Roy Harte
Appearance
Roy Harte | |
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Birth name | Roy S. Hartstein |
Born | New York City United States | May 27, 1924
Died | October 26, 2003 Burbank, California United States | (aged 79)
Genres | Swing music, big band, cool jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, bandleader, music executive |
Instrument(s) | Drums, percussion |
Years active | 1943–2003 |
Labels |
Roy S. Harte (May 27, 1924 – October 26, 2003) was an American jazz drummer and co-founder of Nocturne Records and Pacific Jazz Records. In partnership with Remo Belli, the founder and namesake of internationally famous drumhead manufacturer Remo, he founded "Drum City," a well-known retail drum shop on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, California.[1][2] Haynes appeared in Leedy drums endorsement ads in the late 1950s to early 1960s.
Selected discography
As leader
- Perfect Percussion: The 44 Instruments of Roy Harte & Milt Holland, World-Pacific Records (1961)
As sideman
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References
- ^ Claghorn, Charles Eugene (1974). Biographical Dictionary of American Music. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0130763310.
- ^ Claghorn, Charles Eugene (1982). Biographical Dictionary of Jazz. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0130779663.
External links
Categories:
- American jazz drummers
- Big band drummers
- Cool jazz drummers
- West Coast jazz drummers
- Mainstream jazz drummers
- Swing drummers
- Musicians from Los Angeles
- 1924 births
- 2003 deaths
- American people of Russian descent
- American jazz percussionists
- American session musicians
- 20th-century American musicians
- 20th-century drummers