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Freddie Waits Fast Facts
Birthday
*** ,1943
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Death day
November 18, 1989 (46 years old)
Zodiac Sign
Taurus
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Freddie Waits
Frederick "Freddie" Douglas Waits was a hard bop and post-bop drummer. He never officially recorded as leader, but was a prominent member and composer in Max Roach's M'Boom percussion ensemble. He worked as sideman with a number of influential pianists, including McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, Andrew Hill, Gene Harris, Billy Taylor and Joe Zawinul. In 1967, Waits recorded with Freddie Hubbard. He was a member of the last Lee Morgan Quintet, a journey cut short by Morgan's murder in 1972. In the late 1970s, Waits formed Colloquium III with fellow drummers Horace Arnold and Billy Hart. In the 1980s he became a music faculty member of Rutgers University. He died of pneumonia and kidney failure in New York in 1989. His son is the drummer Nasheet Waits.
BornApril 27, 1940, Jackson, Mississippi
DiedNovember 18, 1989, New York City
GenresJazz, Avant-garde jazz, Bebop, Hard bop
InstrumentsDrums

About Freddie Waits

Drummer Freddie Waits was born in Mississippi, United States on April 27, 1943. He dies at the age of 46, on November 18, 1989.

Drummer who worked with Pianist Gene Harris, Pianist Andrew Hill, and Richard Davis, among others, on hard bop and post-hop jazz.

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Freddie Waits before becoming famous

Freddie Waits was born in the Zodiac sign Taurus (The Bull), and 1943 is also the year of Goat (羊) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He began playing the drums at a young age, and his first concerts were with Trumpet Player Donald Byrd.

Achievement of Freddie Waits

He played drums for Drummer Max Roach's percussion trio, M'Boom, on their Columbia Records recording in 1979.

Freddie Waits's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

Nasheet Waits, his son, also became a skilled drummer.

Freddie Waits Collabed with

He was the drummer for Jazz Singer Ella Fitzgerald, Jazz Singer Carmen McRae, and World Music Singer Lena Horne, among others.

Lena Horne (1917 - 2010) (World Music Singer)
Lena Horne (1917 - 2010)

World Music Singer
Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996) (Jazz Singer)
Ella Fitzgerald (1917 - 1996)

Jazz Singer
Carmen McRae (1920 - 1994) (Jazz Singer)
Carmen McRae (1920 - 1994)

Jazz Singer

Freddie Waits Income & Net worth

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Freddie Waits Height and Weight

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