Rick Latham

Drummer Rick Latham continues to be among the best program skinmen in LA for years, support a diverse selection of stars in the jazz, blues, rock and roll, and R&B worlds, including B.B. Ruler, Quincy Jones, and also the past due comedian Redd Foxx. A indigenous of Columbia, SC, Latham was on-stage at age group 12, support Maurice Williams as well as the Zodiacs. Motivated by Buddy Full, in addition to contemporary jazz drummers like Steve Gadd and Billy Cobham, Latham afterwards trained music at North Tx State before signing up for the music group of R&B bassist Chuck Rainey. His illustrious studio room and session profession — which includes included gigs with performers like guitarists Neal Schon and Pat Travers, in addition to jazz stars Costs Watrous, Larry Carlton, and David Samuels — proceeds even today, including Television and film function just like the soundtrack for Eliminated in 60 Secs. He also spent seven years in Edgar Winter’s music group, leaving within the springtime of 2002 to create his very own group, the Groove Doctors. A display for the extremely refined jazz fusion abilities of Latham and many longtime close friends (Kenny G.’s bassist Vail Johnson; previous Ray Charles trombonist Ken Tussing; woodwinds participant Albert Wing, who’s used both Diana Ross and Frank Zappa; keyboardist Bob Luna, a previous Dionne Warwick sideman; and guitarist Mack Dougherty), the Groove Doctors released a self-titled debut in 2002 and toured at the rear of it. Latham in addition has stayed active by teaching: The writer of Advanced Funk Research, a 1980 reserve that’s still utilized as a guide by many drummers, he today works Lessons on Demand, a membership service that provides regular lessons on a number of musical instruments via CD-ROM and loading audio and video. To help expand improve his instructional skills, Latham made I.M.A.G.E. (Interactive Music and Arts Global Education) Systems, that allows him to broadcast treatment centers from his LA studio.