Roy McCurdy

Roy McCurdy will most likely continually be best-known for his important efforts to Cannonball Adderley’s Quintet (1965-1975), but he is a tasteful and stimulating participant in lots of other sessions over time. In early stages, he caused Chuck and Difference Mangione in the Jazz Brothers (1960-1961). McCurdy obtained identification for his using the Jazztet (1961-1962), Bobby Timmons, Betty Carter (who was simply pretty obscure during his stint with her in 1962-1963), and Sonny Rollins (1963-1964) before signing up for Adderley. The supportive drummer was versatile more than enough to evolve with Cannonball’s well-known group through the 10 years of transformation. After Adderley’s loss of life, McCurdy relocated towards the Los Angeles region, where he provides played and documented with the very best local musicians since.