Harvey Mason, Sr.

Throughout his career, Harvey Mason is a busy studio musician and an extremely versatile drummer in a position to excel in lots of different situations. Mason went to Berklee and graduated from the brand new Britain Conservatory. Early gigs included four weeks with Erroll Garner in 1970 along with a 12 months with George Shearing from 1970-1971. Immediately after departing Shearing, Mason relocated to LA and quickly became founded within the studios, employed in movies and television. Furthermore to his private sort out the years, Mason offers often been area of the jazz globe. He used Herbie Hancock’s Headhunters in 1973, Gerry Mulligan for any 1974 Carnegie Hall concert, Freddie Hubbard, Grover Washington, Jr. (showing up on Mister Magic), Lee Ritenour, Victor Feldman, George Benson (playing drums on “This Masquerade”), and Bob Wayne, among numerous others. In 1998, Mason paid tribute to Artwork Blakey’s Jazz Messengers in a few local LA club gigs. The first 2000s discovered Mason continuing along with his constant session work, in addition to releasing two single albums with 2003’s Trios and 2004’s With All My Center. In 2014, Mason revisited his ’70s Headhunters origins with Chameleon on Concord.