Eddie Gladden


Eddie Gladden was an American jazz drummer.

Career

Gladden played professionally from 1962 in his hometown of Newark. In 1972 he began working with James Moody. During the rest of his career he worked with Eddie Jefferson, Richie Cole, Cecil Payne, Horace Silver, David Fathead Newman, Larry Young, Freddie Roach, Jimmy McGriff, Richard "Groove" Holmes, Kirk Lightsey, Clifford Jordan, Albert Dailey, Jimmy Ponder, Shirley Scott, and Mickey Tucker, among others. He played in Dexter Gordon's quartet from 1977, touring and recording.

Discography

As sideman

With Richie Cole
With Dexter Gordon
With Eddie Jefferson
With Kirk Lightsey
With James Moody
With John Patton
With Freddie Roach
With Mickey Tucker
With Larry Young
With others