“There is much to savor in Billy Drummond’s latest release as a leader, his first since the acclaimed Dubai in 1996.”
By Joshua Myers, Downbeat : A DOWNBEAT Best Album of 2022
“Valse Sinistre is so good that it almost feels irresponsible. Drummer Billy Drummond and his postbop quartet are not only firing on all cylinders but venturing into such daredevilry that you want to shout, ‘Are you guys insured?'”
By Michael J. West, #3 on Top 40 Best Albums of 2022 JAZZTIMES
“Impressively, Drummond captures the contours of Bley’s village-band aesthetic through the sonics of a feisty, contemporary mainstream, sax-and-rhythm quartet.”
By Mike Hobart, JAZZWISE, The Best New Jazz Albums of 2022 – Editor’s Choice
“True, some drummers keeping time sound like they're on autopilot, self-hypnotized, but not the best ones like Billy Drummond. His ride cymbal beat is lively, varied and full of passing cross-rhythms, the sound of a musician fully engaged, hearing and reacting to everything happening around him.”
Kevin Whitehead, NPR FRESH AIR
"All across this outstanding recording, you can hear three generations of superb improvisers cracking open great tunes and generating life."
By Will Layman, PopMatters, The Best New Jazz of Summer 2022
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Acclaimed by Downbeat as “one of the hippest bandleaders now at work,” Billy Drummond’s thrilling, powerful and highly musical playing has also made him one of the most called-for sidemen of his generation. Mentored in the bands of jazz legends Horace Silver, Joe Henderson, Bobby Hutcherson, J J Johnson and Sonny Rollins**, Drummond is now widely acknowledged as one of today’s most versatile drummers, making sideman appearances with a veritable who’s who of jazz greats on over 350 albums. He has made four albums as a leader—including Dubai, a New York Times Number 1 Jazz Album of the Year—and his 2022 release, Valse Sinistre (Cellar Live), which was named, among other accolades, Number 3 on the Top 40 Albums of 2022 by JazzTimes, and was a Downbeat Best Album of 2022. His five albums as a co-leader include We’ll Be Together Again with Javon Jackson and legendary bassist Ron Carter, which made several Top Ten lists of the Year. Modern Drummer magazine recently honored Dubai as one of the 50 Crucial Jazz Drumming Recordings of the Past 100 Years—”distilling to only 50, a century’s worth of drumming on jazz recordings, which by any reasonable guess would comprise tens if not hundreds of thousands of titles.”
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