979)
Collage (Soul Note, 1984)
With Charles McPherson
New Horizons (Xanadu, 1977)
With René McLean
Watch Out (SteepleChase, 1975)
With Mulgrew Miller and Reggie Workman
Trio Transition (DIW, 1987)
Trio Transition with Special Guest Oliver Lake (DIW, 1988)
With James Moody
The Blues and Other Colors (Milestone, 1969)
Feelin' It Together (Muse, 1973)
With Lee Morgan
The Last Session (Blue Note, 1971)
With Don Patterson
The Return of Don Patterson (Muse, 1972)
With Pharoah Sanders
Karma (Impulse!)
With Shirley Scott
Mystical Lady (Cadet, 1971)
With Buddy Terry
Electric Soul! (Prestige, 1967)
With McCoy Tyner
Time for Tyner (Blue Note, 1968)
Expansions (Blue Note, 1968)
Cosmos (Blue Note, 1977)
With Joe Zawinul
The Rise and Fall of the Third Stream (Vortex, 1968)
With Denny Zeitlin
Cathexis (Columbia, 1964)
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Important facts
People in Freddie Waits's life
Named in this biography and alive at the same time
Contemporaries
People whose lives overlapped Freddie Waits's
Frequently asked questions
Who was Freddie Waits?
American musician (1940–1989)
When was Freddie Waits born?
Freddie Waits was born on 27 April 1940 in Jackson.
When did Freddie Waits die?
Freddie Waits died on 18 November 1989 in New York City.
What was Freddie Waits's occupation?
Freddie Waits was a jazz musician and drummer.
What nationality was Freddie Waits?
Freddie Waits was American.
Sources & further reading
Cite this page
APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Freddie Waits. https://biography.guide/freddie-waits/
MLA: "Freddie Waits." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/freddie-waits/.
Chicago: "Freddie Waits." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/freddie-waits/.
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