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Freddie Waits

1940 – 1989

American musician

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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

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Contemporaries

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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

· Wikipedia: Freddie Waits

· Wikidata: Q330347

· DBpedia: Freddie Waits

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